Brandywine Hundred (Del.)
Subject
Subject Source: Naf
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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