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Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995

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State and Local History, 1682-1990 (continued)
Citizenship petition, real estate, and sheriffs' sales, 1824, 1837-1842, 1856 See also Oversize
(70.1.r)
Docks, 1762-1764, 1817, 1826
(70.1.d)
Fairmount Park
(71)
Background and reference material
Carson, Joseph
Fairmount Park Commission, 1939-1948, undated
(2 folders)
Notes, 1940-1942, undated
Miscellany, undated
Newspaper clippings, 1928, 1941-1947, 1953, 1960, 1990, undated
Belmont, 1821, undated
Canals and Schuylkill River
Background and reference material, 1916, 1929-1931
Accounts and receipts, 1793, 1831-1836
Correspondence, 1828, 1834, undated
Delaware and Schuylkill canal, 1793-1800, 1807-1811 See also Oversize
Legislation, petitions, and reports, 1792, 1808-1813, 1832
Schuylkill and Susquehanna canal, 1792-1810
Schuylkill Navigation Co., 1817-1836, 1845-1850, 1885, undated
Schuylkill River Navigation Commission
Correspondence, 1815, undated
Meetings, reports, and subscriptions, 1815, undated See also Oversize
Wernwag, Louis, 1815, 1823-1824
BOX 46 Union canal, 1807-1812, 1821-1835, 1850-1862, undated
Fairmount Park Art Association, 1874-1877, 1887
Galloway, Joseph, "Ormiston" estate survey, undated
Landscaping
Accounts and receipts, 1823, 1869, 1884-1903, undated
(3 folders)
Correspondence, 1839, 1871-1903, 1923, undated
(4 folders)
Miscellany, 1896, 1901, undated
Nursery stock lists, 1791-1794, 1814-1817, 1839, 1877-1882, 1899-1904, undated
Lansdowne, 1803
Miscellany, 1830-1831, 1874, 1881
Price, Eli K., 1857, 1869, 1875-1883, undated
Prints and photographs, 1824-1831, 1858, 1884-1885, undated
Waterworks, 1814, 1833-1840, 1850-1863, 1869-1876, 1883, undated
BOX 47 Ferries
Arch Street ferry, undated
(70.1.fa)
High Street ferry, 1767
(70.1.fh)
Middle ferry, 1758, 1777
(70.1.fm)
Schuylkill ferry, 1744-1747
(70.1.fs)
Fire fighting
Background and reference material, 1952, undated
Fire insurance companies
Fire Association of Philadelphia, 1831, 1840-1845, 1865, 1871-1875 See Oversize
Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, 1847, 1877
Miscellaneous, 1860, 1874, 1888, 1899
Mutual Assurance Co., 1815, 1823, 1848
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co., 1843, 1860
Memorials and petitions, 1806, undated
Miscellany, undated See Oversize
Hunt, Timothy, 1796
(70.1.h)
Insurance
Life, 1848, 1870
"Ocean Policies," advertising boards, undated See Oversize
Iron works
(70.1.x)
Background and reference material, 1965
Miscellany, 1847, 1860, 1866-1871
Yeates, Jasper, 1786-1789
Law
(70.1.l)
Background and reference material, 1945-1950, undated
Accounts and receipts, 1779-1796, 1807-1818, 1844, undated
Bradford, William, 1785-1786, undated
Broadside, Pennsylvania State Trials, 1795 See Oversize
Brown, Henry Armitt, 1878
Burd, Edward, 1772-1786, 1800-1805
Codes of law, 1696, undated
Correspondence
Collins, Charles H. T., 1867-1870
Kane, Joseph, 1845
Miscellaneous, 1784, 1790-1792, 1811, 1821-1831, 1867-1870
Rawle, William, 1826-1828, 1847
Court records
Atkins, Ann, indictment for adultery, 1694-1695
Case book, common pleas court, 1798
Charges, convictions, debts, and fines, 1749, 1772-1800, 1809-1818, undated See also Oversize
Decisions and writs, 1692, 1784, 1889, undated
Dickerson v. Ward, circa 1853
BOX 48 Divorce, 1796, 1804, undated See also Oversize
Evans, Peter, 1727, 1744
Howell, Isaac, 1784-1787, 1795 See Oversize
Inspector of the Revenue, 1760, 1793-1796
Law Society, 1784-1785, undated See also Oversize
Petitions and other legal documents, 1720-1757, 1776-1788, 1801, 1811, 1830, 1867, 1877, undated See also Oversize
Price, Eli K., 1807-1808, undated
Shippen, Edward, 1752, 1760, 1767-1768, 1775-1793, undated
Thomas, John Chew, 1782-1785, undated
Tilghman, Edward, 1786, 1793-1795, 1803
Todd, John (1719-1793), receipt book, 1786
Wall, Garret Dorset, "Rules and Orders of the Supreme Court," 1804
Washington, Bushrod, 1782-1783, 1825, undated
Wills, 1782, 1795, 1833, 1873, undated
Yeates, Jasper
Correspondence, 1801-1806
Impeachment, 1803-1805
BOX 49 Licenses
Gunpowder, 1866 See Oversize
Tavern, 1790, 1818
(70.1.tl)
Markets, 1747-1763, undated See also Oversize
(70.1.m)
Miscellany, 1897, undated
Pennsylvania Globe Gas Light Co., 1885-1887, undated
Personal services, 1777-1786, 1797, 1861, 1903
(70.1.ps)
Pilots of the Delaware River, 1756, 1801, undated See also Oversize
(70.1.p)
Roads, 1772
Shipping
(70.1.s)
Bills of lading, receipts, and other documents, 1773-1774, 1792-1795, 1803, 1819, 1828, 1882 See also Oversize
Diary of customs inspector, 1846-1847
Insurance policies, 1759-1764, 1787, 1799 See Oversize
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