William Meredith legal papers
Collection 3302
[1659], 1770-1901 (bulk 1810-1782)(30.8 Linear feet ; 80 boxes)
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Meredith, William M. (William Morris), 1799-1873.
- Creator
- Meredith, William, 1772-1844.
- Title
- William Meredith legal papers
- ID
- 3302
- Date
- [1659], 1770-1901 (bulk 1810-1782)
- Extent
- 30.8 Linear feet ; 80 boxes
- Sponsor
- This collection was rehoused and inventoried with the generous help of members of the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists.
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection contains a vast array of papers that were kept, created, and collected by Philadelphia lawyer William Meredith (1772-1844). Likely mixed among them are papers of Meredith's son, William Morris Meredith (1799-1873), who was also a lawyer. The collection is primarily comprised of opinions and reports related to various court cases, many argued by Meredith, but bills, receipts, and many miscellaneous legal documents can be found throughout the collection, along with a smattering of personal papers. (Most non-legal correspondence rests among the third-party materials in Boxes 15A-D). The papers are very loosely arranged by type. Within the court case papers, names of plaintiffs and/or defendants are on most of the folders. Bills and receipts are roughly arranged chronologically. Third-party papers and miscellaneous documents are arranged in the order found. Many items in the collection remain unsorted and unidentified.
Preferred citation
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], William Meredith legal papers (Collection 3302), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2021.
1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200
Access restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Processing note
Two rolled items were removed from the collection for conservation. Once work on them is complete, they will be returned to the collection, and this finding aid will be updated accordingly.
One folder (Box 9, folder 13) was removed from the collection due to mold. While no other instances of mold were found in the collection, researchers with such sensitives may wish to take extra precautions when accessing the papers.
Related Materials
Related materials
At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Arthur C. Bining collection, 1727-1949; bulk 1804-1878 (Collection 1811)
John Meredith Read papers, 1746-1917; bulk 1818-1873 (Collection 1668)
Samuel Washington Woodhouse collection, 1743-1858 (Collection 1386)
Controlled Access Headings
Family Name(s)
- Meredith family
Genre(s)
- Legal records.
Subject(s)
- Lawyers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
- Legal Disputes--19th century.
- Legal Documents--19th century.
- Legal instruments--Pennsylvania--19th century.
- Legal instruments--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
- Legal instruments--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Legal instruments--Pennsylvania.
- Legal issues.
- Legal Proceedings--19th century.
- Legal proceedings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
- Legal profession--19th century.
Collection Inventory
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Box 1 Folders listFolder 1-8: Miscellaneous cases/legal miscellany |
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Box 2 Folder listFolder 1: Deringer v. Rees Folder 2: Peers v. Port Folder 3: Pennock v. Dwayne Folder 4: Myers v. Smith et al. Folder 5: De Silver v. Commonwealth Folder 6: Wilson v. McCrea Folder 7: Hunt v. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Folder 8: Ogden et al. v. Meredith Folder 9: Union Canal Company v. Young Folder 10: G. Posten v. W. Posten Folder 11: Hunt v. Easby Folder 12: Yerkes v. Adams Folder 13: Dubarry v. Breden Folder 14: Mississippi and Alabama Railroad Company v. Baker Folder 15: Curtis v. Pritchard Folder 16: Samson v. Morris |
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Box 3 Folder listFolder 1: Morris Exrs v. Brown Folder 2: Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company v. Blattenberger Folder 3: Garcia v. Emlen Folder 4: Bonsall v. Rees Folder 5: Dundas v. Richards Folder 6: Martin v. Warner Folders 7-9: Allen v. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Folders 10-12: Bank of the United States v. Biddle, Duncan, and Cowperthwaite |
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Box 4 Folder listFolders 1-2: Barrett & Company v. Phillips (New Orleans Gas Light and Banking Company) Folder 3: Garrett and Parrish (assigners of Jackson) v. Philadelphia Silk Company Folder 4: Horter v. Stanley Folder 5: Jackson v. Cook Folder 6: Pyle v. Thomas Folder s7-8: Thomas v. Philips and Moss Folders 9-10: Vaughan v. Nicholson Folder 11: Weems v. Gratz |
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Box 5A Folder listFolder 1: Barrett v. Phillips Folder 2: Pierie v. Woglom Folder 3: Fox v. Yard Folder 4: Piper v. Odenheimer Folder 5: Coats v. Brooks Folder 6: Hays v. Gratz Folder 7: Veron v. Fletcher Folder 8: Hemphill v. Hurford, executor of William Coleman (for use of Thomas C. Rea) Folder 9: Clemens v. Rees Folder 10: Gills v. Phillips/Gill v. Cummings Folder 11: Elias v. Duncan Folder 12: Daly v. Commonwealth (fraudulent insolvency) Folder 13: Collins v. Dull & White Folder 14: Young v. Stoddard Folder 15: Hudson and Story v. Jones Folder 16: Farnan v. Power |
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Box 5B Folder listFolder 1: New Brunswick Steam Boat and Canal Transportation Company v. Delaware Coal Company Folder 2: Townsend v. Carpenter Folder 3: Scott v. Bevan et al. Folder 4: King v. Richards Folder 5: Penn-Gaskell v. Morris Folder 6: Ship Levant v. Borie & Trott Folders 7-8: Binney v. Seaton Folder 9: Gowen v. Philadelphia Exchange Company |
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Box 6 Folder listFolder 1: Porter v. Fritz Folder 2: Arnold and Ford v. Bones Folder 3: Smith (for the use of Johnson) v. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Folder 4: Martin et al. v. McKinley Folder 5: Jones v. Janney Folder 6: Mitchison v. Walshaw Folder 7: Wright v. Wotherspoon et al. Folder 8: Frazier v. Cream Folder 9: Snyder v. Scherer Folder 10: Bowers v. McBean Folder 11: Steever v. Beehler Folder 12: Browattan v. Insurance Company Folder 13: Wood v. Savage Folder 14: Newbold v. Wright |
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Box 7 Folder listFolder 1: Stephen Morris on Brig Charleston Folder 2: Benjamin Fells bonds and notes Folder 3: Zacharies Endress deed, bond, mortgage Folder 4: Jacob Cooker lease for farm Folders 5-6: Joshua B. Bacon with Desilver, Thomas and Company Folder 7: Justus E. Bollman mortgage, bonds of obligation, agreements, purchase of estate Folder 8: George Wescott with Jonathan Meredith mortgage, bond of obligation Folder 9: Isaac Titus pre-war claim (1799) [see Thomas Millidge with Bonnell] Folder 10: Thomas Millidge, also W. Bonnell settling of pre-war debts between U. S. and Great Britain, Isaac Titus Folder 11: W. W. Smith mortgage Folder 12: Samuel Pancoast to Jonathan Meredith bond for performance of contract accounts for South Street house |
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Box 8A Folder listFolder 1: Various unsorted documents Folder 2: Information on Hon. Thomas H. Dudley, 1893 Folder 3: Manuscript: Bio of Dr. Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere by William John Potts, undated. Folder 4: Copy of 1659 petition to Parliament against tithes, undated. |
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Box 8B Folder listFolder 1: Photos of Williams John Potts, 1901 Folder 2: Volume, list of deeds, 1680-1782 Folder 3: Letter book, 1818 Folder 4: Wooden Seal with document - State of Georgia, 1794 Folder 5: Various unsorted documents Folder 6: Information on William James Potts – genealogy, letter, 1864 Folder 7: Documents pertaining to Revolutionary war |
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Box 8C Folder listFolder 1: Pay to Robert Morris, 1790 Folder 2: Newspaper – Guardian, 16 April 1812 Folder 3: Unsorted genealogical documents Folder 4: Photo. Unknown (1703?) Folder 5: Unsorted correspondence., late 1800s Folder 6: Advertisements, accounts, 1891 |
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Box 9 Folder listFolder 1: DuBois v. Matlack, and other cases Folder 2: Daniel McKarracker v. John Hill Folder 3: Caldwell v. Cramond Folder 4: Hamilton v. Hartzell and Dechant Folder 5: Jackson v. Dee Folder 6: Gulick, Ward, Stockton v. The Columbia Steam Boat Company Folder 7: Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad Company v. Fry, et al. Folder 8: Joshua Hanna v. Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad Company Folder 9: Kennedy v. Armstrong Folder 10: Duffy v. Chandler Folder 11: Mordecai Lewis v. Thomas Watson Folder 12: Robert Ogden v. William P. Bryan Folder 13: Mather v. Gillespie [REMOVED DUE TO MOLD] Folder 14: Joshua B. Bond v. Lyttleton Gale Folder 15: Judah Benoliel v. George Carter Folder 16: May v. Foster, re: claim in the hands of J. Swann |
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Box 10A Folder listFolder 1: Wall and Taylor v. Royal Saxon Folder 2: D’arcey v. Nixon Folder 3: Clark v. Payson, 1833 Folder 4: Wind v. Reigant, 1843-1845 Folder 5: Andrew v. Solomon, 1806 Folder 6: Walker v. Spring Garden Inn, 1842-1846 Folder 7: Davis v. Bell. (Mississippi case) Folder 8: Browne v. Reeside, 1833 -1837 Folder 9: Wharton v. Hollingsworth Folder 10: Browne v. Lang Folder 11: King v. Tedey, 1813-1814 Folder 12: Wild v. Tedey, 1816-1818 |
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Box 10B Folder listFolder 1: John Kline v. John A. Dickenson, 1837 Folder 2: Charles D. Mulder v. Nath G. Grafton Company, 1830-1831 Folder 3: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Bank of Pennsylvania, 1842 Folder 4: Battini v. Delaware Coal Company, 1844 Folder 5: Pennsylvania v. Delaware Coal Company, 1841-1842 Folder 6: Moore v. Haughey Folder 7: Wonderly v. Graff, 1834 Folder 8: Wallace v. Manley, 1843 Folder 9: Hare v. Yerkes, 1832-1833 |
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Box 11 Folder listFolder 1: Lang and Whitaker v. Sarmento Folder 2: Jacob Fitzwater v. John C. Brown Folder 3: Lacroix v. MacQuarry Folder 4: Broletsky v. Scheer Folder 5: John Holliday v. Samuel Carswell Folder 6: Schuylkill Bank v. Thomas Watson Folder 7: Hopkinson v. Biggs Folder 8: Fereira v. Sayres Folder 9: Cunningham v. White Folder 10: Brallier v. Hipple Folder 11-13: Bell, De Young and Company v. Moss and Samuel Folder 14: Ellett v. Paxson Folder 15: Coleman v. Lukens Folder 16: Dungan v. Converse Folder 17: Hauberger v. Root Folder 18: Fletcher v. Baillie/Fletcher v. Foulke Folder 19: Fletcher v. Foulke Folder 20: Shotwell v. Commercial Rank of New Jersey Folder 21: Wilson v. Knox |
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Box 12A Folder listFolder 1-3: Lang and Whitaker v. Sarmento, 1795 Folder 4: Board of Health v. Buzby and John Pearce, 1842 Folder 5: Attwood and Company v. Port Sheldon Land Company – articles of association Folder 6: Everly v. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company – laws of, 1834 Folder 7: University of Pennsylvania v. Almshouse, 1872 Folder 8: Day v. Elfreta, 1823 Folder 9: Day v. Butler and King |
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Box 12B Folder listFolder 1: John H. Barny v. John M. Prentiss and Robert E. Carter Folder 2: Miller v. Carter Folder 3: Syndam v. Stambaugh Folder 4: Hart v. Mayor Folder 5: Le Ray v. J. Coxe Folder 6: Watmough v. Francis |
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Box 13 Folder listFolder 1: Legal Cases - Fellows, Nathaniel Folders 2-3: Fellows, Nathaniel Folder 4: Ker v. Diehl Folder 5: Justin v. Cameron Folder 6: County of Philadelphia v. Lambert adm. of W. and J. Smith Folder 7: County of Philadelphia v. Reiff Folder 8: Bascom et al. v. Ashmead et al., sketch of interrogatories Folder 9: United States v. Six cases of Mdse(?) Folder 10: Oakley v. Watson Folder 11: Way v. Gest |
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Box 14 Folder listFolder 1: Wistar v. DuBois Folder 2: BuBois v. Cheesman Folder 3: Demilder v. Grafton Folder 4: Stout v. Campbell Folder 5: Harvey and Worth v. Stovall Folder 6: Jones v. Williams Folder 7: Dobel v. Dyre Folder 8: Ann C. Coleman v. Balthasar Dhugar; also Coleman v. Nighten Folder 9: Bradford v. Bradford Folder 10: Flintham v. Bradford Folder 11: Lynch v. Conynhgam Folders 12-13: Samuel M. Cohen, et al. v. Simon Gratz, et al. Folder 14: Johnson v. Lobb Folder 15: E. Wiltbank divorce case, 1847 Folder 16: Rees v. Tichenor Folder 17: Duffee v. Kurlin and Binney Folder 18: William Cushion v. North and Pullen |
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Box 15A Folder listFolders 1-2: Third party correspondence, 1815-1829 Folder 3: Third party accounting receipts and letter, 1821-1822 Folder 4: Third party financial correspondence, 1820-1822 Folder 5: Third party financial correspondence and miscellaneous receipts, 1808-1820 Folder 6: Third party orders and receipts, 1821 Folder 7: Third party correspondence, 1818-1828 |
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Box 15B Folder listFolder 1: Third party checks and receipts, 1820-1822 Folder 2: Third party cotton receipts Folder 3: Third party bills of lading outwards; third party correspondence relating to shipping, 1819-1822 Folder 4: Third party loans, bills of sale, checks, orders Folder 5: Third party business correspondence, 1820s Folder 6: Third party personal correspondence to Potts family, 1770, circa 1813-circa 1880 |
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Box 15C Folder listFolder 1: Third party orders, bills of sale, 1814-1819 Folder 2: Third party personal correspondence to the Bilbrough family, 1860s-1870s Folder 3: Third party personal correspondence - Pfeiffer, Grew, etc., with one personal letter, 1835, 1870s Folder 4: Invoices - tobacco, 1821 Folders 5-6: Bilbrough orders and business correspondence, 1818-1821 |
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Box 15D Folder listFolder 1: Third party bills of lading, invoices, 1818-1822 Folder 2: Bibliographic list, undated Folders 3-4: S. Bilbrough business correspondence, 1820-1822 Folder 5: Miscellaneous notes, map, lists, etc. Folder 6: Real estate papers (deeds, leases, mortgages), 1783-1784; will of Wigard Levering, 1783 |
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Box 16 Folder listFolder 1: Almond, William, Manuel Eyre Folder 2: Anderson, Peter Folder 3: Anthony, Joseph (Corp, Ellis & Shaw, 3rd floor) Folders 4-5: Ash, Morgan Folder 6: Atkinson, S. C., papers relating to Folder 7: Atwater & Sheffield Folder 8: Bailey and Kitchen Folder 9: Baker and Ferrand’s estate - Meredith and Slater, assignees Folder 10: Jacob Baker papers Folder 11: Baker, George to Naylor Folder 12: Consequa and Capt. Jacob Benners, George Blight suit req. promisory note Folder 13-14: Bevan and Humphreys Folder 15: Blanchard, John, correspondence Folder 16: Bleeker, H. Folder 17: Blight, Wallace and Company, re. wharf rental Folder 18: Boggs, L. Ellmaker Folder 19: Boker, Aaron Folder 20: Boggs, James Folder 21: Boyd, George I., re. settlement of note Folder 22: Broadbent, Edward, interragatories Folder 23: Brown, David Paul Folder 24: Butler, Anthony |
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Box 17 Folder listFolders 1-2: Caldwell, Andrew D. Folder 3: Caldwell, Timothy, mortgage bond and warrant Folder 4: John Cameron in a/c Justin and Harris Folder 5: Cantelo, Wm. Jas., re: collection of rent Folders 6-7: Cantelo, Wm. J. Folder 8: Clarke, Maskline, claim against Murietta Folder 9: Crane, George, patent for smelting iron Folder 10: Denny manuscripts Folder 11: DeSilver, Thomas and Company, Joshua B. Bacon Folder 12: DeSilver and Bacon |
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Box 18 Folder listFolder 1: Gardner, J. H., claim on Jennings and Craig Folder 2: Reynear Gilbert to Elizabeth Peter - mortgage and bond warrant Folder 3: Robert Gray papers Folders 4-7: Gratz, Simon, correspondence, gun powder Folder 8: Griffith, Morrice , Exparte Edwards and wife pedigree Folder 9: Goddefroy and Son Folder 10: Goddefroy Folder 11: re. Tea, Goddefroy and Toland legal cases Folder 12: Henry Tolands & J. C. Goddefroy correspondence Folder 13: Untitled Folders 14-15: Gould. F. and Company - proof of debt against John Field re: bankruptcy of Thomas Rodman |
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Box 19 Folder listFolder 1: Diehl, Andrew, of Northern Liberties Folder 2: Downing, John W. Folder 3: Drayton, James, in account with Walter Williams Folder 4: Duane, W. J., repurchase of Market Street property Folder 5: Drayatt, J. B. and C. W. Estate, auditor’s report Folder 6: Edwards, George W. Folder 7: Ellmember, Levi, copy of guarantee agreement Folder 8: Fox, Edward, assignee Folder 9: Ely, John Jr. Folder 10: Esfry, James S. Folders 11-12: Field, John Folder 13: Fisher, Sidney G. Folders 14-16: Frayley, Jacob |
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Box 20 Folder listFolder 1: Hancock, William, claim Folder 2: Harper, Charles A. Folder 3: Hare, Robert, Patent re. ripening malt liquor and cider Folder 4: Hawkes, Gen. W. and Thomas Folder 5: H & K Folder 6: Josiah Hermes Folder 7: Hewes Lands Folder 8: Hodge, John L., correspondence Hullen James B. Folder 9: Howard Lathrop, Edmund Morris, bond and correspondence Folder 10: Huidekoper, H. J., Meadville Folder 11: Hullin, James B. Power as Dyudic (?) Folder 12: Inbert, Felix, accounts Folder 13: Irving, E. and P., accounts Folders 14-15: Israel Israel |
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Box 21 Folder listFolder 1: Keene, Jessi L. Carr, Admr of M. McIntosh Folder 2: Remble, Roberts, re: lands Folder 3: Kennedy and Maitland correspondence, re: Gen. Brown’s real estate Folders 4-6: Knox and Boggs Folder 7: Lassalle and Wiltberger Folder 8: Linn, William DB Rising Folder 9: Livingston, Anne - claim against Elisha Kane Folder 10: Lupton, John Folder 11: Manroe, William - Dead marriage certificate will Folder 12: Merrick and Town Folder 13: Maxwell, John Folder 14: Meyer, Roseanne, will, etc. Folder 15: Milke, Edward, agreement Folder 16: Mifflin, James L., re: notes Folder 17: Milne, Edmund Folder 18: Moses, Joshua Folder 19: Jaspur Maylaui, re: notes Folder 20 Muller, Albert Folder 21: Mulligan, John W. and W. Mc Folder 22: Murray, Thomas, estate - John Keegan claim against |
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Box 22 Folder listFolder 1: Norogong, Peter, bills and receipts for farm labor Folder 2: McCaraher, Folder 3: McVicker, John and Company, correspondence with Thomas Hawthorne Folder 4, Newbigging & Hamilton, promissory note to recover Folder 5: Norris, William Jr. Folders 6-7: Oakely, George Folder 8: Samuel Ogden legal papers Folders 9-10: Ogden Lands, Northumberland and Luzerne counties Folder 11: O’Neil and Wilkinson, in account with Groves and Fleming Folder 12: Osborne and Frazier, contract |
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Box 23 Folder listFolder 1: Adam Paulas to Margaret Beringer, Samuel Crockett bond Folder 2: Plum, Christian, petition for Folder 3: Potter, Sheldon Est., Report of Auditors Folder 4: Pratt, James T., miscellaneous legal papers Folders 5-6: Reeside, James Folder 7: Richards, George W. Folder 8: Lease memo - Charles Robb, David Weinbreuer, and William J. Cantelo Folder 9: R. Madam Rollanday, order for laces Folder 10: Rooker, James, papers of Germantown Folder 11: Ross and Cook, on trial for the murder of Samuel Alwine Folder 12: Sawyer, Abigail, petition of Folder 13: Sheffery, Daniel, claim against Allen and Reed Folder 14: Sloan and Morris , James S. Armory Folder 15: Smyth and Dickson Folder 16: Spackman, Wm. H. Folder 17: Stewart, Ferdinand & Campbell |
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Box 24 Folder listFolder 1: Taggert and Dwanley Folder 2: John Taylor Jr. Folder 3: Tyson J. R., plea of trespass Folder 4: Waddington, John Folder 5: Walker, Johnathan H., collection of note Folders 6-7: Walker, Alex and William in Account with Thomas and George Hawkins Folder 8: Walker, J. D. Invoices Folder 9: Wilson, Benjamin, William Meredith, assignment of Folder 10: Wilson, David E., sssignee of William Rogers, receipts for payments |
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Box 25 Folder listFolder 1: Winder, William H. Folder 2: Wistar, Caspar - Virginia lands near Snicker’s Gap Folder 3: Woodworth, William, patent right for planing machine, 29 July 1830 Folder 4: Wood, Robert, creditors of Folder 5: Woodworth, William Folder 6: Wotherspoon, Matthew, court summons affidavit Folder 7: Vallance, John, inventory of estate Folder 8: Young, William Wallace, miscellaneous legal, Rockland Manufacturing Company on Brandywine Cotton Hill |
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Box 26 Folder listFolder 1: Paper Books, Misc. Legal Papers Folder 2: Legal Folder 3: Protests: Misc Legal Papers Folder 4: Power of Attorney, Miscellaneous Legal Papers Folder 5: Creighton Trial Folders 6-7: Miscellaneous Legal Papers Folders 8-12: Letters re. Legal Cases Folder 13: Miscellaneous loose papers |
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Box 27A Folder listFolder 1: Chancery land deed, brief Philip Williams/James Underwood, dating to 1666 [undated] Folder 2: Harland account [FOLDER FOUND EMPTY] Folder 3: Joshua Butters Bacon, 1834 Folder 4: Title, Richardson’s Grove, 1796 Folder 5: Title, Genoa/Iron Hill/Wheatfield/Paris/New Garden, 1792 Folder 6: Land deed – Edward Mott and William Harwood, 1797 |
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Box 27B Folder listFolder 1: Account statement - Dr. John Harland Folder 2: Account statement - Charles D. Harland (a minor) Folder 3: Account statement Folder 4: Account statement - Dr. John Harland from H.G. Williams, esq. Folder 5: Schedule of balances - estate of Charles Harland Folder 6: Estate of Charles Harland (a minor) Folder 7: Account balances, January 1829 Folder 8: Account statement, J. Harland guardian Folder 9: Accounting notes Folders 10-11: Notebooks Folder 12: Notes on Circuit Court and Supreme Court, 1804 Folder 13: Committee on the Judiciary System, 1826 Folder 14: Notebook, 1827 Folder 15: Supreme Court term notebook Folder 16: Miscellaneous William Meredith papers |
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Box 28 Folder listFolders 1-4: Legislative acts Folders 5-8: Miscellaneous papers of John Parish Folder 9: John Ross v. John Parish |
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Box 29A Folder listFolders 1-7: Miscellaneous legal papers |
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Box 29B Folder listFolders 1-2: Philadelphia and Lancaster Stage Company, Tomlinson and Sleigh makers account receipts Folders 3-4: Columbia Stage Coach, Estate of William J. Stoleston and Willaim Gulick |
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Box 30 Folder listFolder 1: William Wilson v. William Miller Folder 2: Smith v. Foot Folder 3: Legal cases Folder 4: Cooper v. Ship Louisiana Folder 5: Roffs v. Selinger Folder 6: Stockton and Stoker (legal case) Folder 7: Powell and Formby v. Walker Folder 8: Rush v. McGraw Folder 9: McBride v. Duncan Folder 10: Lippincott v. Thomson Folder 11: McBride v. Duncan Folder 12: Pleasants v. The mayor (gas company case) Folder 13: Stanley v. Attmore Folder 14: Brady v. Fotterall Folder 15: Musgrove v. Hildeburn Folder 16: Carroll v. Nixon Folder 17: Remington v. Caldwell |
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Box 31 Folder listFolder 1: John Love v. James Brown Folder 2: Tatem and Twadell v. Whitaker Folder 3: Morris et al. v. Smith Folder 4: Barker v. Gratz Folder 5: Halsey v. Archer Folder 6: Sherwin v. Shannon and Poalk Folder 7: Hewes v. Hazlehurst, re. collection of note Folder 8: Fox v. Seeman Folders 9-10: Legal cases |
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Box 32 Folder listFolder 1: Court Summons Folder 2: Citations Folders 3-10: Court summons Folder 11: Court summons to Philadelphia And Reading Railroad Company Folder 12: Court summons Folder 13: Court summons to Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Folder 14: Promissory notes Folder 15: Promissory notes and orders Folders 16-18: Protests Folder 19: Proxy, Bank |
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Box 33 Folder listFolders 1-6: Bonds of obligation, late 1700s-early 1800s Folder 7: Briefs of title Folder 8: Certificate of investment, 1839 Folder 9: Commissions Folder 10: Contracts Folder 11: Pardons Folder 12: Papers pertaining to petition to Governor A. G. Curtin for appointment of additional judge of Court of Common Please Folders 13-14: Petitions Folder 15: Powers of attorney |
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Box 34 Folder listFolder 1: Libel Folder 2: Memorials Folder 3: Opinions Folder 4: Ordinances Folder 5: Resolutions, including commendation for John Marshall Folder 6: Resolutions Folder 7: Resolutions of the Commonwealth Folders 8-11: Trails by jury/trial lists Folder 12: Wills Folder 13: Will of and opinion of will of John Smith Folders 14-15: Wills |
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Box 35 Folder listFolder 1: Abstract of Taxes 1826-27 Folder 2: Affidavits, 1795, 1862 Folder 3: Agreements, 1796-1848 Folder 4: Agreements, 1782-1812, 1856 Folder 5: Agreements, 1802-1840 Folder 6: Appeals Folder 7: Apprentices, indentures of 1799, 1833 Folder 8: Assignments, 1795-1835 Folder 9: Assignments of copyright, Life of Washington John Morgan, 1803 Folder 10: Bill of equity Folder 11: Bills of exchange Folder 12: Bills of sale Folder 13: Declaration of intentions Folder 14: Deed of trust Folder 15: Depositions Folder 16: Exemplification of judgment Folder 17-18: Jury lists Folder 19: Duplicates Folders 20-21: Jury Lists Folder 22: Ju3 |
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Box 36 Folder listFolders 1a-1b: Miscellaneous legal cases Folders 2-3: Eastern Penitentiary, re. convicts, miscellaneous legal cases Folder 4: Osborne v. Odenheimer Folder 5: Melizet v. Melizet Folder 6: Coleman v. Lukens Folder 7: Townsend, administration of J. F. Clarke v. Jirard Company et al. Folder 8: Parker v. Dannenberg Folder 9: Ellitt v. Porfzam Folder 10: Belair v. Young |
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Box 37 Folder listFolder 1: Deeds, leases, releases Folder 2: Deed of plot of Cold Spring Tract Folders 3-7: Leases, deed, mortgages, releases |
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Box 38 Folder listFolder 1: Mantua Folder 2: Philadelphia Sanitation Malignant Fever Folder 3: Northern Liberties public landings Folder 4: Penington lots Folder 5: Philadelphia Ice Company Folder 6: Draft of lot and gardens Folder 7: City Commissioners plans for building markets Folder 8: City Commissioners Plans for building houses on High Street, Samuel Carles Folder 9: Philadelphia Public Squares report of committee Folder 10: Philadelphia Folder 11: Philadelphia city expenses, 1821; Robert Wharton’s printed letter, re. Laws and Ordinances and Memorandum by William Meredith Folder 12: Commerce Street Folder 13: Noble Street Folder 14: Tenth and Chestnut streets, property bills and receipts Folder 15: Thomas T. Ash and Henry M. Walker’s mortgage to William Meredith for Chestnut and Tenth streets, property correspondence Folder 16: Walnut Street property briefs of title Folder 17: York Road lots Folder 18: Moyamensing list of voters Folder 19: Northern Liberties Folder 20: West Philadelphia Township Folder 21: Spring Garden 3rd Ward constables bond Folder 22: Valparaiso, re: lands to be sold at auction |
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Box 39 Folder listFolder 1: U. S. A. v. Eli K. Price Folder 2: Mitchell v. Morris Folder 3: McMahon and Smith, estimate of work done by Folder 4: Bolton v. Johns Folder 5: Carter v. Harding Folder 6: Baker v. Thomas Folder 7: Untitled Folder 8: Fleming v. Schooner Julia Folder 9: Ship Robert v. Thomas Onion Folder 10: Vaun v. Robbins Folder 11: Stockton and Stokes v. Burson Folder 12: Commonwealth (for administration of Daly) v. Tryon et al. Folder 13: Union Canal Company v. Ehrenzeller Folder 14: Clark v. Carney and Cunningham Folder 15: Chase v. Vaux Folder 16: Stockton and Stokes v. Imlay Folder 17: Biddle v. Ash Folder 18: Haines Lessee of S. Chambers Folder 19: Clark v. Hory and Ziegler Folder 20: Lewis and Stroud v. Bank of Penn township Folder 21: Solomon v. Wilson Folder 22: U. S. v. Taylor, claims 25 cases of Folder 23: Morris v. Nixon |
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Box 40 Folder listFolder 1: King of Spain v. Oliver Parish Folder 2: [Exr?] of Gifford v. Thornton Folder 3: Rhodes and Briggs v. W. W. Smith Folders 4-5: Stephen Girard v. Taggart Folder 6: Green v. Alexander Folder 7: Commissioners of the Northern Liberties v. David Meredith Folder 8: Gratz [Adm?] v. Philips Folder 9: Amory and Company v. Moses Carlton Folder 10: Gratz [Adm?] v. Simons |
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Box 41 Folder listFolder 1: Shepherd v. Pleasants Folder 2: Caldwell v. Reeves et al., protested draft Folder 3: Davis v. Henderson Folder 4: Gilbert et al. v. Stanley Folder 5: Tennant v. Richards et al. Folder 6: Rising v. Linn Folder 7: Potter v. Davis et al. Folder 8: Charles Wharton v. Charles Illins Folder 9: Central Bank v. Schuylkill Bank garnishee of Thomas P. Knight Folder 10: Treadwell et al v. Chamberlain Folder 11: Commonwealth of Pennasylvania, Ovid F Johnson, attorney general ex officio v. Isaac Darlington Folder 12: Schuylkill Bank v. John Stilli Folder 13: Commonwealth of Pennasylvania v. Sarah De Silver Estate Folder 14: Winder v. Brooks |
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Box 42 Folder listFolder 1-4: Settlement of Estates [?] (circa 1821) |
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Box 43 Folder listFolder 1: Wilson v. Wallace Folder 2: Rhodes and Briggs v. Smith; Wilson v. Smith; Rhodes and Briggs v. Knox and Company; Rhodes and Briggs v. James Crawford and Company Folder 3: Moore v. Briggs Folder 4: Smith v. Humphreys and Clay Folder 5: [Clauger?] v. How Folder 6: Stark v. Parker; Parker v. Dannenberg; Starck v. Chesapeake Insurance Company Folder 7: Smith - Lessee of Thomas v. Newton Folders 8-10: Woodmass v. Wilcocks |
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Box 44 Folder listFolders 1-5: Unsorted legal papers Folder 6: Malone v. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Folder 7: Kellog v. Vanderwater Folder 8: William L. Banning v. Philadelphia government and Norristown Railroad Company Folder 9: Jacob Walton v. John Gould Folder 10: Charles S. Coxe v. Franklin Fire Insurance Company Folder 11: Breed and Brown v. Franklin Fire Insurance Company Folder 12: Stagers v. Stagers Folder 13: Greenough v. Greenough Folder 14: Atwood v. Carpenter Folder 15: Legal papers of Melizet Folder 16: Taylor and Broadbent, re: seizures & tariff customs Folder 17: Morris Canal and Banking Company v. James Reerside Folder 18: Morris Canal and Banking Company v. Jackson Folder 19: Morris Canal and Banking Company v. Brady Folder 20: Bayard v. McLane |
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Box 45 Folder listFolder 1: Ferguson and Day v. Phoenix Insurance Company Folder 2: Brandt v. Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad Company Folder 3: Wichelhausen v. Sperry and Kintzing Folder 4: Tryon v. Miller Folder 5: Kuhn v. Bank of the United States Folder 6: Jewell v. David Meredith Folder 7: Bacon v. Desilver Thomas and Company Folder 8: Oakey v. Billbrough Folder 9: Martin v. Pierson Folder 10: Rhodes v. Lawson Folder 11: Ellmaker and Ferguson v. Smith Folder 12: Haydock v. Gratz Folder 13: Bacon et. al. v. Munns Folder 14: Medford v. Dorsey Folder 15: Baker v. Barnhurst Folder 16: Cumming et. al. v. Borden Folder 17: Nevins v. Ralston Folder 18: Paleske v. Tilly |
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Box 46 Folder listFolder 1: Israel Moses and Sons v. William P. Israel Folder 2: Booth and Waters v. Leuffer and Spense Folder 3: Snyder v. Norman Folder 4: Durfor v. Rohrer Folders 5-6: Andrews et al v. Solomon Folder 7: Caldwell v. Wilson Folder 8: Frank’s Exr v. Schell Folder 9: Hawthorn v. Smyth Folder 10: Sweeny v. Meany Folder 11: Ketland v. Smith |
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Box 47 Folder listFolder 1: Knox and Boggs v. Okie Folder 2: Knox and Boggs v. Steadman and Benji Robbins Folder 3: Horton and Ross v. Farley Folder 4: Holy and Suckley v. Nicholas Hopkins Folder 5: Samuel Pancost v. Executors of Simpson Crosby Folder 6: George S. Watkins v. George Simpson Folder 7: Francis C. Sarmiento v. Anthony Morzon Folder 8: Sullivan v. Blight Folder 9: John and Jacob Fitzwater v. The inspectors of the new prison Folder 10: Price v. Atkinson, notes of trial Folder 11: - this Folder is unlabeled - Folder 12: Thomas H. Carter v. Tristan B. Freeman Folder 13: Willis and Wright v. Thomas Graham Folder 14: Rex v. Rex Folder 15: Peter Kenison v. Nathaniel Sylvester Folder 16: Cantelo v. Pritchett Folder 17: Humphreys v. Anderson Folder 18: De Jirardi et al v. Phillips Tasitt v. Phillips Folder 19: Meredith v. Thomas Shewell Folder 20: George W. Prevast v. Simon Gratz et al. |
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Box 48 Folder listFolders 1-2: Seebring, lessee of v. Ward Folder 3: Jackson v. Turner Folder 4: Jaudon v. David C. Wood Folder 5: Archer v. Dunn Folder 6: Mary P. Fisher v. Samuel B. Morris Folder 7: Dent v. Blight Folder 8: Alfred Brooks (partner of John Humphreys) v. Samuel Comly, et al. Folders 9-10: Stockton v. Anderson Folder 11: Dodge v. Israel |
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Box 49 Folder listFolder 1: Topping v. Brig Boston Folder 2: Rickets Newton and Company v. Crammond, Lovel et al. v. Allen Folder 3: Wakeman v. Phillips Folder 4: Hall for use of Maxwell v. Eastburn Folder 5: Toland et al. v. Bedford et al. Folder 6: Helmuth v. Smith Folder 7: Wilson v. Wallace Folder 8: Bladen v. Brown et al. Folder 9: Taylor et al. v. Orr and Tebbs Folder 10: Morris v. Sheppard Folder 11: Tod v. Clifford Folder 12: Schuylkill Bank v. Bank of St. Louis Folder 13: Cross v. Bryant |
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Box 50 Folder listFolder 1: Pier v. March Folder 2: Edwards v. Weed Folder 3: Richards v. Lippincott Folder 4: Thompson v. J. Ash Folder 5: Burt v. Smith Folder 6: John Brown, for the use of Darnell M. Fraunces v. Johanna Long Folder 7: James C. Thompson v. Elizabeth Sheridan, administration of Bernard Sheridan Folder 8: William Nott and Company v. Scotts and Allison Folder 9: Wharton v. U. S. Insurance Company Folder 10: Wallace v. Ware Folder 11: Davidson v. Boggs Folder 12: Spickenagel (cabinetmaker, 7th and Chestnut streets) v. Blackwell Folder 13: Heard et al. v. Gillies et al. Folder 14: Burk v. Robert, claim for nonfulfillment of contract Folder 15: Hothart v. Carlies Folder 16: Halliday and Sons v. Thomas Roses |
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Box 51 Folder listFolder 1: Foster v. Flower Folder 2: Ely v..Goldsmit Folder 3: Taylor v. Cammann, Hosack, and Bohler Folder 4: Freeman v. Evans Folder 5: Meredith v. Winder Folder 6: Riggs v. Holden Folder 7: Bank of the U. S. v. Handy Folder 8: Mosher v. Morris Folder 9: Streeper v. Eckert and Freeston Folder 10: Tichener v. Strembeck Folders 11-12: Coxe v. Lippincott |
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Box 52 Folder listFolders 1-9: Unsorted legal papers |
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Box 53 Folder listFolders 1-4: Unsorted legal papers |
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Box 54 Folder listFolder 1: Allen v. Patterson Folder 2: Meeker v. Aitken Folder 3: Coleman v. Alter, searches, etc. Folder 4: Second African Church v. County of Philadelphia Folder 5: Vaughn v. Barclay Folder 6: Swift v. Tryon Folders 7-8: Aycinena v. Peries Folder 9: Bevan and Humphreys Folder 10: Bevan and Humphreys v. Marine Insurance Company, Ship Liberty Folder 11: Bevan and Humphreys v. Marine Insurance Company, Ship Girard Folder 12: Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company v. Flynn and Malone Folders 13-14: Fairfield v. Merrick and Towne Folder 15: Okie v. Wilson et al. Folder 16: Mayland v. Bauersachs Folder 17-18: Lewis and Stroud v. Bank of Pennsylvania |
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Box 55 Folder listFolder 1: Capt. Hill v. Johnston and Castles Folder 2: Dubarry v. George Folder 3: Stevens v. Ogden; Cutting v. Ogden Folder 4: Taylor v. Wood Folders 5-6: Nevins v. Simkins |
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Box 56 Folder listFolders 1-10: Unsorted legal papers |
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Box 57 Folder listFolders 1-4: Unsorted legal papers |
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Box 58 Folder listFolders 1-6 Unsorted legal papers |
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Box 59 Folder listFolder 1: Abercrombie v. Jones Folder 2: Negus and Rea v. Maxwell Folder 3: Eyre and Massey v. Marine Insurance Company Folder 4: Hazard v. Thompson Folder 5: Hilborn v. Dickson Folder 6: Krichmar v. Barclay Folders 7-8: Fox v. Johnson Folders 9-10: Morse v. O’Rielly The Telegraphic System Folder 11: Commonwealth v. Sex et al. Folder 12: Morton et al., v. Clark Folder 13: George v. Powell Folder 14: Ashton v. Clerist Church Hospital Folders 15-16: Etting v. Curtin |
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Box 60 Folder listFolders 1-8: Unsorted legal papers |
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Box 61 Folder listFolders 1-3: Gamperts v. Union Insurance Company, re: Ship Andromeda Folder 4: Lewis v. Bines Folder 5: Hunt v. Dorsey Folder 6: Finken v. Stouffer Folder 7: Shinn v. Underwriters Folder 8: Moss v. Andrews Folder 9: Campbell v. Old Folder 10: Newbold v. Wright & Shelton, Schooner Sally & Polly to St. Iago, sequestration of vessels Folder 11: Snyder et al. v. Worrell Folder 12: City v. Dorsey Folder 13: Shaw v. Duncan Folder 14: Fisk v. G. L.Chandleer Folder 15: Hart v. North Folder 16: Schuykill Bank v. Richard Bache Folder 17: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. New Castle Manufacturing Company |
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Box 62 Folder listFolder 1: Jackson v. Boyd and Stuart, 1829 Folder 2: Badger v. Phillipps, 1835 Folder 3: Jones v. Janney Folder 4: Stockton and Stokes v. Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad Folder 5: Southern Life Insurance Company v. Comly Folder 6: Stockton and Stokes v. Philadelphia Germantown, and Norristown Railroad, 1832-1834 Folder 7: Boker v. Nathans, 1819 Folder 8: Evans v. McAlfin, 1832 Folder 9: Miles v. Herber Folder 10: Richardson v. King, copy of testimony, etc. Folder 11: Weiner, trustee of Elliot v. Farnum Folder 12: Smith, lessee of Cox v. Letchworth Folder 13: Smith v. Longstretch |
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Box 63 Folder listFolder 1: Barker v. Cooke, Perkins v. Cooke Folder 2: Belair et al. v. Young Folder 3: Coates v. Ellmaker Folder 4: Crafts, Stevens, and Tucker v. Brown Folder 5: Craig v. Smith Folder 6: Harrison v. Riddle Folder 7: Greiner v. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Folder 8: Hart v. Myers Folder 9: McBride v. Duncan et al. Folder 10: Macferran v. Swindell Folder 11: Metcalf v. Etting Folders 12-13: Mifflin v. Comly, Comly v. Levis Folder 14: Smith's Admr. v. Nicholson's Admr Folder 15: White v. garnishee of W. L. Mattock Folder 16: Wilson's estate v. Smith |
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Box 64 Folder listFolder 1: Cumming v. Meeker Folder 2: Commonwealth v. Smith Folder 3: Toland v. Godeffray Folder 4: Godeffray v. Smith Folder 5: Manufacturing and Mechanics Bank v. Pennock Folder 6: Eyre v.. Marine Insurance Company Folder 7: Warder v. Bevan Folder 8: Brown v. Boyd Folder 9: Boorman v. Montgomery Folder 10: Baker v. Clark Folder 11: Ottinger v. Jacoby Folder 12: Laussat v. Smith Folder 13: Ried v. Richards Folder 14: Schlatter v. Tousey Folder 15: Adams v. Norris Folder 16: Kinsman v. Rynen, Michael Kinsman his assignee Folder 17: Waln v. Hodgden Folder 18: Varney v. Schenck Folder 19: Otis v. Clark, re: lumber Folder 20: Kingston v. Wilson |
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Box 65 Folder listFolder 1: Toland v. Godefray, John Caesar Folder 2: Riston v. Abercrombie Folder 3: Blight v. Curtis Folder 4: Britton v. Stanley Folder 5: Bevan and Humphreys v. Joseph W. Scott Folder 6: Downing v. Kugler Folder 7: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at the suggestion of James Tod, J. R. Neff et al. v. Green et al. Folder 8: Patton v. Ripka Folder 9: Thomas v. Edgar Folder 10: Daniels v. Ball, schedule of real estate of Joseph Ball Folder 11: Abercrombie v. Boyle Folder 12: Fletcher v. Foulke Folder 13: Folwell v. Frost |
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Box 66A Folder listFolder 1: Stone v. Jones Folder 2: Tremmells v. Nottingham Folder 3: The United States v. Assignees of Bradford and Inskeep Folder 4: Peters v. Sixte Folder 5: Lloyd, et al. v. Worthington Folder 6: Peacan v. Blight Folder 7: White-Wright v. Wilson Folder 8: Hoqua v. Bryant Folder 9: Parish v. Ross Folder 10: John Dorsey v. French and Harker; articles of agreement re: auction and commission business Folder 11: Davis v. Espy Folder 12: Joseph B. Barry v. William T. Stockton Folder 13: Denman v. Davidson |
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Box 66B Folder listFolder 1: Lair v. Caldwell and Dickerson Folder 2: Snyder v. Israel, re: lottery tickets Folder 3: Callander v. Holland Folder 4: Wonderly v. Graft Folder 5: Saunderson v. Bolte; Saunderson v. Coleman Folder 6: Watson v. Union Insurance Company |
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Box 67 Folder listFolder 1: Morgan v. Watson Folder 2: James Drayton v. Edward Parry Folder 3: Schuylkill Bank v. Grover, et al. Folder 4: Cannon v. Potter, et al. Folders 5-7: Reynolds, et al. v. Forster Folder 8: Archibald George v. Samuel and James Nevins Folder 9: John Barrett and Son v. Broom, Littler, and Company Folder 10: Davis v. Burk Folder 11: Grover and Fleming v. O'Neill and Wilkinson Folder 12: Freeland and Harris v. George Grigg Folder 13: Rutgers v. Dusar Folder 14: Commonwealth v. Forsythe (murder case) |
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Box 68 Folder listFolder 1: Neal(?) McGinnis, re: land Folder 2: N. G. Rutgers, re: claim against Bedwell Folder 3: M. Meredith v. Diehl, re: the ship "Robert Fulton" Folder 4: Edward Lyde v. Christine Bosbyshell Folder 5: Commonwealth v. Daly Folder 6: McVicker, et al. v. W. M. Meredith, et al. (Meredith and Ogden family) Folder 7: Cooper v. Holdship Folder 8: Stockton v. Cloff Folder 9: Midgley v. Bold and Company Folders 10-16: Miscellaneous legal cases |
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Box 69 Folder listFolders 1-2: Jackson v. Sarchett Folders 3-4: Commonwealth (at the suggestion of Fritz, Duncan, Hunter, etc.) v. Gill et al. Folder 5: Donaldson v. Potter – final settlement of accounts of Donaldson of New York and Potter of Philadelphia, on behalf of the Firm of Potter and Dillingham, October 15, 1838 Folder 6: Jackson v. Sarchett Folders 7-8: Cannon v. Johnson Folders 9-10: Andrews v. Price Folder 11: Ross et al. v. Gibson et al. Folder 12: De Lizardi v. Phillips, Phillips and Moss Folder 13: Cannon v. Kimball Folder 14: Commonwealth (at the suggestion of Fritz, Duncan, Hunter, etc) v. Gill et al - abstract from returns of banks and savings institutions; bylaws and rules of the Philadelphia Savings Institution Act of Incorporation |
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