Price family papers

Collection 4163

1729-1971
(19.65 Linear feet ; 36 boxes, 37 volumes, 67 flat files)

© Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Summary Information
Background note
Scope and content note
Overview of arrangement
Administrative Information
Related Materials
Controlled Access Headings
Collection Inventory: 1. Eli Kirk Price; 2. John Sergeant Price; 3. Eli Kirk Price II; 4. Philip Price; 5. Other Price family members; 6. Related families; 7. Real estate; 8. Graphics and printed material; 9. Artifacts and miscellaneous

Summary Information

Repository: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator: Price, Eli K. (Eli Kirk), 1797-1884.
Creator: Price, Eli Kirk, 1904-1976.
Creator: Price, Eli Kirk, d. 1933.
Creator: Price, John Sergeant, 1831-1897.
Creator: Price, Philip, 1898-1989.
Title: Price family papers
ID: 4163
Date: 1729-1971
Extent: 19.65 Linear feet ; 36 boxes, 37 volumes, 67 flat files
Author: Finding aid prepared by Sara H. Nash.
Sponsor: Processing of this collection was funded by a donation from Mr. Philip Price, Jr.
Language: English
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of various members of the Price family, mainly Eli Kirk Price (1797 – 1884), John Sergeant Price (1831 – 1897), Eli Kirk Price II (1860 - 1933), Philip Price (1898 - 1989), Eli Kirk Price III (1904 - 1976), and Philip Price Jr. (1934 - ). Most of the men of the family were lawyers, and the professional documents pertain almost exclusively to real estate and estate law. Correspondence decreases by generation, but real estate documents increase in equal measure. The entire family was very involved in Philadelphia civic, cultural, and charitable organizations, and these interests are represented in both the professional and personal papers. Additionally, the family was connected to the Preston Retreat, a maternity hospital, from its beginning to its absorption by the Pennsylvania Hospital, and the collection contains a substantial number of related papers. The collection also contains a large number of documents and deeds which reflect the transformation of a section of West Philadelphia known as the Rose Estate from a rural township to a developed part of the city. The graphic materials include blueprints by the landscape architect J. Greber for the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1918. Two notable artifacts are part of the collection: a small cutting of George Washington’s hair and a cuff from Commodore John Rodger’s coat.

Preferred citation

[Indicate cited item or series here], Price family papers (Collection 4163), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Background note

Eli Kirk Price (1797 – 1884), was a Philadelphia lawyer who was active in many civic and social organizations. Eli K. Price was born on July 20, 1797, in East Bradford Township, Chester County. His parents, Philip Price and Rachel Kirk, were both members of the Society of Friends. In his youth he attended the local country schools, and he spent the academic year of 1813 – 1814 at Westtown, a Quaker boarding school. He then moved to Philadelphia and worked in the counting house of merchant Thomas P. Cope (1768 – 1854) and later, I. C. Jones, Oakford, and Company. Due to dwindling prospects in international trade, he changed course and studied law in the office of John Sergeant (1779 – 1852), for whom he would name his only son. In 1822, he was admitted to the bar. His law practice became dominated by real estate, and he was known as an expert in title searches. Early in his career, Price mentored Benjamin Harris Brewster, who would serve as U. S. Attorney General from 1881 to 1885.

His career accomplishments include being a member of the Board of Revenue Commissioners in 1846 and 1848, and serving as a Pennsylvania state senator from 1854 through 1856. As a senator, he created the Consolidation Act of 1854, also known as the "Price Act." This piece of legislation became the new Philadelphia city charter and consolidated several municipalities into the city, greatly increasing its size. He also authored or helped to pass legislation relating to property sale and ownership, including acts that strengthened women's control over their own property. In 1867, he was instrumental in the founding of the Fairmount Park Commission and the purchase of the land that originally made up the park grounds. He served as chairman of the Park Commission until his death in 1884.

He was active in many other Philadelphia organizations, as a founding member of the Woodlands Cemetery and its secretary and treasurer, president of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, a member of the American Philosophical Society, and a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. In 1882 he received an honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Pennsylvania, where he had served variously as trustee of the university, a manager of the University Hospital, and on the Library and Law Committees. He also served as treasurer of the Preston Retreat, a maternity hospital for "indigent married women of good character." The Retreat was funded by a bequest from Dr. Jonas Preston in 1836. Construction began in 1837, but ran over budget. Loss of value in the endowment delayed the hospital’s opening until 1865. In the interim, the Foster Home Association used the building rent-free as a foster home. The Preston Retreat eventually acquired a reputation for very low mortality, due to a combination of patient selection and extraordinary attendance to cleanliness. The Price family remained affiliated with the Preston Retreat until its acquisition by the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1960.

Eli K. Price married Anna Embree (1799 – 1862) of West Bradford, Chester County in June 1828. She was the daughter of James Embree and Rebecca Kirk, sister of Eli’s mother Rachel Kirk. The couple had three children, John Sergeant Price (1831 – 1897), Rebecca Embree Price (1829 – 1861), and Sibyl Eliana Price (1834 – 1882).

Eli Price remained vigorous into his old age, even working in the office the day before his death. His last public paper was read before the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society in early November 1884. On the 15th of November, he awoke in the early morning hours feeling ill and died shortly after, attended by granddaughter Anna R. Withers.

Over the decades, Eli Price invested heavily in real estate in Philadelphia, and many of his holdings were in the still rural Blockley Township, which became West Philadelphia. His will established a trust for the benefit of his surviving children and grandchildren. His son, J. Sergeant Price, was one of the original executors. This role, with management of the real estate, was passed down through successive generations to Eli K. Price II, Eli K. Price III, and Philip Price.

Rebecca E. Price (1829 – 1861) was the eldest child of Eli and Anna. She contracted scarlet fever and suffered complications, resulting in periods of debilitating illness. As a young woman, she traveled extensively when well enough. She married Philadelphia silk merchant and widower Hanson L. Withers in 1858. In December 1860, she gave birth to a daughter, Anna Rebecca Withers (1860 – 1937) (m. Dr. Edward Martin). She succumbed to her chronic illness about a month later in January 1861. Her husband passed away nine days following. The infant Anna Rebecca was raised by Eli and Anna Price.

Like her daughter, Anna E. Price was plagued by ill health. Her complaints were of a seasonal asthmatic nature, and she sought relief in the country air by summering at West Chester. When her condition allowed, she devoted herself to charitable work, serving on the Board of Counsel of the Foster Home Association. She was actively involved in management and fundraising. In mid-May 1862, she returned to the city from West Chester and soon became very sick. She was taken back to her country home, but was unable to recover and died on 4 June 1862. Her husband dealt with his many griefs by privately publishing a memorial book, Rebecca, about his daughter, which included a tribute to his wife.

Sybil E. Price (1834 – 1882) was the youngest of the three children. She married the Reverend Starr Hoyt Nichols (1838 – 1909) in April 1871, and they resided in Philadelphia. The couple had no children.

The middle child, John Sergeant Price (1831 – 1897), known as “Sergeant,” followed his father into law, graduating from the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1854. That same year he was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar and began working at his father's legal practice. Son-in-law Jonathan Willis Martin (m. Elizabeth C. Price) eventually joined him in practice. Outside of his professional life, he was heavily involved in many local organizations, including the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, Woodlands Cemetery, Reliance Insurance Company, and the Union League. Like his father he was involved with several committees at the University of Pennsylvania, including the Society of the Alumni of the Law Department and the Central Committee of the Alumni. He served as treasurer of American Philosophical Society for 22 years and the Preston Retreat for 30 years. For the latter, he invested in real estate in Clinton County and southwest Philadelphia, which his son, Eli K. Price II, and grandsons would eventually sell off for development. J. Sergeant Price died in Cape May on 16 August 1897.

J. Sergeant Price married Sarah “Sallie” A. Baker (1837 – 1908), daughter of Isaac and Anna Elizabeth Baker. Together they had three children: Eli Kirk Price II (1860 – 1933), Elizabeth Cornelius Price (1864 – 1932) and John Sergeant Price Jr. (1883 – 1948).

Elizabeth Cornelius Price (1864 – 1932), founded the Garden Club of Philadelphia with Ernestine Goodman in 1904. She married Jonathan Willis Martin (1856 – 1930). They lived in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, and had four children: Sergeant Price Martin (1886 – 1948), Marion Willis Martin (1889 – 1980), Jonathan Willis Martin (1892 – 1897), and Elizabeth Gwen Martin (1894 – 1950). Their daughter, E. Gwen Martin, was a horse breeder and president of the Philadelphia Girl Scout Council. Sergeant Price Martin was a physician in Buffalo, New York. Marion Willis Martin married Edward Florens Rivinus (1878 – 1958) and wrote many books about Philadelphia and her life, including Lights Along the Schuylkill, Lights Along the Delaware, Distaff Descent, and A Full Life, her autobiography.

John Sergeant Price Jr. (1883 – 1948) never married and died without issue.

Eli Kirk Price II (1860 - 1933), known as “Kirk,” was born on 10 May 1860 and followed the family tradition of practicing in the firm founded by his namesake. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1881 and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1883, the same year he was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. Upon the death of his father, he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Jonathan Willis Martin, which lasted until the latter’s elevation to the bench.

His most notable achievements were civic in nature, the result of his work with the Fairmont Park Commission and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He was Fairmount Park commissioner during planning of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and was also involved in the planning and construction of the new building for the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In 1929 he received the Philadelphia Award in recognition for those accomplishments. From 1926 until his death in 1933, he was president of the art museum corporation. Other achievements include the Beaux Arts Medal of Honor of the Societe des Architetes Diplomes, being named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and being appointed an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects. In addition to these accomplishments, he was also the treasurer of Woodlands Cemetery, vice president of the Fairmount Park Art Association, president of the City Parks Association, treasurer of the American Philosophical Society, treasurer and president of Preston Retreat, and a member of Philadelphia's Art Jury.

In 1896 he married Evelyn Taylor (1866 – 1946), daughter of Mary Meigs and John Hancock Taylor. She served as president of the Rittenhouse Square Improvement Association and the Rittenhouse Square Flower Association. The couple had four children: Philip Price (1898 – 1989) (m. Sarah Meade Harrison), Rachel Price (1899 – 1986) (m. David Williamson), Evelyn Price (1902 – 1993) (m. Charles R. Hamilton), and Eli Kirk Price III (1904 – 1976). Eli K. Price II had a heart attack at his office in City Hall on 24 January 1933. He was attended by a physician and transported home to 1709 Walnut Street, where he died shortly after.

Philip Price (1898 – 1989), like his father, grandfather, and great grandfather, was a lawyer. After serving in the Naval Reserve during World War I, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1922. He then joined the family practice, although he left to join Dechert, Price, and Rhoads in 1928. As a trial lawyer, he mostly represented corporations, including the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and East Coast railroads in the Noerr Motor Freight case, which was heard in the United States Supreme Court. He was also heavily involved in civic and charity organizations, including the Fairmount Park Commission (where he served as president and treasurer), the Fairmount Park Art Association, the Philadelphia Art Commission, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Overbrook School for the Blind. He was the fourth of his line to serve as treasurer of the Preston Retreat.

Philip Price married Sarah Meade Harrison in 1922 and they had five children: Sarah Price Parker, Evelyn Price Scott, Nancy Price Hiestand, John Sergeant Price, and Philip Price Jr.

Eli Kirk Price III (1904 – 1976) worked as an estate trustee and real estate manager in the office of Eli Kirk Price from 1933 until 1973, except for a stint in the U.S. Army from 1942 until 1946. He was also the assistant treasurer for the Woodlands Cemetery Company, continuing the long family tradition of involvement with the cemetery. Like his relatives, he was involved in many civic and cultural organizations, including the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. He was also a manager of the Preston Maternity Hospital (formerly the Preston Retreat) until it was absorbed by the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1960.

Philip Price Jr. (b. 1934) is a lawyer specializing in property and real estate law. He also worked on urban revitalization projects, like the Allegheny West Community Development Project, which led to changes in tax law, giving corporations credits for investing in inner city redevelopment. From 1978 to 1982 he was a Pennsylvania state senator. Like his father and ancestors, he was and continues to be involved in many civic, cultural, and charity organizations. From 1983 until 2003 he was a board member at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. He is also involved in the Fairmount Park system, serving on committees for the Fairmount Park Commission, the Fairmount Park Conservancy, and the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation trust. Philip Price Jr. was instrumental in furthering the preservation of the Woodlands Cemetery by helping to create the Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation.

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Scope and content note

This collection contains papers created by various members of the Price family, relating to their professional and personal lives. The majority of the collection is divided into series by individual, following patrilineal descent and arranged in chronological order of birth. Less well-presented members of the family and members of related families are collected in other series.

Series 1, Eli Kirk Price (1779 – 1936), consists of Eli K. Price’s papers which document his life professionally and personally. The professional papers are dominated by correspondence. His letters are grouped by correspondent and then arranged chronologically. There is a significant section of third party correspondence. Additionally, there are a few estate documents and miscellaneous papers. The personal papers consist largely of correspondence and manuscripts. The series concludes with papers relating to the estate of Eli K. Price.

Series 2, John Sergeant Price (1839 – 1968), contains the papers of John Sergeant Price. Professional correspondence and estate records represent his law practice outside of real estate. The largest part of this series consists of records pertaining to the Preston Retreat. The small section of personal papers includes correspondence and miscellaneous papers arranged chronologically.

Series 3, Eli Kirk Price II (1839 – 1936), reveals the professional and civic life of Eli K. Price II. While professional correspondence is limited, several account journals document the workings of his legal practice. Other legal papers include estate documents and American Philosophical Society bank statements. The majority of the subseries is devoted to records of the Preston Retreat, which are arranged chronologically. Personal records are sparse, but include a letter from George Washington to James Tilghman, given to him by his namesake.

Series 4, Philip Price (1876 – 1971), is a small series highlighting some aspects of the professional life of Philip Price. The professional papers are limited to an account journal, some correspondence, and some estate documents. Only a few items relate to the Preston Retreat. His personal papers are limited to two folders.

Series 5, Other Price family members (1729 – 1964), consists of the papers of all Price family members not represented in other series. These include earlier Price generations and descendants of Eli K. Price as well as others not in the direct line of Eli K. Price.

Series 6, Related families (1782 – 1937), is comprised of the papers of families and individuals connected to the Price family by marriage. The Embree and Baker families contributed the largest share, followed by the Taylor-Meigs-Rodgers family group, which is connected by marriage through Eli K. Price II. Most of the documents are letters, genealogical records, and estate papers.

Series 7, Real estate (1744 – 1964), consists of extensive real estate documents and deeds, through which can be traced the development of two sections of Philadelphia west of the Schuylkill River. The estate of Eli K. Price held a large tract sometimes called the Rose estate in West Philadelphia. The Preston Retreat owned a tract in the Kingsessing section of Philadelphia as well as land in other Pennsylvania counties, particularly Clinton County. The papers document real estate transactions including sales, mortgages, ground rent, and coal leases.

Series 8, Graphics and printed material (1850 – 1971), is comprised of all the graphic materials in the collection including blueprints, maps, photographs, images, and albums. The printed matter is also in this series. There are many blueprints and maps, mostly related to real estate transactions, but they include a set of blueprints by the landscape architect J. Greber for the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1918. The photographs of the earlier Price generations are sparse, but the Price-Taylor family is well-represented. Printed matter includes pamphlets, speeches, briefs of title, reports, and newspaper pages and clippings.

Series 9, Artifacts and miscellaneous (1789 – 1937), consists of a small number of artifacts and miscellaneous papers. The notable artifacts are a lock of George Washington’s hair and a cuff from the coat of Commodore John Rodgers.

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Overview of arrangement

1. Eli Kirk Price (1779 - 1936)

1A. Professional papers (1779 - 1910)

1B. Personal papers (1821 - 1936)

2. John Sergeant Price (1839 - 1908)

2A. Professional papers (1839 - 1927)

2B. Personal papers (1839 - 1968)

3. Eli Kirk Price II (1839 - 1942)

3A. Professional papers (1839 - 1942)

3B. Personal papers (1773 - 1942)

4. Philip Price (1876 - 1971)

5. Other Price family members (1729 - 1904)

6. Related families (1872 -1937)

6A. Embree family (1782 - 1922)

6B. Baker family (1856 - 1917)

6C. Other related families and people (1805 - 1937)

7. Real estate (1744 - 1964)

7A. Philadelphia (1744 - 1964)

7B. Other counties (1848 - 1951)

8. Graphic material and printed material (1815 - 1971)

8A. Blueprints and maps (1850 -1963)

8B. Photos (1876 - 1930)

8C. Images and albums (1868 - 1896)

8D. Printed material (1815 - 1971)

9. Artifacts and miscellaneous (1789 - 1937)

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Historical Society of Pennsylvania June 2021.

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Access restrictions

The collection is open for research; however, researchers with sensitivities to mold should use the collection with caution. See Processing Note for further information.

Provenance

Gift of Philip Price, Jr., 2017, 2021.

Accession numbers 2017.105 and 2021.046.

Processing note

The Price family papers have been extensively cleaned for mold. Researchers should exercise caution in handling materials from this collection. Many brittle clippings and pages from the North American, Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, Public Ledger, Philadelphia Press, Philadelphia Bulletin, Philadelphia Record, and Philadelphia Inquirer (1908 – circa 1918) were separated from the collection. Most related to the construction of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. These newspapers are available on microfilm.

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Related Materials

Related materials

At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:

A biography of Eli Kirk Price (manuscript) by Sarah Dickson Lowrie, 1936 (Am .1276)

Eli Kirk Price estate account book, 1829-1835 (Am .9342)

Eli Kirk Price papers, 1828-1927 (Collection D0089)

Eli Kirk Price papers relating to the Fairmount Park Commission, circa 1850-1884 (Collection 3589)

Eli Kirk Price receipt book, 1826-1833 (Am .934150)

Philip Price collection of Philadelphia deeds, 1681-1863 (Collection 3351)

Price family papers, 1840-1990 (Collection 3960)

Woodlands Cemetery Company papers, 1798-1990 (Collection 3661)

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Controlled Access Headings

Geographic Name(s)

Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Personal Name(s)

Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848.
Embree, Anna, 1799-1862.
Martin, Elizabeth Price, 1864-1932.
Meredith, William M. (William Morris), 1799-1873.
Meredith, William, 1772-1844.
Powell, John Hare, 1786-1856.
Price, Evelyn Taylor.
Price, Philip, 1790-1865
Price, Philip, Jr.
Price, Sarah "Sallie" Baker.
Tilghman, William, 1756-1827.
Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829.

Subject(s)

Blockley Township (Philadelphia County, Pa.)
Estates--United States.
Fairmount Park Commission (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Lawyers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Lawyers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century.
Museums--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century.
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art.
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Preston Retreat.
Real estate--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Real Estate--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century.
Real property--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps.

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Collection Inventory

1. Eli Kirk Price 1779 - 1936
1A. Professional papers 1779 - 1910 Scope and content note Eli K. Price’s professional papers are dominated by his correspondence, which is organized by correspondent and then chronologically, starting with Eli K. Price. There is a significant section of third party correspondence which includes letters to Edward S. Burd, William Meredith, William Morris Meredith, and Bushrod Washington. Additionally, there are many letters from John Hare Powell and from William Tilghman to Richard Lloyd. Eli Price's involvement with the Fairmount Park Commission is underrepresented, but there is a volume of bound original manuscript records of the park commission. A second volume of published material can be found in Series 8D.
Correspondence (1779 - 1882)
	Box	Folder
Professional correspondence: Eli K. Price (1820 - 1833)	1	1-14
Professional correspondence: Eli K. Price (1833 - 1845)	2	1-2
Professional correspondence: Eli K. Price (1835 - 1842)	3	1-3
Professional correspondence: Eli K. Price (1830 - 1834)	4	1
Professional correspondence: Eli K. Price (1837 - 1840)	5	1-9
Professional correspondence: Eli K. Price (1841 - 1845)	6	1-10
Professional correspondence: Eli K. Price (1846 - 1862)	7	1-23
Professional correspondence: Eli K. Price (1864 - 1883, undated)	8	1-12
Correspondence of Edward S. Burd (1823 - 1848, undated)	8	13-14
Letter to Thomas Burke (1779)	8	15
Correspondence of William Meredith (1817 - 1843)	8	16-19
Correspondence of William Meredith (1836 - 1837, undated)	9	1
Correspondence of William Morris Meredith (1836 - 1842, undated)	9	2-3
Correspondence of John Hare Powell (1831 - 1847)	9	4
Correspondence of John Hare Powell (1841 - 1843)	3	4
Correspondence of William Tilghman (1812 - 1826)	9	5-6
Correspondence from Bushrod Washington (1805 - 1818)	2	3
Third party correspondence (1800 - 1850, undated)	9	7-9
Third party correspondence (1830)	2	4
Other professional papers (1794 - 1910, undated)
Preston Retreat 1839 - 1910
		Oversize
Preston Retreat: Fire insurance policy (1839 - 1910)		Flat file 1
	Box	Folder
Preston Retreat: Receipts (1855 - 1857)	9	10
Preston Retreat: Receipt for lumber (1857)	9	11
Estates 1841 - 1885, undated
	Box	Folder
Jones estate (undated)	9	12
Will and codicils of Charles Lafferty (1875 - 1885)	9	13
Estate of Thomas Mitchell (1841 - 1865)	2	5
Estate of Thomas Mitchell auditor’s reports (1843 - 1857)	9	14
MIscellaneous 1794 - 1884, undated
	Box	Folder
Copy of William Tilghman’s opinion on the division of Daniel Cornelius’ estate (22 February 1794)	9	15
		Volume
Daybook of Eli K. Price (1826 - 1881)		1
	Box	Folder
Material removed from volume 1, Daybook of Eli K. Price (1826 - 1881)	9	16
Admission of Eli Kirk Price as attorney and counsellor to the U. S. Supreme Court (1829)	9	17
Receipts: Eli K. Price (1841 - 1857)	9	18
Coal lease: Eli K. Price I and Joseph Pancoast and wife to Delaware Lackawanna and Western Rail Road Company (1869)	9	19
		Volume
"Fairmount Park Commission Original Records" (1873 - 1884)		2
	Box	Folder
Appointment of William Butler to U. S. District Court (1879)	9	20
Signatures clipped from document (undated)	9	21
1B. Personal Papers (1821 - 1936, undated) Scope and content note Eli K. Price’s personal papers begin with general correspondence, arranged chronologically. These folders are followed by correspondence from individual family members, arranged chronologically, and there is a single folder of outgoing letters. A section of manuscripts follows, arranged chronologically and alphabetically where undated. The manuscripts include a travel journal, papers for the American Philosophical Society, poems, memorials, and speeches. Other personal papers include receipts, memorials and tributes, and Price family genealogical information. The series concludes with records relating to his estate and its administration.
Correspondence (1824 - 1884)
	Box	Folder
Personal correspondence: Eli K. Price (1818 - 1883, undated)	10	1-9
Personal correspondence: From Sibyl E. Price Nichols to Eli K. Price (1853 - 1855)	10	10
Personal correspondence: From Rebecca E. Price Withers to Eli K. Price (13 February 1858)	10	11
Personal correspondence: From Joseph P. Brinton to Eli K. Price (1862 - 1864) Note Lt. Col. Joseph Brinton of the Union Army. Civil War letters.	10	12
Personal correspondence: From Anna R. Withers Martin (1869 - 1882, undated)	10	13
Personal correspondence: From Sallie Baker Price (1871)	10	14
Personal correspondence: From Elizabeth Price Martin (1873)	10	15
Personal correspondence: From Eli K. Price II (20 July 1874)	10	16
Personal correspondence: From J. Sergeant Price to Eli K. Price (1883 - 1884)	10	17
Personal correspondence: From Eli K. Price (1824 - 1882)	10	18
Letter to Charles Stokes on death of Jesse Embree (11 January 1881)	2	6
Manuscripts and journals (1821 - 1884, undated) Scope and content note All of Eli Price's manuscripts are collected here, and subjects range from professional to personal. Items are organized chronologically where possible, and the remainder follow in alphabetical order.
	Box	Folder
Travel journal, number 2, England (1821)	10	19
Pamphlet: Prohibition of Sunday Travelling on the Pennsylvania Rail Road, draft and printed copy (1850)	10	20
Memorial poem for Rebecca Embree Withers (1862)	10	21
Memorial tribute to Anna Embree Price (1862)	10	22
Quotations, poem, manuscript page (1866, undated)	10	23
Pamphlet: “The Proprietary Title of the Penns,” manuscript with printed copy	10	24
“The Cup of Tea,” by Eli K. Price, written for the Philadelphia Tea Party (December 1873)	10	25
Some remarks made at Scranton 10 June 1882)	10	26
"The Babe Immortal," poem by Eli K. Price (4 December 1883)	10	27
House of Refuge address (15 January 1884)	2	7
Last public paper of Eli K. Price, read before the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia 6 November 1884)	10	28
Manuscript: The Deity (undated)	10	29-33
Manuscript: The Deity (undated)	11	1
Manuscript: The Deity: Book 2 (undated)	11	2
“A Good Man’s Death Hymn,” by Eli K. Price, published in Poets and Poetry of Chester County, Pennsylvania (undated)	11	3
Partial manuscript: Our Being’s Worth (undated)	2	8
Manuscript, clippings, quotes: Our Being’s Worth (undated)	11	4
Partial manuscript, “The Theme” (undated)	11	5-6
Speech of Eli K. Price (undated)	11	7
Manuscript page (undated)	11	8
Other personal papers 1850 - 1884, undated
	Box	Folder
Eli K. Price on account with Sam Lang for dry goods (1850 - 1851)	3	6
Receipt for silverware (21 October 1857)	11	9
Autobiographical notes (circa 1879)	11	10
Receipt for printing "Rebecca" memorial book (13 November 1880)	11	11
Rockery at the University of Pennsylvania (1881)	11	12
Resignation and withdrawal of such from Pennsylvania Colonization Society (1881)	11	13
Election to the American Historical Association (14 November 1884)	11	14
Memorial tribute to Eli K. Price by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (17 November 1884)	11	15
Memorial tribute to Eli K. Price by the Bar of Philadelphia (18 November 1884)	11	16
Memorial resolution for Eli K. Price by the Pennsylvania Colonization Society (19 November 1884)	11	17
Memorial tribune to Eli K. Price from the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society (1884)	11	18
Memorial tribute by a member of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia (1884)	2	9
Memorial tribute to Eli K. Price by the Law Association of Philadelphia (1884 - 1886)	11	19
Biography of Eli K. Price, by H. C. Townsend (undated)	11	20
Biographies of Eli K. Price (undated)	11	21
Biographical questionnaire for the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia (undated)	11	22
Price family births and deaths (undated)	11	23
Price family genealogy (undated)	11	24
Estate 1840 - 1936
	Box	Folder
Will and trust of Eli Kirk Price (1840 - 1879)	11	25
Letter of attorney for Eli K. Price and Anna E. Price (31 December 1853)	11	26
Will of Eli K. Price (25 November 1882)	11	27
Inventory of estate of Eli K. Price (undated)	11	28
Estate of Eli Kirk Price (1884 - 1899)	11	29
		Volume
Eli K. Price estate (1897 - 1913)		3
	Box	Folder
Material removed from volume 3 (1897 - 1913)	11	30
		Volume
Journal: Eli K. Price estate (1919 - 1926)		4
Journal: Undistributed Estate, Eli K. Price (1 July 1931 - 1 July 1936)		5
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2. John Sergeant Price 1839 - 1968
2A. Professional papers 1839 - 1927 Scope and content note This subseries contains a relatively modest amount of J. Sergeant Price’s professional correspondence, which is chronologically arranged. Estate records are sorted alphabetically. Preston Retreat papers are extensive and form the majority of the subseries. They span from 1865 to 1897 and include rent accounts and warrants.
Correspondence 1853 - 1897
	Box	Folder
Professional correspondence: J. Sergeant Price (1853 - 1897)	12	1-12
Estates 1867 - 1927
	Box	Folder
Estates of James W. Burling, Sidney H. Burling, and Arthur H. Burling (1867 - 1927)	12	13
Estate of James G. Clark (1877 - 1884)	12	14
Estate of M. J. Coleman (1869 - 1875)	12	15
		Volume
Journal: Rebecca Embree estate (1877 - 1922)		6
	Box	Folder
Will of Julia A. Gamber (23 September 1879)	12	16
Trust of Mabel Somers Sharp Hartmann (1888 - 1892)	12	17
Will of Charles E. Hires (7 January 1891)	12	18
Estate of Hannah W. Hollingsworth (1869 - 1889)	12	19-20
Will of Elizabeth James (7 May 1895)	12	21
Will of Annie H. Lex (1878 - 1885)	12	22
		Volume
Journal: Anna Marseilles estate (1879 - 1926)		7
	Box	Folder
Material removed from Volume 7 (1879 - 1926)	12	23
Stock certificate: Mercantile Library Company, Susan Marseilles (17 September 1869)	12	24
Estate of Elizabeth B. McLees (1873 - 1880)	12	25
Paschall estate, petition to satisfy a lost mortgage (1881)	12	26
		Volume
Journal: David Pooley estate (1887 - 1907)		8
Preston Retreat 1839 - 1910
		Oversize
Preston Retreat: Fire insurance policy (1839 - 1910)		Flat file 1
		Volume
Journal: Preston Retreat (1864 - 1892)		9
	Box	Folder
Material removed from Volume 9 (1864 - 1892, undated)	12	27
Preston Retreat: Rent accounts (1872 - 1881)	13	1-8
Preston Retreat: Rent accounts (1891 - 1895)	3	7
Preston Retreat: Rent accounts (1893 - 15 August 1895)	14	1-2
Preston Retreat: Warrants (January 1865 - 1 December 1872)	14	3-6
Preston Retreat: Warrants (1 December 1872 - 1 December 1893)	15	1-10
Preston Retreat: Warrants (1 December 1893 - 1 December 1897)	16	1-2
Preston Retreat: Report to Board of Managers regarding Women’s Visiting Committee communication (11 September 1885)	16	2
Preston Retreat: 21st Annual Report manuscript (1886)	16	4
Correspondence: J. Sergeant Price, Preston Retreat (1893 - 1895)	16	5
Preston Retreat, Gas Consumers' Benefit Association (1896 - 1897)	16	6
Other professional papers 1857 - 1898, undated
	Box	Folder
Receipts: J. Sergeant Price (1857 - 1896)	16	7
Coal royalties (1870 - 1886)	16	8
A. P. Forbes v. B. F. Bivins (1872 - 1882)	16	9
Debts to J. Sergeant Price (1874 - 1884)	16	10
William Quirin v. George A. Chipman (1875 - 1877)	16	11
Receipts (1875)	16	12
Loans (1876)	16	13
Rex Avenue property records (1882)	16	14
		Volume
Fairmount Park: Rex Avenue account book (undated)		10
	Box	Folder
Material removed from volume 10 (undated)	16	15
Promissory note to Pittston Manufacturing Company, payable to B. H. Throop (1882)	16	16
Railway Light and Power Company (1882 - 1886)	16	17
Assignment of patent, Horace W. Norwood to Almon T. Farwell and John H. Sinsabaugh (14 April 1883)	16	18
Agreement between the Electrical Accumulator Company of New York and Railway Light and Power Company of New Jersey (1884)	16	19
Stock and bonds, Bridesburg Manufacturing Company (1884 - 1886)	2	10
Investments (1884 - 1896, undated)	16	20
		Volume
Journal: J. Sergeant Price (1888 - 1898, undated)		11
	Box	Folder
Material removed from Volume 11 (1888 - 1898, undated)	16	21
2B. Personal papers 1839 - 1968 Scope and content note The personal papers of J. Sergeant Price are few in comparison to his father. Beyond some correspondence, there little other than a travel journal from 1850, a household expense journal covering from 1879 to 1897, and records of his estate.
	Box	Folder
Personal correspondence: J. Sergeant Price (1839 - 1885)	16	22-23
		Volume
Travel journal: J. Sergeant Price (1850)		12
House and personal expenses (1879 - 1897)		13
	Box	Folder
Suspension of Eli K. Price II from the University of Pennsylvania (1879 - 1880)	16	24
J. Sergeant Price v. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company (8 December 1883)	16	25
		Volume
Journal: Estate of J. Sergeant Price (1939 - 1968)		14
	Box	Folder
Material removed from volume 14 (1939 - 1968)	16	26
Fiduciary income tax return, estate of J. Sergeant Price (1941)	16	7
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3. Eli Kirk Price II 1773 - 1942
3A. Professional papers 1839 - 1936 Scope and content note This subseries contains the professional papers of Eli K. Price II. Six account journals document the workings of his legal practice. His correspondence is limited to three folders. Other papers from his practice include coal lease and estate documents. His professional and civic lives overlapped extensively, as shown by a group of American Philosophical Society bank statements. The majority of the subseries is devoted to records of the Preston Retreat, which are arranged chronologically.
Account books and correspondence 1884 - 1934
		Volume
Price journal (1887 - 1924)		15
Price journal (1892 - 1924)		16
	Box	Folder
Material removed from Volume 16 (1899 - 1926)	17	1
		Volume
Price journal C (1900 - 1924)		17
Price journal E (1910 - 1927)		18
Price journal F (1901 - 1929)		19
Price journal (1917 - 1932) Note Includes: Woodlands Cemetery Company, Keene Home, and Preston Retreat.		20
Price journal (1932 - 1934) Processing note Cleaned for mold, but spores still detected.		21
	Box	Folder
Professional correspondence: Eli K. Price II (1871 - 1932, undated)	17	2-3
		Volume
Letterbook 1: Outgoing letters of Eli Kirk Price II (16 June 1898 - 21 April 1899)		22
Letterbook 2: Outgoing letters of Eli Kirk Price II II (21 April 1899 - 19 February 1900) Note Note: Includes correspondence about yacht Triton.		23
Letterbook 3: Outgoing letters of Eli Kirk Price II (20 February 1900 - 11 December 1900) Note Note: Includes correspondence about yacht Triton.		24
Coal leases 1880 - 1922
	Box	Folder
Price and Pancoast to John Jermyn (1880 - 1900)	17	4
Coal lease: Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Company (1884 - 1922)	17	5
Coal lease: Executors of Price, Pancoast, and Throop with Rush Brook Coal Company (1889 - 1899)	17	6
Coal lease: Estate of Eli K. Price I to Rush Brook Coal Company, Archbald Borough, Lackawanna County (1889 - 1911)	17	7
Coal taxes: Kilman tract, Scranton (1911 - 1912)	17	8
Coal lease: The Peoples Coal Company (1913)	17	9
Estates 1865 - 1936
	Box	Folder
Estates of James W. Burling, Sidney H. Burling, and Arthur H. Burling (1867 - 1927)	12	13
Will of Alice Reaney Buscher (11 February 1916)	17	10
Estate of Emily La Farge Claxton (1920)	17	11
Will of Isabella Clements (6 March 1922)	17	12
		Volume
Journal: Rebecca Embree estate (1877 - 1922)		6
	Box	Folder
Estate of Peter W. Glase (1915 - 1916)	17	13
Trust of Mabel Somers Sharp Hartman (1888 - 1932)	18	1
		Volume
Journal: Anna Marseilles estate (1879 - 1926)		7
	Box	Folder
Material removed from Volume 7 (1879 - 1926)	23	23
Estate of Helena Matlack (1879 - 1933)	18	2-6
		Volume
Journal: Estate of Helena Matlack (1918 - 1921)		25
	Box	Folder
Estate of John Matlack (1865 - 1907)	18	7
Estate of John Matlack: Brief of Title to a Lot of Ground Situate in the Fifteenth Ward of the City of Philadelphia (1866)	18	8
Estate of John Matlack (1880 - 1936)	18	9
Will of Catharine McFadden (24 April 1902)	19	1
Will of Caroline B. McNulty (11 March 1927)	19	2
		Volume
Journal: Ellen K. Mitchell estate (1905 - 1933)		26
	Box	Folder
Material removed from Volume 26 (1905 - 1933)	19	3
Will and codicil of Laura P. Parker (1924 - 1926)	19	4
Estate of Sallie B. Price (1908)	19	5
		Volume
Journal: David Pooley estate (1887 - 1907)		8
Journal: Eli K. Price estate (1897 - 1913)		3
	Box	Folder
Material removed from Volume 3	11	37
		Volume
Journal: Eli K. Price estate (1919 - 1926)		4
Journal: Undistributed estate, Eli K. Price (1 July 1931 - 1 July 1936)		5
	Box	Folder
Will of William A. Snyder (5 February 1898)	19	6
Will of Ida G. Thompson (15 May 1914)	19	7
		Volume
Journal: Caleb Wood estate (1904 - 1924)		27
Civic organizations 1899 - 1930
	Box	Folder
American Philosophical Society bank statements (January 1929 - July 1930)	2	11-17
Appointment of Eli K. Price II as Fairmount Park commissioner (2 March 1917)	19	8
Notes on the Proposed Improvement of Schuylkill River Embankments (undated)	19	9
Eli K. Price II’s statement on the Johnson collection (3 November 1920)	19	10
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art: Board meeting notice, membership certificate, radio schedule (1899 - 1928, undated)	19	11
Preston Retreat (1839 - 1932)
	Box	Folder
Preston Retreat: Rent accounts, Lock Haven, Clinton County (1892 - 1903)	19	12
Preston Retreat: Rent accounts (1896 - 1905)	19	13-21
Preston Retreat: Rent accounts (1902)	2	18
Preston Retreat: Rent accounts (1906 - 1908)	20	1-2
Preston Retreat: Warrants (1897 - 1912)	20	3-8
Preston Retreat: Warrants (1915 - 1932)	21	1-6
		Oversize
Preston Retreat: Fire insurance policy (1839 - 1910)		Flat file 1
	Box	Folder
Preston Retreat: List of officers and managers (1899)	21	7
Coal and gas bills (1900)	21	8
Proposals to rearrange heating plant (1905)	21	5
Preston Retreat: Alterations and additions (1908 - 1910)	22	1-3
Preston Retreat: Paid promissory notes (1910)	22	4
Preston Retreat: Bond of indemnity for Eli K. Price II (1909 - 1912)	22	5
Preston Retreat: Philadelphia Electric Company contract (September 1910)	22	6
Preston Retreat: Correspondence (1914 - 1916)	22	7-8
Bill for new boiler (1925)	22	9
Preston Retreat: Schuylkill Navigation Company reorganization (undated)	22	10
Miscellaneous 1883 - 1930
	Box	Folder
Admissions to the bar, Eli Kirk Price II (1883 - 1893)	2	19
Bill of sale for yacht Rowena (25 August 1899)	22	11
Notes of testimony of defendant’s witnesses, Townsend et. al v. Stetter (undated)	22	12
Fill from dredging of the Schuylkill River (1919 - 1920)	22	13
Report of the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Award (13 February 1929)	2	20
Who’s Who in America listing for Eli Kirk Price II (circa 1930)	22	14
Miscellaneous papers: Notes, scraps, etc. (1906, undated)	22	15
Portion of ledger sheet (undated)	22	16
3B. Personal papers 1773 - 1942 Scope and content note This small subseries consists of the personal papers of Eli K. Price II. There is no correspondence, only a few miscellaneous papers. The highlight is a letter from George Washington to James Tilghman, given to him by his grandfather.
	Box	Folder
Letter from George Washington to James Tilghman (26 August 1773) Note Annotated: “The above is the handwriting of Chief Justice Wm. Tilghman. The within letter of George Washington is for my grandson of my name, to go with Washington’s hair already given to him. Eli K. Price, Dec. 12, 1880”	22	17
Matriculate prizes from the University of Pennsylvania (1877)	22	18
Sophomore cremation program, University of Pennsylvania (17 December 1878)	22	19
Certificate of lifetime membership in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (19 February 1881)	2	20
Settlement of claim against Eli Kirk Price II (1906)	22	21
		Volume
"The Price Papers: Eli Kirk Price," edited by Sarah D. Lowrie (1932)		28
	Box	Folder
Material removed from Volume 28, between pages 4 and 5 (undated)	22	22
Material removed from Volume 28, between pages 4 and 5 (undated)	3	8
Material removed from Volume 28, between pages 53 and 54 (1927)	22	23
Fiduciary income tax return, estate of Eli Kirk Price II (1942)	22	24
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4. Philip Price 1876 - 1971 Scope and content note This series contains four small groups of documents. The first consists of correspondence, miscellaneous papers, and an account journal. These are organized chronologically. The second group is estate documents organized alphabetically. The Preston Retreat papers follow and are sorted chronologically, as are the personal papers which conclude the series.
Accounts and correspondence 1933 - 1953
		Volume
Journal: Philip Price accounts (1933 - 1940)		29
	Box	Folder
Material removed from volume 26 (1933 - 1940)	22	25
Professional correspondence: Philip Price (1934 - 1949)	22	26
Return of personal property 1938, Philip Price, trustee or administrator Return of personal property 1938, Philip Price, trustee or administrator	2	22
Return of personal property 1938, Woodlands Cemetery (18 October 1937)	2	23
Rubin tennis courts (1934 - 1948)	22	27
Lipschutz tennis courts (1949 - 1953)	22	28
Note (undated)	22	29
Estates 1876 - 1968
	Box	Folder
Will of Margaretta Large Harrison (9 October 1924)	22	30
Trust of Mabel Somers Sharp Hartmann (1933 - 1937)	22	31
Estate of Mabel Somers Sharp Hartmann (1937 - 1939)	22	32
Anna Marseilles estate (1956)	23	1
Estate of John Matlack (1876 - 1947)	23	2
		Volume
Journal: Undistributed Estate, Eli K. Price (1 July 1931 - 1 July 1936)		5
Journal: Estate of J. Sergeant Price (1939 - 1968)		14
	Box	Folder
Material removed from Volume 14 (1939 - 1968)	16	26
Preston Retreat 1931 - 1953
	Box	Folder
Preston Retreat: Report upon examination of accounts for the year ending November 30, 1931 (17 March 1932)	23	3
Preston Retreat: Report on examination of the treasurer’s accounts ( (1934)	23	4
Return of personal property 1938, Preston Retreat (15 October 1937)	2	24
Preston Retreat: Typescript of publicity booklet (undated)	23	5
Preston Retreat: Midwife training (1924 - 1953)	23	6
Preston Retreat: Tally of expenditures (1909 - 1910)	23	7
Personal 1906 - 1971
	Box	Folder
Childhood measurements of Philip Price (1906 - 1908)	23	8
Rockery at the University of Pennsylvania (1970 - 1971)	23	9
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5. Other Price family members 1729 - 1964 Scope and content note This series consists of the papers of all Price family members not represented in other series. These include earlier Price generations and descendants of Eli K. Price, who are sorted by generation. Individuals not in the direct line of Eli K. Price follow and are arranged chronologically.
Early Price 1729 - 1837
		Oversize
Marriage certificates: Philip Price and Hannah Bonsall with list of children, Isaac Price and Margaret Lewis (1729, undated)		Flat file 2
	Box	Folder
Instrument for allotting banks in Longhook Meadows (1768)	23	10
Marriage certificate: Philip Price and Rachel Kirk (10 October 1784)	3	9
Bond: Benjamin Say and James Bartram Bonsall to Philip Price (17 September 1789)	23	11
Quit claim from Benjamin Say and James Bartram Bonsall to Philip Price (2 February 1790)	2	25
Philip Price, guardianship of John Humphreys Jr. (1808)	23	12
Philip Price, bond (1809)	23	13
Price genealogy and history by Philip Price (14 March 1809)	23	14
Correspondence of Philip and Rachel Kirk Price (1812 - 1837, undated)	23	15
Estate of Philip Price (1811)	23	16
Rebecca E. Price Withers 1849 - 1856
	Box	Folder
Correspondence of Rebecca E. Price (1849 - 1856, undated)	23	17-18
Anna R. Withers Martin 1898 - 1910
	Box	Folder
Penn Mutual Life Insurance policy, Anna R. Withers Martin (9 December 1898)	3	10
Anna R. Withers Martin, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Policy (1898 - 1910)	23	19
Sybil E. Price Nichols 1856
	Box	Folder
Correspondence of Sibyl Price (1856, undated)	23	20
Elizabeth C. Price Martin 1779 - 1880
	Box	Folder
Duplicate of letter from Benjamin Franklin to Richard Peters, Esq. (25 October 1779)	23	21
Bill of exchange signed by Robert Morris (4 April 1785)	23	22
Letter from Eli Kirk Price II to Elizabeth Price Martin (17 April 1896)	23	23
John Sergeant Price Jr. 1937 - 1938
	Box	Folder
Return of personal property 1938, J. Sergeant Price Jr. (15 October 1937)	2	26
Return of personal property 1938, J. Sergeant Price Jr., executor or trustee (15 October 1937)	23	21
Copy of envelope addressed to J. Sergeant Price Jr. (13 July 1948)	23	24
Eli K. Price III 1934 - 1964
	Box	Folder
Renovations to the physician’s residence of the Preston Retreat (1934)	23	25
Alterations to the physicians’ residence of the Preston Retreat (1934)	23	26
Mortgages held by the Preston Retreat (1961 - 1962)	27	24
Mortgages held by Woodlands Cemetery (1963 - 1964)	23	28
Return of personal property 1938, Eli Kirk Price III (28 October 1937)	2	28
Elizabeth Gwen Martin 1937
	Box	Folder
Return of personal property 1938, E. Gwen Martin (25 October 1937)	2	29
Marion W. Rivinus 1933
	Box	Folder
Will of Marion W. Rivinus (25 October 1937)	23	29
Rachel Price Williamson 1925 - 1953
	Box	Folder
Will of Rachel P. Williamson (6 October 1925)	23	30
Investment accounts of Rachel P. Williamson (1953)	23	31
Philip Price Jr. 1952 - 1953
	Box	Folder
Investment accounts of Philip Price Jr. (1952 - 1953)	23	32
Other Price family members 1729 - 1937
	Box	Folder
Correspondence of Dr. William Price (1824 - 1825) Note: Brother of Eli Kirk Price.	23	33
Correspondence of Philip M. Price (1835 - 1849) Note Brother of Eli K. Price.	23	34
Reminiscences of Benjamin Price (14 January 1872) Note Brother of Eli K. Price.	23	35
Recollections of Benjamin Price (7 April 1881)	2	30
Letter to Hannah P. Davis (20 March 1853) Note Sister of Eli K. Price.	23	36
Hannah Price Davis estate: Final distribution of trust (9 November 1910)	23	37
Miscellaneous Price family correspondence (1845 - 1856, undated)	23	38
Correspondence of Mary F. Price (undated)	23	39
Return of personal property 1938, Sarah H. Price (15 October 1937)	2	31
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6. Related families 1782 - 1937 Scope and content note This series is comprised of the papers of families and individuals connected to the Price family by marriage. The Embree and Baker families contributed the largest share, followed by the Taylor-Meigs-Rodgers family group (connected to Price via Evelyn Taylor). Most of the documents are letters, genealogical records, and estate papers.
6A. Embree family 1782 - 1922, undated
	Box	Folder
Marriage certificate, James Embree and Rebecca Kirk (11 December 1782) Note Parents of Anna Embree Price.	24	1
Embree family genealogies (undated)	24	2
Embree family history (undated) Note Collected by Eli K. Price.	24	3
Embree family history, compiled by Eli K. Price (undated)	24	4
Will of Rebecca Embree (1838 - 1856) Note Mother of Anna Embree Price.	24	5
Deed: Rebecca Embree, West Chester, PA (1857)	24	6
		Volume
Journal: Rebecca Embree estate (1877 - 1922)		6
	Box	Folder
Hannah Embree will and estate (1861- 1889) Note Sister of Anna Embree Price.	24	7
Copies of letters from Jesse Embree (1812 - 1822) Note Brother of Anna Embree Price.	24	8
Letter to Charles Stokes on death of Jesse Embree (11 January 1881)	2	6
Letter from Davis Embree regarding death of Jesse Embree (11 June 1823) Note Brothers of Anna Embree Price.	24	9
Letter from Rebecca Embree to Rachel Embree (10 May 1807) Note Sister of Anna Embree Price.	24	10
Correspondence of Anna Embree Price (1827 - 1857, undated) Note Wife of Eli K. Price.	24	11-12
Correspondence from Anna Embree Price (1851 - 1853, undated)	24	13
“Good names” (undated)	24	14
Foster Home: Correspondence (1862 - 1864, undated)	24	16
Foster Home: Notes on visit (undated)	24	17
Pew rent, St. Andrew’s Church (3 August 1850)	24	18
Receipts and bills: Anna E. Price (1850 - 1857, undated)	24	19
6B. Baker family 1856 - 1917
	Box	Folder
Will and codicil of Isaac F. Baker (1862 - 1882) Note: Father of Sallie Baker Price.	24	20
Trust of Isaac F. Baker and Ann Elizabeth Baker (1869 - 1884)	24	21
Estate of Isaac F. Baker (1883 - 1917)	24	22-24
Will of Elizabeth Baker (1 February 1888) Note Mother of Sallie Baker Price.	25	1
Sallie B. Price: Receipts for bread (April 1856) Note Wife of J. Sergeant Price.	25	2
Correspondence of Sarah “Sallie” Baker Price (1881 - 1896)	25	3
Sallie B. Price: Invitation (4 May 1887)	25	4
Estate of Sallie B. Price (1908)	25	5
Will of Robert C. Baker (13 December 1868) Note Brother of Sarah "Sallie" Baker Price.	25	7
6C. Other related families and people 1805 - 1937, undated
	Box	Folder
Copy of marriage certificate of Alphonsus Kirk and Abigail Sharples (14 February 1805)	25	7
Return of personal property 1938, Edward Martin (18 October 1937) Note Husband of Anna R. Withers Martin.	2	32
J. Willis Martin: Will and codicil of Elizabeth Bolan (1890 - 1892) Note Husband of Elizabeth C. Price.	25	7
J. Willis Martin: Will of William H. Hollowell (11 May 1900)	25	8
J. Willis Martin: Insurance policy for sloop Apache (1 January 1930)	3	11
Estate of J. Willis Martin (1930 - 1932)	25	9
Estate of Starr Hoyt Nichols (1882 - 1909) Note Husband of Sybil E. Price Nichols.	25	10
Taylor family genealogy (undated)	25	11
Correspondence of Evelyn Taylor Price (1912) Note Wife of Eli K. Price II.	25	12
Return of personal property 1938, Evelyn T. Price (15 October 1937)	2	33
Meigs family history (1901 - 1910, undated)	25	13
Letter to S. Emlen Meigs (12 April 1911)	25	14
Estate of Mary Meigs Taylor (1930 - 1931) Note Mother of Evelyn Taylor Price.	25	15
		Oversize
Family tree of the Rodgers family (undated)		Flat file 3
	Box	Folder
Patriarchal descendancy of John Benjamin (undated)	25	16
Wilson family births and deaths (1817 - 1857)	25	17
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7. Real estate 1744 - 1964 Scope and content note This series consists of extensive real estate sale documents and deeds. The estate of Eli K. Price held a large tract sometimes called the Rose estate or Rose Farm in West Philadelphia. The Preston Retreat owned a tract in the Kingsessing section of Philadelphia as well as land in other counties, particularly Clinton County. Transactions in the collection include sales, mortgages, ground rent, and coal leases.
7A. Philadelphia 1744 - 1964, undated Scope and content note This subseries consists of Philadelphia transactions, which begin with Rose estate documents arranged chronologically. The remainder are organized into two sections with the first being numbered streets in ascending order. The second section is named streets listed alphabetically. The Price family law office at 709 Walnut Street and home at 1709 Walnut Street are represented.
Rose Estate 1744 - 1948, undated
	Box	Folder
Copy of release: Richard Pearne to Peter Gardiner, Rose estate (1744, undated)	3	12
Rose estate land: Copy of John Bowles’ patent (20 May 1774)	25	18
Rose estate land: Original deeds (1801 - 1852)	25	19-21
Rose estate land (1852 - 1853)	26	1
Brief of title for lot on Old Marshall’s Road, Blockley Township (21 October 1852)	2	34
Marshall’s Road, Woodland Road, West Chester Road; certified copies (undated)	26	2
Title search for Rose estate land (1870)	26	3
Rose estate deed copies (1948, undated)	26	4
Numbered streets 1838 - 1964, undated
	Box	Folder
Brief of title, 4th Street south of Arch Street, Philadelphia (1879)	26	5
Brief of title, 4th Street south of Arch Street, Philadelphia, to 1887 (undated)	26	6
Alterations: 5611-13-15 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia (1934 - 1935)	26	7
Deed: 9th to 10th Streets and Poplar to Parrish Streets, District of Spring Garden, Philadelphia; James Dundas and others to James M. Ogden and others (15 June 1938)	26	8
Property sale: Northwest corner of 30th and Jefferson Street, Philadelphia (1910 - 1911)	26	9
Property sale: 408 North 41st Street, Philadelphia (1924)	26	10
Mortgage and assignment, east side of 42nd north of Haverford Street, Philadelphia (1874 - 1876)	2	35
Property sale: 617 North 42nd Street, Philadelphia (1874 - 1943)	26	11
Property sale: East side of 47th Street and west side of Meadow Street and Chestnut Street, Philadelphia (1877)	26	12
Property sale documents: Southeast corner of 48th and Larchwood Avenue, Philadelphia (1905)	26	13
Property sale: 47th – 48th and Sansom Street, Philadelphia (1910)	26	14
Property sale: 47th to 48th and South Street (Cedar), 47th and 48th and Naudain (Hazel) Street, Philadelphia (1898)	26	15
Property sale: Northeast corners of 47th and Walnut and Markoe and Walnut, Philadelphia (1918)	26	16
Street improvements: 48th, 49th, and Naudain (Hazel) Streets, Philadelphia (1898 - 1900)	26	17
Property sale: 48th and Cedar Streets to Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia (1846 - 1877)	26	18
Property sale, 48th and Locust Street, Philadelphia (1926)	27	1
Property sale: 48th and Osage Avenue, Philadelphia (1925)	27	2
Property sale: Southwest corner of 48th and Spruce Street (1925)	27	3
Property sale, 48th and Spruce Street, Philadelphia (1928)	27	4
Mortgage: 48th and Spruce Street, Philadelphia (1928)	27	5
Property sale: 48th to 49th and Locust to Spruce Street, Philadelphia (1946 - 1949)	27	6
Property sale: 48th to 49th and Locust to Spruce Street, Philadelphia (1947)	27	7
Tots’ Lot Association, southwest corner of 49th and Spruce Street, Philadelphia (1947 - 1949)	27	8
Agreement: Southwest corner of 49th and Larchwood, Philadelphia (1906)	27	9
Property sale: 4 lots, 49th and Larchwood and 49th and Osage Avenue, Philadelphia (1919)	27	10
Property sale: 49th and Larchwood, Philadelphia (1923 - 1924)	27	11
Property sale: 49th Street between Locust, Chancellor, and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia (1910)	27	12
Property sale: 49th and Locust, Philadelphia (1922 - 1923)	27	13
Property sale: East and west sides of 49th north of South (Cedar) Street, Philadelphia (1898)	27	14
Property sale: 49th and South (Cedar) Street, Philadelphia (1896)	27	15
Property sale, 49th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia (1928 - 1929)	27	16
Property sale: 49th and 50th and Walnut and Chancellor Street, Philadelphia (1909 - 1910)	27	17
Property sale: West side of 50th south of Spruce Street, Philadelphia (1911)	27	18
Property sale: East side of 50th north of Spruce Street, Philadelphia (1911)	27	19
Title insurance: 50th and Locust to Spruce Street and Spruce Street west of 50th, Philadelphia (1898)	3	13
Property sale: Southeast corner of 50th and Locust Street, Philadelphia (1911)	27	20
Property sale: 50th and Locust to Spruce Street and Spruce Street west of 50th, Philadelphia (1897)	27	21
Property sale: Southwest and northwest corners of 50th and Pine and southwest corner of 50th and Spruce Street, Philadelphia (1910)	27	22
Permission to Bell Telephone for underground conduit on 50th between Spruce and Pine Street, Philadelphia (1911)	27	23
Property sale, 50th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia (1928)	27	24
Property sale: Northeast corner of 50th and Spruce Street, Philadelphia (1928 - 1929)	27	25A
Property sale: 50th and Walnut, Philadelphia (1910 – 1913)	27	25B
Deed: Southeast corner of 51st and Spruce Street, Philadelphia (1905)	27	26
Assessment bill for footway work, 52nd and Florence Avenues, Philadelphia (1920 - 1921)	27	27
Notice of assessment: Preston Retreat, 52nd and Florence, Beaumont, and Warrington Avenue, Philadelphia (1916)	27	28
Property sale: 52nd to 53rd and Florence to Warrington Avenue, Philadelphia (1915 - 1916)	27	29
Property sale: East side of 52nd to Paxon north of Warrington, Philadelphia (1914 - 1915)	27	30
Property sale: North corner of 52nd and Springfield Avenue, Philadelphia (1906)	27	32
Property sale: 52nd and Springfield, Philadelphia; Preston Retreat (1911)	27	32
Property sale: 52nd between Springfield and Warrington Avenue, Philadelphia (1906)	27	33
Property sale: 52nd and Warrington Avenue, Philadelphia (1922 - 1925)	27	34-35
Property sale: 53rd and Florence to Warrington Avenue (1916)	27	36
Property sale: 53rd and Willows Avenue, Philadelphia (1910 - 1917)	27	37
Property sale: 54th and Willows Avenue, Philadelphia (1915 - 1916)	27	38
Property sale: 56th and Chestnut Street, Philadelphia (undated)	27	29
Property sale: West side of 56th north of Sansom Street, Philadelphia (1925)	28	1
Property sale: 56th and Walnut Street, Philadelphia (1910 - 1923)	28	2-5
Ground rents: 1036, 1038, 1040 South 57th Street and interior lot (1964)	28	6
Named streets 1768 - 1945
	Box	Folder
Fire insurance policies for 3 lots on the south side of Alter Street, Philadelphia (1870 - 1886)	28	7
Brief of title, 1019 Arch Street, Philadelphia (17 June 1884)	28	8
Writ of fieri facias: North side of Arch west of 8th Street (1903)	29	1
Deed: Arch Street west of 8th Street, Philadelphia	28	9
Fire insurance policy, Preston Retreat, for southwest corner of Beach and Pine Street (1854 - 1856)	28	10
Deed, deed poll: Lot, south side of Brandywine Street west of 15th Street, District of Spring Garden, Philadelphia (1842)	28	11
Deed: Edward E. Marvine to Ellen Augusta Marvine (1866 - 1875)	28	12
Drexel and Marvine agreement, lots and Buck Road and Broad Street, Philadelphia (1861 - 1865)	28	13
Deeds: North side of Buttonwood Street east of 15th Street, Philadelphia (1853)	28	14
Broadsheet: real estate auction, northwest corner of Cedar and Broad Street, Philadelphia (1836)	3	14
Mortgage: Northwest corner of Cedar Street and Broad Street, Philadelphia; Eli K. Price to George Knorr, trustee (15 April 1836)	28	15
Mortgage: Northwest corner of Cedar Street and Broad Street, Philadelphia; Eli K. Price to Joseph Warner, guardian (20 September 1836)	28	16
Mortgage: Northwest corner of Cedar Street and Broad Street, Philadelphia; Eli K. Price to Lydia F. Warner (20 September 1836)	28	17
Deed: Northwest corner of Center Street and Schuylkill 8th Street, Philadelphia; Anna B. Wilcox and Thomas Brown, executors to Philip M. Price (8 May 1852)	28	18
Property sale: Northwest corner of Chancellor and 50th Street, Philadelphia (1910)	28	19
Deeds: Northwest side of Charles Street southwest of Ball Street, 19th ward of Philadelphia (1857)	28	20
Deed: Southwest side of Charles Street northeast of York Street, District of Kensington, Philadelphia (1851)	28	21
Property sale: North side of Chester Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Street, Philadelphia (1904)	28	22
Deed: Southwest corner of Clairborne (Charles) Street and Ball Street, 19th ward of Philadelphia (1860)	28	23
Property sale: South side of Diamond Street west of 10th Street, Philadelphia (1870)	28	24
Deed for premises on Filbert Street, Philadelphia (1893)	28	25
Mortgage, southeast side of Francis Street, 15th ward, Philadelphia (1865 - 1871) Note Estate of Helena Matlack.	29	2
Deed: Southeast side of Francis Street northeast of Valeria Street, 15th ward of Philadelphia (1866) Note Estate of Helena Matlack.	28	26
Property sales: George Street west of Schuylkill 6th Street, Philadelphia (1832 - 1845)	28	27
Property sale: George Street (Sansom) west of Schuylkill 6th (17th) Street, Philadelphia (1833 - 1845)	30	1
Deed: German Town Main Street, Philadelphia, John Shoemaker to Jeremias Trout (14 April 1768)	30	2
Deed: German Town Main Street, Philadelphia, John Salter to Samuel Belton (9 April 1796)	30	3
Deed: Lots on Gulielma Street east of Schuylkill 8th Street, Philadelphia (1843 - 1844) Note Numbers 1404, 1406, and 1413.	30	4
Writ of fieri facias: Property on the north side of Gulielma Street, Philadelphia (1879)	30	5
Deed, ground rents: Five lots, south side of Green Street west of 21st Street, District of Spring Garden, Philadelphia (1856) Note In trust for Rebecca Embree under the will of Sally Norris Dickinson.	30	6
Zoning: Southwest corner of Hanson and Spruce Street, Philadelphia (1939)	30	7
Property sale: West side of Hanson south of Walnut Street, Philadelphia (1924)	30	8
Property sale: Larchwood west of 47th Street, Philadelphia (1923 - 1924)	30	9
Property sale: Larchwood west of 50th, north and south sides of Pine east of 51st, Philadelphia (1904)	29	3
Property sale: 1506 Locust Street, Philadelphia (1920)	30	10
Property sale: Locust Street between 48th and 49th, Philadelphia (1924)	30	11
Property sale: Locust Street between 49th and 50th, Philadelphia (1911)	30	12
Property sale: Northwest corner of Locust and Hanson Street, Philadelphia (1926)	30	13
Property sale: Lombard (Larchwood) and 50th Street, Philadelphia (1896)	30	14
Indenture for property at Mirror and Pratt Streets, Philadelphia (14 June 1858)	30	15
Deed: North side of Mulberry Street west of 8th Street, Philadelphia; Peter Ozeas to George Lybrand (22 February 1808)	30	16
Deed: North side of Mulberry Street west of 8th Street, Philadelphia; Peter Ozeas to William Hause (15 February 1809)	30	17
Deed: North side of Mulberry Street west of 8th Street, Philadelphia; George Lybrand and wife to Margaret Brown (19 January 1825)	30	18
Deed: North side of Mulberry Street west of 8th Street, Philadelphia (1832 - 1845)	30	19
Alterations: Northwest corner of Oak Lane and Franklin Street, Philadelphia (1934)	30	20
Deed: Ogden Street west of 13th Street (1855)	30	21
Property sale: Osage west of 47th Street, Philadelphia (1924)	30	22
Property sale: Osage east of 49th Street, Philadelphia (1923)	30	23
Property sale: North side of Osage east of 49th Street, Philadelphia (1923)	30	24
Property sale: Osage west of 49th Street, Philadelphia (1905)	30	25
Property sale: Southwest corner of Osage and 50th Street, Philadelphia (1904)	30	26
Deed restrictions: Osage and Pine east of 51st Street, Philadelphia (1904)	30	27
Property sale: Paxon from Warrington to Florence Avenue, Philadelphia (1912)	30	28
Fire insurance policy, south side of Pine Street, Philadelphia (1834 - 1860)	30	29
Property sales: Pine Street from 48th to 50th, Philadelphia (1920)	31	1
Property sale: two adjacent lots on Pine Street at 48th, Philadelphia (1925)	31	2
Property sale: three lots on Pine Street between 48th and 49th, Philadelphia (1920)	31	3
Property sale: North side of Pine east of 51st Street, Philadelphia (1905)	31	4
Deed: Southwest side of Price Street northeast of Evans Street, Germantown, Philadelphia (1852)	31	5
Deed: Southwest side of Price Street southeast of Evans Street, Germantown, Philadelphia (1856)	31	6
Indenture and assignment of ground rent, lot at Price and Willow Streets, Philadelphia (1856 - 1857)	31	7
Deed: Northwest side of Price Street northeast of Hancock Street and 48th, Germantown, 22nd ward of Philadelphia (1867)	31	8
Deed for lot on Race Street between 13th and Broad Street, Philadelphia (1834)	31	9
Deed: 1331 Race Street, Philadelphia (1918)	31	10
Deed: Richmond Street south of Ball Street, District of Kensington, Philadelphia (1851 - 1858)	31	11-12
Property sale: 1712 Sansom Street, Philadelphia (1946)	3	15
Property sale: South side of Sansom west of 46th Street, Philadelphia (1870 - 1910)	29	4
Property sale, Sansom Street between 49th and 50th, Philadelphia (1922)	31	14
Property sale: South side of Sansom west of 50th Street, Philadelphia (1907)	31	14
Title insurance: 29 West Southampton Avenue, Philadelphia (1915)	31	15
Partition: Lot on South Street and Schuylkill 8th Street; Sarah R. Fisher et al. with Lydia Warner et al. (15 December 1823)	31	16
Deed: Southwest corner of South Street and Broad Street, Philadelphia; William Price and wife to Eli K. Price in fee (20 August 1831)	29	5
Property sale: Springfield Avenue, Philadelphia (1910)	31	17
Deed for lot on Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia (24 February 1865)	31	18
Deed: Spring Garden Street west of 20th Street, Philadelphia; Preston Retreat (1865)	31	19
Property sale: Spruce Street and 49th to St. Bernard Street, Philadelphia (1928)	31	20
Property sale Spruce Street west of 50th, Philadelphia (1907 - 1910)	31	21
Property sale: South side of Spruce west of 50th Street, Philadelphia (1907)	29	6
Property sale: St. Bernard Street south of Locust, Philadelphia (1924)	31	22
Property sale: East and west sides of St. Bernard Street south of Spruce Street, Philadelphia (1937)	31	23
Abstract of title for 1107 Wallace Street, Philadelphia (1870)	31	24
		Oversize
Broadsheet: Sheriff’s sale: property on Cedar Street, property in Kingsessing, property on Walnut Street, Philadelphia (2 May 1842)		Flat file 4A
	Box	Folder
Deeds: Release of covenants: 171 Walnut Street, Philadelphia (1809 - 1845)	31	25
Property sale: 709 Walnut Street, Philadelphia (1816 - 1928)	31	26-27
Plan of basement and cellar, 709 Walnut Street (23 April 1891)	3	16
Property sale: 709 Walnut Street, Philadelphia (1940 - 1945)	32	1
Alterations: 1709 Walnut Street, Philadelphia (1934)	32	2-4
Property sale: Walnut and Hanson Streets, Philadelphia (1924)	32	5
Property sale: Walnut and Sansom west of 56th Street, Philadelphia (1921)	32	6
Deed: South side of Walter Street east of 22nd Street, Philadelphia (1861 - 1863)	32	7
Deed: Corner of York and Charles Street, District of Kensington, Philadelphia (1850)	32	8
Miscellaneous real estate documents, Philadelphia (1907 - 1938	32	9-10
7B. Other counties 1848 - 1951 Scope and content note This small subseries consists of transactions for all the other Pennsylvania counties in the collection, primarily Clinton County. They are arranged by county and then chronologically. Properties belonging to the estates of J. Sergeant Price Jr. and E. Gwen Martin are represented.
Clinton County 1864 - 1931
	Box	Folder
Preston Retreat land: Lock Haven and Allison Township, Clinton County (1864 - 1895)	32	11
Barton property, Lock Haven, Clinton County (1874 - 1886)	29	7
Preston Retreat land: Lock Haven and Allison Township, Clinton County (1890 - 1895)	32	12
Sale of property to Normal School, Lock Haven, Clinton County (1892 - 1895)	32	13
Preston Retreat land: Lock Haven and Allison Township, Clinton County (1896 - 1897)	32	14
Letters regarding Preston retreat land in Lock Haven, Clinton County (1897 - 1906)	32	15-16
Preston Retreat land, Lock Haven and Allison Township, Clinton County (1898 - 1921)	32	17
Preston Retreat land: Lock Haven and Allison Township, Clinton County (1900 - 1903)	29	8
Property sale: 1 acre lot on Glenn Street, Lock Haven, Clinton County (1905)	32	18-19
Preston Retreat Land: Lot adjacent to Catholic cemetery, Lock Haven, Clinton County (1909 - 1910)	32	20
Correspondence: Preston Retreat land, Lock Haven, Clinton County (20 October 1910)	32	21
Preston Retreat land: Lock Haven, Clinton County (1912)	32	22
Preston Retreat land: Lock Haven and Allison Township, Clinton County (1924 - 1931)	32	23-24
Columbia County 1868
	Box	Folder
Preston Retreat land: Columbia County: Report on interference between four tracts with Locust Mountain Coal and Iron (1868)	29	9
Delaware County 1862 - 1922
	Box	Folder
Orchard Farm, Nether Providence Township, Delaware County (1862 - 1916)	33	1
Mortgage: Edwin and Rachel Middleton, Island Road tract, Delaware County (1864 -1871)	33	2
Mortgage: Bernard C. and Catherine T. Owens, Island Road tract, Delaware County (1 March 1893)	33	3
Preston Retreat: Title insurance, Henderson farm, Ridley Park, Delaware County (1896)	3	17
Preston Retreat: Henderson farm, Ridley Park, Delaware County (1899 - 1910)	33	4
Deed, title insurance, mortgages for 3 lots, north side of Huey Avenue, Drexel Hill, Delaware County (1919 - 1922)	33	5
Lackawanna County 1900 - 1905
	Box	Folder
Release of mortgage: Jackson Street, Scranton, Lackawanna County (1900)	29	10
Deed from executors of the estate of Eli K. Price I to trustees of Primitive Methodist Congregation, Priceburg, Lackawanna County (1905)	33	6
Lehigh County 1885
	Box	Folder
Mortgage: Francis Shenton to William Massey, 4 tracts, Washington Township, Lehigh County (31 January 1885)	33	7
Luzerne County 1848 - 1875
	Box	Folder
Deed: Tract in Luzerne County (1848)	33	8
Mortgage for tracts in Newport and Nescopeck Townships, Luzerne County (1870 - 1875)	3	18
Mortgage for tracts in Newport and Nescopeck Townships, Luzerne County (1870 - 1875)	33	9
Montgomery County 1910 - 1951
	Box	Folder
Property at Stenton Avenue and Butler Pike, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County (1910 - 1915)	29	11
Property of estate of E. Gwen Martin at Stenton Avenue and Butler Pike, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (1951)	33	10
Multiple counties 1842 - 1868
		Oversize
Deed: Lands in Schuylkill, Bradford, and Susquehanna Counties (4 January 1842)		Flat file 4B
	Box	Folder
Preston Retreat land in Union and Schuylkill Counties (1866 - 1868)	33	11
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8. Graphics and printed material 1850 - 1971 Scope and content note This series is comprised of all the graphic materials in the collection including blueprints, maps, photographs, images, and albums. Printed matter is also in this series.
8A. Blueprints and maps circa 1850 - 1963, undated Scope and content note There are many blueprints and maps, mostly related to real estate transactions, but they include a set of blueprints by the landscape architect J. Greber for the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1918.
Philadelphia 1765 - 1963, undated
Art museum 1918
		Oversize
Blueprint: Study of grading for the site of the Museum of Art, J. Greber (25 June 1918)		Flat file 5
Blueprint: Revised plan for gardens around the art gallery, J. Greber (12 June 1918)		Flat file 6
Blueprint: Revised plan for gardens around the art gallery, sheet number 3, J. Greber (12 June 1918)		Flat file 7
Blueprint: Revised study of gardens for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, elevation on Fairmount Park, J. Grebe (June 1918)		Flat file 8
Blueprint: Revised study of gardens, Philadelphia Museum of Art, front elevation, J. Greber (June 1918)		Flat file 9
Blueprint: Gardens of municipal art gallery, proposed sections according to plan of grading as per sheet number 4 (sheet number 5), J. Greber (15 July 1918)		Flat file 10
Blueprint: Gardens of municipal art gallery, proposed sections according to plan of grading as per sheet number 4 (sheet number 6), J. Greber (15 July 1918)		Flat file 11
Blueprint: Gardens of municipal art gallery, proposed sections according to plan of grading as per sheet number 4 (sheet number 7), J. Greber (15 July 1918)		Flat file 12
Blueprint: Revised study of gardens, Philadelphia Museum of Art, side elevation, J. Greber (June 1918)		Flat file 13
Blueprint: Revised study of gardens, Philadelphia Museum of Art, longitudinal section, J. Greber (June 1918)		Flat file 14
Foster Home Association 1864
	Box	Folder
Plan of grounds for foster home, 42nd and Baring Street, Philadelphia (1864)	3	19
Preston Retreat 1899 - 1934
		Oversize
Diagram: Water pipes at the Preston Retreat (1 January 1899)		Flat file 15A
Blueprint: Preston Retreat first floor plan (circa 1900)		Flat file 15B
Blueprints: Preston Retreat: Alterations to physician’s residence (11 June 1934)		Flat file 16
Philadelphia (general) 1765 - 1963, undated
		Oversize
Exemplification of the division of Gardiner’s estate in 1765 (circa 1850)		Flat file 17
Blueprints: New store front at 5611-15 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia (13 May 1935)		Flat file 18
Blueprint: Plan for 3 lots at 47th and Sansom Street, Philadelphia (1910)		Flat file 19
	Box	Folder
Map: 47th to 49th and Locust to Pine Street, Philadelphia (January 1948)	3	20
Map: 47th to 50th and Spruce to Walnut Streets, Philadelphia (circa 1928)	3	21
		Oversize
Blueprint: Plan of lots, 49th to 50th and Chancellor to Locust Street, Philadelphia (31 May 1911)		Flat file 20
Blueprint: Plan for Calvin W. Rogers, 49th to 50th and Locust to Sansom Street, Philadelphia (1909 - 1910)		Flat file 21
Blueprint: Plan of lot, northeast corner of 50th and Locust Street, Philadelphia (14 July 1911)		Flat file 22
Blueprint plan of sewers: 50th, Pine, and Osage Avenue, Philadelphia (1 March 1904)		Flat file 23
Blueprint: Plan of lots, 50th and Pine to Larchwood Avenue, Philadelphia (5 January 1905)		Flat file 24
Blueprint: Plan of property, west side of 50th between Spruce and Pine Street, Philadelphia (4 August 1910)		Flat file 25
Blueprints: Map of 50th to 51st and Spruce to Pine Street, 5 houses to be built on northwest side of Pine west of 50th Street, Philadelphi (circa 1910)		Flat file 26
Blueprint plot of sewers: 51st Street, Springfield Avenue to Warrington Avenue; Warrington Avenue, 51st to 52nd Street; Paxon Street, Springfield Avenue to Florence Avenue (25 January 1911)		Flat file 27
Blueprint: Plan of proposed exchanged of land between Harrison N. Diesel and the Preston Retreat, 51st and Warrington Avenue, Philadelphia (24 January 1905)		Flat file 28
Maps: 51st to 53rd and Florence to Springfield Avenue; 52nd to 54th and Florence to Whitby Avenue, Freihofer purchase, Philadelphia (1910, undated)		Flat file 29
Blueprints: Plan of Beaumont and Calvert from 52nd to 53rd, plan of a proposed exchange at northeast corner of 53rd and Warrington and west corner of 53rd and Florence, Philadelphia (undated)		Flat file 30
	Box	Folder
Maps: 52nd to 54th and Warrington to Willows Avenue, Philadelphia (undated)	3	22
Map: Lot on 53rd Street, Philadelphia (1922)	33	12
		Oversize
Blueprint: Plan of squaring property, northwest corner of 56th and Walnut Street, Philadelphia (26 April 1913)		Flat file 31
Map: 56th to 57th and Chestnut to Walnut Street, Philadelphia (circa 1925)		Flat file 32
Blueprint: Plan of lots, 56th to 57th and Chestnut to Walnut, Philadelphia (undated)		Flat file 33
	Box	Folder
Map: 56th to 57th and Walnut to Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia (undated)	29	12
		Oversize
Blueprint: Elevation: 312 Lombard Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia (16 January 1963) Note "History: Built 1803 for Philip Price."		Flat file 34
Blueprint: Alteration and addition to property, northwest corner of Oak Avenue and Franklin Street, Philadelphia (28 July 1934)		Flat file 35
Blueprint: Proposed alterations to 1709 Walnut Street, Philadelphia (undated)		Flat file 36
Blueprint: Plan for lots: Wilton Street from Springfield to Warrington Avenue, Philadelphia (6 September 1910)		Flat file 37
Proposed dumping basin for Schuylkill dredging (10 September 1919)		Flat file 38
Blueprints: Apartment plans (undated)		Flat file 39
Map showing the approaches to the Port of Philadelphia with map of Fairmount Park showing the location of the Centennial Building, removed from Volume 34 (undated)		Flat file 40
Maps of Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Creek, removed from Volume 34 (1868 - 1871) Processing note Removed from volume 31.		Flat file 41
Topographical map of Fairmount Park, removed from Volume 34 (1870) Processing note Removed from volume 31.		Flat file 42
Map of Philadelphia from Smedley’s Atlas (undated)		Flat file 43
Other counties 1842 - 1950, undated
	Box	Folder
Map of Preston Retreat land sold to trustees of the Normal School, Lock Haven, Clinton County (1889)	3	23
		Oversize
Maps: Preston Retreat land sold to Normal School, Lock Haven, Clinton County (1893 - 1895)		Flat file 44
Erroneous map of property belonging to the Preston Retreat at Lock Haven, Clinton County (10 November 1897)		Flat file 45
Blueprint map: Preston Retreat lands, Clinton County (December 1897)		Flat file 46
Blueprint: Map of the Preston Retreat lands, Clinton County (December 1897)		Flat file 47
Blueprint: Map of estate of Philip M. Price on the John Boyd Tract, Clinton County (January 1899)		Flat file 48
	Box	Folder
Maps: Preston Retreat land, Lock Haven and Allison Township, Clinton County (1908 - 1920)	3	24
		Oversize
Blueprint: Land map of Central State Normal School and adjoining section of Preston Retreat in Lock Haven and Allison Township, Clinton County (8 December 1926)		Flat file 49
Land map of State Teachers’ College and adjoining section of Preston Retreat in Lock Haven and Allison Township, Clinton County, R. S. Kift (19 December 1927)		Flat file 50
Map: Preston Retreat land, Lock Haven and Allison Township, Clinton County (undated)		Flat file 51
Blueprint map: Preston Retreat land in Lock Haven and Allison Township, Clinton County (undated)		Flat file 52
Map: Preston Retreat land, Allison Township and Lock Haven, Clinton County (undated)		Flat file 53
Map: Preston Retreat land along Lusk Run, Clinton County (undated)		Flat file 54
Maps and documents: J. Sergeant Price Jr. property in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County (1915 - 1940)		Flat file 55
Blueprint: Plan of property of J. Sergeant Price Jr. estate, Butler Pike and Stenton Ave, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County (September 1950)		Flat file 56
8B. Photographs 1876 - 1930, undated Scope and content note The photographs of the earlier Price generations are sparse, but the Price-Taylor family is well-represented.
	Box	Folder
Tintype photograph (undated)	33	13
Photograph: Portraits of Philip Price and Rachel Kirk Price in the house of their grandson Dr. Jacob Price (undated)	3	25
Cabinet cards: Eli K. Price (circa 1877, undated)	33	14
Cartes de visite: Eli K. Price (circa 1877, undated)	33	15
Cabinet cards: John Sergeant Price (undated)	33	16
Cartes de visite: John Sergeant Price (undated)	33	17
Carte de visite: Woman and infant (25 August 1877) Note Labeled "Ralph __rlson, age 6 mos."	33	18
Photographs: Eli Kirk Price II at 16 (circa 1876)	33	19
Photographs: Evelyn Taylor (May 1889)	33	20
Photographs: Price-Taylor family photos (1889, undated)	33	21
Photographs: Pauline P_____(?) and Evelyn Taylor (October 1890)	33	22
Photographs: Small girl (undated)	33	23
Photographs: Taylor family, South Mountain (12 July 1889) Note Evelyn Taylor is the second woman seated from the left.	33	26
Photographs: Taylor family (1887 - 1930, undated)	33	24
Photographs (June 1904 - 4 July 1904)	33	25-26
Photographs and photograph and ink caricatures (undated)	33	27
Photographs: Unidentified woman (4 July 1922, undated) Note Possibly Mary Meigs Taylor.	33	28
Photographs: Evelyn Price Hamilton (circa 1923, undated)	33	29
Photographs: Rachel Price Williamson (1928, undated)	33	30
Photographs: Philip Price (1919, undated)	33	31
Photographs: John Sergeant Price, son of Philip Price (circa 1926)	34	1
Photographs: Alger family (1923, undated)	34	2
Photographs of portraits of Commodore John Rodgers and Mrs. Rodgers (undated)	34	3
Photographs: Henry Vincent Meigs, General Montgomery Meigs (1864, undated)	34	4
Photographs: Tomb of Roger de Montgomery, Shrewsbury Abbey, England (undated)	3	27
Photographs: House of General Montgomery C. Meigs, Washington, DC (May 1889, undated)	34	5
Photographs: 1426 Pine Street (1898)	34	6
Photographs: Homes (1906, undated) (1906, undated)	34	7
Photograph of engraving of London Coffee House with auction of enslaved people, Philadelphia; annotated by S. E. Meigs (March 1914)	34	8
10 photographs, mostly boats (circa 1890)	34	9
Stereoscopic photographs (undated)	34	10
8C. Prints and albums 1868 - 1896, undated Scope and content note This small subseries contains a few prints of engravings, which include Eli K. Price, Rebecca Price Withers, and the proposed art museum. Also included are two commercial photo albums.
	Box	Folder
Prints of an engraving of Eli K. Price (undated)	34	11
Engravings of Eli K. Price (circa 1881, undated)	29	13
Prints of a portrait of Rebecca Embree Price Withers (undated)	34	12
Prints of an engraving of unidentified man and woman (undated)	34	13
Prints of the proposed art museum (undated)	29	14
Illustrations of Hiawatha (1856)	34	14
Centennial images on board (undated)	34	15
		Volume
Our Globe: A Universal Picturesque Album, North American Bibliographic Institution: Philadelphia (1868)		30
Photographs: Algiers (1896) Note Album of commercial prints, most by Alexandre Le Roux.		31
	Box	Folder
Material removed from volume 31 (undated)	34	16
8D. Printed material 1815 - 1971 Scope and content note This subseries consists of a wide variety of printed matter including bibles, pamphlets, speeches, briefs of title, reports, and newspaper pages and clippings. A significant number of pamphlets and speeches were written by Eli K. Price. There are several articles by Dr. Joseph Price of the Preston Retreat. These are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically. The newspapers sections and clippings are arranged chronologically in a separate group at the end.
Books, pamphlets, and other printed matter 1815 - 1929, undated
	Box	Folder
An Act to Establish a Seminary by the Name of Haverford School Association (2 February 1933)	34	17
Art Jury first annual report (1911)	34	18
The Acorn that Grew into a Tree, by Bertha A. Clark, Acorn Club (1925)	34	19
The Bethlehem Churchman, volume 17 number 2 (February 1929)	34	20
		Volume
Bible, American Bible Society: New York (1855) Note Inscribed “Anna R. Withers, January 1st, 1879.”		32
Bible, American Bible Society: New York (1855)		33
	Box	Folder
Brief of title for Good Intent Factory and Buildings, Lands, Water Power and Privileges (circa 1863)	34	21
Brief of Title to Several Parcels or Tracts of Land Situate Partly in Lock have and Partly in Allison Township… Belonging to Philip M. Price (1863)	34	22
Advertisement for Lehigh and Schuylkill coal, Morris Buckman (undated)	34	23
Charter and By-Laws of the Hamilton Land and Improvement Company (1875)	34	24
Dinner of the Philadelphia Bar (8 January 1867)	34	25
Direction for using Linus Yale Jr.’s patented dial lock (undated)	34	26
“The Preston Retreat,” J. D. Emmett and A. D. Buckmaster (1895)	34	27
		Volume
"Fairmount Park Commission Original Records" (1867 - 1878) Note See also Oversize Flat file 40-42.		34
	Box	Folder
Material removed from Volume 34 (1871)	34	27
Annual Report of the Female Bible Society of Philadelphia (26 April 1849)	34	28
Seventeenth Annual Report of the Foster Home Association (1862)	34	29
History and Year Book, Church of the Good Shepherd, Milford, Pennsylvania (1928)	34	31
Loomis improved filter brochure, price list, business card (June 1896)	34	32
Maternity Hospital 20th Annual Report (1893)	34	33
“Clinical Report of One Year’s Obstetrical Work at the Preston Retreat,” by Richard C. Norris (1 January 1897)	34	34
		Oversize
Orphans’ court auditing notices (1892 - 1921)		Flat file 57
	Box	Folder
Essays on the Present Crisis in the Condition of the American Indian, by William Penn (1830)	35	1
The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin, volume 30, number 166 (1830)	35	2
Beyond the Year, Museum Fund of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (undated)	35	3
Philadelphia’s Opportunity, Museum Fund, Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (1927)	35	4
Modern Improvements in Steam Heating (undated)	35	5
Charter, Rules, and Regulations of the Preston Retreat (1907 - 1916, undated)	35	6
Another Phase of Modern Philosophy, by Eli K. Price, read before the American Philosophical Society (1 March 1872)	35	7
The Diary of John Pemberton for the Years of 1777 and 1778, edited by Eli K. Price	35	8
“Directions for Making Searches” (undated)	35	9
Discourse on the Trial by Jury, by Eli K. Price	35	10
“An Invitation to the Centennial Celebration of 1876,” by Eli K. Price (undated)	35	11
		Volume
Bound pamphlets of Eli K. Price (1837 - 1854) Note Address Delivered at the Laying of the Cornerstone of the Preston Retreat (1837) Final Report of the Board of the Revenue Commissioners (1848) Prohibition of Sunday Travelling on the Pennsylvania Rail Road (1850) Taxation of Learning, Charity, and Religion (1851) A Further Supplement to an Act Entitled an Act to Incorporate the City of Philadelphia (1854) Position of Eli K. Price on the Liquor Question (1854)		35
	Box	Folder
Material removed from volume 35 (1844 - 1877)	35	12
Material removed from volume 35 (1855 - 1865) Note An Address to Friends; Speech of Eli K. Price, on the bill entitled “An Act Relating to Corporations, and to Estates held for Corporate, Religious and Charitable uses.”	35	13
Obituary notice for Oswald Thompson read by Eli K. Price before the American Philosophical Society (6 April 1866)	35	14
Reply to an Answer to Taxation of Learning, Charity, and Religion, by Eli K. Price and George Sharswook (1851)	35	15
Some Phases of Modern Philosophy, by Eli K. Price, read before the American Philosophical Society (5 January 1872)	35	16
Speech of Eli K. Price of Philadelphia in the Senate of Pennsylvania on the bill to restrain the sale of intoxicating liquors (April 1855)	35	17
Speech of Eli K. Price of Philadelphia in the Senate of Pennsylvania (24 March 1856)	35	18
Taxation of Learning, Charity, and Religion, by Eli K. Price (1851)	35	19
Statement of facts in relation to the suspension of Eli K. Price Jr. from the University of Pennsylvania, by J. Sergeant Price (1880)	35	20
Five Hundred Deliveries Without Death in the Preston Retreat, by Joseph Price MD (1889)	35	21
Maternity Hospitals and Their Results, by Joseph Price MD (1893)	35	22
What the Mortality Should be in Maternity Hospitals or Private Obstetric Practice, by Joseph Price MD (1893)	35	23
Physician Heal Thyself, Joseph Price MD (1895)	35	25
		Volume
Field of Waterloo: A Poem, by Walter Scott (1815) Note Inscribed Ann Price, Darby.		36
Plea for Discharged Convicts, by Charles Spear (1846)		37
	Box	Folder
“Reparation Made by Punch for Its Abuse of Lincoln Before His Assassination,” Tom Taylor (undated)	35	26
International Exhibition, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, United States Centennial Commission (1876)	35	27
“Young ladies’ course in natural sciences on Saturday mornings at the Scientific and Classical Institute” (undated)	35	28
Newspapers and clippings 1854 - 1971, undated
	Box	Folder
Newspaper clipping: “The Rush for Office” (11 February 1854)	35	29
		Oversize
Newspaper: Daily Legislative Record (1856)		FF58
Legal and Insurance Register (1 November 1864)		FF59
North American and United States Gazette (25 September 1848)		FF60
Newspaper clippings (1879 - 1882, undated)
Newspaper clippings: Resignation of University of Pennsylvania Provost Charles Stille (1880)
Obituary clippings: Eli K. Price (1884)
		Oversize
Newspaper clipping: “Philadelphia Families Entitled to Bear Coats of Arms,” Sunday Press (7 February 1897)		Flat file 61
Newspaper clipping: “Big Estate Holdings Retard Neighborhood,” North American (December 1906)
Newspaper clipping: Real estate sales (16 February 1911)
Newspaper clippings (1912 – circa 1918)
		Oversize
Newspaper page: Philadelphia Inquirer (13 March 1913)		Flat file 62
Newspaper page: Public Ledger (18 January 1914)		Flat file 63
Newspaper page: North American (23 January 1916)		Flat file 64
	Box	Folder
Newspaper clipping: Public Ledger (22 February 1925)	36	1
Clipping: American Art News (undated)	36	2
		Oversize
Newspaper clippings: Philadelphia Inquirer (1932)		Flat file 65
Newspaper page: Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (4 August 1971)		Flat file 66
Newspaper clippings: London Coffee House, old graves in Franklin Square, lost colony of Mayflower descendants (undated)		Flat file 67
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9. Artifacts and miscellaneous 1789 - 1937 Scope and content note This series consists of a small number of artifacts and miscellaneous papers. The notable artifacts are a lock of George Washington’s hair and a cuff from the coat of Commodore John Rodgers. The miscellaneous papers are not definitely classifiable by family member. These are arranged in chronological order.
Artifacts 1799 - 1885, undated)
	Box	Folder
George Washington’s hair and accompanying note (circa October 1799 - 1882)	36	3
	Box	Item
Cuff from the coat of Commodore John Rodgers (undated)	37	1
	Box	Folder
Hair of Eli K. Price (15 March 1854)	36	4
Medical powders sent to Anne E. Price (undated)	36	5
	Box	Item
Eagle patch, gifted to Evelyn Taylor Price (14 July 1885)	37	2
Keys of Frank Arnold (undated)	37	3
	Box	Folder
Two strips of lace (undated)	36	6
Miscellaneous 1789 - 1937, undated
	Box	Folder
Extract of Common Council minutes on funding for construction of new common hall in Philadelphia (6 July 1789)	36	7
Woodlands Cemetery, deed to Ferdinand Dreer (18 May 1854)	36	8
Second of exchange to Gwinn Harris Heap (20 February 1868)	36	9
Manuscript: History of Church of the Good Shepherd, Milford, Pennsylvania, by E. N. B. (circa 1928)	36	10
Photos and script from skit for annual fair at Church of the Good Shepherd, Milford, Pennsylvania (August 1928)	36	11
Hospital bill for John Schmidt (17 February 1931)	36	12
Return of personal property 1938, Anna M. Eakins (26 October 1937)	29	15
Return of personal property 1938, Howard W. Hanson (26 October 1937)	29	16
Return of personal property 1938, Howard W. Hanson, trustee Mary R. Berger (26 October 1937)	29	17
Cookbook (undated)	36	13
Document fragments found in original box 7 (undated)	36	14
French exercises (undated)	36	15
Miscellaneous board (undated)	29	18
Notes for a legal case (undated)	36	16
Notes (undated)	36	17
Poem: "The Voyageur,” typescript (undated)	36	18
Scalp lotion formula (undated)	36	19
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Price family papers

Collection 4163

© Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107215-732-6200

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Preferred citation

Background note

Scope and content note

Overview of arrangement

Administrative Information

Publication Information

Access restrictions

Provenance

Processing note

Related Materials

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Collection Inventory

1. Eli Kirk Price 1779 - 1936

1A. Professional papers 1779 - 1910

Scope and content note

Correspondence (1779 - 1882)

Other professional papers (1794 - 1910, undated)

Preston Retreat 1839 - 1910

Estates 1841 - 1885, undated

MIscellaneous 1794 - 1884, undated

1B. Personal Papers (1821 - 1936, undated)

Scope and content note

Correspondence (1824 - 1884)

Note

Manuscripts and journals (1821 - 1884, undated)

Scope and content note

Other personal papers 1850 - 1884, undated

Estate 1840 - 1936

2. John Sergeant Price 1839 - 1968

2A. Professional papers 1839 - 1927

Scope and content note

Correspondence 1853 - 1897

Estates 1867 - 1927

Preston Retreat 1839 - 1910

Other professional papers 1857 - 1898, undated

2B. Personal papers 1839 - 1968

Scope and content note

3. Eli Kirk Price II 1773 - 1942

3A. Professional papers 1839 - 1936

Scope and content note

Account books and correspondence 1884 - 1934

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Processing note

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Coal leases 1880 - 1922

Estates 1865 - 1936

Civic organizations 1899 - 1930

Preston Retreat (1839 - 1932)

Miscellaneous 1883 - 1930

3B. Personal papers 1773 - 1942

Scope and content note

Note

4. Philip Price 1876 - 1971

Scope and content note

Accounts and correspondence 1933 - 1953

Estates 1876 - 1968

Preston Retreat 1931 - 1953

Personal 1906 - 1971

5. Other Price family members 1729 - 1964

Scope and content note

Early Price 1729 - 1837

Rebecca E. Price Withers 1849 - 1856

Anna R. Withers Martin 1898 - 1910

Sybil E. Price Nichols 1856

Elizabeth C. Price Martin 1779 - 1880

John Sergeant Price Jr. 1937 - 1938

Eli K. Price III 1934 - 1964

Elizabeth Gwen Martin 1937

Marion W. Rivinus 1933

Rachel Price Williamson 1925 - 1953

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