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Benjamin T. Biggs papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0063
Abstract
U.S. Representative and Governor of Delaware, Benjamin T. Biggs, wrote a temperance speech, two love poems, and a letter to an editor. Also included is a bill from the Portsmouth, Virginia, Y.M.C.A. to a B.T. Biggs in 1917.
Dates:
1849-1917
Townsend family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0445
Abstract
The Townsend family (of Delaware) papers consists of letters, accounts, and other business records, spanning the years 1809-1920, with the majority of the material falling between 1834 and 1894. The collection mainly consists of business letters sent to Samuel and John Townsend, political and personal letters sent to Samuel Townsend, and family correspondence, including twenty letters written by Edmund Townsend during the Civil War.
Dates:
1809-1920; Majority of material found within 1833-1894