2000A
Morris family. Papers, 1723-1930.
(20 linear ft.)
These papers contain correspondence, accounts, bills and receipts, deeds, surveys, and memoranda of the Morrises, a prominent Philadelphia family. This material is primarily concerned with family estates and lands in Philadelphia, western Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, with some business papers included.

Luke Wistar Morris Section, 1770-1881: accounts, 1811-1826, of his firm Morris and [John D.] Smith, lumber merchants. There are loose papers and account books, 1817-1828, relating to Morris' guardianship of the children of William Penrose. His estate papers refer to western Pennsylvania real estate and consist of correspondence to his son Samuel Buckley Morris and his grandson Elliston Perot Morris and business papers.

Samuel Buckley Morris Section, 1808-1912: business correspondence and accounts, 1808-1818, as a member of the shipping firm of [Jacob S.] Waln and Morris, as well as miscellaneous family estate material.

Elliston Perot Morris Section, 1725-1922: these papers are concerned with personal and family property management of the affairs and estates of John Perot Downing, Perot Lardner, Charles Perot, Edward Perot, John Perot, Beulah Sansom Morris Rhoads, Esther F. Wistar, and Mifflin Wistar. They include letterpress books, 1836-1914, correspondence, bills, receipts, account books, deeds, surveys, and other real estate papers.

Marriott Canby Morris Section, 1881-1930: letterpress books, 1914-1930, relate to personal and family property in Philadelphia, Pocono Lake, and Sea Girt, N.J., and various community projects of Germantown where Morris lived. Also personal accounts, 1881-1897.

Gift of Elliston P. Morris and Ann Morris courtesy of the Quaker Collection, Haverford College, 1972.

Finding aid available.

2000B
Morris family. Papers, 1766-1959.
(9 linear ft.)
Additional Morris family accounts, receipted bills, family and social correspondence.

Wistar Section, 1733-1816: Caspar Wistar letterbooks, 1733-1737, and incoming correspondence, 1732-1754, many from George Frederick Holtzer concerning family, business, and politics; Sarah Wistar miscellaneous financial and estate papers, 1762-1816.

Luke Wistar Morris Section, 1787-1830: domestic receipted bills, 1810-1830; bills, accounts, legal papers, with some correspondence, 1816-1829, concerning Morris' guardianship of the children of William Penrose, Abigail, Ann, Hannah, Norwood, Samuel, and Thomas; and some of Morris' business papers.

Israel Wistar Morris Section, 1856-1903: personal and private business receipted bills, 1871-1886; Morris and [Henry W.] Murray, coal merchants, receipted bills, accounts, bills of lading, correspondence, 1856-1859; Morris' papers as land agent for Lehigh Valley Coal Company, 1864-1903, including correspondence, accounts, deeds, and other land papers.

Effingham Buckley Morris Section, 1865-1879: class notes, speeches, while a student at the University of Pennsylvania, together with letters from his fiancee Ellen Burroughs.

James Cheston Morris Section, 1837-1923: letters from family and friends, 1837-1922; physician's visiting record books, 1856, 1863; farm and household bills and receipts, 1904-1923; accounts of West Philadelphia properties, 1905-1912.

Lawrence Johnson Morris Section, 1881-1889, 1942: family letters and miscellaneous papers.

Mary Windor Morris Section, 1927-1959: social and family letters, newsletters and other mailings from various conservative organizations, and meditative diaries, 1953, 1954.

Letters from George Frederick Holtzer (Wistar Section) in german.

2000C
Morris family. Papers, 1794-1913.
(9 linear ft.)
Business account books, letterbooks, and correspondence complimenting other Morris family papers.

Luke Wistar Morris Section: Luke W. Morris & Co. [Isaac W. Morris], brewers, letterbook and account book, 1794-1800; Morris and [Joseph] Maxfield, lumber merchants, account books, 1810-1814, 1816; Morris & [John D.] Smith, lumber merchants, account books, 1814-1819; Sarah Wistar estate account books, 1816-1827.

Perot Section: James and Sansom Perot, merchants, letterbook, 1817-1819; Charles and Joseph Perot, merchants, daybook, 1820-1821.

Israel Wistar Morris Section: Morris and [Henry W.] Murray, coal merchants, letterpress books, incoming correspondence, and account books, 1856-1859; Israel W. Morris letterpress books, 1856-1897, concerning Morris' continuing employment in the anthracite coal industry and his family and personal real estate and financial interests; incoming correspondence, 1868-1870, as president of Coal Ridge Coal Company; personal account books, 1852-1905; personal business papers after his death continued as Annie Morris Buckley papers, 1898-1914, consisting mostly of receipted bills with some incoming correspondence concerning finances.

There is also Church Home for Children, St. Andrews Church, record of contributors, 1866-1896; school notes of Effingham Buckley Morris and other family members.

Received, 1958.

Finding aid available.

2001
Miscellaneous Professional and Personal Business Papers, 1732-1945.
(253 v.)

2002
City History Society of Philadelphia. Papers, 1887 (1900-1978), 1980.
(ca. 1600 items.)
The City History Society of Philadelphia was founded by C. Henry Keim in 1900 as the City History Club of Philadelphia and changed in 1906 to the City History Society of Philadelphia. The purpose was to interest the teachers of the city in local history, so that they in turn, would stimulate their students to understand the importance of Philadelphia. The society's activities included publication of lectures and more detailed histories of Philadelphia, as well as excursions. The Society dissolved in 1980.

The papers consist of: correspondence, 1910-1963; correspondence 1978-1980, mainly on the dissolution of the society; membership records, 1932-1978; minutes of meetings; legal documents; charters and by-laws; financial records, including treasurer's accounts, 1940-1966; copies of papers read before the Society; Sunday Republic series, "Rich Men of Philadelphia forty years ago," 1887-1888; printed pamphlets; scrapbooks, 1900-1915, 1951-1959, of correspondence, clippings, invitations, and photographs compiled by the society's photographic committee, 1900-1920; and photographs reproduced in the Society's publications. Photographs, mounted in scrapbooks and identified, comprise a large part of the collection and include historic, commercial, public, and residential buildings, bridges, streets, and other city scenes.

Gift of the Society, 1972-1980.

2003
Pennsylvania Society of New York. Papers 1899-1922.
(66 v.)
The Pennsylvania Society of New York was organized in 1899 "to cultivate social intercourse among its members and ... to collect historical material relating to the state of Pennsylvania" by a group of former Pennsylvanians living in New York.

The papers consist of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, correspondence, invitations, programs, and other memorabilia having to do with the activities of the Society. Several of the scrapbooks are devoted to specific topics including Society biography and obituary and visits to the United States by Cardinal Desire Joseph Mercier of Belgium, 1919, French marshall Ferdinand Foch, 1921, and French marshall Joseph Joffre, 1922.

2004
Newton, Joseph Fort, 1876-1950. Papers, 1919 (1930-1950).
(300 items.)
Joseph Fort Newton was a Protestant clergyman and author. He was associated with Saint James Church and the Church of Saint Luke and the Epiphany, both of Philadelphia.

The bulk of the material consists of typescripts of Newton's sermons, addresses, articles, and two books: What Have the Saints to Teach Us, and a volume of 100 sermons. Incoming correspondence, 1919, 1939-1950 includes letters from readers of his writings and letters on his ministry, masonry, and the efforts of Ebed Van der Vlugt, a Dutch Barrister, to avoid deportation from the United States in 1941. There are also four small commonplace books.

Gift of Sarah Hollis, 1970.

2005
Kirk family. Papers, 1688 (1840-1863), 1897.
(400 items.)
Edward Needles Kirk, Sterlin, Ill., lawyer, was killed in the Civil War while serving as an officer with the 34th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Kirk's papers consist of personal and professional correspondence together with Civil War letters to, from, and about Kirk; legal documents; clippings; and other miscellany. There is also his wife Eliza Cameron Kirk's incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1862-1868, and later as Mrs. Charles A. Thomas, 1889-1897.

The remainder of the collection is made up of miscellaneous letters and documents of several members of the Kirk family, 1688-1870, including a Ruth Kirk Price commonplace book, begun 1809.

Gift of Mrs. Andrew B. Foster, 1973.

2006
Maxcy family. Letters, (1826-1850) 1895.
(85 items.)
Virgil Maxcy was solicitor of the United States Treasury, 1830-1837, diplomat, 1837-1842. These letters consist primarily of correspondence between Mary Galloway Maxcy, wife of Virgil Maxcy, and her daughters and her daughters Anne Sarah Maxcy Hughes and Mary Maxcy Markoe. There are personal letters of Virgil Maxcy and other members of the family, including letters, 1894-1895, from Joseph Jefferson, actor.
Gift of Edith C.F. Rivinus, 1969.

2007
Beale, Joseph Boggs, 1841-1926. Papers, 1852-1882.
(40 items)
Mainly the diaries, 1857-1865, of Joseph Boggs Beale, Philadelphia artist, written while a student at Central High School, Philadelphia; while an instructor of drawing at Central High; and while serving with 33rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserves during the Civil War. Much of the diaries concern the interest of the family in religion, but they do provide some glimpses into his artistic development.

There are also family and professional letters to and from Beale, 1857-1882; and a few family photographs.

Gift of Arthur Colen, 1973.

2008
Hunn, Ezekiel, 3rd, 1841-1926. Records, 1885-1925.
(26 v.)
Records of Ezekiel Hunn, III, Philadelphia lawyer, on his general, civil practice with James N. Stone, Jr. under the name of Hunn & Stone. The records consist of: letterbooks, 1892, 1906, 1915-1925; journal, 1885-1903; ledgers, 1885-1896; cashbooks, 1885-1895; blotter of rents collected, 1883-1914.
Gift of Katherine Hunn Karsner, 1973.

2009
Wister, William, 1803-1881. Papers, 1790 (1831-1880), 1899.
(3 linear ft.)
William Wister ran a cloth-printing business in Germantown. The Belfield Print Works, which Wister ran from 1833 to 1854, was destroyed by fire in 1839, but was eventually rebuilt.

The papers of William Wister consist primarily of bills, receipts, invoices, accounts for supplies and equipment of William Wister's printing business in Germantown. Some correspondence from clients include letters from Hoyt & Bogart, N.Y.; Henry Farnum; and David S. Brown, Philadelphia.

Gift of John Wister Wurts estate, 1973.

2010
Continental Hotel Company. Records, 1856-1900.
(110 items.)
The Continental Hotel was the first building in Philadelphia built as a luxury hotel. It was designed by John A. McArthur. After several years of planning, $200,000 was subscribed for its erection in 1857 as the "Butler House." Renamed the Continental Hotel, it opened in 1860 at 9th and Chestnut streets.

The records include: plans; stockholder records; some construction records; a letterpress book, 1857-1897; stock certificate book, 1859-1895; paid coupon, 1860; 8% certificate books, 1860; dividend receipt book, 1878-1897; construction accounts with J. Struthers for masonry work and Matsinger Brothers for iron work; several payroll records; and other miscellaneous papers.

Gift of Philip M. Price, 1973.

2011
Logan, James, 1674-1751. Papers, 1670 (1734-1749).
(30 items.)
These papers reflect James Logan's activities as agent for the Penn family, land speculator, and scholar. Letterbooks, 1734-1748, several of which are marked "friendship" or "business," include correspondence to Letitia Penn Aubrey, Samuel Blunston, Peter Collinson, John Fothergill, Josiah Martin, Thomas Penn, William Penn III, Richard Peters, John Reading, and Ralph Smith; also additional letterbook of single letters, on scientific subjects addressed to Johann Albrect Fabricus, Abraham Gronovius, Hugh Hones, Carl Linnaeus, Richard Mead, and Hans Sloane. Logan's scholarship is further represented by drafts of The Duties of Man as they may be deduced from Nature, [1736], and excerpts from Pietro Giannone, Civil History of the Kingdom of Naples, as reported in Archibald Bower, Historia Litteraria. There are also [Joshua Francis Fisher's] abstracts from Logan's Notes for and answer to George Keith, 1699; Of the Eseans, n.d.; Literary, philosophical and religious fragments, n.d.; William Logan poem for Philadelphia, 1685.

Letters to Johann Albrect Fabricus, Abraham Gronovius, Hugh Hones, Carl Linnaeus, Richard Mead, and Hans Sloane mostly written in Latin.

Gift of Mrs. Daniel Coxe, 1970.

2012
Miscellaneous land title papers, 1653-1930.
(10 v.)
[DuPlessis, LeBarbier.] Real estate listing, 1792-1793. Describes property in and around Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia lands. Gift of Agnes G. DuBarry. (1 v.)

Leaming, Aaron, 1715-1780. Surveys and draughts of land, 1765-1777. Leaming was a Cape May County, N.J., Loan Office commissioner, assemblyman, farmer, merchant, and surveyor. His surveys and draughts include extracts from Cape May County Loan Office records, 1733-1748, and proof of title to The Five Mile Beach. Purchased, 1975. (1 v.)

Mount Pleasant (Philadelphia, Pa.) Brief of title, 1684-1867. For tract of land in Northern Liberties on which Mount Pleasant was built. Gift of Frederic R. Kirkland, 1950. (1 v.)

New York (State). Land surveys, 1671-1681. Also land surveys for Pennsylvania and Delaware. Photostats from the New York State Library. (1 v.)

Pennsylvania surveys. Records of surveys with briefs of title, 1701 (1796-1804). Briefs of titles for land in Cambria, Clearfield, Cumberland, Lycoming, Northumberland, Northumberland, and Philadelphia Counties. With surveys in Delaware, New Jersey, and New York exemplifying the lands of the Drinker and Fisher families. (2 v.)

Philadelphia (Pa.). Board of Surveyors. Lot Surveys, [1855-1861]. Surveys of Germantown and Bristol, Philadelphia, made primarily by Jesse Lightfoot, surveyor, with occasional identification of lot owners. Some surveys copied from earlier plans. (1 v.)

Powel family. Briefs of title, 1768-1909. Briefs for Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania properties, mostly acquired by Samuel Powel, with some notations on active ground rents to 1909. (1 v.)

Rambo, Ormand. Abstracts of title, 1653-1930. For land at 20th and Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia. Typescript, [1941]. Gift of Ormand Rambo, 1942. (1 v.)

Tyson, William E., b. [1889]. Somerton Village digest of land records, 1681- 1930. Compiled from country records, [1957-1969]. Gift of William E. Tyson, 1969. (1 v.)

2013
T-Square Club (Philadelphia, Pa.). Minutes, 1883-1937.
(9 v.)
Organized in 1883, the T-Square Club was a Philadelphia, Pa. architects club which sponsored exhibitions, provided student scholarships and held other activities. Minutes, 1883-1937, of regular meetings of the club and three volumes of published plates: English Country Houses, 1901; William Rotch Ware, The Georgian Period, 1923 and A Monograph of the Work of McKim, Mead & White (student edition), 1925.
Gift of the T-Square Club and Henry J. Magaziner, 1971/1973.

2014
Wharton and Willing families. Papers, 1669-1887.
(3 linear ft.)
The Whartons and Willings were two merchant families of Philadelphia. Thomas Wharton was a colonial merchant whose anti-British sentiments were compromised by his Quaker pacifism. His opposition to the Revolution caused him to be sent into exile during the war. Thomas Willing was a merchant, banker, legislator, and judge.

The bulk of Wharton and Willing papers concern the commercial and personal business of these two merchant families of Philadelphia, but there are a few political and personal papers. The earliest material, 1669-1751, consists of deeds, indentures, wills, and other documents on the Pennsylvania lands of various Philadelphians.

Thomas Wharton, Sr., papers, 1752-1782, forms the bulk of the collection. Wharton's deeds, bonds, powers of attorney, accounts, and letters touch on his commercial, legal, and philanthropic interests, and include correspondence during the exile, 1778-1778.

The principals of the Willing section, 1791-1887, are Thomas Willing; Thomas Mayne Willing, merchant and banker; the merchant firm of Willing and Francis; and Charles Willing, physician. Correspondence, legal papers, and accounts relate to mercantile concerns and family business, including the William Bingham estate, Willing lands in Allegheny County, Pa., New York, and elsewhere.

Gift of Frances L.B. Randolph, Ann B. Putnam, and Edward F. Beale, 1973, and purchased.

Finding aid available.

2015
Brown, Marjorie P.M. Collection, 1763-1871.
(125 items.)
Personal and business papers of the Morris and several related Philadelphia families include: Margaret Emlen letters to Sarah Logan, 1768-1771; Jones family correspondence, especially letters of Benjamin Jones to Mary Howell Jones, 1803-1847; Margaret Emlen Howell household receipts and recipes, 1800-1810, and other Howell family manuscripts; Stephen Paschall, founder of Paschall's steel furnace, commonplace book and diary, ca. 1795-1800; Deborah Morris family estate papers, 1763-1787; Henry Morris, iron manufacturer, diary on business and personal affairs, with a few business letters and accounts, 1862; [Stephen P.] Morris, [Thomas T.] Tasker and [Henry] Morris, an iron manufacturing company, order books, 1832-1838, and the firm's subsidiary Paschal Iron Works journals, 1841-1846.
Gift of Patricia Wells, 1973.

2016
Magdalen Society of Philadelphia. Records, 1800-1921.
(31 v.)
These Magdalen Society of Philadelphia was a private charitable organization founded in 1800 by a group of Philadelphia men under the presidency of Bishop William White of the Protestant Episcopal Church and continuously governed by men until 1916. Its original purpose was to rescue women "fallen from a condition of innocence and virtue," but in 1849, the Managers, at the urging of George Williams, began to consider ways to expand the role of the Society to include educating the girls and women for jobs. Not until after the passage of the Pennsylvania Child Labor Law, 1916, was the society able to redirect its energies: it sold the Magdalen Home, its asylum, elected women to its Board, and appointed a woman director. The following year it embarked upon a program of visiting working children to urge them to return to school. In 1918 it changed its name to the White-Williams Foundation for Girls and, two years later, to the White-Williams Foundation.

The bulk of the records are for the society's asylum, purchased in 1807. They contain: minutes of the board of managers, 1800-1916; minutes of the annual meetings of the society, 1837-1916, including accounts of work done and letters from former Magdalens; minutes of the weekly visiting committee, 1878-1912, including personal information on the inmates and conditions at the home; matron's diaries of daily events at the home, 1829-1834, 1878-1917; ledger, 1832-1878; account books, 1871-1921; register of admissions and discharges, 1836-1917, including personal data and some follow-up reports concerning the women after their departure.

Records microfilmed and available at the Balch Institute.

Some published annual reports are bound in with managers' minutes, 1885-1916; the majority are available in the Historical Society's Library.

Gift of the White-Williams Foundation, 1973.

2017
Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1822-1972.
(25 microfilm reels.)
Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Philadelphia, dedicated in 1793, was an outgrowth of the movement among Protestant blacks to organize into separate congregations. In 1787 a company of blacks in Philadelphia withdrew from the white dominated Methodist Church and under the leadership of Richard Allen built Bethel Church. In 1816 Bethel joined with 16 other congregations to form the African Methodist Episcopal Church with Allen as the first bishop.

The class system, which was the early system of the Methodist Church dividing the congregation into Classes, each with a layman as class leader, remained an important part of Bethel's organization late into the 19th century.

Part 1: General record books consists of three official church registers, 1865-1874, 1880-1895, 1907-1912. Included in the registers are historical records, class rolls, records of membership, office holders, baptisms, and marriages. The historical records of the first volume contain a transcription of Richard Allen's biography.

Part 2: Records of the board of trustees, the controllers and managers of the property of the church, including minutes, 1863-1894, 1910-1944; account books, 1832-1847, 1890-1903, 1909-1942.

Part 3: Records on the religious function of the church. This section contains the records of the corporation (a body embracing the entire membership), the official board, the Board of Stewards, the Quarterly Conference, the classes, and the Class leaders. Included in this part are: minutes, 1848-1849, 1876-1972; account books, 1846-1858, 1871-1901; Class rolls with records of contributions and disbursements, 1852-1854, 1872-1894.

Part 4: Records of special organizations and activities, including: minutes of the Union Benevolent Sons of Bethel, a burial society, 1826-1844; minutes of the United Daughters of Tapsico Society, a benevolent society offering aid to sick members, 1837-1847; minutes of the Preachers' Association, Philadelphia Conference, 1897-1901; minutes of the [Richard] Allen Christian Endeavor, 1902- 1910; minutes of the Ushers' Association, 1925-1941; minutes of church trials of members for breaches of church discipline, 1822-1835, 1838-1851, 1859-1865; Sunday School roll books, ca. 1860, 1934-1939; membership roll books, 1901, ca. 1916; and visitors' registration books, 1901-1970.

Part 5: Miscellany, including a Richard Allen bible, an early King James quarto, 1802.

Part 6: The Christian Recorder, the journal of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1854-1856, 1861-1902.

Published finding aids by H.L. Wilson and A. H. Able, III, The Holdings of Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church Historical Museum in Manuscript and Print.

The originals of the Bethel Church records are located at the church's Historical Museum. Permission for microfilm copies must be secured from the Historical Commission, Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, 6th & Lombard Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Gift of Mother Bethel Church, 1973.

2018A
Morris, Anthony. Family papers, 1781-1894.
(300 items.)
Papers of several residents of Bolton Farm, a Bristol estate, originally owned by the Pemberton family and passed onto the Morris family through marriage. There are a few James Pemberton estate papers. The majority of material relates to Pemberton's son-in-law Anthony Morris: various account books, 1793-1816; family letters, 1812-1817, 1825-1832, particularly from Louisa Pemberton Morris Chaderton; copybook of letters, 1813-1816, to James Monroe and with George W. Erving on Morris's unofficial diplomatic service in Spain; correspondence, 1817-1818, with John A. Morton on financial and personal matters; correspondence, 1827-1834, relating to his plan to establish an agricultural school at Bolton after the methods of Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg. Additional papers, 1823-1894, consist of miscellaneous accounts, receipts, legal papers, some correspondence of James Pemberton Morris and Phineas Pemberton Morris, all on the farm operations and financing.
Gift of Mrs. John P. Gardiner, 1974.

2018B
Morris, Anthony. Family papers, 1730-1888.
(200 items.)
Very miscellaneous papers of Anthony Morris, his son, James P. Morris, and grandson, Phineas P. Morris.

Anthony Morris papers, 1786-1859, include some correspondence, accounts, and 1813 memoranda relative to Morris's efforts to have Spain cede Florida to the United States. Also in this section are papers, 1767-1817, of Francis Nichols, who served with Morris during the Revolution. There is a small amount of correspondence, affidavits, and accounts on the battle of Quebec during which Nichols was captured; letters from his nephew Arthur St. C. Nichols, a merchant in Havanna; and estate correspondence, accounts, and other legal papers, Bird Wilson, executor.

The James P. Morris and Phineas P. Morris sections consist primarily of school notes with some additional legal and financial papers.

Finding aid available.

2019
Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834. Papers, (1767-1792) 1856.
(12 v.)
Diaries and account of Samuel Rowland Fisher, Philadelphia merchant, recording trips to England, 1767, 1783-1784; Ireland, 1768; Charleston, S.C., 1772; Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, 1767; Rhode Island, 1792. Included are orders for British goods, 1767-1768; memorandum of expenses, 1768. Also in the collection are a diary, 1856, of Deborah Fisher Wharton.
Gift of William Wharton Smith, 1974.

2020
Leiper Railroad. Collection, 1809-1972.
(75 items.)
The Leiper Railroad, the second railway to be constructed in the United States, was actually a tramway built in 1809 by Thomas Leiper, financier of Philadelphia, to transport stone from his quarries in eastern Delaware County. It operated until ca. 1830.

Maps and other materials on the location and operation of the Leiper Railroad.

Collected by Keith T. Postlewaite; gift of Mrs. Anna Postlewaite, 1974.

2021
Truxtun, Thomas, 1756-1822. Correspondence, 1779-1822.
(100 items.)
Thomas Truxtun was a privateer during the American Revolution, a merchant ship commander, and United States naval officer.

Includes incoming and outgoing letters, 1779-1822, primarily on Truxtun's naval and political interests; and several printed circular letters, 1802-1808, on Truxtun's resignation in 1802 from the navy.

Typescript copies of 34 of the letters.

Gift of T. Truxtun Hare, 1971.

Finding aid available.

2022
No entry.

2023
Logan family. Papers, 1698-1842.
(320 items.)
This small collection of Logan family papers includes: James Logan incoming correspondence and documents, 1698-1743, dealing with the administration of the province, the Penn-Baltimore boundary dispute, agriculture and business, and Logan's book orders; William Logan incoming correspondence, 1735-1775, including correspondence from such British horticulturalists as Thomas Binks and the two John Blackburnes as well as documents on his family, 1798-1810, n.d., several of which describe his personal diplomatic mission to France in 1798; Deborah Norris Logan family letters, 1790-1838; other family correspondence, 1785-1842. Also included is a memorandum, initialed by William Penn, of Colonel Robert Quary's complaints against the administration of Governor William Markham, n.d.
Gift of Mrs. Sydney L. Wright, 1974.

2024
No entry.

2025
Knepper brothers. Letters, 1884 (1898-1900), 1907.
(100 items.)
Letters home of two brothers from Somerset, who were officers with the United States Navy. Chester M. Knepper letters, 1884, 1895-1900, 1917, were written while on a tour of duty in east Asia.

Orlo Knepper letters, 1892, 1898-1900, mainly relate to his service with George Dewey's Asiatic Squadron and include detailed observations on the Spanish defeat at Manila Bay, the United States occupation of the Philippine Islands, and the war between the U.S. and the Philippine "insurgents."

Gift of Henry C. Beerits, 1974.

2026
Ingersoll, R. Sturgis. Collection, 1822-1917.
(16 v.)
The Bingham estate letterbooks, 1822-1848, 1856-1870, 1888-1917, were kept by successive trustees Thomas Mayne Willing, William Miller, J. Craig Miller, Henry G. Clay (Harry L. Albertson, "Secretary"). Other letterbooks concern Biddle family estate matters, 1827-1841, William Miller, trustee; S. Morris Waln & Company, Philadelphia shipping and commission merchants, 1879-1880, with foreign clients; Harry L. Albertson, 1887-1914, on administration of various estates and other legal business.

These volumes came to R. Sturgis Ingersoll as trustee of the William Bingham estate.

Gift of R. Sturgis Ingersoll and Boyd Lee Spahr, 1975.

2027
312th Field Artillery Association. Minutes, 1927-1973.
(2 boxes.)
Minutes of a Philadelphia area veterans' social association open to members of the 312th Field Artillery who served in World War I.
Gift Mr. Bell, 1974.

2028
Fox family. Papers, 1755,(1819-1910), 1964.
(ca. 850 items.)
The papers of the Fox family of Foxburg, Clarion County, cover four generations. The bulk of the collection consists of family correspondence between Joseph Mickle Fox; his wife, Hannah Emlen Fox; their son, Samuel Mickle Fox; and his wife, Mary Rodman Fisher Fox; William Logan Fisher of Philadelphia; William Logan Fisher Fox; and Joseph Mickle Fox [II]. Although mostly personal, the letters also touch on Joseph M. Fox [I] finances, management of Foxburg and other family lands, and the development of petroleum in western Pennsylvania. Additional papers include: Thomas Fisher diary, 1777-1778, for the Quaker exile in Virginia; Mary Rodman Fisher diary, 1852; Joseph M. Fox [II] diary, ca. 1885, of his campaign for Democratic nomination for Congress; indentures, deeds, wills, and other estate papers; views and photographs of Philadelphia, ca. 1800-1900; family photographs at Foxburg, ca. 1900; and miscellanea.
Anonymous gift in memory of William Logan Fox and Betty Carson Fox, 1974.

Finding aid available.

2029
Gruenberg, Frederick P., 1884-1976. Papers, 1902-1970.
(6 linear ft.)
Frederick Paul Gruenberg came to Philadelphia in 1910 where he remained, interrupted only by a few years in Harrisburg, until his death in 1976.

These papers include Gruenberg's professional correspondence as an officer in a variety of civic, governmental, and banking organizations: Brown Brothers & Co., bankers, 1910-1913, head of foreign exchange department; Philadelphia Bureau of Municipal Research, 1913-1923, director from 1915; Bankers Bond and Mortgage Company, 1924-1931, treasurer; public service commissioner, 1931-1937, appointed by Governor Gifford Pinchot, who is among Gruenberg's correspondents; City Charter Committee of Philadelphia, 1938-1940, executive secretary; Office of Price Administration, 1942-1944, Philadelphia area rent director; Samuel Fels Fund, 1944-1958, director.

Gruenberg's personal correspondence consists of letters exchanged mostly with his wife, Bertha Sanford Gruenberg, his children, and other family members. Also included in the papers are: addresses and articles; diaries, 1909, 1956-1970, with daily memoranda of activities; clippings; news releases; birthday and anniversary greetings; and photographs.

Gift of Frederick P. Gruenberg, 1969, 1974.

2030
Warley Bascom Sons. Business records, 1881 (1889-1923), 1970.
(ca. 75 items and 16 v.)
Warley Bascom Sons, specializing in general upholstering, interior decorations, and cabinet work, became one of the oldest and longest lived businesses owned and run by blacks in Philadelphia. Mattress-maker Warley Bascom, a freeman from Charleston, S.C., began the business ca. 1861; it continued under family management until 1974, managed successively by Warley Bascom, Jr., his wife, Josephine Davis Bascom, and their children William, Edgar, and Ethel Bascom Serjeant.

Included in the records are: order books, 1902-1923; customer list, 1907-1908; list of rental properties, 1898-1901, with lists of accounts receivable, 1897-1904; cashbook, 1944, 1953; payroll book, 1917-1922; bank books, 1889-1906; loose receipts, 1881-1882.

There are in addition a few miscellaneous family papers, including estate records.

Gift of Julia Serjeant Mitchell, 1974.

2031
Gibbon, John, 1827-1896. Papers, 1845 (1862-1892).
(250 items.)
John Gibbon, born near Philadelphia, served as a Civil War brigadier general of volunteers in the Union army. He commanded troops at second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredricksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and other battles of the Army of the Potomac.

Following the Civil War, Gibbon became an officer in the regular army with duty mostly in the West.

The papers include Gibbon's letters, 1862-1865, to his wife, which report on the campaigns, particularly in Virginia. One letter concerns his role as one of the surrender commissioners at Appomattox. Although Gibbon's Personal Recollections of the Civil War (1928) were published, there are in these papers unpublished memoirs as well as articles General John Buford, Lessons of the War, and an manuscript copy of The Army Under Pope, by John C. Ropes (1881), and some correspondence relating to Pope.

His autobiographical accounts for the period following the Civil War cover his command of the attack on the Nez Perce Indians under Chief Joseph, 1877, and his peace enforcement during the anti-Chinese disturbances in Seattle, 1885.

Among other Gibbon papers are articles on the "dangerous" condition of the Army and the nation; The Military in Schools and Colleges of America; account books, 1845-1847, as a military academy student; scrapbook covering his military career; and family photographs.

Gift of Mrs. Winthrop H. Battles, 1975.

2032
Ogden, Nicholas Gouverneur, 1776-1823. Correspondence, 1817-1823.
(86 items.)
Incoming family correspondence of Nicholas Gouverneur Ogden while he, in partnership with John Jacob Astor, tended the Canton end of their Chinese trade business. The letters include news of the family, of business ventures, and economic and political developments in the United States.
Purchased, 1975.

2033
Paul family. Papers, 1709 (1783-1956).
(6 linear ft.)
The Paul family was a merchant family of both Philadelphia and Belvidere, N.J.

Thomas Paul, the first generation to be represented here, was a merchant trading under the firm of [Cornelius] Comegys and Paul and successor names. In 1790 he purchased the Belvidere property where he established his residence and where he and following generations carried on the sale of town lots.

His son, Comegys Paul, returned to Philadelphia where he carried on a dry-goods trading business as [Benjamin] Cononge, Paul & Co. [James Ranten] and later as Comegys Paul & Co. [John T. and William Watson].

These papers consist of correspondence, accounts, and indentures which relate to the personal and business activities of the Paul family of Philadelphia and Belvidere, N.J.

The Thomas Paul papers, 1783-1798, consist of miscellaneous correspondence and records on his mercantile business, Belvidere, personal affairs, and his estate.

Comegys Paul's papers, 1810-1851, contain business correspondence and miscellaneous accounts to 1828. They also include his private correspondence from brothers and brothers-in-law largely on the management of the Belvidere property and other family affairs. There are also some Comegys Paul private accounts.

Among the letters of the John Rodman Paul branch of the family are: J. Rodman Paul's letters, 1823-1824, describing social life and touring activities while studying medicine in Paris; John Rodman Paul, Jr., letters, 1872, while touring Europe; and additional family correspondence, 1823-1902, which also includes letters from Elizabeth Duffield Paul, Margaret Neill Paul, and others. Henry Neill Paul letterpress books, 1858-1886, 1890-1899, contain letters on property in St. Paul, Minn., his other real estate holdings, Paul family estate business, letters written as officer of Manufacturers Land and Improvement Company, Gloucester Land Company, and Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; personal ledger, 1858-1859; and journal, 1879-1888. Memorial Missionary Society of Calvary Presbyterian Church minutes, 1870-1883, Mrs. Elizabeth Stadleman Paul, Secretary. Henry Neill Paul, Jr., lawyer, personal business, as well as bibliophilic and genealogical interests.

Another line of the Paul family is represented by Mary Pope Paul personal and family correspondence, 1868-1920, together with some correspondence of her son Augustus Russell Paul, 1900-1937, mainly on agricultural subjects.

Genealogical materials transferred to the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.

Gift of Arthur Paul, 1975.

2034
Kellner, Louise. Diaries, 1889-1903.
(8 v.)
Diaries kept by Louise Kellner while a companion to Lydia T. Morris and her brother, John T. Morris, on their world travels: "Around the World," 1889-1890; "Egypt and the Nile," 1894-1896; "Winter Vacation--Italy," 1900; "A Trip to France and the Midnight Sun," (Scandinavia, Russia) 1903.
Gift of Mrs. Pauline L. Bowen, 1975.

2035
Cope family. Estate papers, ca. 1838-1938.
(3 linear ft.)
Papers on the estates of Ruth Anna Cope, Jeremiah Brown, Anna S. Cope, Alfred Cope, and other members of the Cope family, including correspondence, accounts and legal papers.
Gift of Mrs. David Goddard, 1975.

2036
No entry.

2037
Jones and Taylor family. Papers, 1737 (1830-1919), 1925.
(9 linear ft.)
Papers of the Jones and Taylor families, two related Philadelphia families. Benjamin Jones, merchant, iron manufacturer, land speculator, is represented by: incoming business correspondence and loose accounts, ca. 1831-1849, mainly dealing with land transactions; account books, with miscellaneous financial memoranda, 1809-1816, 1832-1839; estate papers; miscellanea. Andrew M. Jones, son of Benjamin Jones, merchant, is represented by papers, ca. 1829-1889, containing: incoming business correspondence and loose accounts; daily memoranda blotters, 1855, 1857; family letters; papers of several estates administered by Jones; letters, 1861-1866, from relatives with Union forces in Virginia and Tennessee. There is also a series of various Jones family letters, ca. 1821-1888.

Among the Taylor papers are family letters, 1843-1882, of Margaretta H. Jones Taylor, sister of Andrew M. Jones, and others. William Johnson Taylor [I], chemist and mineralogist, is represented by: pocket diaries, 1846, 1850-1863; miscellaneous account book, 1854; a few items of correspondence, 1861. The papers, ca. 1890-1925, of William Johnson Taylor [II], surgeon of Philadelphia, officer with the medical corps of the U.S. Army during World War I, include: medical records; notes and manuscript copies of speeches and articles by Johnson on medical topics; the originals and copies of (censored) World War I letters written to his family from hospitals on the western front in France; miscellanea.

Other papers include: Grubb family letters, 1812-1819; Buckley family letters and deeds, 1737-1831; Anna P. Buckley diary, 1854; Mrs. John Hewson's European diary, 1884; scrapbook; genealogical notes; miscellanea.

Gift of H. Newbold Taylor, 1975.

Finding aid available.

2038
Clubs and Association records, 1819-1932.
(65 v.)
Miscellaneous papers of community, fraternal, philanthropic, social, or veterans' organizations, including minutes, lists, dues, constitutions:

2039
Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844. Papers, 1776 (1799-1846), 1863.
(650 items.)
Nicholas Biddle, litterateur and financier of Philadelphia, attended Princeton and served as: secretary to American Legation in Paris; editor of the Port Folio; member of the Pennsylvania state legislature; and president of the Bank of the United States. After leaving the Bank of the United States, Biddle lived as a retired gentleman at Andalusia, his country estate.

The bulk of the collection consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1800-1844. The letters discuss personal affairs, politics, military developments, and economic matters, including the Bank of the United States. A letter dated April 19, 1839 explains Biddle's decision to retire from the bank. Additionally, there are manuscript copies of miscellaneous Biddle prose and verse dating from student days and from the period of association with the Port Folio; household account book, 1827, of Jane (Craig) Biddle, Nicholas' wife; and miscellanea.

Among the other papers are a few incoming and outgoing letters by several members of the Biddle family, including James Biddle, naval officer, 1813-1846; Charles J. Biddle, 1812-1828, 1863; and Craig Biddle, 1845-1862.

Gift of Nicholas Biddle Wainwright, 1976.

2040
Second Baptist Church of Philadelphia. Records, 1803-1972.
(40 linear ft.)
Records of the Second Baptist Church of Philadelphia, organized 1803, representing religious, missionary, charitable and youth work.

General Records: outgoing correspondence, 1884-1966; incoming correspondence, 1861-1968; minutes of church meetings, 1832-1943; Board of Trustees minutes, 1839-1962; membership records, 1803-1911; correspondence on grants of dismission, 1857-1908; dismission records, 1897-1923; pew rolls and rent books, 1871-1908; guest book [register], n.d.; account books, 1884-1922; loose accounts, 1851-1972.

Religious Education: Sunday School Society minutes, 1832-1907; Sunday School registers and roll books, 1843-1931; Sunday School library records, 1879-1906; Adult Bible Class registers & superintendent's records, 1876-1900; Adult Bible Class minutes, 1923-1930; Lord's Day School records, including minutes, 1835-1969, roll books, 1847-1924, accounts, 1834-1967, miscellaneous.

Women's Activities: Women's Foreign Missionary Circle minutes, 1903-1919; Women's Home Mission Circle minutes, 1908-1937; Young Ladies Hope Dorcas Society minutes, 1840; Hope League treasurer's report, 1906-1912; King's Daughters minutes, rolls, and accounts, 1895-1949; Hope League and incoming correspondence and receipts, 1891-1956.

Special Activities: Hope Missionary Society records, ca. 1858-1901; Golden Promise Mission Band, collection accounts, 1899-1901; Volunteer Relief Society minutes, 1862-1867; Young Men's Association minutes, 1884-1888; Sheltering Arms roll and collection accounts, 1891-1895; Pastor's Aid Society account book, 1903-1907.

Other Records: Church construction records, 1873-1876, Addison Hutton, architect; Centennial records, 1902-1903; annual reports, legal records; broadsides; printed items; photographs; miscellaneous.

Gift of Stephen Karpiak, 1975.

Finding aid available.

2041
Moschzisker, Michael von. Fine Arts file, 1951 (1957-1962), 1976.
(450 items.)
Michael von Moschzisker was Chairman of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority from 1956 to 1962. His efforts resulted in a Redevelopment Authority contract clause requiring that 1 percent of construction cost be used for fine arts.

These files from his office relate to his campaign to make fine arts a part of urban redevelopment. The papers include correspondence, clippings, articles, memoranda. There are some additional papers Arts in Architecture, an unsuccessful project which was to have served as intermediary between artists and developers.

Gift of Michael von Moschzisker, 1967, 1974, 1976.

2042
Moschzisker, Michael von. Papers, 1954-1973.
(200 items.)
The papers of Michael von Moschzisker, Philadelphia lawyer, on Richardson Dilworth, include: general correspondence, 1954-1973, mainly between Moschzisker and Dilworth; and correspondence and miscellaneous items on Moschzisker's activities on behalf of Dilworth during the campaigns to elect Dilworth mayor of Philadelphia, 1955 and 1959, and the campaign to elect him governor of Pennsylvania, 1962.

2043
Decatur family. Papers, 1792-1854.
(100 items.)
Letters and documents primarily concerned with the claims of Priscilla Decatur McKnight Twiggs and her sisters on the estate of Stephen Decatur, their uncle. Also includes miscellaneous Susan Wheeler Decatur, Major Levi Twiggs, and McKnight family correspondence.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Machold, 1976.

Finding aid available.

2044
No entry.

2045
Fairmount Park Art Association. Archives, 1871-1972.
(56 linear ft.)
The Fairmount Park Art Association (F.P.A.A.) was chartered in 1872 with the original purpose for "adorning Fairmount Park with statues, busts, and other works of art" and came to include the promotion "of the beautiful in the City of Philadelphia, in its architecture, improvements and general plan."

These archives are the result of several different methods of record keeping and represent only the files of certain officers. Other records were presumably retained by the other principals.

General Correspondence: Secretary/Executive Secretary letterpress books, 1893-1896, 1898-1920, and loose correspondence, 1872-1933, 1972, composed of a chronological file and a topical file. This material relates to membership, meetings, finances and other general business as well as specific concerns and projects such as Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Carpenters Hall lot improvement, Japanese Temple--Gate, Sculpture in the Open Air Exhibit, Wilson Cary Swan Memorial Fountain, and Woodmere Art Gallery. These general files contain some minutes, contracts, clippings, bills, receipts, and photographs. Most of the correspondence relating to specific sculptures may be found in subsequent series.

Board of Trustees minutes, 1894-1973.

Treasurer's Office: correspondence, 1929-1940, 1948-1961; bills and receipts, 1871-1929, 1941-1965; bank statements, cancelled checks, ca. 1918-ca. 1932; scattered treasurers' reports and accountants' audits. Additional bills, receipts, and financial correspondence may be found in other series.

Standing Committees: Committee on City Planning correspondence, 1935-1951; Committee on Finances, Legacies, and Trusts correspondence and reports, 1937- 1949; Committee on Location of Sculpture correspondence, 1937-1969; Committee on Works of Art correspondence and minutes, 1902-1914; Women's Committee of F.P.A.A. correspondence, 1958-1971, with some financial papers. Also included in this section are Charles J. Cohen letterpress books and correspondence on Cohen's activities with Committees on Auditing, Finances, Works of Art, and others.

Special Committees and Projects: Revision of Charter and By-laws, 1905-1908; Capt. John Ericsson Memorial, James A. Garfield Memorial, Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, H. Morris Harrison Memorial, Charles H. Howell Memorial, John F. Kennedy Plaza Fountain, William McKinley Memorial, Robert Morris Memorial, Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial (including the three International Sculpture Exhibitions, 1933, 1940, 1949, held in conjunction with the Samuel Memorial, Shakespeare Memorial, Richard Smith Memorial). The above contain a variety of correspondence, minutes, accounts, and other papers on the projects.

Sculpture of A City: to commemorate its centennial, the F.P.A.A. published Sculpture of a City in 1974, a study of Philadelphia public sculpture. The research files compiled for the book, arranged according to sculptor, contain correspondence with the artist, correspondence of F.P.A.A. board members and others, minutes, contracts, Sculpture of a City research notes, letters, clippings, drafts of articles, photographs, and material relevant to the sculpture. Additional publication files include more correspondence, authors and photographers biographies, book outlines, contracts, photographs, and other business papers.

Miscellaneous records: scrapbooks, 1900-1926, annual reports, photographs, pamphlets.

Philadelphia Fountain Society Records, given to F.P.A.A., 1972: letterpress book, 1870-1871, 1902-1905; loose correspondence, 1883-1942, particularly concerning the Rebecca Darby Smith Fountain; minute books, 1869-1885, 1891-1916; bills and receipts, 1887-1941; and miscellaneous papers.

Deposited by Fairmount Park Art Association, 1975.

Finding aid available.

2046
No entry.

2047A
Wharton family. Papers, 1778 (1813-1886), 1931.
(2 linear ft.)
Papers of the Whartons and related Philadelphia families. Wharton correspondence consists of incoming personal and professional letters, 1815-1869, of Thomas Isaac Wharton and his son Henry Wharton, lawyers; Arabella Griffith Wharton to her husband Thomas I.; and miscellaneous letters 1869-1931. Other Wharton papers include: Hannah Margaret Wharton diary, 1813-1824, including recollections of her childhood; legal papers including estate records and court cases; bills and receipts, 1819-1873, mainly of Henry Wharton; accounts of servants' wages, 1854-1855; Francis Wharton, son of Thomas I. Wharton, receipt book, 1852-1857; miscellany, including genealogical notes.

Related family papers include: Griffith family correspondence, 1815-1842, especially the letters of Mary Griffith, author and mother of Arabella Griffith Wharton; Mary Griffith receipt book, 1825-1833; miscellaneous Griffith accounts, 1810-1845; Bayard family correspondence, 1854-1886, consisting principally of Florence Bayard letters from her father James Asheton Bayard, lawyer, and other family members; Mary Johnstone Brinley to her daughter Mary Gibbs Brinley, 1833; miscellaneous Rawle family papers, 1778, 1783; Rebecca Warner Rawle diary, 1808; Adolfo Carlos Munoz, architect and husband of Emily Wharton, incoming correspondence and miscellaneous papers 1891-1917, primarily on his activities during the Cuban rebellion against Spain and the Spanish-American War.

Purchased, 1976.

2047B
Wharton family. Papers, 1742-1844.
(80 items)
Family letters, 1775-1783 and n.d., to Hannah Redwood, who later married Charles Wharton, mostly from her sister Sarah ("Sophia") Redwood Fisher, and other miscellaneous Wharton family letters and accounts, 1742-1837.

2048
Harrison family. Papers, 1789 (1880-1964).
(4 linear ft.)

The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Marie Louise Lemoine Harrison of Philadelphia. Included among her papers are personal and family correspondence, 1894-1964, including condolence letters on the death of her father Louis Rice Lemoine, 1926; appointment books, 1934-1935, 1938-1945; papers on her writing of religious books, especially manuscript notes and manuscript copies of several works; miscellanea. Her husband Charles Custis Harrison, Jr., and their children are also represented by family correspondence, 1898-1963.

There are some papers of the Lemoine family, chiefly of Mrs. Harrison's father Louis Rice Lemoine, President of the U.S. Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry County, St. Louis, Mo. His papers contain personal correspondence, 1869-1925, and business correspondence, board minutes, specifications, accounts, 1890-1926. There are also Ashton Lemoine accounts, 1906-1907, mainly on stock market transactions, and miscellaneous family correspondence and documents, 1789-1864. Among the miscellaneous papers are a Chuckwold Farm Stables book; scrapbooks; photographs; genealogical notes; newspaper clippings; printed items.

Gift of Mrs. John T. Nightingale, 1968.

Finding aid available.

2049
Coxe family. Papers, 1638 (1776-1879), 1897.
(210 linear ft.)
The collection is broken into three major series of papers. They include the Tench Coxe section, 1638, 1776-1824, 1879; the Charles Sidney Coxe, Edward Sidney Coxe, and Alexander Sidney Coxe legal papers section, ca. 1810-1879; and Third Party Papers, ca. 1722-1815. The Tench Coxe Section is broken down further into four series: Volumes and printed materials; correspondence and general papers; Essays, addresses and resource material; and Bills and receipts.

In 1776 Tench Coxe began in the import-export business by joining his father's firm Coxe, Furman & Coxe. In 1780 he established his own house, entering into partnership in 1783 with Bostonian Nalbro Frazier. Coxe & Frazier was dissolved in 1790, after which government service became Tench Coxe's principal employment. A fervent supporter of the adoption of the Constitution, his increasing political involvement was especially concerned with patent legislation, funding of the national debt, the location of capital, and the effort to establish a National Manufactory. At first serving in the Federalist administration, Coxe was named assistant secretary of the treasury, 1790-1792, and commissioner of the revenue, 1792-1797. His sympathies moving toward the Republican Party, he spent from 1797 to 1800 engaged in party political activities and personal business, chiefly land speculation in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia. By 1796 his personal finances were hopelessly complicated by debts and litigations from his own ventures and the bankruptcy of a partner Dr. Thomas Ruston. Nevertheless Coxe continued to retain and manage his property, from which his heirs would benefit greatly, until his death.

As a Republican, Coxe resumed his office-holding with his appointment as secretary of the Land Office of Pennsylvania, 1800-1801, collector of Revenue for Philadelphia, 1801-1802, supervisor of Revenue of Pennsylvania, 1802-1803, purveyor of public supplies, 1803-1812, and clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia, 1815-1818. Coxe is probably best known to both contemporaries and historians, as a writer. Throughout most of his life he published numerous pamphlets and contributed frequently to the press, writing on economic and political matters, foreign affairs, and sundry other subjects.

Volumes and printed material of Tench Coxe include: letterbooks, 1778-1819, deal chiefly with mercantile and real estate business matters, revenue letterbook, 1801-1802; letterbook, 1813-1816, concerning Coxe's difficulties in completing his accounts as purveyor of public supplies. Account books, 1772-1824 relate to Coxe's personal and official business finances and include daybooks, journals, ledgers, checkbooks, bank books, receipt books, land records, revenue records, and others. Additionally, there are Coxe's commercial records consisting of Coxe, Furman and Coxe letterbook, 1776-1779, and account books, 1776-1796; Coxe and Frazier letterbooks, 1784-1798, journals, 1783-1798, and other account books.

In this series also are: miscellaneous Coxe family volumes, 1810-1871, consisting of docket books and other legal records, estate records, and household accounts of Coxe's children, Alexander, Charles, Henry, and Mary Rebecca; Dr. Thomas Ruston and Mary Fisher Ruston account books, domestic account books, medical notes, 1762-1803; George Harrison's Office of Naval Agent letterbook, 1801-1806, journal, 1802, and personal journal, 1845, and ledger, 1842-1844; some account and letterbooks of other Coxe debtors, William Harrison, 1793-1799, and James McCalley, 1792-1797; Office of the collector of revenue letterbooks, 1791 (George Clymer), 1798-1800 (James Ash); and a final group of records, ca. 1759-1849, partly derived from business firms with which Coxe had dealings, partly from private individuals connected with him or his family, but much for which the provenance is undetermined.

Printed materials consist of: books; newspaper clippings, 1787-1885; pamphlets and booklets, 1767-1885, including pamphlets authored by Tench Coxe; circulars and form letters, 1783-1822; broadsides and broadsheets, 1782-1837; and miscellaneous.

Tench Coxe's incoming correspondence forms the bulk of the second series with a small body of outgoing correspondence, and a larger body of third party correspondence, all arranged together chronologically. Letters on all of the commercial, official, and personal subjects which concerned him are represented, usually in quantity: national economic policy, Coxe's writings and publications, land speculations and development, domestic and foreign commerce, the operations of his state and federal offices, politics and government, church, Philadelphia civic organizations, family matters. In addition to his business associates and family members, among his correspondents were James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Rush, John Dickinson, Joel Barlow, Pierce Butler, Aaron Burr, Albert Gallatin, John Jay, Robert Morris, Timothy Pickering, and Gouverneur Morris.

Interfiled with the correspondence are general papers: deeds, surveys and other land papers; ships' papers, insurance policies, invoices and other commercial pieces; tax records, licenses, and sundry revenue forms; notes and memoranda; financial accounts and calculations; calling cards and other personal memorabilia.

After his father's death, Charles S. Coxe, lawyer, judge, and executor of the family estate, became the principal recipient of correspondence in the Coxe family papers. This remaining part of the series, 1824-1879, concerns management of the estate, family affairs, and personal business.

The bulk of the Essays, Addresses, and Resource Material series is made up of drafts and occasional fair copies of Tench Coxe's books (published and unpublished), pamphlets, and pieces for newspapers and periodicals. There is supplemental material such as manuscripts of other authors and excerpts of books. The series consists of writings on economic subjects, political topics, and miscellaneous and fragmentary material.

Tench Coxe's bills and receipts, the last series, filed in alphabetical order, relate to his personal expenses, to his business accounts, to his official duties, particularly his purchases as purveyor of public supplies, and to the accounts of persons for whom he acted as agent or trustee. Also included in this series are Tench Coxe's cancelled checks, 1783-1843.

The Charles Sidney Coxe, Edmund Sidney Coxe, Alexander Sidney Coxe Legal Papers section, ca. 1810-1879, includes: correspondence, financial papers, legal documents and memoranda of the attorney sons of Tench Coxe are primarily concerned with their law practices. Most correspondence and other papers of the three brothers which do not pertain directly to legal matters have been included in the Tench Coxe Section, Series II; however, some personal and family items do remain here. The papers of Charles Coxe, who served as deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania, and judge of District Court for Philadelphia, 1826-1841, are the most numerous, with lesser amounts for Edmund and Alexander.

The Third Party Papers, ca. 1722-1815, is filled with loose records supplementary to the volumes that appear in Section I. Dr. Thomas Ruston's papers, ca. 1722, 1785-1794, 1812, were seized by Coxe in an attempt to salvage something of the debt due to him after the Chester County, physician and land speculator went bankrupt. They relate to his business interests, especially land, to his writings, and to a small extent his medical education. There is correspondence, deeds, and other land papers, bills, receipts and other accounts, legal papers. Other of Coxe's debtors are represented by William Harrison correspondence, accounts, land paper, legal material, ca. 1790-1800; James McCalley accounts and other business papers, ca. 1785-1815; and Oliver Pollock miscellaneous papers, 1785-1790.

Tench Coxe section of collection available on microfilm through interlibrary loan.

West, Lucy Fisher, Guide to the Microfilm of the Papers of Tench Coxe (Philadelphia, Pa. : Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1977)

Gift of the Coxe family, 1964.

2050
Chew family. Papers, 1683-1896.
(183 linear ft.)
The arrangement of the collection follows both a generational and a chronological pattern. Family members have been grouped together according to generation, yet each individual's papers remain separate. The policy of ultimate use governs their position in the collection (the correspondence is filed according to recipient rather than by author). Emphasis has been placed on the Chew family itself with related families' papers forming small subgroups within the larger series. Papers of married couples have been sorted separately, but they are located together within the arrangement.

Originally, the papers were housed at Cliveden, the Chew family's country seat in Germantown. Built by Chief Justice Benjamin Chew between 1763 and 1767, the house served as the site for the Battle of Germantown on October 4, 1777. In 1778, Chew sold Cliveden to Blair McClenahan, but the family repurchased the property in 1797. Cliveden remained the Chew estate until 1972, when the family gave the house to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Many family members lived at Cliveden for at least part of their lives; even those Chews who moved on t