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BOX 45-51 General Correspondence, Unbound, 1760-1936
Letters received and a few copies of letters sent.
Chronologically arranged with undated letters at the end arranged alphabetically by addressee.
BOX 45 1760-1815
BOX 46 1816-1847
BOX 47 1848-1860
BOX 48 1861-1863
BOX 49 1864-1866
BOX 50 1867-1884
BOX 51 1885-1936, undated
Undated letter to
Bayard McPherson
Charles McPherson
Edward McPherson
John B. McPherson
William McPherson
BOX 52-53 Letterbooks, 1877-1880
Bound volumes of letter-press copies of outgoing letters.
Chronologically arranged.
BOX 52 1877, May 1-1878, Sept. 2
BOX 53 1878, Sept. 3-1880, Oct. 11
BOX 54-56 Records of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 1856-1888
Correspondence, financial and business records of the clerk's office, and a catalog of the pamphlet collection once in the office of the clerk.
Arranged by type of material and chronologically thereunder.
BOX 54 Correspondence, 1856-1881, undated
BOX 55 Bills and receipts, 1876-1878
Supply requisitions, 1876-1878
Payment vouchers, 1876
Voucher stub book, 1877-1878
BOX 56 Catalog of pamphlets in the office of the clerk, undated
BOX 57-58 Thaddeus Stevens Estate Papers, 1794-1896
Correspondence, business and financial records, legal documents, and a few printed items relating to the estate and its administration by Edward McPherson.
Arranged by type of material and chronologically thereunder.
BOX 57 General correspondence, 1868-1893
Bankbook and releases, 1872-1892
Account and inventories, 1868-1896, undated
Accounts (John Sweney), 1868-1892
Accounts (Stevens and Ahl), 1868-1875
Bankbooks (miscellaneous), 1822-1896
Powers of attorney and court records (transcripts), 1873-1889
Bills, receipts, statements, etc., 1877-1884
Receipts for taxes, etc., 1859-1894
BOX 58 Checks and promissory notes, 1855-1887
Releases, land tracts, 1794-1881, undated
Printed matter (court cases), 1868-1894
Indentures, deeds, etc., 1798-1875
BOX 59-61 Speech, Article, and Book File, 1859-1891
Drafts and printed copies of books, speeches, and articles.
Arranged by type or title of writing. Includes source material for the pamphlet, “Story of the Creation of Adams County.”
BOX 59 Handbook of Politics
1874 (incomplete manuscript)
Subscription lists, 1868-1872
BOX 60 Thaddeus Stevens biography
Miscellaneous material
Index to Congressional Globe, vols. 24-61
Notes on Masons and Anti-Masons (1831-1839)
Notes on Pennsylvania senate chamber disturbance (1838)
Speeches of Edward McPherson
“The Conspiracy of Dis-Union,” 1861, Jan.
“Know Thyself,” Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1863
Miscellaneous speeches, 1859-1878
BOX 61 Articles by Edward McPherson
“Letter from Harrisburg” (Philadelphia, Pa., newspaper clippings), 1850
Local history (newspaper clippings) circa, 1876
“Further Items about the Campaign of 1756-1758," 1887
“Hance Hamilton on the French-Indian Campaign,” 1887
“Story of the Creation of Adams County [Pa.]” (with documents, 1774 ff., 1889
“The Temperance Cause in Gettysburg,” 1889
Miscellany
BOX 62-71 Family Financial and Estate Papers, 1738-1895
Bills, receipts, accounts, cancelled checks, promissary notes, indentures, deeds, plats, powers of attorney, accounts, lists of property sold, inventories, and similar papers.
Organized into five groups: a chronological file of loose material arranged by decade; an estate file arranged by name of estate and chronologically thereunder; a file relating to turnpikes arranged by type of material; records of the March Creek Presbyterian Church, including correspondence and financial files, arranged by type of material and chronologically thereunder; and bound ledgers, account books, lists, and related matter arranged by name of family member. Oversize ledgers and account books are grouped in a container at the end of the series.
BOX 62 Chronological file
1738-1779
BOX 63 1780-1809
BOX 64 1810-1839
BOX 65 1840-1859
BOX 66 1860-1895
Robert McPherson, undated
William McPherson, undated
John B. McPherson, undated
Estate file
Hance Hamilton, administered by Robert McPherson, 1757-1795
Mrs. Martha McDonnald, administered by Robert McPherson, 1781-1785
BOX 67 Samuel Carrick, administered by William McPherson, 1797-1827
Stephen Griffin, administered by William McPherson, 1803-1830
William McClellan, administered by John B. McPherson, 1812-1847
Samuel Sloan, administered by John B. McPherson, 1825-1844
John Sweeney, administered by John B. McPherson, 1818-1825
George Little, administered by Edward McPherson, 1842-1885
Turnpike file
Gettysburg and Black's Tavern Turnpike Road (William McPherson, president), 1809-1830
Gettysburg, Pa., area turnpikes, 1809-1830
BOX 68 Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church
Correspondence, 1761-1845
Church records, lists, dues, etc., 1760-1810
Congregational and sessions book, 1757-1786
Financial records, 1750-1837, undated
Miscellany
1761-1780
Undated
BOX 69 Bound ledgers and account books
John McPherson
Account book, 1753-1761
Memorandum book, circa, 1776-1778
Robert McPherson See also Container 71, same heading
Memorandum and account books, 1759-1779, 1785
(12 vols.)
Ledger book (used by Samuel McDonald as a cyphering book, 1779-1780)
Horse stud fee book, 1771-1772
Estates auction sales lists, 1764-1768
Flour mill books, Marsh Creek, 1770-1771
Estate auction sale record, 1793
Estate account book, 1789-1796
Administration account book by William McPherson, 1819
William McPherson See also Container 71, same heading
Ledger, 1776-1786; 1816-1821
Account books, 1776-1825
(5 vols.)
Memorandum and account books, 1791-1814; 1822-1830
(10 vols.)
Horse stud fee book, 1790-1792
Partnership record book (Russell & McPherson), 1795-1796
Account and receipt book (Boyd & McPherson), 1802-1808
Accounts (Moses Jenkins), 1814-1815
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