Montana Gold Dredging Company and California King Gold Mines Company, cash book [Ridgway and Bishop families papers, Box 7]

Montana Gold Dredging Company and California King Gold Mines Company, cash book [Ridgway and Bishop families papers, Box 7]

This collection is comprised of business records and correspondence of the Ridgway and Bishop families of New Jersey and Philadelphia. Primary individuals within the collection include Jacob Elwood Ridgway and his son-in-law John Israel Bishop, both of whom invested heavily in various mining companies, such as the Rio Del Monte Gold Mines Company, Restaurado Mining and Milling Company, California King Gold Mining Company, Montana Gold Dredging Company, and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Gold Mining Company. These companies are represented to various degrees in the collection through account books, stock certificates, and other items. The collection also highlights John I. Bishop's Jersey cattle farm, "Ogston" in Columbus, New Jersey, through farm and financial ledgers. The farm ran from the early 1800s until the 1980s. Additionally, Bishop helped build Sparks Shot Tower. Still standing on Carpenter Street in Philadelphia, it was one of the nation's first shot towers. In the collection is a financial volume pertaining to the tower that was kept by Bishop. There are also some family records, such as a grouping of family Bibles, as well as a few published volumes, including New Jersey Genealogy, Contemporary American Biography, and Biographical Review: Burlington and Camden Counties.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

1890-1901

Bishop, Robert. (Donor (dnr))

Manuscript

4070