James Bringhurst papers
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of the personal and business correspondence, as well as miscellaneous notes and manuscripts, of James Bringhurst.
Dates
- Creation: 1780-1802
Creator
- Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810 (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
James Bringhurst (1730-1810) was born on December 7, 1730, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of John Bringhurst and Mary Claypoole. He married Anna Pole, and the couple had seven children. He married Hannah Peters in 1778, and later married Ruth Barker. He was a wealthy merchant in Philadelphia, and was active in the American Philosophical Society, Pennsylvania Hospital, and Carpenter’s Hall. He owned a country estate at Gray's Ferry, now part of Philadelphia, which his first wife, Anne Pole (1705-1755), inherited from her father, also a Philadelphia merchant. Bringhurst died on February 27, 1810.
Extent
.1 linear ft. (2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the personal and business correspondence, as well as miscellaneous notes and manuscripts, of James Bringhurst, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant.
Acquisition
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed January, 2016.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- James Bringhurst papers, 1780-1802
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- January, 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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