Box 6

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Business-personal-administrative accounts of Edwin Shippen Sr. Some accounts or receipts in ES Sr.’s hand. Some indicate how father and son, Edward Shippen Jr., worked together. The personal accounts indicate household purchases for himself, family and servants, or services retained. Some are signed by ES Sr. in the capacity of prothonotary or other posts.

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Includes accounts, receipts, and land deeds. One sub-folder focuses on Edward Shippen Sr.'s legal accounts, 1744-1781; the other sub-folder focuses on Shippen's legal accounts as estate attorney, including (but not limited to) the estate of Anthoney Morris, 1737-1780 with one n.d.;

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Letters relate to both family and business matters, especially land and money. The miscellaneous document (1793) advises of a meeting of the trustees of the Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Philadelphia.

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Letters are primarily about monetary and land issues. Letter writers include: L. Allen, Francis Baily, Richard Cary, William Foulks, Herbertt Francis, Peter Panebacker, David Schulze, John Scott, and John Winslow.

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Personal accounts and receipts for such items as home and family staples and maintenance

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Personal accounts and receipts for such items as home and family staples and maintenance. This folder includes accounts and receipts for: “Electrical wire” in 1766, annual dues to the Library Company in 1766, a “great coat” for “Negro Scipio" in 1767, freight for a “pipe” of wine in 1774, and dancing lessons for daughter, 1774

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Letters or other documents of Joseph Shippen, William Shippen. These are primarily financial accounts, but also include an extract of the will of William Shippen dated 1730 and a letter to Edward Burd from Joseph Shippen Jr, dated March 10, 1783.

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Promissory note signed by Benjamin Levy, April 1759 Accounts for a trip to Jamaica, 1757-58 Account for making soldiers suits, 1758 Receipt for 10 lottery tickets, n.d.

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Includes assorted courts documents and court accounts for 1758-1772; another sub-folder includes accounts of court costs related to Edwin Shippen Jr. from 1773-1789

Scope and Contents Includes: Suit brought by Samuel Mifflin, William Plumsted and Thomas Luke against subjects of the French King for the return of 26 hogsheads of molasses, 1758; Receipt for money lodged in the Vice-Admiralty Court of Pa. from sales of indigo, 1772; Receipt for Mount Airy Deeds signed by Tench Coxe, 1782; Recommendation for an innkeeper to let the City Tavern signed by Thomas McKean, 1783; and "A ferry is a franchise and a flower of thecrown...every navigable River as high asthe sea flows and...