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Biddle family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0327
Abstract

The Biddle family papers preserve over one-hundred-and-fifty years of material related to this prominent Philadelphia, Pennsylvania family and detail extensively their professional lineage as attorneys, notary publics, and bankers during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Dates: 1766-1943; Majority of material found within 1870-1923

Burd family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0379
Abstract

The Burd Family Papers concern the business, legal, and personal affairs of the Burd family, prominent lawyers and landowners from Philadelphia from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century, as well as the legal and business affairs of other branches of the extended family, including the Shippens and Coxes.

Dates: 1703–1937; Majority of material found within 1800–1860

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

Joseph Brevitt Townsend papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0525s
Abstract Joseph Brevitt Townsend (1821-1896) was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer who practiced estate law and acted as legal consultant to several commercial, insurance, and trust companies. The Joseph Brevitt Townsend papers supplement, spanning the dates 1800-1920, contains substantial additions to the original collection and documents the professional career of the Philadelphia lawyer. The supplement comprises 5.8 linear feet of legal and personal correspondence, wills and estate records, legal...
Dates: 1800-1920; Majority of material found within 1840-1920

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Bayley, Solomon 1
Biddle family 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
Bringhurst, Edith Ferris, 1874-1947 1
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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
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Burd family 1
Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Darley, F. T. S. (Francis Thomas Sully), 1833-1914 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 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
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844 1
Malin, W. G. (William Gunn) 1
McArthur, John, 1823-1890 1
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Price, Eli K. (Eli Kirk), 1797-1884 1
Provident Life & Trust Company of Philadelphia 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Reynolds, Alexander Welch, 1817-1876 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, Horace Wells, 1857-1933 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Townsend, Elliot & Townsend 1
Townsend, J. Barton (John Barton), 1865- 1
Townsend, James Price, 1851-1900 1
Townsend, Joseph Brevitt, 1821-1896 1
Townsend, Joseph Brevitt, Jr., 1861- 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Woodlands Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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