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Patrick Boggan letter to Thomas Lawrence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0076
Abstract

Letter from Captain Patrick Boggan, Revolutionary War leader, to Thomas Lawrence about the purchase of land in "Willing's Town," an early name for Wilmington, Delaware.

Dates: 1748 July 20

Elliot-McKee family deeds

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0584
Abstract

This collection of eighteenth and nineteenth-century deeds, mortgages, and bonds relate to the McKee and Elliot families of New Castle County, Delaware.

Dates: 1753-1900; Majority of material found within 1816-1858

Betty Lee Hutchinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0839
Abstract

Betty Lee Hutchinson (1925-2020), a Democrat and Newark City Council member (1977-1980 and 1984-1988) was born November 18, 1925, in Uniontown, PA, to Harry J. Truman, Sr. (1897-1965), and Merle Carte Truman (1901-2001). The Betty Lee Hutchinson papers document the personal interests and civic activities of a woman with ties to Newark, Delaware, and the University of Delaware community.

Dates: 1900-2012; Majority of material found within 1975-2005

League of Women Voters of Greater Newark, Delaware, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0448
Abstract

The League of Women Voters of Greater Newark (LWVGN) was established in Newark, Delaware, in 1952 as the local branch of the national, non-partisan women’s organization which promotes citizen education and encourages participation in government. This archive, spanning the dates 1949-1998, highlights local and national issues, as well as providing information about the organization itself.

Dates: 1949-1998

Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0684
Abstract Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in North Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives of several generations of Delawareans...
Dates: 1660-1987; Majority of material found within 1735 - 1975

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Women--Delaware--History--20th century 2
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Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Boggan, Patrick, approximately 1725-1817 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
Bringhurst, Edith Ferris, 1874-1947 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1809-1884 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
Bringhurst, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Broome, Jacob 1
Broome, James 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Christina River Improvement Company 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Delaware Construction Company 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Elderhostel, Inc. 1
Elliot family 1
Elliot, Benjamin 1
Elliot, Cloud 1
Elliot, Eliza 1
Elliot, Isaac C. 1
Elliot, Isaac S, Jr. 1
Elliot, John C. 1
Elliot, William 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Harker, Patrick T., 1958- 1
Hutchinson, Betty Lee 1
Hutchinson, Harry D. 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Jones, Russel C. (Russel Cameron) 1
League of Women Voters (U.S.) 1
League of Women Voters of Dover, Delaware 1
League of Women Voters of Greater Newark, Delaware 1
League of Women Voters of Greater Wilmington, Delaware 1
League of Women Voters of New Castle County, Delaware 1
League of Women Voters of Sussex County, Delaware 1
McKee, Andrew 1
McKee, Francis 1
McKee, George 1
McKee, Hugh 1
McKee, James 1
McKee, Robert 1
Newark (Del.). City Council 1
Newark Free Library (Newark, Del.) 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Roselle, David P. 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Scott, George 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
University of Delaware 1
University of Michigan 1
University of Pittsburgh 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
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