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Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995

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State and Local History, 1682-1990 (continued)
Counties, 1682, 1715, 1733, 1745-1750, 1769-1774, 1781-1785, 1795-1796, 1809, 1816 See also Oversize
Philadelphia, 1744-1748, 1761-1764, 1799-1801, 1816, undated See also Oversize
Maps, illustrated bill head and receipt, 1852, 1864
(76)
Pennsylvania
(70)
Cresson, Caleb, "Journal of a Visit to Bethlehem," 1803
(78)
Counties
Background and reference material, 1963
Chester, 1738, 1771
(73.2)
Dauphin, 1794
Huntingdon, 1796
(73.4)
Kent County, Del., 1699
(73.5)
Lancaster
(73.1)
Correspondence, 1738, 1801-1806, 1821, 1837, 1846-1850
Facsimile, "Inventory of the Store in Litiz," 1773
Financial and legal documents, 1771-1786 See also Oversize
Montgomery, 1805
(73.3)
Philadelphia, 1690, 1741 See also Oversize
(73.6)
Philadelphia
(70.1)
Accounts
(70.1.a)
Account and receipt books
Arch Street house construction, 1813-1815
Baynton, Peter, 1735-1736
(70.1.a.1)
BOX 44 Deshler, David, 1772-1796
Accounts, receipts, and subscriptions, 1730-1732, 1750-1756, 1764-1767, 1774-1791, 1810-1815, 1835, 1852-1854, undated
Library Company of Philadelphia, 1768-1783, 1793, 1809-1814, 1820
(70.1.a.2)
American Philosophical Society, undated
Asylum Co., 1801-1802
(70.6.a)
Bonds, deeds, and indentures, 1759, 1773-1777, 1814, 1843, undated
(70.1.r.r)
Centennial Exhibition
Advertising cards and circulars, 1876-1877, undated
(2 folders)
Cards and invitations, 1876-1877, undated
Illustrated cards, covers, and letterheads, 1876, undated
Letter, 1875
Miscellany, 1876, undated
Postal, 1876, undated
Printed matter, 1876-1877, undated
Tickets, 1876, undated
Charity, 1786, 1806-1815, 1828-1834, 1840-1843, 1850-1858, 1864, 1870, 1879, undated
(70.1.c)
BOX 45 Churches and meetinghouses, 1760, 1797-1801, 1827, 1856, undated
(70.1.y)
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
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