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Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995

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BOX OV 1-OV 27 Oversize, 1682-1902
Letters and manuscripts, correspondence, family and personal papers, military records, land surveys, financial and legal documents, deeds and indentures, government and legislative records, business records, illustrated and printed ephemera and other printed matter, and miscellaneous items.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
BOX OV 1 Fine Arts and Literature
Decorative and domestic arts
American arts and crafts
Clocks and watches
Riggs, William H. C.
Deeds, indentures, and other legal papers, 1836, 1846, 1852-1855 (Container 3)
Auctions, estate sales, and inventories
M. Thomas & Sons, 1892 (Container 3)
BOX OV 2 Practical Arts
Advertising
Broadsides, illustrations, and printed matter, undated (Container 5)
Industries and trades
Papermaking
Samples and watermarks, undated (Container 11)
Law and government
Financial and legal documents
Deeds and indentures, 1807 (Container 11)
BOX OV 3 Transportation
Railroads
Financial and legal documents
Bond and stock certificates, 1868-1869, 1871-1872, 1894-1902 (Container 15)
BOX OV 4 Posters, 1855, undated (Container 16)
Printed matter, 1884 (Container 16)
Rates and schedules, 1853 (Container 16)
BOX OV 5 Entertainment
Theater
Broadsides, posters, and printed matter, 1860-1864 (Container 18)
Printed Matter
Financial papers
Bank and promissory notes, checks, and other financial items
Government and municipal obligations, circa 1790 (Container 19)
Confederate States of America
Bond certificates, 1862-1864 (Container 20)
BOX OV 6 Currency
Foreign
Bills of exchange, 1808-1839 (Container 20)
BOX OV 7 Printing and publishing
Advertisements, broadsides, circulars, and trade cards, 1785, 1852, undated (Container 24)
Financial and legal documents
Miscellaneous, 1813 (Container 25)
Sachse, Julius F., Ephrata collection, undated (Container 25)
Ships and shipping
Agreement and regulation of seamen in the merchant service, 1796-1799 (Container 25)
BOX OV 8 Social History
African-American history
Newspapers
The Liberator, 1843, 1852, 1865 (Container 26)
National Anti-Slavery Standard, 1866 (Container 26)
Staunton Vindicator, 1860 (Container 26)
BOX OV 9 Biography
Family and personal papers
Booth family
Booth, James C.
Miscellany, 1836-1842, 1869 (Container 30)
Coates-Hornor family
Coates, Benjamin Hornor
Medical papers
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., 1806 (Container 31)
Coates, Thomas
Will, 1719 (Container 32)
Franklin, Benjamin, 1787 (Container 33)
BOX OV 10 McAllister family
McAllister and Brother, 1854, undated (Container 34)
McAllister, W. Mitchell, undated (Container 35)
McAllister, William Young
Advertisements and broadsides, undated (Container 35)
James W. Queen & Co., undated (Container 35)
BOX OV 11 Penn family
Appointments, bonds, commissions, and other documents, 1725-1726, 1736, 1756-1763, 1771 (Container 36)
BOX OV 12 Estate papers
Correspondence, 1814 (Container 36)
Family members
Penn, John, 1743, 1783 (Container 36)
BOX OV 13 Penn, William
"Laws Made and Passed by William Penn, 1700-1709," undated (Container 36)
BOX OV 14 Proposed sale of Pennsylvania to England, 1711-1712 (Container 36)
Legal and legislative documents, 1705, 1732, undated (Container 36)
Politics, 1698-1701 (Container 37)
BOX OV 15 Wetherill family
Family members
Wetherill, Samuel (1736-1816)
Estate papers, 1812-1816 (Container 40)
Free Quakers
Meetinghouse
Architectural drawings, circa 1783 (Container 40)
Broadsides, 1781 (Container 41)
Prints and photographs, undated (Container 41)
BOX OV 16 Massey, Sarah, estate papers, 1774 (Container 41)
Real estate, 1816 (Container 41)
Young, James, undated (Container 42)
Wetherill, Samuel (1764-1829)
Militia commission, 1792 (Container 42)
Letters and documents
Howell, Isaac, 1793 (Container 42)
BOX OV 17 State and Local History
Deeds and surveys
Landowners and surveyors
Denny, Thomas, 1760 (Container 43)
Harris, John, 1786 (Container 43)
Wilson, James, undated (Container 43)
States
Pennsylvania
Counties, 1682, 1733 (Container 43)
Philadelphia, 1744, 1816, undated (Container 43)
BOX OV 18 Pennsylvania
Counties
Lancaster
Financial and legal documents, 1784-1786 (Container 43)
Philadelphia, 1690 (Container 43)
Philadelphia
Citizenship petition, real estate, and sheriffs' sales, 1837, 1856 (Container 45)
BOX OV 19 Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
Canals and Schuylkill River
Delaware and Schuylkill Canal, 1811 (Container 45)
Schuylkill River Navigation Commission
Meetings, reports, and subscriptions, undated (Container 45)
Fire fighting
Fire insurance companies
Fire Association of Philadelphia, 1831, 1840-1845, 1865, 1871-1875 (Container 47)
Miscellany, undated (Container 47)
BOX OV 20 Insurance
"Ocean Policies," advertising boards, undated (Container 47)
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