Ball families papers [Elizabeth Byles letterbook and diary Box 1, Folder 6]

Ball families papers [Elizabeth Byles letterbook and diary Box 1, Folder 6]

Deeds > 18th Century.

Estate administration > 18th-19th Centuries.

Land settlement and speculation > 18th Century.

This is a collection of papers of the Ball family of Philadelphia. It encompasses the families of William Ball, Joseph Ball, and John Ball. Other persons represented in this collection are Henry Banks, a merchant of Richmond Virginia, Daniel Brodhead, a Philadelphia lawyer, Robert Morris, and the Dupuy family. The collections primarily contains legal and business-reated docuemnts. There are very few personal letters, with the exception of a letter book written by Elizabeth Byles, wife of William Ball Sr.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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