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Plumstead family letters
There are several families represented in this collection of personal correspondence--Gore, Elliot, and Cathcart. It is unclear as to the familial connection with the Plumstead family. The only link is that a Mrs. Gore, sister of Elizabeth Elliot, is…
Poems (manuscript) by Sydney
Poems, 1814-1817 including a long narrative entitled "The Lay of the Cumberland" and 13 other poems. Also contains a letter to the editor of the "Analectic Magazine," dated Bedford, October 1814 and a page of "Indian names." The author is identified…
Political quixotism. Shewing the consequences of sleeping in patent magic spectacles [graphic] : The diplomatic hercules, attacking the political hydra / From a very big picter in the Jineral’s bedroom, drawd off from nater by Zek Downing, historical painter to Uncle Jack and Jineral Jackson.
Anti-Jackson cartoon alleging that irrational motives influenced the President’s decision to destroy the Bank of the United States. Depicts a terrified Jackson, in his bedroom, fighting the hydra, "U.S. Bank," during a nightmare. References to the…
Portraits of employees from the Department of Surveys, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic] / J. Cremer & Co., 18 South Eighth Street, Philada.
Collection of carte-de-visite portraits of the city employees, attired in suits, seated, and one arm resting on a side table. Identified sitters include John H. Dye, surveyor and draughtsman; Jesse Lightfoot, surveyor; Strickland Kneass, chief…
Powel family papers [Box 7, Series 3f: Elizabeth Powel- Miscellaneous, 1790-1812, n.d.]
The papers of several related families, long prominent in Philadelphia, Newport, R.I., and Jamaica, B.W.I., are represented in this collection. The first part contains business letters and records, 1700-1748, of Samuel Powel, the original settler,…
Powel family papers [Vols. 12-25, Pocket almanacs, 1793-1822]
The papers of several related families, long prominent in Philadelphia, Newport, R.I., and Jamaica, B.W.I., are represented in this collection. The first part contains business letters and records, 1700-1748, of Samuel Powel, the original settler,…
Powel family papers [Vols. 26-43, Pocket almanacs, 1793-1822]
The papers of several related families, long prominent in Philadelphia, Newport, R.I., and Jamaica, B.W.I., are represented in this collection. The first part contains business letters and records, 1700-1748, of Samuel Powel, the original settler,…