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Martha Stackhouse commonplace book , 1813

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Poetry and prose copybook. Also her copy of Fables for the Female Sex, by Edward Moore (Philadelphia: Abel Dickinson, Printer, 1812) which has her bookplate inside cover. Martha (1789-1840) was the eldest surviving child of Amos and Mary Stackhouse.

Dates: 1813

Powell Stackhouse (1785-1863) ledgers (2), 1827

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Powell was the eldest son of Amos and Mary Stackhouse. He married Edith Dilworth.

Dates: 1827

Powell Stackhouse "daybook" , 1827 Jan-July

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Detailed ledger of goods received and shipped including wines, linens

Dates: 1827 Jan-July

John Powell Stackhouse commonplace book, 1821 - 1824

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John Powell Stackhouse (1809-1883), remained unmarried

Dates: 1821 - 1824

Robert Stackhouse: Westtown workbook/ commonplace book, 1815

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Robert Stackhouse (1801-1881). Arithmetic workbook (Westtown Boarding School) with clippings pasted over most pages. Some loose newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1815

Mary Powell Stackhouse and Robert Stackhouse school volumes, 1816 - 1822

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Several soft cover books in single binding, property of siblings, Mary P. and Robert Stackhouse. Includes: Robert Stackhouse autograph book (1816), Probably Westtown School; Mary Powell Stackhouse (1805-1884) autograph book and friendship book (1821-1822); Arithmetic and geometry student workbook of Mary Powell Stackhouse (1822)

Dates: 1816 - 1822

Mary P. Stackhouse [?] commonplace book and notes, undated

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Soft cover book of copied poetry and prose (believed to be Mary P Stackhouse by donors. Also genealogical notes (copied) on early Powell, Woolston, Stackhouse families

Dates: undated

Will of Mary P. Stackhouse, 1883

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Mary Powell Stackhouse (1805-1884) did not marry and her estate was bequeathed to niece Tacie Stackhouse Gillingham

Dates: 1883