Box 111

Scope and Contents Some highlights include: Elizabeth S. Haines' Westtown yearbook, 1835.Samuel Earl Shinn, 9 items, 1847-55Letter from Benjamin Davis. Montgomery, AL, 1852 11/16. [discusses his uncertainty about remaining in Montogomery, reactions to the 1852 elections, and responses to the deaths of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster]Partnership agreement between S.E.S. and Thomas Montgomery. Philadelphia, 1852 1/27.Agreement between S.E.S. and Thomas...

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Receipts

Estate information and records of sales of Hannah Shinn's properties on 430 Pine St., 1866 2/13, and 508 Powell St., 1866 2/5.

Invitation to funeral of Hannah Shinn, 1833.

Wills of Elizabeth Shinn. 1840 6/5 and 1841 12/21.

Appraisal of Hannah Shinn's estate. 1864 2/4. [records (sister?) Hannah Shinn as "deceased"]

Scope and Contents Letters include: R.S. from Agnes Palmer and unidentified; R.S. to sister Elizabeth Shinn Haines, Shinn family, unidentified, Anna Shinn ShipleySome highlights include:From Agnes Palmer. 1865 6/6 [re declining health of "our dear Macre"].To sister Elizabeth Haines. 1871 9/9 2 items [describing travels and wedding]Shinn family. 1854. 2 items. Westtown, 3/28 ["Time goes on very smoothly, in preparation for the final crash at...

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George Brantingham. Philadelphia, 1801 7/1. [with Dillaplain Ridgway]

Patrick Connelly and wife. Philadelphia, 1802 3/17.

William Smith. Philadelphia, 1802 4/17. [2 copies]

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Receipts

Will, 1830 3/16.

Documents of mortgage search of William Greble, 1831. [has no apparent connection to the Shinn family but was included with the Samuel Shinn documents]

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Certificates include:

Thomas Shinn and Martha Earl, 1718. Photostatic negative of original, handwritten copy of original, photostatic negative of copy.

John Simpson and Hannah Delaplaine, 1736-7. Original and photostatic negative.

Samuel Shinn and Hannah Simpson, 1795. Handwritten copy.

David Comfort and Beulah Walton, 1799. Photostatic negative.

Earl Shinn and Sarah Comfort, 1822.

Scope and Contents Documents include: James Cock (d.1715) to children of James and Hannah DelaPlaineJohn Jasper, "An English Merchant of Rotterdam" to Annita Ramsey "Children of John and Margaret Monrow"John and Ellen (Stacy) Shinn (m. 1686 4/31) to children of Thomas and Martha (Earl) ShinnShort biography of John Shinn. ["arrived at Burlington New Jersey from England about 1678"]John Shinn, Proprietor of Burlington, 1688, to children of John III and Mary...

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Receipts. 1829-1847.

Will and estate appraisal. 1862. [J.T.S., executor]

Confusing property conveyance sheet attached at end of will between Caleb and Rebecca Ash, Earl and Sarah Shinn, and Hannah Shinn.

Scope and Contents Margaret Hugg to Abel Satterthwaite, 1834.Margaret Hugg to Abraham L. Pennock, 1849. [assigned to Mary S. Bunting]Hannah Shinn to William and Thomas Evans, 1849.Hannah Shinn to Mary Gardiner, 1851.Hannah Shinn to William E. Garrett, 1839.Hannah Shinn to Earl Shinn, 1850.Samuel Shinn to Nathan Sellers and William Phillips, 1809.Samuel Shinn to Sarah Cresson, 1813.Mortgage inquiry documents of...