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Printed document signed by U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0132
Abstract

Official document sent to the Watchman in Wilmington, Delaware, signed by future U.S. President John Quincy Adams, selecting it as the offical printer, in the state of Delaware, for news on any acts approved and ratified by the second session of the eighteenth Congress.

Dates: 1824 November 13

Elizabeth Ashburnham receipt book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0003
Abstract

This receipt book was kept by Elizabeth Ashburnham of Wilmington, Delaware, between 1824 and 1866 to record her expenditures, primarily payments for boarding and taxes.

Dates: 1824 August 3-1866 May 26

Albert B. Barrett railroad letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0607
Abstract

Albert B. Barrett worked at the Georgetown, Delaware, railroad yard of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company. This letterbook includes correspondence concerning the railroad yard management in Georgetown from January to November, 1886.

Dates: 1886 January 6-November 14

Mahlon and James Batten family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0793
Abstract

This collection consists of four volumes containing tax assessments, mathematical exercises, accounts, memoranda, and school compositions created by Mahlon and James Batten of Pencader Hundred, Delaware, between 1832 and 1874.

Dates: 1832-1874

Bill of sale for Caleb Cox

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0017
Abstract

Legal document stating that an enslaved boy named Caleb Cox has been sold by Mary and William Herdman, administrators of the estate of John Herdman, to John Thompson of New Castle, Delaware.

Dates: 1832 March 27

Selected from various authors: Chosen paragraphs, agreeable to the fancy of the compiler

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0005
Abstract

This single bound volume was compiled by Dr. Samuel Henry Black between 1810 and 1844, containing transcribed quotations, prose, and poetry; agricultural memorandums (1815); and an open letter in which he declined to run for the Delaware General Assembly (1821).

Dates: 1810-1844

David Breintnalt bill for shoemaking services

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0086
Abstract

A handwritten account detail of M. Dickinson's bill with shoemaker David Breintnalt.

Dates: 1806-1808

John M. Clayton letter to Mr. Titcomb

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0155
Abstract

One letter from John M. Clayton, a lawyer, politician and Secretary of State from Delaware, to Mr. Titcomb. The letter asks Titcomb to send patient office reports to an unnamed individual, with instructions on how to frank the package on Clayton's behalf.

Dates: 1855 October 26

John Middleton Clayton letter to Crawford

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0007
Abstract

Handwritten letter from U.S. Senator John Middleton Clayton (Whig-Delaware), requesting a violin bow from Crawford, along with a brief reference to politics in Delaware.

Dates: 1854 October 19

President Grover Cleveland signed document appointing John C. Pennewill postmaster

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0166
Abstract

The document appointing John C. Pennewill as postmaster of Dover, Delaware, is signed on June 10, 1886, by President Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States of America.

Dates: 1886 June 10

Georgina M. Cooper copybook and poetry scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0095
Abstract

This nineteenth-century copybook and scrapbook was kept by student (and later teacher) Georgina Maria Cooper of Hollandsville, Delaware. It contains pages of copied phrases completed when Cooper was in school, poetry clippings, copied lists of deaths and marriages in Kent County, Delaware, and a list of her students in 1871.

Dates: 1866-1900; Majority of material found within 1866-1871

Leon De Valinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0686
Abstract Leon De Valinger, Jr., served as Delaware State Archivist from 1941 to 1970. The Leon De Valinger papers contain his personal and professional records, primarily related to his work as State Archivist and as a historian of Delaware. His professional, administrative, and subject files offer a window into the varied concerns of the archives profession as it evolved during the 20th century. Additionally, his work to document, preserve, and promote Delaware history and culture forms a theme...
Dates: 1752-1999; Majority of material found within 1930-1980

Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station account books

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0021
Abstract

These account books kept by scientist Charles L. Penny record expenses incurred by Delaware College’s Agricultural Experiment Station between 1892 and 1916. The volumes also include information on experiments conducted at the station.

Dates: 1892 July 23-1916 December 9

Delaware. Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, "Forward Women from Delaware's Past"

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0203
Abstract

Script, audio cassette and 132 black-and-white and color slides containing the audio/visual presentation, "Forward Women from Delaware's Past," created by Delaware's Governor's Commission on the Status of Women.

Dates: 1979

Delaware Miscellany collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0598
Abstract

The Delaware Miscellany collection includes three large, green buckram-bound volumes compiled by William Ditto Lewis, which contain various documents pertaining to the history of Delaware and the surrounding region, and the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1825-1958; Majority of material found within 1920-1958

Delaware postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0138
Abstract

The Delaware postcard collection houses examples of many of the different types of postcards produced from the late nineteenth century to the modern era, including real photo postcards, linen postcards, and photochrome or chrome postcards. It also serves as a visual record of the historic and geographic changes in Delaware over this time period.

Dates: circa 1881-2014

Thomas Evans and Benjamin T. Biggs farm account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0010
Abstract

This farm account book was kept by Dr. Thomas Evans and Benjamin T. Biggs of Pencader Hundred, Delaware, between 1792 and 1869.

Dates: 1792-1800, 1847-1869

Records of the Friendship Fire Company of Wilmington, Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0463
Abstract

Records from the Friendship Fire Company of Wilmington, Delaware, the first volunteer fire department in the city’s history, including the fire company's constitution, act of incorporation, rules and regulations, and official minutes from 1784 to 1828.

Dates: 1784-1828

Charles Green mathematical notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0099
Abstract

Charles Green of Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, created these notebooks of mathematical rules and exercises around 1840-1841 to aid his study of practical geometry.

Dates: approximately 1840-1841

John Wood Hall shipping papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0116
Abstract

John Wood Hall (1817-1892) was a merchant shipowner and Governor of Delaware. The Hall papers contain approximately five hundred records from John W. Hall's merchant and shipping businesses.

Dates: 1860-1889

Chauncey P. Holcomb farm diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0166
Abstract

This volume is a farm diary kept by Chauncey P. Holcomb of New Castle County, Delaware, between 1843 and 1850. Holcomb recorded information related to his crops and livestock, as well as references to the weather, his health, and his involvement in agricultural reform.

Dates: 1843-1850

John Janvier account books for New Castle, Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0054
Abstract

In these mind-nineteenth-century account books, John Janvier of New Castle, Delaware, records his personal loans and investments, including stage lines, financial institutions, and rail companies.

Dates: 1836-1885

Kent County, Delaware, School District 83 attendance records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0047
Abstract

This volume and its associated materials contain attendance records from School District 83 in Kent County, Delaware. The records were kept from 1878-1879 and 1881-1883.

Dates: 1878-1879, 1881-1883

Sarah R. Latimer account-keeping exercise book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0150
Abstract

Sarah R. Latimer, a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, completed this account-keeping exercise circa 1808-1809. The exercise includes a sample daybook and ledgers.

Dates: approximately 1808-1809

Caleb S. Layton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0147
Abstract

Consists of ten letters, one receipt, and one account book belonging to nineteenth-century Delaware attorney, legislator, and judge Caleb S. Layton (1798-1882), reflecting his legal career and personal life and finances.

Dates: 1845-1881

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Ashburnham, Elizabeth, approximately 1774-1868 1
Barratt’s Chapel (Kent County, Del.) 1
Barrett, Albert B. 1
Barrett, Albert B.--Correspondence 1
Batten, James H., 1851-1925 1
Batten, Mahlon, 1819-1888 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Betts, Mahlon 1
Biggs, Benjamin T. (Benjamin Thomas), 1821-1893 1
Black, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1782-1827 1
Bradford, James 1
Breintnalt, David 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
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Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
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Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Brown, Harry Fletcher, 1867-1944 1
Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863-1941 1
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Carey, Clara Waples, 1857-1894 1
Central National Bank of Philadelphia 1
Chaiken, Yetta 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
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Cox, Caleb 1
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Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 1
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Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
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Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank in the City of Philadelphia 1
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Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
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General Federation of Women's Clubs 1
George W. Bush & Sons (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Ginns, Sallie Topkis 1
Green, Charles, 1825-1891 1
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
Hagley Museum 1
Hall, John Wood 1
Hall, John Wood, Jr. 1
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Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
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Harrington, Maria (Mia) Ruán, -1926 1
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Harrington, Mary Lofland,1813-1871 1
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Harrington, Richard, 1772-1821 1
Harrington, Richard, 1847-1884 1
Harrington, Samuel M. (Samuel Maxwell), 1803-1865 1
Harrington, Samuel Milby, 1840-1878 1
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 1
Hart, Ann 1
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1
Herdman, Mary 1
Herdman, William 1
Hilles, Florence Bayard, 1866-1954 1
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Holcomb, Chauncey P., 1803-1855 1
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