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Parker family papers
The papers of the Parker and related families of Philadelphia include miscellaneous correspondence, and financial and estate records. Most of the correspondence is on routine family matters and local gossip, some is on politics, current events, and family conflicts over courtship and marriage. The...
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| Collection: | Parker Family Papers |
| Collection Number: | 1802 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 300 | |a 4.5 Linear feet |f 4.5 linear feet, 11 boxes, | ||
| 520 | |a The papers of the Parker and related families of Philadelphia include miscellaneous correspondence, and financial and estate records. Most of the correspondence is on routine family matters and local gossip, some is on politics, current events, and family conflicts over courtship and marriage. The collection includes: waste book, 1798-1799, 1804-1806 of Christopher Marshall, Jr.; miscellaneous papers, 1807-1832, of Zaccheus Collins, merchant, mostly records on the estate of Marshall, Collins' father-in-law; receipt book, 1787-1835, of George Aston including financial memoranda and estate papers (Z. Collins and D. Parker, successive executors); papers, 1816-1846, of Daniel Parker most of which is correspondence, with Zaccheus Collins, Anne Collins Parker, and others on the secret marriage of Anne and Daniel, child raising, the 1824 election, and the Zaccheus Collins estate; letters, 1841-1848 to Charles Collins Parker from his father Daniel, classmates, and "guardians" Edward and Eliza Bull giving advice, reporting on friends and current events. Also included are letters, circa 1838, from Caroline Willing to Dr. Edward Peace protesting his forbidden courtship; notes, circa 1840, to Anna Coleman (who would marry first C.C. Parker and second Dr. Peace), mostly from Ellen S. Rand urging Anna to turn from her wicked ways; financial memoranda, 1845-1857, account, books and letterpress book, 1845-1857, of Edward Peace on his estate, 1879-1887, James Rawle and John W. Watts executors; personal letters, 1830, to Joseph Peace, and ledger, 1843-1848, of Washington Peace; diary, 1869-1870, of Rawle & Company Shingle Mill; letterpress book, 1885-1887, of James Rawle on legal and personal business; and miscellaneous Rawle family papers on real estate interests. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of James Rawle.; 1960 acquired | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Courtship--19th Century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Estate administration--18th-19th Centuries. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Family Feuds--19th Century |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Parker Family Papers |l 1802 | ||