Logan family papers
Collection 2023
( Bulk, 1731-1838 ) 1704-1842(1.0 Linear feet ; 1 box, 3 volumes)
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Logan family.
- Title
- Logan family papers
- ID
- 2023
- Date [bulk]
- Bulk, 1731-1838
- Date [inclusive]
- 1704-1842
- Extent
- 1.0 Linear feet ; 1 box, 3 volumes
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Cary Majewicz
- Sponsor
- Processing made possible by a generous donation from W. Graham Arader.
- Language
- English
- Mixed materials [Volume]
- 1-3
- Mixed materials [Box]
- 1
- Abstract
- The Logan family of Philadelphia, beginning with James Logan (1674-1751), secretary to William Penn, became one of the most prosperous and influential families in the region. This small collection contains in three volumes and one box a miscellaneous assortment of documents and letters, most of which revolve around James Logan; his son William (1717-1776), William's son George (1753-1821); and George Logan's wife, Deborah Norris Logan (1761-1839). William Logan's papers make up the bulk of the collection, and they primarily relate to business, horticulture, and estate settlement. Notably, the collection also contains an undated memorandum, initialed by William Penn, of Colonel Robery Quary's complaints against the administration of Governor William Markham.
Preferred Citation note
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Logan family papers (Collection 2023), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Biographical/Historical note
James Logan was born on 20 October 1674 in Lurgan, Ireland, to Patrick Logan and Isabella Hume. He was brought up in a Quaker family and received a classical education. In his early twenties, he set up a trade route between Dublin, Ireland, and Bristol, England. Around this time, in the 1690s, he became friends with William Penn who convinced Logan to travel with him to Pennsylvania as his secretary. Logan obliged, and they arrived at the port of Philadelphia in December 1699. For a short while, they lived in the same residence in Philadelphia until Penn traveled back to England in 1701. Shortly thereafter, Logan, who had not yet reached his thirties, was named an attorney to the Penn family and became a member of the Provincial Council, a position he held for over forty years. Two decades later, Logan was elected as the 16th mayor of Philadelphia. He later served as Pennsylvania’s chief justice (1731-1739) and governor (1736-1738).
Logan retired to Stenton following the end of his governorship. In this two-story home located in Germantown, Philadelphia (which still stands as a museum and tribute to the Logan family), Logan raised his family of four sons and three daughters with his wife, Sarah Read Logan. He died at Stenton on 31 October 1751.
One of James’s sons, William (1717-1776), took a special interest in caring for and preserving Stenton’s grounds. While William Logan followed in his father’s footsteps and also worked as an attorney for the Penn family, he devoted much of his life to agriculture, particularly in regards to Stenton, which he inherited after his father’s death. Covering several hundred acres in the mid-1700s, Stenton became a working farm under William’s guidance. Though he mostly lived in Philadelphia and used Stenton as a summer residence, at least one of his children with wife Hannah Emlen (1722-1777) was born there, George Logan (1753-1821). Like his father, William died at Stenton, in 1776.
As a young boy, George Logan was sent to England by his parents for his education. He would later return to England and Scotland to pursue a medical degree, which he received from the University of Edinburgh in 1779. A year later he returned to America and Stenton, which he had inherited from his father. At Stenton he and his wife, Deborah Norris (1761-1839), raised three sons: Albanus (1783-1854), Gustavus George (1786-1800), and Algernon Sydney (1791-1835). George also developed a keen interest in horticulture and improved Stenton’s grounds. His career veered into politics and he served several terms as a Pennsylvania representative in the 1780s and 1790s and senator from 1801 to 1807. Notably, in 1798 he helped prevent a war between France and the United States by personally visiting the country and talking with French officials. This resulted in passage of the “Logan Act,” which prohibited private citizens from interfering in foreign relations.
George’s wife, Deborah Norris Logan, while working as a mother to her sons and hostess to Stenton’s many visitors, became a well-known writer and historian but was largely self-educated. She attended Philadelphia’s Friends Girls School, went on to write a book about her husband’s life titled the Memoir of Dr. George Logan of Stenton, transcribed many of her family’s old letters, including letters between James Logan and William Penn, and kept her own diaries in which she reflected upon the social lives of many prominent Philadelphia families, as well as the city’s political, religious, and cultural developments.
Scope and Contents note
The papers in this small collection from Philadephia's Logan family provides a general understanding of the family's activities. The collection was processed in the order found, and most of the papers in the folders are arranged chronologically. Exceptions to this are William Logan's business correspondence in Box 1, Folder 3, which is arranged alphabetically by author; and George Logan's papers (Box 1, Folder 11), which are arranged alphabtically by recipient, followed by miscellaneous documents.
Most of the collection documents William Logan's business interests, estate settlement, and horticultural practices. James Logan, Dr. George Logan, and Deborah Norris Logan are also represented but to a much lesser extent. Additionally, the collection contains a few letters from George and Deborah's children, as well as an undated complaint of Robert Quary against William Markham that is initialed by William Penn.
Please see the Collection Inventory for select folder inventories and a description of the Deborah Norris Logan letters (Box 1, Folders 8 and 9).
Administrative Information
Publication Information
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2010
1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Mrs. Sydney L. Wright, 1974.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials note
At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Logan family business records, 1808-1836 (Collection 378)
Logan family papers, 1664-1871 (Collection 379)
Deborah Norris Logan Diaries, 1815-1839 (Collection 380)
James Logan papers, 1670-1749 (Collection 2011)
Maria Dickinson Logan Collection, 1671-1890 (Collection 382)
William Logan journals and papers, 1740-1776 (Collection 3286)
Norris Family Papers, 1742-1860 (Collection 454)
Provincial Delegates’ letters (Am .2891 folio)
At the Library Company of Pennsylvania:
Library Company of Philadelphia vs. William Logan Estate papers, 1753-1798
James Logan papers, 1730-1860
Loganian Collection, 1640-1770
Controlled Access Headings
Geographic Name(s)
- Pennsylvania--Boundaries--Maryland.
- Pennsylvania--Politics and government--To 1775.
- Pennsylvania--Social life and customs.
- United States--Foreign relations--To 1775.
Personal Name(s)
- Bincks, Thomas.
- Blackburne, John, 1693-1786.
- Blackburne, John, Jr.
- Logan, Deborah Norris, 1761-1839.
- Logan, George, 1753-1821.
- Logan, James, 1674-1751.
- Logan, William, d. 1757.
- Markham, William, ca. 1635-1704.
- Penn, William, 1644-1718.
- Quary, Robert, Col.
Subject(s)
- Horticulture.
- Quakers--Pennsylvania--18th century.
Collection Inventory
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James Logan papers (1704-1737, undated) Folder inventory12 April 1704 - Order of Council to the Justice of Bucks County 28 February 1709 - Warrant to William Smith for 200 acres in HIghlands 27 October 1718 - James Logan to Susannah [Wright?] 18 June 1728 - James Logan to "Susy" 1 December 1732/3 - Walter Newberry [in London] to James Logan (original and copy) 23 February 1733 - James Logan to John Penn in regard to John Carnaham 21 April 1734 - Walter Newberry [in London] to James Logan 27 November 1734 - James Logan's favor of James Steel 28 December 1734/5 - Walter Newberry [in London] to James Logan (original and copy) 9 June 1735 - Walter Newberry [in London] to James Logan (original and copy) 24 June 1735 - William Spence [in Ireland] to James Logan 19 October 1735 - James Logan to [unnamed member of Penn family?] in regard to S. Blunston letter Undated - Invoice of Richard Sealey to James Logan [for linens and other sundries] Typed copy of “Inventory taken at Stenton of goods and chattels belonging to James Logan, died August 10, 1752” |
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William Logan outgoing letters (1743-1758, undated) Folder inventory6 June 1743- draft of letters to Joseph James 29 June 1743 - draft of Samuel Storke 20 June 1743 - draft of letter to Williams and Reeves 2 December 1750/1 - William Logan to unnamed recipient 10 June 1758 - William Logan to unnamed recipient (in regard to Thomas Slicer) Undated - William Logan to Sally Logan (2 letters) |
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William Logan incoming business letters (1735-1777) Folder inventoryDavid Barclay and Sons [of London] to William Logan (1767-1773) (4 letters and accounts) Daniel Bell Jr. [in London] to William Logan for Hannah Logan (27 August 1774) Samuel Bevington [in London] to William Logan (19 February 1774) Benjamin Birkett [in Barbados] to William Logan (5 January 1773) Isaac Cardell? [in Kingston, Jamaica] to William Logan (2 October 1735) Joseph Champion [in London] to William Logan (1765, 1768) (2 letters) James David [in London] to William Logan (28 March 1765) Devonshire and Reeve [in Bristol] to William Logan (24 October 1765) Cornelius Fry [in Bristol] to William Logan (1772) (items bought of Richard Cannington and Company) Halliday and Dunbar [in Liverpool] to William Logan (29 April 1767) Abraham Richard Hawksworth [in Bristol] to William Logan (11 July 1768) John Hunt to William Logan (29 November 1749) Robert Peters [in Bristol] to William Logan (1765-1775) (9 letters) Charles Read to William Logan (undated) William Reeves [in Bristol] to William Logan (1768) (2 letters) William Reeves and Son [in Bristol] to William Logan (27 May 1772) Burnet Richards [in Sint Eustacius] to William Logan (13 February 1772) John L. Rossington [in Antigua] to William Logan (15 September 1750) James Smith to William Logan (undated) Ralph Smith [in Mount Lebanon] to William Logan (1747, 1749) (5 letters) John Stephenson [in Stockton, County Durham] to William Logan [10 May 1763] Thomas Wagstaffe [in London] (18 February 1768) Scope and Contents noteUnlike the horticulturally-related letters found in the volumes, most of this miscellaneous correspondence is from Logan's overseas business acquaintances concerning bills and money owed, as well as shipping concerns and general news. |
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Giles Bailey and Arch. Drummond to William Logan (1757-1774) Scope and Contents noteBetween these two folders are thirty-one letters from Bailey and Drummond, attorneys, concerning the settlement of William Logan's uncle's estate in London. |
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Dr. John Fothergill to William Logan (23 December 1773) (1 item) |
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William Logan miscelleneous business papers (1753-1788, undated) Folder inventory4 January 1753 - William Logan's accounts (1751-1752) with his mother Sarah Logan 13 March 1759 - Invoice from Joseph Fry to William Logan 1762 - Copy of James Logan's 1736 patent for 1400 acres in Lancaster County. 1 April 1767 - Lease of William Logan to Jacob Rodenbach 8 February 1773 - procuration of Thomas Corbyn to William Logan 1788 - "Proposals about C. L. affairs" Undated - Agreement with Jacob Rowe to let Stenton plantation for a year |
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Deborah Norris Logan letters (1790-1838, undated) Scope and Contents noteDeborah Norris Logan’s letters deal mainly with her children and close family members, their well-being, and updates to them about what was going on locally. The majority of the letters are addressed to two of her sons, Albanus and Algernon, and to her friend, Sarah Miller Walker. In the vast majority of the letters, Logan discussed various illnesses and deaths of family members, friends, and neighbors, as well as weddings, marriages, and other news that involved people in her social circle. Logan was very well read and kept up with current events, as evidenced by her various mentions of affairs in Europe; among other topics she discussed Napoleon Bonaparte, Lord Nelson, and the British and French fleets. Other letters inlcude notes on astronomy, the Enlightenment, and the finding of a skeleton “near the river Plata” in South America. Logan also quoted Queen Elizabeth and Lord Byron on several occasions. As she grew older, however, the content of the letters became almost exclusively about illnesses and death. Logan notes her sadness, or the sadness of others, in many of these instances, where hope had been lost for a particular person. Folder inventoriesInventory of papers in Box 1, Folder 8 3 April 1790 – Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to unidentified person (incomplete) 6 November 1791 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Albanus Logan (mother to son; away at school) 27 November 1792 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Albanus Logan (mother to son; family update) 14 September 1793 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Mary Norris (update to her mother) 16 January 1797 - Deborah Logan to (incomplete) 8 September 1799 - Deborah Logan [in Loganville] to Mary Norris 18 September 1800 - Deborah Logan [in Loganville] to “Sally” 12 February 1801 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Albanus Logan 15 February 1802 - Deborah Logan [in Wilmington] to Albanus Logan (family update; visiting sick Cousin Dickinson) 18 May 1803 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Albanus Logan (enclosed with May 29 letter, mailed together) 29 May 1803 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Albanus Logan 20 February (about 1805) - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Dr. George Logan (family update while the senator was in Washington) 13 May 1805 - Deborah Logan to Algernon Sydney Logan (on summer clothes) 17 July 1805 - Deborah Logan to Algernon S. Logan 24 July 1805 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Algernon Sydney Logan 31 July 1805 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Algernon Sydney Logan (family update; mention of news of French fleet escaping Lord Nelson) 6 November 1805 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Algernon Sydney Logan 26 February 1806 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Algernon Sydney Logan (family update; mention of news of Napoleon; news of skeleton findings in South America) 25 April 1806 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Algernon Sydney Logan 3 May 1806 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sally Norris Dickinson (her cousin) 1 May 1808 - Deborah Logan [in Wilmington] to Hannah Griffitts (on Albanus’s wedding) “Second-Day Noon” 1808 - Deborah Logan to Hannah Griffitts (on death of Dr. Moore) “3rd Day Afternoon” 1809 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sally (Norris Dickinson?) “First Day Evening” 1809/1811 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Maria D. Logan (on winter weather and other family updates) 1812 - Deborah Logan to “My Dear Cousin” (on her need to visit a dying friend, Ennie) 21, 25 July 1812 - Deborah Logan to Sally (Norris Dickinson?) 12 October 1812 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Algernon Sydney Logan (sent $100 to son) 21 January 1813 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sally Norris Dickinson 1815, 1838 - Deborah Logan - “Sonnet to Stenton, By our beloved, and honoured Deborah Logan” 7 July 1820 - Deborah Logan to “Dear Cousin” (on an ill Debby Norris) 29 October 1821 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Walker 2 April 1822 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker 24 August 1823 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker 26 August 1823 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Algernon Sydney Logan (on death of Stockton and other updates) 31 August 1823 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Hannah Logan Smith 23 November 1823 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker 9 July 1824 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah (Miller Walker?) 9 August 1825 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker (family updates and deaths in the family and community) 16 August 1825 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Algernon Sydney Logan (incomplete) Inventory of papers in Box 1, Folder 9 15 December 1826 - Deborah Logan to Algernon Sydney Logan 23 May 1827 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah (Miller Walker?) 30 July 1827 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Maria D. Logan 29 June 1828 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker 7 September 1828 - Deborah Logan to Sarah Miller Walker 7 December 1828 - Deborah Logan to Algernon Sydney Logan 23 June 1829 - Deborah Logan to Enoch Walker P.M. (sends greeting to “dear Sarah Miller Walker;" on cousin Sally being ill and other updates) 4 May 1831 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Mary Norris Logan 24 October 1831 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker (on death of Reuben Haines) 25 December 1831 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker (on sicknesses of friends and family; bad weather) 15 May 1832 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker 28 May 1832 - Deborah Logan to Sarah Miller Walker (on more illnesses and the appearance of a comet) 25 October 1832 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker 16 January 1833 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker 8 September 1833 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker (on Sarah’s new interest in botany and other updates) 11 November 1833 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker 27 November 1833 - Deborah Logan to Sarah Miller Walker 8 December 1833 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah (Miller Walker?) 6 January 1834 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker 17, 21 May 1834 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker (on diseases of friends and other gossip) 23, 28 July 1834 - Deborah Logan to Sarah Miller Walker (on Algernon’s illness and other news) 10 September 1834 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker (on Algernon’s improving health and other family updates) 28 April 1835 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Sarah Miller Walker (on the marriages of Maria Moore and Elizabeth Shaffer, the latter who had lived with Deborah as an aide; and other community updates) 19 May 1835 - Deborah Logan [at Stenton] to Thomas R. Fisher (congratulations on the birth of Thomas’ son, George Logan Fisher) July 1836 - Deborah Logan to Thomas R. Fisher (upon death of his baby son, George) Circa May 1838 - Deborah Logan to Sarah M. Walker (on Pennsylvania Hall riots) 23 December 1838 - Deborah Logan to Sarah Miller Walker 29 August [no year] - Deborah Logan [in Loganville] to Algernon Sydney Logan 26 December [no year] - Deborah Logan to Algernon Sydney Logan (on the impending death of Debby Norris, requesting that Algernon come home to Stenton) Undated - Deborah Logan to Laetitia Fisher (asking to reschedule plans to meet) Undated - Deborah Logan to Sarah Walker (scheduling plans) Undated - Deborah Logan [unsigned, but in her hand] to Sarah Walker (on her sons and the health of Mary) Undated - Deborah Logan to “My dear Cousin” from Wilmington (Sally Norris Dickinson?), (on the convalescence of Maria Dickinson) Undated - No signature or address (incomplete; on the biography of Anthony Benezet) Undated - Deborah Logan, unsigned but in her hand (incomplete; regarding the illness of H. Griffitts) Undated - Deborah Logan to Sarah Miller Walker Undated - “Letter on the culture of Hemp. By Joseph Blaney, Esq. and Mr. Samuel Barton, of Salem, in New England. Published by order of the Boston Committee of Agriculture.” |
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Dr. George Logan letter from Hamburg (28 July 1798) (1 item) |
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Dr. George Logan papers (1799-1810, undated) Folder inventory1799-1803, undated - George Logan to Albanus Logan [7 letters] Undated - George Logan to Algernon Sydney Logan 1800-1806, undated - George Logan to Deborah Logan [6 letters] 1803, undated - George Logan to unnamed recipients [2 letters] January 1810 - copies of letters from George Logan to (James Madison?) Undated - draft of George Logan's will |
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Miscellaneous family letters (1790-1829, 1842, undated) Folder inventory8 September 1785 - Maria Dickinson to Deborah Logan 3, 10 January 1790 - Unsigned [in Wilmington] to "Debby" 23 June 1791 - Charles Gotthold Reichel [in Nazareth] to George Logan 25 August 1792 - Albanus Logan [in Nazareth] to George Logan 3 August 1798 - H. Griffitts to Mary Norris 15 February 1800 - Philemon Dickinson [in Philadelphia] to Sally N. Dickinson 10 March 1800 - Philemon Dickinson [in Philadelphia] to Sally (N. Dickinson?) 23 August 1800 - Robert Finlay [in Basking Ridge] to Dr. George Logan (regerding the death of Gustavus) 1801 - Thomas Fisher [in Wakefield] to “Brother Logan” 12 June 1803 - Mary N. Dickinson [in Wilmington] to "Debby" Logan 29 August 1803 - E. Merry(?) [in Philadelphia] to unnamed woman 5 October 1804 - Joseph Prentis(?) [in Williamsburg] to unnamed recipient 2 April 1809 - Joseph Jenkins(?) [on Nantucket] to "Debby" Logan 1811 - "HER BROTHER" [at Stenton] to Maria D. Logan 2 September 1829 - Betty H. Logan [at Stenton] to Maria Dickinson Logan 10 December 1829 - A.S.L. (Algernon Sydney Logan?) [in Loganville] to Mrs. Logan 25 July 1842 - "A.L." [in Loganville] to Maria D. Logan 30 July 1842 - "A.L." [in Loganville] to Maria D. Logan Undated - H. Griffitts to her aunt (Deborah Logan?) Undated - Gustavus Logan [at Stenton] to Albanus Logan Undated - Algernon Logan [at Stenton] to Maria D. Logan Undated - "A.S.L." [in Baltimore] to George Logan Undated - Unsigned (Albanus Logan?) [in Washington] to “Mother” (Deborah Logan?) Undated - Algernon Logan [in Nazareth] to George Logan |
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Complaint of Robert Quary against William Markham (undated) |
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Transcripts of letters removed from Volume 3 (undated) |
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James Logan and William Logan letters (1731-1764) Inventory of Volume 115 July 1732 - unsigned agreement "With F. S. Paris" 29 June 1731 – The Hopes of Amsterdam to James Logan (commercial) 30 September 1731 – Thomas Morris to James Logan (English ironmaster willing to come to Pennsylvania) 29 January 1732 – Ferdinand John Paris [in London] to James Logan (on Penn-Baltimore boundaries question) 18 March 1732 – Josiah Martin [in London] to James Logan (Thomas Penn setting out for Pennsylvania) 8 May 1732 – William Reading [at Sion College, London] to James Logan 15 May 1732 – John Page [in London] to James Logan (about lands) 20 May 1732 – Ferdinand John Paris [in London] to James Logan (Penn-Baltimore) 13 July 1732 – Joseph Shippen [on Barbados] to Logan and Shippen (announcing his arrival, gives prices of rum, sugar) 15 July 1732 – Ferdinand John Paris [in London] to James Logan (Penn-Baltimore) 4 August 1732 – Isaac Minet [in Dover] to James Logan 29 August 1732 – Micajah Perry [in London] to James Logan (on sugar) 6 June 1733 – Josiah Martin [in London] to James Logan (on Thomas Godfrey’s instrument, papers redelivered to Dr. Malley, purchase of books) 30 July 1733 – Ferdinand John Paris [in London] to James Logan (Penn-Baltimore agreement of 1732) 1 August 1733 – Micajah Perry [in London] to James Logan 18 December 1733 – Ferdinand John Paris to James Logan (on Lord Baltimore and 1732 agreement) 11 January 1734 – Josiah Martin to James Logan (on Thomas Godfrey; letter to one Voltaire on books and military) 28 January 1734/5 – Micajah Perry [in London] to James Logan 6 March 1734 – James Larkes [in London] to James Logan (commercial) 3 April 1734 – Lydia Pocock [in Bristol] to James Logan (on William Logan, refers to her cousin Thomas Penn) 21 November 1734 – Josiah Martin [in London] to James Logan (on literature, books, and blight of Quakers in Lower Counties) 15 June 1735 – R. Manby [in London] to James Logan (on books ordered) 1742/3 account from Ferdinand John Paris (on expense of land purchased from William Penn by John White) 1748 invoice from Hurd and Greanleafe to William Logan (for sundry fruit trees) 10 August 1749 – John Hunt [in London] to William Logan (on sale of deer and bear skins and shipment of fruit trees) 16 August 1749 – memo of E. Bland to William Logan (purchase of flower seeds) 23 May 1750 invoice from Thomas Bincks to James Logan (for flower seeds) 20 May 1751 – Thomas Bincks [in London] to William Logan (on flowers) List of flowers and costs from the Bincks 17 February 1752 note from Lloyd Zachary to Isaac Norris (will call on Sally to determine her disorder) May 1754 invoice from John Hunt [in London] to James Logan (shipment of vegetable and flower seeds) 12 April 1755 bond of Rowland Evans to William Logan Mortgage of Rowland Evans to William Logan (of two pieces of land in Gwynedd) 28 June 1755 – Samuel Driver [in London] to William Logan (on carnations, etc.) 13 August 1755 – Samuel Driver and the Bincks [London] to William Logan (on shipment of bulbs and seeds) 1761 invoice from Mary Collins to William Logan (on shipment of fruit trees and bushels) 13 March 1764 – Benjamin Wynkoop [in Sheffield] to Thomas Fisher (on his travels in England) 1764 invoice of Carolina seeds received from John Watson Scope and Contents noteThis volume contains a mix of James Logan's and William Logan's letters. James Logan's letters mostly concern his business and commercial interests, while William Logan's papers focus entirely in gardening and horticulture. Note that in the inventory below, as well as in the inventories for the Volumes 2 and 3, the sender's place names are included in [brackets], and topics are sometimes provided in (parentheses) after individual listings. |
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William Logan letters (1765-1768) Inventory of Volume 24 January 1765 – John Gordon [in Charleston] to William Logan (on commerce, sale of wine, botany, and Dr. Gordon) 8 January 1765 list of seeds sent to William Logan February-March 1765 invoice from James Gordon to William Logan (for seeds bought) 2 June 1765 – James Read [in Reading] to William Logan (about his garden) 11 June 1765 – Thomas Young [in Charleston] to William Logan (on trees shipped) 28 August 1765 – Thomas Young [in Charleston] to William Logan (on trees and plants) List of seeds and plants to be provided by Thomas Young of Charleston 31 August 1765 – John Gordon [in Charleston] to William Logan (about Mr. Bartram and his son in town) 7 October 1765 – John Watson [in Charleston] to William Logan (on seeds) 26 February 1766 – J. Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan (on horticulture) 2 May 1766 – J. Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan (on horticulture) 17 August 1766 – Ann Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan (on horticulture) 6 September 1766 list of plants and roots sent from John Blackburne to William Logan 27 September 1766 – James Gordon [in London] to William Logan (seeds, etc.) 27 November 1766 – John Hopton [in London] to William Logan (sends Mr. Laurens's compliments; rice and ducks; memo of Mrs. Laurens for things in her garden) 24 December 1766 – John Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan (on horticulture) [2 pages] 26 February 1767 – William Reeve [in Bristol] to William Logan (on horticulture) 28 March 1767 – John Blackburne Jr. [in Liverpool] to William Logan (on a shipment) 28 March 1767 – John Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan (on horticulture) 12 May 1767 – invoice from John Watson to William Logan 13 May 1767 – John Watson [in Charleston] to William Logan (on horticulture) 15 July 1767 – John Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan (on horticulture) [2 pages] 24 July 1767 – John Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan (on horticulture) 24 August 1767 – John Blackburne Jr. [in Liverpool] to William Logan (sends seeds) 19 September 1767 – David and John Barclay [in London] to William Logan (sends a package of books) 20 September 1767 - John Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan 21 September 1767 - John Blackburne Jr. [in Liverpool] to William Logan 8 January 1768 - John Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan January 1768 - Ann Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan 29 March 1768 - John Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan 6 April 1768 - John Blackburne Jr. [in Liverpool] to William Logan 19 April 1768 - John Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan 19 April 1768 - John Blackburne Jr. [in Liverpool] to William Logan 27 April 1768 - Daniel Coxe [in London] to William Logan (in regards to a box sent) 29 April 1768 - Daniel Coxe bill of lading 11 May 1768 - Daniel Coxe [in London] to William Logan (shipment of books) |
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William Logan letters (1768-1775, 1782, 1798) (Bulk, 1769-1775) Inventory of Volume 37 October 1768 - John Blackburne Jr. [in Liverpool] to William Logan 1769 invoice from James Gordon to William Logan (seeds bought) 9 February 1769 - John Blackburne Jr. [in Liverpool] to William Logan 24 February 1769 – William Reeve and Son and Hill [in Bristol] to William Logan (commercial) 17 March 1769 – Thomas Sanders [in Bristol] to William Logan (seeds) 24 March 1769 – Thomas Sanders [in Bristol] to William Logan (seeds) 10 March 1771 – Thomas Corbyn [in London] to William Logan (on gardening) 28 October 1769 – Edward Shippen [in Lancaster] to William Logan (on land) 1 October 1771 – John Blackburne Jr. to William Logan (on plants) 24 July 1772 - John Perry inquiry regarding Benjamin or William Clemant to William Logan 1 Jun3 1773 - miscellaneous notes about money and land 6 August 1773 – John Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan (on horticulture) [2 pages] 25 August 1773 – John Blackburne Jr. [in Liverpool] to William Logan (on horticulture) 18 February 1774 – William Watson [in Islington] to William Logan (letter and seed list) 11 May 1775 – John Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan (on horticulture) 19 May 1775 – John Blackburne [in Oxford] to William Logan (on horticulture) 28 August 1775 – John Blackburne Jr. [in Liverpool] to William Logan 23 January 1782 - certificate of William Parr in regard to Edward Burnett and mortage being paid off 19 June 1798 – Edward Hackett(?) to James Logan in Dublin (business) |
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