Historical family papers
Scope and Contents
Contents include:
Journal of William Thomas. 1805 [includes account of a journey from Pennsylvania to Ohio, a poem about marriage, and an anti-slavery poem with two transcriptions]
Cover page of the Last Will and Testament of Richard Harrison. 1746 [with photocopy]
Last Will and Testament of Rees Thomas. 1754 [with photocopy]
Marriage certificate for Mary Thomas and Charles McClenachan. 1821 10/15 [granted eleven years after the wedding; with photocopy]
Letters of Thomas Kittera, attorney for William Thomas (maternal grandfather and guardian of Naomi McClenachan). 1820-1822
Letters regarding Page Cadorus's desire to sell his life estate. 1828 [2 itmes]
Summaries of Harrison and McClenachan family histories as they relate to Naomi McClenachan property disputes. 1833
Last Will and Testament of Sarah Wistar, 1864 8/24.
Family Histories belonging to Anna Shinn Maier.
History written by Deborah Logan, 1823, 9/5. [copied by Levi Morris]
Thomas family histories. [written in 1930s]
Copy of an address made by Rev. James Gibbon Lyons at the Church of the Remeemer. 1867 1/20 [in memory of Emily R. Jones (daughter of Owen Jones), who died 1866 12/26.] [copied by Levi Morris]
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
15 items
Separated Materials
The following has been moved to the oversized documents box 1191 (ovs):
Copy of Richard Harrison estate inventory, 1747
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