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Caleb Cresson Wistar papers

Personal papers of Caleb Cresson Wistar, wholesale oil dealer of Philadelphia, include: outgoing family correspondence and incoming family and personal correspondence, 1861-1874; diaries, 1861-1864, kept while a student at Haverford College, Haverford; student notebook, 1864; notebooks of songs, 186...

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Main Author: Wistar, Caleb Cresson 1846-1916 (Creator)
Collection:Caleb Cresson Wistar Papers
Collection Number:1914
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects and Genres:
Diaries > 19th century.
Haverford College
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100 1 |a Wistar, Caleb Cresson  |d 1846-1916  |e creator 
245 1 |a Caleb Cresson Wistar papers  |f 1861-1916 
300 |a 1.25 Linear feet  |f 1.25 linear feet, 3 boxes (231 items) 
520 |a Personal papers of Caleb Cresson Wistar, wholesale oil dealer of Philadelphia, include: outgoing family correspondence and incoming family and personal correspondence, 1861-1874; diaries, 1861-1864, kept while a student at Haverford College, Haverford; student notebook, 1864; notebooks of songs, 1862-1863; personal memoranda and account books, 1864-1875; personal cashbooks, 1886-1916; notebook on the wool and insurance industries, 1867-1869; commonplace book, 1870; address book; photographs; student notebooks of his children, Elizabeth Vaux Wistar and Frederick Vaux Wistar; and a personal account book of Frederick Vaux Wistar, 1907-1910. There is also a receipt book for the estate of Benjamin Hooton, 1792-1799; a Joseph Cresson personal receipt book, 1801-1852; and two Charles Caleb Cresson letterbooks, 1898-1902. 
541 1 |a Purchased.; 1965; 1966 acquired 
650 7 |a Diaries--19th century.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Haverford College  |2 Local sources 
852 |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b Caleb Cresson Wistar Papers  |l 1914 

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