Maulsby-Albertson Family Papers
Scope and Contents
The collections includes genealogical material, family correspondence (1804-1846),, financial and legal papers. Some of the papers concern Jonathan Maulsby's term as postmaster at Plymouth Meeting House in the 1820's. The Albertson family operated lime kiIns and sold lime in Plymouth Township. Samuel Maulsby was a Commissioner of the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown RaiIroad Company. The Maulsby family were also active in Norristown as merchants of lumber, coal, and iron. Josiah Albertson seems to have joined the Maulbys in their business after his marriage to Alice T. Maulsby.
Dates
- Creation: 1763-1884
Creator
- Maulsby-Albertson family (Family)
- Plymouth Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1703-1827) (Contributor, Organization)
- Plymouth Preparative Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1907) (Contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
The Maulsby and Albertson families were Pennsylvania Quakers. Samuel Maulsby (1768-1838) married Susan Thomas. They had seven children. Their son Jonathan (1801-1845) was a merchant in Plymouth Meeting, PA, and served as postmaster at Plymouth Meeting House in the 1820's. A daughter, Alice T. (1803-1876) married Josiah Albertson (1803-1876). The Albertson family operated lime kilns and sold lime, and Josiah Albertson seems to have joined the Maulbys in their business after his marriage.
Extent
1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Maulsby and Albertson families were Pennsylvania Quakers. The collections includes genealogical material, family correspondence (1804-1846),, financial and legal papers. Some of the papers concern Jonathan Maulsby's term as postmaster at Plymouth Meeting House in the 1820's. The Maulsby family were also active in Norristown as merchants of lumber, coal, and iron.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into seven series:
- Biographical and genealogical
- Correspondence of the Maulsby and Albertson families
- Journal
- Financial papers
- Legal papers
- Meeting papers
- Miscellaneous papers
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Mrs. Arthur Robinson, 1966
Donor: Elizabeth Price Robinson, 1966
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The donor, Elizabeth Price Robinson. was the great -granddaughter of Thornton Walton whose marriage certificate is included in the collection. The Maulsby-Albertson families and Walton family were linked by marriage.
Separated Materials
The following material, originally part of the collection, has been recatalogued:
- Book of Sufferings- Gwynedd Monthly Meeting Committee on Sufferings, 1808-1825. Transferred to RG 2 Gwynedd Monthly Meeting Records.
Subject
- Maulsby family (Family)
- Albertson family (Family)
- Title
- An Inventory of the Maulsby-Albertson Family Papers, 1763-1884
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 1966
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
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