Smyth family papers
Collection 1725
1785-1890, undated(2.8 Linear feet ; 7 boxes )
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Smyth family
- Title
- Smyth family papers
- ID
- 1725
- Date
- 1785-1890, undated
- Extent
- 2.8 Linear feet ; 7 boxes
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Linda Horton.
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection contains correspondence and legal papers on the estate of Jacob Baker, his son-in-law John William Baker, who lived in Cuba, and son-in-law Cornelius Comegys. The responsibility for the estates all eventually devolved to Isaac S. Smyth, Comegys' son-in-law. John W. Baker's estate was complicated by the claims of children born out of wedlock. There is some family and other personal correspondence, including letters dating from 1816 to 1855 of John W. Baker to his sister Catherine Comegys, and business papers of Cornelius Comegys.
Preferred citation
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Smyth family papers (Collection 1725), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Historical Society of Pennsylvania , 2019.
1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200
Access restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Provenance
Purchased, 1955.
Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
- Cuba--Estate settlement
- Executors and administrators--Pennsylvania
- Illegitimate children
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
Collection Inventory
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Jacob Baker business papers 1785, 1803, 1804, undated |
1 | 1 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys business papers - General 1792-1844 |
1 | 2-4 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys business papers - Insurance claim due to Ploughboy (ship) lost at sea 1816-1822 |
1 | 5 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys business papers - Alabama property received in payment of debt |
1 | 6 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys business papers - Kentucky property received in payment of debt 1830-1834 |
1 | 7 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys business papers - Estate of Benjamin Comegys (nephew) 1805-1809 |
1 | 8 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys business papers - Collection efforts after Benjamin Comegys 1830-1846 |
1 | 9 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys - Comegys Falconer - Goods 1815-1819 |
2 | 1 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys - Comegys Falconer - Miscelaneous promissory notes and recipts 1804-1818 |
2 | 2 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys - Comegys Falconer - Business 1800-1844 |
2 | 3-6 | ||
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Comegys Falconer - Baltimore property issues after partner's death 1825-1845 |
2 | 7 | ||
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Comegys Falconer - Transaction of Fred. Hill, Washington County 1822 |
2 | 8 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys busienss papers - Clarke v. Comegys & Falconer 1825-1840 |
2 | 9 | ||
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Smyth family correspondence 1798-1843 |
3 | 1 | ||
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Jacob Baker Estate - Wills and assorted documents [1818]-1885 |
3 | 2 | ||
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Jacob Baker Estate - Property records 1798-1844 |
3 | 3-4 | ||
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Baker & Comegys - French spoilation claims 1886 |
3 | 5 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys Estate papers 1844-1847 |
4 | 1 | ||
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Catherine Baker Comegys Estate papers 1861-1887 |
4 | 2 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys household expenses 1820-1844 |
4 | 3 | ||
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John Comegys will, with detailed land holdings 9 February 1819 |
4 | 4 | ||
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Cornelius Comegys deed for land in Marysville, Union County, Ohio 1838 |
4 | 5 | ||
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Emancipation of Warwick Reily 1797 |
4 | 6 | ||
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Ella Matilda Comegys Gilmer Estate papers - Will and associated documents 1801-1879 |
5 | 1 | ||
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Ella Matilda Comegys Gilmer Estate papers - Family information 1879, undated |
5 | 2 | ||
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Ella Matilda Comegys Gilmer Estate papers - Correspondence with legatee John Sargent, re: Julian Comegys Sargent, dec'd. 1862-1867 |
5 | 3 | ||
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Ella Matilda Comegys Gilmer Estate papers - Correspondence with Nicholas Biddle Owings 1880-1885 |
5 | 4 | ||
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Ella Matilda Comegys Gilmer Estate papers - Legatees' age of majority J(ulia, Sarah, and Sargent Owings) 1881 |
5 | 5 | ||
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Ella Matilda Comegys Gilmer Estate papers - Correspondence with legatee Julia Owings Anderson 1880, 1882 |
5 | 6 | ||
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Ella Matilda Comegys Gilmer Estate papers - Correspondence with legatee Sarah Owings 1880, 1884-1886 |
5 | 7 | ||
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Ella Matilda Comegys Gilmer Estate papers - Correspondence with legatee Sargent Owings 1880-1881, 1890 |
5 | 8 | ||
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Ella Matilda Comegys Gilmer Estate papers - Correspondence with Rosalie Cumming, re: John Baker Sargent Jr. 1874-1889 |
5 | 9 | ||
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Ella Matilda Comegys Gilmer Estate papers - Correspondence with legatee C. C. Sargent 1869-1880 |
5 | 10 | ||
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Juan Guillermo Bequer (re: Trinidad de Cuba) - Notes on his family 1805-1860, undated |
6 | 1 | ||
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Juan Guillermo Bequer (re: Trinidad de Cuba) - Letters to his sister, Catherine Comegys, or her husband, Cornelius Comegys 1833-1865, undated |
6 | 2 | ||
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Juan Guillermo Bequer (re: Trinidad de Cuba) - Correspondence and records 1860-1889 |
6 | 3-5 | ||
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Jacob Baker Estate - Bequer v. Sargent, et al., lawyer's notes 1860-1864 |
6 | 6 | ||
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Gilmer/Smyth/Sargent challenge to Probate of John W. Baker Estate 1862 |
6 | 7 | ||
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Issac Smyth - Personal and family papers 1863-1892, undated |
7 | 1 | ||
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Issac Smyth - Business matters, Hood v. Smyth 1857-1862, undated |
7 | 2 | ||
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Issac Smyth - Business matters, oil investments and litigation 1863-1886 |
7 | 3 | ||
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Issac Smyth - Business matters, miscellaneous 1863-1893, undated |
7 | 4 | ||
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Issac Smyth - Business matters, Isaac Harber Estate 1871 |
7 | 5 | ||
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Issac Smyth - Business matters, Amsterdam Port receipt of coffee from Baltimore 1807 |
7 | 6 | ||
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Issac Smyth - Business, debt action - Joseph Parker, George Turner 1784 |
7 | 7 | ||
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Isaac Smyth - Business, Mortgage on property at Montgomery Avenue and Lancaster Road (Philadelphia) 1873-1887 |
7 | 8 | ||
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Issac Smyth - Business, old deeds and land records 1794-1813 |
7 | 9 | ||
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