Price family papers


Collection 4163

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

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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