Pennsylvania
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Helen Hudson papers
Collection — Folder S696
Identifier: S0696
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of typed transcripts of letters from various authors in Camp Morton, Indiana; Washington, D.C.; Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia ranging from 1861/07/12 to 1864/09/05 regarding family matters and army life.
Dates:
1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Helen Hudson papers
Isaac Miller papers
Collection — Folder S0962
Identifier: S0962
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Isaac Miller's financial documents and receipts from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, ranging from 1806 ot 1904, including documents regarding the estate of Henry Miller (1806-1856); financial documents and tax receipts from Fayette, Rush, and Hamilton Counties in Indiana (1858-1881); papers listing Miller's personal property sold at auction on October 29, 1869; a page from the 1904 Quaker periodical, The American Friend; and undated advertisement cards from various...
Dates:
1806-1904
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Isaac Miller papers
Jacob Garretson letter
Collection — Folder S0504
Identifier: S0504
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a January 17, 1852 letter written by J. Garretson of Philadelphia and sent to "Theo". His letter recounts his experiences and observations during a trip through Ohio and Indiana. He notes the depressed wheat prices in Ohio and that Indiana was in much better condition with the pork trade being the staple of the state. He shares his thoughts about his visits to Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Vincennes, and Madison, Indiana and Cincinnati, Ohio. He also mentions the fact that...
Dates:
1852/01/17
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jacob Garretson letter
James Blake papers
Collection — Folder S130
Identifier: S0130
Scope and Contents
This collection includes bills and autographed, signed letters from various correspondents in Indiana and Pennsylvania ranging from 1826 to 1847 regarding to business interests.
Dates:
1826-1847, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James Blake papers
Jean Menger collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0939
Scope and Contents
The collection contains various legal documents, including indentures, deeds, and land sale records from several individuals or families in Hendricks County, including Charles Aplin, Hannah Frasier, John and Thomas Devan, W.W. Irons, and Quartus and Sarah Rust, ranging from 1862 to 1920 and compiled by Jean Menger. There are also numerous letters, postcards and photographs of Fort Sill, Oklahoma from Everett C. Howard and Walter J. Kidd to Jean Hornstein (Menger) in New York, New York during...
Dates:
1862-1920
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jean Menger collection
Julia L. Dumont Gordon papers
Collection — Folder S527
Identifier: S0527
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newspaper articles, death notices, printed and autographed poems, and autographed, signed letters from various authors in Indiana, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and other locations ranging from 1829-1926 regarding legal cases, speeches, family matters, obituaries and celebrations of war heroes.
Dates:
1829-1926, undated
Kate Roper collection
Collection
Identifier: G-071
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical research, correspondence, and photocopied documents from Kate Roper and others in Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Indiana ranging from 1927 to 1983 regarding New Kent County, Virginia families, records, and churches, research done for clients, and First Lutheran Church in Indianapolis.
Dates:
1927-1983
Found in:
Genealogy
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Kate Roper collection
Kenneth Rendell collection
Collection — Folder S2175
Identifier: S2175
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of two loan certificates. The later certificate (of 1874) is a loan of the
City of Philadelphia, payable to E. Jessie Nippes of Philadelphia. This certificate for $100 was not
reimbursable until January of 1898. Till then, interest of 6 "per centum" per annum was payable
half-yearly. The certificate was recorded in The Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of
Philadelphia.
The earlier certificate (of 1853) for $500, payable to Randolph W. Evans, is a loan certificate of...
Dates:
1853, 1874
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Kenneth Rendell collection
Mary P. Frankum Sunday school temperance pledge
Collection — Folder S2160
Identifier: S2160
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a Sunday school temperance pledge certificate for Mary P. Frankum, signed by Philip Miller, president of the Sunday-School Temperance Society of the M.E. Church at Williamsport, Pennsylvania on October 21, 1860. "M.P. Frankum...Phoenixville, PA" is written in pencil on the back on the certificate.
Dates:
1860/10/21
Mary Ramier collection
Collection — Folder S1095
Identifier: S1095
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of documents and typed translations. Asbury Allegre wrote to his brother, Lorenzo Allegre in Fayette County, Ohio, on May 20, 1848, telling about his new son, Eberle Munroe. He says they have two stores in Albany, and expect a new railroad from Indianapolis to Belle Fountain, Ohio.The small notebook was kept by John William Kern of Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1839. In 1955, Lela Kern Richmann, granddaughter of William I. Kern,...
Dates:
1808-1955
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mary Ramier collection
