Two documents: letter giving power of attorney by Dr. Thomas Bringhurst to his wife Elizabeth (Hughes) Bringhurst, 1660; document appointing Thomas Bringhurst as master surgeon of the ship HMS Portsmouth in 1669, as written by J. Dearse. A facsimile of the 1660 power of attorney is published in Leach (plate next to page 17).

Four items: 1722 note dated containing the name Sir Nicholas Lawes, the governor of Jamaica from 1718-1722; genealogical record for the immediate family of John Bringhurst, circa 1737, including notes about the death of two daughters, both named Deborah, who died in infancy; 1745 letter from John Bringhurst to John Watson in which he supports his son-in-law Judah Foulke as appointee for debt collector; and 1755 letter to Mary C [Claypoole] "in Carlisle" addressed as "Polly" from Anna Pole, Philadelphia.

Hand-sewn notebook of copied family letters and documents including Thomas Pole letter to "Brother and Sister E. and M. Pole," 1778; copied letter "Richard Hall of Barbados to John Bringhurst in Philadelphia giving an account of his father's death"; a recounting of a story by John Richardson about the passing of Peter Gardiner in Cumberland; an account of the "last words and dying sayings of Mary daughter of George and Deborah Claypoole her mother and others being present the 14th day of 12 month 1730/1"; and copy of a letter from John Bringhurst to "Son John."

Letters from John Bringhurst to Daniel Stanton regarding Friends' ministry in Tortola and Antigua and referenceing John Pickering, Mary Evans, Phebe Smith, Richard Smith and others; letter from sister Elizabeth Bringhurst to John Bringhurst, Jr., in Barbados, undated; letter from Richard Hall in Barbados to John Bringhurst, Jr., merchant in Philadelphia, 1750 September 26, regarding the death of his father; with engraved letterhead of John Bringhurst, Philadelphia.

Documents related to the death of Bringhurst's father John Bringhurst, Sr., in 1750; copy of minutes of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting with an additional note about the minister John Oxley of Barbados; copy of the 1750 letter about the death of John Bringhurst, Sr. Also contains a hand sewn notebook with an account of the last sickness and death of nephew John Bringhurst (1764-1860), the brother of Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.

List of the dated memoranda of Joseph Bringhurst, Sr., probably written in 1806 and continued in 1810. The list includes significant events in Bringhurst's life including departure dates for his travels and birth and death dates of his family and friends. There are several mentions of prominent Quakers Samuel Fothergill, Joseph Oxley, Samuel Emlen, and others. The folder also contains a note regarding Quaker loyalty during the American Revolution: "During a period in the Revolution no person was able to teach school who would not take 'The Test,' an oath renouncing the British government. As Friends did not think it right to 'swear,' they were at one time prohibited from having schools in Philadelphia. In the year 1777, Uncle Joseph Bringhurst taught the children of his sister [Mary Bringhurst] Foulke and his brother very privately in an upper room."

Copy of "Substance of an Occasional Conversation with several Indians after Dinner at Israel Pemberton's on the 19th of the 4 mo: 1756." Israel Pemberton was a prominent advocate for the land rights of Native Americans and successfully negotiated a peace treaty at this time at a conference in Easton, Pennsylvania. This text contains a listing of all attendees of the conference including the Native Americans who were present.

Receipts for barrels of flour, rum from Barbados, gammons (salted pork leg), brickwork and stonework, pine and cedar boards, and other items. Recipients included brother James Bringhurst, William Elliot, William Pusey, and Samuel Merideth, among others. Folder also contains a list of expenses for paving an alley on Water Street in Philadelphia belonging to Joseph Bringhurst, Sr., and James and John Cox.

Hand sewn notebook with an account of Elizabeth Bringhurst (1723/24-1790) during a period of sickness, written by brother Joseph Bringhurst, Sr. At the back of the notebook is a 1904 annotation with genealogical information by Edward Bringhurst, Jr. (1835-1912).

Ledger includes transactions with members of the Mifflin, Wharton, Foulke, Bringhurst, and Pemberton families.

Five documents: note from Joseph Bringhurst, Sr., that had accompanied a gift of a coin purse (not present) to his great-nephew, William Bringhurst (1800-1818), sent the year of his birth; letter from Joseph Bringhurst, Sr., to his nephew Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., that references Deborah and Ziba Bringhurst, and Benjamin Ferris; letter from Dr. Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., and Deborah Bringhurst informing Joseph Bringhurst, Sr., about the death of John Dickinson (1808); letter from Dr. Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., informing the elder Joseph about the birth of his son Edward (1809-1884); 1809 letter from Dr. Joseph Bringhurst, Jr. informing the elder Joseph of destruction of John Harrison's Philadelphia chemical laboratory by fire.

1770 letter from Samuel Nottingham; 1784 letter to Doctor James Danson, collector in Tortola, giving John Parrish and James Cresson favor and supporting their "visit of Gospel love to the Inhabitants of Barbadoes"; three letters from brother James Bringhurst in Newport, Rhode Island; correspondence from Samuel Emlen and Peter Pohquonnoppect; funeral invitation for Elizabeth Booth, of Gaskill Street, Philadelphia; funeral invitation for Elizabeth Bringhurst (died 1808).

Writings copied from Quaker records by Joseph Bringhurst, Sr. Copied materials include a discourse given by an "Indian Chief," after a Swedish missionary "preached a sermon at an Indian treaty of Conestogoe"; a "Few Lines in Love to all Friends," by Hanna Carpenter; and "A Testimony from the Women's Quarterly Meeting in Lancashire concerning our dear friend Lydia Lancaster, deceased."

Testimony by Jane Hoskins copied by personal friend Joseph Bringhurst, Sr.

Includes tracts by various Quaker leaders regarding methods in "recording Marriages, Births, and Burials, pursuant to the directions of the Yearly-Meeting."

Joseph Bringhurst, Sr.'s, copy of a William Penn's 1682 letter, "Council and Advice to my Dear Wife and Children."

Various copied dreams and notes regarding religious experiences, including an account of "a remarkable dream by Elizabeth Shipley…of Wilmington, Delaware," reportedly experienced at the onset of the American Revolution.

Epistles copied by Joseph Bringhurst (exact date of copy unknown). Epistles include both advisory letters and speeches declared at Friends meetings. Two of the epistles are written by Samuel Neale. See related materials in Joseph Bringhurst, Sr.--Testimony of Mary Peisley Neale.

Testimonies bearing witness to the lives of deceased Friends.

Three original poems by Joseph Bringhurst, Sr., one dated 1750 from Oxfordshire.

"Epistle from William Mott of Marmoneck, New York, 1765"; "Lines by Clement Willets, 1759"; an excerpt of Clement Willets' journal, 1772; "Minutes by Thomas Brown of Philadelphia, 1756"; "Expressions by Samuel Fothergill, London, England, 1772"; and "On the Death of Thomas Thornberg," undated.

Copy of the testimony written by Samuel Neale in 1757 concerning his wife Mary Peisley Neale. Samuel Neale (1729-1792) was a prominent Irish Quaker who traveled to America to attend various meetings in 1770. His wife Mary Peisley Neale (1717-1757) was also an influential minister who traveled England and America.

Includes Joseph Bringhurst's original testimonial poem regarding Captain Thomas Chalkley of Pennsylvania, an eminent Quaker preacher. Also included is another testimonial poem to Chalkley by an unknown writer, and a 1698 sermon of Chalkey's.

Includes copied sermon by prominent Quaker minister Samuel Fothergill and two of his epistles to Ellen Evans. Also contains a copy of a letter which contains the spiritual testimony, "The purport of a Dream of Samuel Fothergill."

Extracts from Quaker minutes and proceedings. One copy is signed "Joseph Bringhurst as clerk." The folder also contains a petition for reinstituting rights for disowned Quakers, particularly those who joined the cause of the American Revolution: "That very great numbers of persons have been disowned by the leading men of that society, on various pretences, especially during the present revolution...some for holding offices for the state...some for bearing arms in defence of our invaded country, although the laws of the state enjoined and required it of them."

Minutes from the yearly Quaker meeting held in Philadelphia "for Pennsylvania and the Jerseys," held 21-26 July 1719. Topics included the establishment and order of meetings, the appointment of overseers, directives for differences in opinion between Friends, and instructions for marriages and burials.

Records include discourse from William Penn, George Whitehead, Ellis Hookes, Charles Marshall, and George Fox. Meeting locations included London, Westminster, Bristol, Swarthmore, and Barbados.

Handwritten copy of Warner Mifflin's speech: "Some remarks proposed for the consideration of the people of Virginia, and particularly of those in the Legislative and Executive Powers of Government." A Virginia native, Mifflin was an internationally recognized Quaker abolitionist and founder of Delaware's first abolition society.

John Tobler's annual "almanacks" provided a variety of calendar and astronomical information and contained a variety of ornate woodcuts. This copy contains an incomplete 1768 volume and a complete 1769 volume. The almanac also contains a list of Philadelphia and Wilmington Quaker meeting schedules.

Three almanacs, bound together: 1770 edition (incomplete), 1771 edition (complete), and 1772 edition (incomplete). Each contains a list of yearly Philadelphia and Wilmington Quaker meeting schedules. The 1771 almanac was printed by James Adams of Wilmington, Delaware, although other editions were also printed by C. Sower of Germantown, Pennsylvania.

James Bringhurst's correspondence includes four letters from wife Anna Pole Bringhurst; James Bringhurst's letters to son Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., and brother Joseph Bringhurst, Sr.; letter from Hannah Peters Bringhurst (James Bringhurst's second wife) two months before her death in 1782; letter from Caleb Green, describing the tragic loss of his son Gilbert; letter from Lydia Arnold of Hartford, Connecticut, who wrote of Charles and Benjamin Gilbert; letters from Samuel Bishop of Stamford, Connecticut; letter from Owen Biddle (1737-1799), Philadelphia merchant and astronomer, regarding the health of Bringhurst's (third) wife Ruth Barker Bringhurst; letter from Lindley Murray, grammarian and prominent attorney, who was departing for England for reasons of health; letters from Elizabeth Coggeshall who, while traveling with Hannah Barnard, attended Quaker meetings in London and Ireland in 1798. Coggeshall's letters reference James's brother-in-law Thomas Pole, Elizabeth Foulke, statesman John Dickinson, her grandfather James Mitchell, and Dr. Ruth Sherman; letters from Alice Needham of Salem, Massachusetts, who wrote of the "great loss and close trial of [James's son] John (Bringhurst, Jr. 1722-1789);" letter from John Dickinson thanking Bringhurst for his sympathy during the former's bereavement of his recently deceased wife, Mary Norris Dickinson; 1775 letter from county assessor and collector Thomas Crossan referencing the "action in Boston," (one month after the Battle of Bunker Hill), and tracts of land in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Crossan also wished Bringhurst well with his young daughter (Rachel Bringhurst who died as an infant in 1776); 1778 letter from James Bringhurst to Hannah Peters (who became his second wife). In this letter, Bringhurst gave an account of a British naval attack on Philadelphia which began the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolution. Bringhurst described the "battery at Kensington," and "cannons throwing shells at galleys. Letter also contains engraving (print) of James Bringhurst's business letterhead (shown in Leach, plate opposite page 28). Other correspondents of James Bringhurst include Quaker Charles Gilbert, Joseph Haddock, Deborah Ferris Bringhurst, and Ruth Sherman.

Includes one group of 1798-1799 letters from from Elizabeth Coggeshall.

Pocket diary containing descriptions of 1769-1770 experiments with preserving wine, a 1768 trip to Friends meetings in New York with Samuel Neale, references to his sister Elizabeth Bringhurst, and a list of money paid to "Nemo," probably a formerly enslaved man bought by John Bringhurst (1691-1750) in 1725.

James Bringhurst's copy of the 1795 report "Some Account of a Visit Paid to the Indians Situated on the Frontiers of the State of New York," by George Embree, John Murray, Jr., and Thomas Eddy, under an appointment from The Meeting for Sufferings and the Committee of the Yearly Meeting of New York on Indian Affairs."

An account of the history of New Jersey. Deborah Bringhurst's annotation indicates that the text probably descended into Anna Pole's hands through the Smith family: "John Pole married Rachel Smith of Burlington (New Jersey). I think her Mother was an Edwards-This writing resembles that of Edward Edwards...It is likely this was copied by E. Edwards."

An account of the history of Pennsylvania written in James Bringhurst's hand. See also "Account of New Jersey."

Annotated by an unidentified individual. "For James Bringhurst. From the Author who was a cousin of Father Bringhurst's." Also annotated by Deborah Bringhurst: "For G. V. Moody [George Vernon Moody]" D.B. 11 Mo: 1842"

Quaker writings of Job Scott, Thomas Pole, Elizabeth Coggeshall, Hannah Barnard, Lydia Arnold, Peter Yarnall, Charles Gilbert, and Samuel Bishop.

Noteworthy literary passages copied into commonplace book including: "A remarkable account of longevity," 1802 ; "Account of a storm in Devonshire," 1638; "A brief account of the death of the late Lord Lyttleton, 1798"; "Events of the French Revolution circa 1789"; "Some account of the salt mines in Poland"; "Particulars relative to the discovery and settlement of that part of North America, now possessed by the United States"; "Some account of Lake Superior in the Western Country"; and "The Planetary and Terrestrial Worlds Comparatively Considered." The book is bound in vellum.

Letter from Anna Pole to an unknown recipient referencing her friend, Robert Fulton (inventor of the first commercial steamship). Copybook of Anna Pole dated 1756. James Bringhurst's account of the death of Anna Pole.

"A spiritual diary of Hannah Bringhurst, 1781," with description of her "last sickness," as well as James Bringhurst's account of the death of his sister Mary dated 1789-1790, originally laid in the diary. Hannah Peters Bringhurst (d. 1782) was the second wife of James Bringhurst.

Two copies of the spiritual diary of Hanna Bringhurst, one labelled as Mary Lawton's copy. Also includes James Bringhurst's account of the death of wife Hannah Peters Bringhurst.

Small catalog of paintings, drawings, and sculptures by John Eckstein (1735-1817) and his son Frederick for an exhibition of their work in Philadelphia on the 23rd of March, 1795.

Eleven watchpapers created by James Bringhurst containing an original poem by him. Sent to Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., in 1809, each was finely hand-copied in miniature script with the intent of inserting into pocket watches to protect the gears from dust. The folder also contains the 1799 wrapping paper from a previous set of watchpapers James sent to his son intended for John Dickinson and his daughter, Sally Norris Dickinson.

B. Jacoby's drawings for Joseph Bringhurst. One illustration contains an annotation by Edward Bringhurst, Sr.: "B. Jacoby was an apprentice in my grandfather (James Bringhurst) hardware store in Philadelphia.-E.B."

Includes invitation to the wedding of Molly Hopkins and Joseph James; an original poem by Edward Bringhurst entitled "Country Life"; and a receipt for the purchase and tailoring of garments.

Includes wedding invitation for Mr. Lawton and Miss Pole (niece of James Bringhurst's wife Anna Pole Bringhurst); wedding invitation for the 1788 marriage of Dr. John Foulke (son of Judah Foulke and Mary Bringhurst Foulke and cousin to Edward Bringhurst (1770-1794)) and Eleanor Parker; 1798 note of permission for Elizabeth Foulke (1758-1820), sister of Dr. John Foulke, to travel to meetings in New York and Rhode Island. See Leach, p. 29.

Multiple documents copied in James Bringhurst's hand: Copy of William Penn's farewell letter, written aboard the ship Endeavor, on his 1684 return trip to England, addressed to a number of Quakers that included James Bringhurst; copy of excerpt of a patent for a Quaker burial ground in Philadelphia; excerpt of a 1683 letter from James Claypoole to William Penn; 1683 excerpt from George Fox's journal (mentioning James Claypoole); and a copy of a 1679 letter written by James Claypoole to his parents; original 1714 last will and testament of Francis Cooke (husband of Mary Claypoole Cooke, the daughter of James Claypoole); undated engraved facsimile of "The Death-Warrant of King Charles 1st, printed by Alexander Miller and Company of Liverpool." James Claypoole's eldest brother John Claypoole married Oliver Cromwell's daughter Elizabeth.

Includes catalog of "cuttings and seeds sent to Bristol by John Jackson," written in Deborah Bringhurst's hand; Thomas Pole letters to niece Deborah Bringhurst accompanying a testimonial story entitled, "The Village in the Mountains" (see also Deborah Bringhurst--The Village in the Mountains); letters from British editor and poet James Montgomery to Thomas Pole; Eliza Pole's copy of a Bernard Barton poem entitled: "Reflections on Reading a Memoir of Elizabeth Pole"; Deborah Bringhurst's wedding card for the marriage of Thomas Wedmore and Rachel [Pole Duck] Wedmore, granddaughter of Thomas Pole.

Includes brief account of Edmund Hatcher, Jr., of Bristol, written by Charlotte Reese Lloyd; copies of letter to "Ellen" and letter to "M.D." from Charlotte Reese [Lloyd] made and annotated by Thomas Pole.

Original artwork by Deborah Ferris; folder also contains engraving (print), probably of either Benjamin or Ziba Ferris.

Hand-drawn copy of "A custom house Cutter in Chase of a smuggler," made by John Ferris, brother of Deborah Ferris Bringhurst. A copy of the original illustration is also found in Pole family--Thomas Pole-- Lessons in Fine Arts.

Deborah Ferris Bringhurst's copybook, "A Brief Journal of the Life of David Ferris (1707-1779)." David Ferris was the great-grandfather of Deborah Ferris Bringhurst and a friend to early Wilmington settler Thomas Shipley and his wife Elizabeth.

Written and bound by Deborah Ferris Bringhurst detailing the lives of her parents Ziba Ferris (1743-1794) and Edith Sharpless Ferris (1742-1815). The book also contains letters from Sally Norris Dickinson and Maria Logan, as well as an account of (father) Ziba Ferris's near drowning and resuscitation as a boy.

Ziba Ferris's (1743-1794, father of Deborah Ferris Bringhurst) letters to his sons John and Ziba, his brother-in-law Aron Sharpless, and to John Biddle, annotated by Deborah Ferris Bringhurst.

Commonplace, copybook, and correspondence of Edith Sharpless Ferris (1742-1815).

Includes "An account of the sickness and decease of Isaac Sharples…by his sister Deborah Sharples"; testimony of the life of Rebekah Sharpless (1749-1780); "An account of the last illness and expressions of our much beloved Friend Benjamin Sharples."

1789 plan of New York City with a legend of notable landmarks, annotated to include the residences of Isaac and Aaron Sharpless, the Friends schoolhouse, and other locations; engraving (print), A Plan of New York Island, Part of Long Island etc. Showing the Position of the American and British Armies, before, at, and after the Engagement on the Heights, August 27th, 1776. Printed in 1807

Marriage certificate of James Broome and Mary Alexander (grandparents of Edith Sharpless, mother of Deborah Bringhurst) dated 1713 March 5, on vellum; marriage certificate of Benjamin Sharples and Edith Broom (parents of Edith Sharpless, mother of Deborah Ferris Bringhurst) dated 1737 February 27, on paper.

Copies of excerpts by Francis Henshaw and Thomas Brown created by Edith Sharples.

Includes "Time," a poem by Benjamin Ferris; excerpt of Benjamin Ferris letter to his wife Fanny Canby at Brandywine; "Proceedings of the meeting of the Historical Society of Delaware held on the evening of May 19, 1902, to commemorate the eminent services rendered to the State by Benjamin Ferris...".

Photostat copy of family tree created by Benjamin Ferris, printed on paper and mounted on linen. The tree traces the genealogies and intersections of the Levis, Tatnall, Pennock, and Shipley families.

Includes"Listing of birthdates of siblings and grandfather compiled by Benjamin Ferris"; poem by Zebulon Ferris, cousin of Ziba Ferris; "A copy of a Letter to a Friend, belonging to Benjamin Ferris, sent to William Mott, 1765"; letter from William Mott to Benjamin Ferris; letter to Ziba Ferris from Peter Yarnall; letter to Edith Ferris from Peter Yarnall; and copies of Ferris family letters created by Deborah Ferris Bringhurst.

Includes letters to Dr. Joseph Bringhurst and other ephemera preserved by Deborah Bringhurst; photostat and letter regarding the appointment of Nicholas G. Williamson as successor to Bringhurst as Wilmington's postmaster.

Includes advertisement for Joseph Bringhurst Jr.'s store in Wilmington; political cartoon regarding Bringhurst's postmaster position.

Includes recipe for "Golden ointment for tetter ring-worm," and directions for ingesting other medicines.

Notes and article concerning the American herbalist and botanist Samuel Thompson.

Poetry created and collected by Joseph Bringhurst. One note indicates Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., spent time in debtor's prison in 1796, by order of Charles [Stantin] in Philadelphia.

William Woods Wilkins (1773-1795) was a lawyer, essayist, philosopher, and poet. As a student Wilkins helped form the debating club, "Belles Letters Club," with American novelist Charles Brockden Brown and Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., and maintained a strong friendship with the latter. Wilkins later became romantically interested in Dolley Payne Todd (then-wife of his law instructor John Todd, Jr.), to whom he gave legal counsel, privately addressing her as "Julia," and "sister." (Widowed in 1793, Dolley Todd married James Madison in 1794.) In 1790, after completing his law schooling, Wilkins became a member of the Society for the Attainment of Useful Knowledge (later the American Philosophical Society) but soon thereafter resigned to practice law in Woodbury, New Jersey. He died of tuberculosis in 1795 at the age of twenty-two.

This folder includes a poem about William W. Wilkins written by Joseph Bringhurst, Jr. The folder also includes a book of copied Wilkins letters, the first of which was addressed to Joseph Bringhurst, Jr. Other correspondents include Charles Evans, Sally Pemberton, and John Lawrence, Jr., Esq. The bulk of the letters are impassioned notes and poems addressed to "Caroline." It is unclear whether this is a second private name given to Dolley Payne Todd; according to Bringhurst, Wilkins found a "source of enjoyment," in courting other women as well. The copied letters to Caroline reference "Julia," and were sent by "Henry," presumably a private name Wilkins gave himself. The copybook also includes a letter to Isaac Payne, brother of Dolley Payne Todd.

In 1796, Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., was appointed by the Society for the Attainment of Useful Knowledge to "collect some account of the life of their departed friend William Wood Wilkins." This folder includes Bringhurst's account as copied and annotated by Deborah and a testimonial letter of "gratitude and approbation" from the Society to Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., "for undertaking and completing the composition of a work so acceptable..." that "rescue[s] the recollection of the genius and virtues of a name so dear to us all..." According to an annotation by Deborah, Joseph Bringhurst never saw this letter of acknowledgement. Also in her annotations, Deborah Bringhurst commented that the affinity of Wilkins and Joseph Bringhurst had for one another was, "no common friendship," but a "union of minds eminently calculated to feel with exquisite sensibility, all the tenderest and best affections," and that Bringhurst, "named his first son after his departed friend [William Bringhurst, 1800-1818]."

Political and philosophical essays including two regarding "The Missouri Question." Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.'s stance on the Missouri Question, particularly his opposition to slavery, may have led to his dismissal and replacement as postmaster. See Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.--Diaries--1819.

American Watchman and Delaware Republican from 4 July 1812; Delaware Gazette and Peninsula Advertiser from 7 September 1815; National Intelligencer from 5 November 1812, bearing the name S N [Sally Norris] Dickinson; Virginia Argus from 2 June 1812, annotated: "Del. Gazette Wilmington DE, Contains declaration of War 6 Mo 18, 1812."; New York Evening Post from 27 April 1815; National Intelligencer 27 May 1813 bearing the name T J McComb; National Intelligencer from 18 June 1812 bearing the name J Bringhurst; American and Commercial Daily Advertiser from 13 March 1815; National Intelligencer from 25 May 1813 bearing the name T J McComb; and The Democratic Press from 27 March 1813, bearing the name Thos Duff, Jr.

Contains Bringhurst's transcription of the inscription on Richard Montgomery's monument, now located on the east side of St. Paul's Church in New York City; announcement of the internment of the late Joshua Gordon Brinckle (1792-1825), Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Delaware; circular calendar for the Nineteenth Century; essay on "The Character of Napoleon," copied in an unknown hand; extract from Dr. Parr's letter on the character of Gilbert Wakefield; document in French concerning "L'eglise Catholique;" account from The Western Star 28 October 1801.

Poetry collected and recopied by Deborah Bringhurst. Poets include William Cowper, Esq.; James Montgomery; Anna Laetitia Barbauld; Hannah Griffiths (cousin to Bringhurst acquaintance Mary Norris); Sarah Lynes Grubb; and Quaker poet Thomas Wilkinson.

Drawings, watercolors, and cut-paper work created both by and for Deborah Bringhurst.

Drawn and painted by Deborah Bringhurst at the age of ten, "done before the close of the revolutionary war." Bringhurst stated: "The only paints I had were a little vermillion and a Prussian Blue, which I mixed up with Gum Arabic water."

Excerpts from Deborah Bringhurst's diary which include small prayers and entries about her family members.

Includes recipes for blue and green paint. Includes an "imperfect recipe" for dying purple by T. Garrett (abolitionist Thomas Garrett). Also includes recipe by cousin Sarah Sharpless.

Memoranda by Deborah Ferris Bringhurst including a list of books Mary Dickinson Bringhurst Moody sent to Edward Bringhurst, Jr.; a reproduction of an 1812 letter from Granger to Joseph Bringhurst, Jr. regarding his resignation from his position as postmaster; and copy of a 1789 letter from Isaac Sharpless.

Notebook sold to Bringhurst by Wilson's on Market Street in Wilmington. Deborah Bringhurst copied excerpts from newspapers and elsewhere and added her own notes. This includes an obituary and commentary for Deborah Norris Logan, wife of early United States Senator Dr. George Logan and cousin to Mary Norris Dickinson, wife of John Dickinson.

Includes a small sewing needle case, wrapping paper, notes and memorandums of Deborah Bringhurst, including a note from Benjamin Ferris.

Contains an account of an ailing Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., in a weakened state for three weeks; account of Joseph Bringhurst's ailments 1829-1834 which escalated in severity in 1834, the year of his death; a short history and genealogy of Thomas Shipley; memorandum by Deborah about important births and deaths in her life which references Dr. George Logan, Sally Norris Dickinson, and Sarah Sharpless; account of the early American life of Claypoole; Bringhurst coat of arms; account of the lives of James Broome and Mary Alexander, great-grandparents of Deborah Bringhurst; and genealogical chart of the descendants of James Bringhurst (1730-1810) and Anna Pole Bringhurst (1737-1777), annotated by Deborah Bringhurst and modified, probably by Edward Bringhurst, Jr., to include more recent family members at a later, unknown date. The chart chiefly illustrates the descendants James Bringhurst (brother of Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.) and wife Rachel Bettle Bringhurst.

Newspaper bearing the name "Sally Norris Dickinson," daughter of John Dickinson and close friend of Deborah Ferris Bringhurst. The Cherokee Phoenix newspaper was the first newspaper published by Native Americans in the United States and the first American paper published in a Native American language. It was renamed Cherokee Phoenix and Indians' Advocate in 1829. Deborah Bringhurst annotated one copy: "Preserved as an evidence of the wonderful Genius of one of that oppressed People, who invented Characters to designate their thoughts in their own language. A specimen of the Indian type may be seen in the first column of the first page."

Two copies of "Brief memoir of Charles Thomson," written by Deborah Logan, both copies likely made by Deborah Bringhurst. Charles Thomson (1729-1824) was taken into the seminary of Dr. Francis Alison of New London, Pennsylvania, as a boy. (Alison was headmaster of the Newark Academy which would later merge with New Ark College to become the University of Delaware.) Thomson went on to lead a Friends academy in New Castle, Delaware, eventually became the Secretary of the First Continental Congress, and was called by John Adams, "the Samuel Adams of Philadelphia." Thomson also designed the Great Seal of the United States. Deborah Logan's memoir states that Thomson was educated during the same period as Thomas McKean and George Read of Delaware under Francis Alison. Logan also explained Thomson's friendship with Benjamin Franklin, his early opposition to the Stamp Act, and his account of the solemn mood of Philadelphia on the day of the Declaration of Independence.

Includes accounts of the deaths of Hannah Yarnal, Catherine Jackson, and Mary Norris Dickinson, wife of John Dickinson; "Expressions uttered in a Sermon by George Dillwyn a short time before he sailed for England in 1793 copied by Molly Field for Deborah Ferris;" four newspaper clippings concerning death and spirituality; an "account of freed slave spirituality shortly after emancipation in Jamaica"; and Mary Pemberton's testimony concerning her deceased daughter Mary Jordan.

Deborah Bringhurst's account and notes regarding the increase in debility and the last sickness of her husband Joseph Bringhurst, Jr. The folder includes an 1834 obituary of Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., and notes by Deborah regarding his passing.

Copied materials include "A Brief Extract from the Monthly Magazine"; a "Letter from Jane Harry to her Father"; a letter from "Anna Seward to James Boswell relating a conversation between Doctor Johnson and Mary Knowles respecting Jane Harry"; and other short extracts.

Elias Hicks (1748-1830) was a Quaker leader associated with the first separation in the Religious Society of Friends in Philadelphia in 1827-1828. The folder contains a letter by Orthodox branch Quakers John W. Tatum and Rachel Bullock denouncing Deborah Bringhurst as a member of their Society, annotated by both Deborah Bringhurst and Edward Bringhurst, Jr. The folder also contains a larger group of documents regarding Elias Hicks, including extracts from yearly meetings and copied Hicks letters. Followers of Elias Hicks were known as Hicksites.

Six copies of a broadside extracted from the Religious Remembrancer, a weekly publication, printed in Philadelphia. One copy is annotated by Deborah Bringhurst and another is annotated by her great-granddaughter, Mary Thomas Bringhurst (1865-1965) who lived at Rockwood.

Printed by Edward Cowper, improver of the steam printing engine. For additional information on The Village in the Mountains, see also Pole family--Correspondence.

Deborah Bringhurst commenced writing this book at the age of twelve. It includes prayers, sonnets, psalms, proverbs, information on Madeira wine, and clippings including an excerpt of John Quincy Adams' criticism of phrenology.

Journal entries of Deborah Ferris (Bringhurst), written at eighteen years of age. She wrote of spending time at her uncle W. Poole's at Brandywine and also with "Sally" (probably Sally Norris Dickinson). She also wrote of taking up George Fox's journal. The journal entries also contains a copied extract of a letter to "R Biddle." Two letters from Ziba Ferris, one bearing a note "favoured by G[unning] Bedford." One letter from John Field to "Debby Ferris."

Child's sketch of a cottage and print engraving of lamb with note in Deborah Ferris Bringhurst's hand: "Edward Bringhurst from his friend EM[J]"

Young man's geography notebook. Includes definition of "Geography," description of a "Terraqueous Globe," and information related to the demographics of the countries of Europe.

Seven illustrations and colored prints by Edward Bringhurst, Sr., as a young man.

Chapbook for children by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, major publisher of chapbooks and toy books

Edward Bringhurst's book of exercises in mathematics at age eleven. Bringhurst signed the book six times, practicing various forms of his signature.

Edward Bringhurst's book of exercises in foreign exchange mathematics at age thirteen.

Contains embossed seal: "EH Van Reed, Berks Co Pennsylvania." Includes 1871 obituaries of Ferris Bringhurst pasted into cover. Also includes laid-in 1824 sketch by Edward Bringhurst, Sr.

Edward Bringhurst's book of exercises in geometry at age seventeen.

Copybook contains poems by Nathanial Parker Willis (1806-1867), English historian Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868), L. E. L. (possibly Lydia Lancaster) and excerpts from Bishop Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765).

Annotated by unknown person: "Belonging to: Anne Sharpless presented by her dear uncle Joseph Sharples, 10 of 7 mo, 1808," and "This later belonged to Mary Dickinson Bringhurst."

Annotated by unknown person: "Joshua Crosby's book. Joseph Bringhurst. George V. Moody 1847" Hand-bound.

Discharge of trustee H. Hoopes in the trust estate of Mary Moody in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas; State of Ohio, Hamilton County marriage certificate for George V. Moody and Mary D. Bringhurst; sketch of Mary Moody's house "in or near New Orleans Louisiana," with 1940 annotation by Edith Ferris Bringhurst Sellers.

This folder contains three bills of the Confederate States of America of one, ten, and twenty dollar amounts all printed 1864 February 17. Printers included two Confederate currency lithography partnerships in South Carolina: Evans & Cogswell and Keatinge & Ball. The folder also contains a twenty five cent paper bill of the State of North Carolina, printed 1861 October 1 in Raleigh by J. Spelman, public printer for the treasury. Also included is an engraved Confederate States of America loan certificate for one hundred dollars at four percent interest, printed 1863 March 23.

Folder includes a political "nursery rhyme" regarding Delaware politics which notes the Delaware "Copperheads," and an advertisement for "Johnson's assortment of Union songs."

Art print : engraved folding frontispiece; 30 x 24 cm. Contains annotation by Deborah Bringhurst: "Joseph Bringhurst 3rd 1812 10 mo." See related Belson artwork in Deborah Ferris Bringhurst--Collected visual materials.

1841 broker's account for railroad stock; 1844 sale of railroad stock; 1851 promissory note from Mary Moore to Joseph Bringhurst for four hundred dollars; memorial poetry written upon the death of wife, Anna Richardson Bringhurst (1816-1889); invitations and cards written to Margaret Richardson Bringhurst (1847-1923), daughter of Joseph and Anna.

Manuscript copy and accompanying documents

Also includes article of agreement between Joseph and James Bringhurst, executors, and Samuel Jacobs.

Contains short genealogical note by Edward Bringhurst, Jr. Signed by Joseph, John, Jonathan, William, and Edward Bringhurst.

Lesson book of Joseph Bringhurst, Sr. at age twenty for fractions and stereometry.

Folder contains record of goods shipped by Joseph Bringhurst & Co. The booklet is wrapped in the front page of The American Weekly Mercury, 24 April 1735. The record contains a log of the voyages undertaken and the sales and delivery of those goods shipped to Antigua, Jamaica, Halifax, Nantucket, and Eustatia. Goods included soap, salt petered gammons, flour, beeswax, sugar, and limes. Freight and portage costs are also listed. Some of the transactions included Elizabeth Claypoole, Mary Foulke, James Bringhurst, and Joseph Bringhurst.

Two day books (1761-1804, 1761-1808) used in Joseph Bringhurst's bookkeeping as a merchant. The books contain numerous transactions with Robert Wharton who later became the mayor of Philadelphia. Also included are multiple transactions with members of the Bringhurst and Foulke families, memoranda regarding estate transactions, as well as a list of voyages to Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, and Halifax. Items laid into the day books include receipts, an engraving: "Anthy. Finley's Bookstore," and numerous tree leaves.

Thomas Mercer (active 1692) developed accounting rules as a guide to balancing ledgers. This folder contains Joseph Bringhurst, Sr.'s, hand copies of Mercer's Directing him to Find the Proper Debtors and Creditors usual Transactions and Occurances [sic] of Trade With the Method of Balancing Accounts and Transferring them into a New Leidger, printed in 1697. The wrapping for Bringhurst's copies is made of paper imprinted with flowers and a watermark "J C and Co Brandywine."

Contains receipts for sundry provisions including pipes of wine, Bibles, cords of hickory and oak, silk, and silver watch. Some of these items were shipped by Joseph Bringhurst & Co., including fifty-one barrels of flour shipped in 1775. The folder also contains receipts for paving, health, dock, city, poor, county, and hospital taxes. In addition, there is an undated inventory for the "Cost of my lot of ground and house in Front Street," [Philadelphia] which lists building supplies and labor costs.

Bound receipt book for the sale of items, as well as city and county tax payments, in Philadelphia. Contains signature of Charles Wharton of the Wharton family, a prominent mercantile Quaker family of Philadelphia.

Joseph Bringhurst, Sr., was the grandnephew of George and Deborah Claypoole on the side of his mother, Mary Claypoole Bringhurst. Deborah Claypoole named Joseph Bringhurst, Sr. the executor of her will, which also included the estate of her merchant husband, George Claypoole, and the estate of her deceased son, Abraham Claypoole. Folder includes copy of the last will and testament of George Claypoole; last will and testament of Deborah Claypoole; last will and testament of Abraham Claypoole; inventory and distribution of Deborah Claypoole property; copy of the settlement of the estate of Deborah Claypoole; consent of the late Deborah Claypoole's residuary devisors for the sale of her dwelling house; appointment of Joseph Bringhurst, Sr., as executor of Deborah Claypoole's will; an account of the estate of George Claypoole; an indenture between merchant Abraham Claypoole and his mother Deborah Claypoole; the will of James Claypoole; one page of the estate of George Claypoole to Deborah Claypoole; and two pages from the estate of Abraham Claypoole.

Contains Abraham Claypoole's memoranda of cash lent at sundry times; copy of Abraham Claypoole's account from Deborah Claypoole's account books; bond of George Fitzwater to Deborah Claypoole; 1744 indenture from merchant Abraham Claypoole to mother Deborah Claypoole; 1713 copy of 1686 last will and testament of James Claypoole; undated page from the estate of George Claypoole to Deborah Claypoole; two pages from estate of Abraham Claypoole.

Bound account book of Joseph Bringhurst, executor to the estate of Deborah Claypoole. Recipients include Elizabeth Booth, Mary Foulke, Martha Mifflin, Rebecca Wharton, Elizabeth Foulke, and others. Includes an inventory and appraisement of the goods, rights, and chattels belonging to the estate of Deborah Claypoole, appraised by Samuel and Sarah Lewis in 1785. Also contains extract of Deborah Claypoole's obituary from the Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser.

Documents pertaining to land exchanges in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, including a bond warrant between James Bringhurst, James Gillingham, and John Follwell; two 1774 receipts, received by James Bringhurst and Thomas Crossan for five hundred acres of land belonging to Edmund Phipick; and documents related to "Memorandum of Discovery of Vacant Land," which includes 1775 agreement between James Bringhurst, Gunning Bedford, and Thomas James, a map of the land, and a 1776 agreement granting land to James Bringhurst in Bedford County. See related materials in James Bringhurst--Correspondence--1764-1808.

Wrapper in Deborah Bringhurst's hand: "Papers relating to the Plantation in East Whiteland Township in Chester County," written on Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England; mortgage from John Smith to Esther Bowen for two parcels (130 acres) of land in East Whiteland Township, bounded by land of John Jacobs, land of the heirs of Samuel Burg, and land belonging to Thomas Bowen; and 1789 loan note for the Bank of North America from Thomas Willing and Tench Francis to John Bringhurst regarding payment to Esther Bowen.

1788 exemplification of 1688 deed poll from Richard Russell to Jose Kerle for bank lot houses and wharves; 1776 bond and warrant of attorney from James Lees to James Stephens executor; 1795 agreement between James Bringhurst and George Fudge regarding a water course between their properties on Union and Second Streets, Philadelphia; 1810 memorandum of deeds concerning bank lot of James Bringhurst. This memorandum list regressively traces Bringhurst's land to the original 1684 land patent from William Penn to John Wheeler for a "thirty foot lott on the East side of Front Street, extending 250 into the Delaware [River]"; 1780 deed from James Bringhurst and wife Hannah to Robert Allison, carpenter, for three lots in the district of Southwark in the County of Philadelphia; paper wrapping for legal documents of James Bringhurst estate.

Documents relating to the estate of James Bringhurst for a frame house in Passyunk Township in Philadelphia County. Bringhurst died before he could complete the conveyance of the property to Augustine Bosquet. Folder contains document wrapper; notes referencing the frame house; note regarding deed from John C. Evans and Joseph Bringhurst, executors of James Bringhurst, to August[ine] Bosquet"; letter to John Hallwell, Esq., from Joseph A. McKinsey from Harrisburg regarding documents to be obtained by the Pennsylvania State Senate; note from John Hollowell, Esq.; petition and description regarding James Bringhurst estate.

1782 account of the last sickness of Hannah Peters; agreement between Edward and Mary Pole and James Bringhurst granting certain premises in the County of Philadelphia, written on a piece of an engraved advertisement for Edward Pole's grocery store; draft of a tract of land divided between Daniel Dupree and Jacob Weise (adjacent to William Shipley land); 1776 deed from Ann Pole to James Bringhurst for nineteen acres of a plantation on Lower Ferry Road in Passyunk Township (now part of Philadelphia); 1805 account of Ann Pole's personal estate; See also James Bringhurst--Deeds--Passyunk property.

Letter from attorney Peter Thompson regarding a prenuptial deed of settlement he had prepared for Bringhurst. Thompson also offered legal advice and well wishes regarding Bringhurst's approaching marriage to Deborah Ferris. As Thompson indicated, the marriage settlement was written to keep the couple's finances separate while protecting Deborah Ferris Bringhurst's dower in the event that she should outlive her husband. Folder also contains two additional letters related to trusts.

Deed between Deborah Ferris, mother Edith Ferris, brother Benjamin Ferris, and Joseph Bringhurst, Jr. This agreement ensured that after marriage, the mother and brother of Deborah Ferris (Bringhurst) would remain trustees of her estate. The settlement also ensured Deborah would not be barred from her rights and title to the estate of Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., in the event she outlived her husband. The indenture also includes a list of household goods and furniture belonging to Deborah Ferris (Bringhurst).

Marriage certificate of Joseph Bringhurst Jr. and Deborah Ferris Bringhurst. Witnessed by John Dickinson, his daughters Sally Norris and Maria Dickinson and members of the Canby, Sharpless, Biddle, and Ferris families. Also contains 1896 annotation by Edward Bringhurst Jr.: "My grandmother Deborah Bringhurst died when I was nearly 9 years old. I remember her distinctly--she entertained my brother and myself with my cousins William and Margaret Bringhurst with her recollections of the British occupation of Wilmington in 1777 and heard the cannon at the Battle of Brandywine. Of the signers to this I remember Isaac Dixon, Nathaniel Richards, Benjamin Ferris, Maria Dickinson who married Albanus Logan, Sally Norris Dickinson. Benjamin Ferris was the last survivor he died in 1867 -Edward Bringhurst, son of Edward and Sarah Bringhurst.12 mo 7th 1896"

This folder contains a bound volume relating to the estate of Ziba Ferris, for which his son-in-law Joseph Bringhurst, Jr. was executor. Recipients of the estate included Edith Ferris, Sarah Shipley, Thomas Brown, Benjamin Springer, John Tripp, Robert Shipley, and others. The volume includes memorandums, account notes, and a lease of two-story brick house on Shipley Street from Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., to Chester Buckley. The volume was bound by J. Wilson, "bookbinder, bookseller, and stationer in Wilmington, Delaware."

Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.'s, last will and testament named Ziba Ferris Bringhurst as executor. The document indicates the Bringhursts owned property in three locations in Wilmington, Delaware, and that Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., held stock in the Wilmington and New Jersey Steamboat Company. The document is signed by David Smyth and Benjamin Ferris as witnesses.

Folder includes receipts for materials and work done in repairing Bringhurst's Water Street store, receipts relating to the funeral and internment of Elizabeth Booth, receipts from accounts with John Evans, Bringhurst's personal receipts, scraps, and blotting paper.

Legal documents including financial memoranda; Joseph Bringhurst agreement with Edward Garrigues to raise the height of the Bringhurst's stores on Water Street; indenture leasing land in Brandywine Hundred belonging to Sally Norris Dickinson to Benjamin Elliot; document relating to James Bringhurst's property in Bedford County, Pennsylvania (see related material in Legal--James Bringhurst--Receipts and documents); building surveys; bond agreement between James Johnson and William Hemphill (see also Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.--Deeds); legal document appointing Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., attorney for Peter Thompson; appointment of Joseph Bringhurst III as attorney for Deborah Bringhurst; and an 1816 license to John Thorp for a loom patent.

Folder contains three items: document containing signatures of Joseph Bringhurst, Jr. and Benjamin Ferris, both signing for the firm Bringhurst and Ferris; agreement by Benjamin Ferris not to become bound as a security without the knowledge and consent of Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., and Jacob Alrichs; document dissolving the firm Bringhurst and Ferris.

Executors Joseph Bringhurst and Edward Bringhurst [Sr.]. Witnessed by brothers Ziba and Benjamin Ferris. Also includes 1868 deed of assignment for William Bringhurst (1833-1898, son of Ziba Ferris Bringhurst and Amy Veale Bringhurst) transferring reversionary interest to executors Joseph Bringhurst and Edward Bringhurst [Sr.].

Chancellor's decree for the partition of the real estate of Ziba Ferris, father of Deborah Ferris Bringhurst. Includes land surveys created by Isaac Briggs including property originally owned by William Shipley (1693-1768).

Folder contains documents relating to the estate of James Bringhurst (formerly the John Pole estate). The property, along Grays Ferry Road in Passyunk, Pennsylvania, bordered the Schuykill River where the Schuykill & Delaware Canal Company was building a canal. Included are letters from Deborah Bringhurst to prominent Philadelphia lawyer Eli K. Price regarding the case of Robb vs. Longstreet. Deborah Bringhurst was intent on withholding the rights of the property from the canal builders. The folder also includes documents relating to a dispute over property on Third Street in Wilmington between Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., and his brother James Bringhurst; 1841 agreement between Edward Grubb, Deborah Bringhurst, and others, establishing a division line between their properties; 1839 plot survey of Third Street property to determine boundaries; two plot survey of the former property of James Bringhurst at Grays Ferry Road, as referred to in his will.

Deed of mortgage from James Johnston to William Hemphill for property on Third Street in Wilmington bordering land of John Moore's heirs, William [Alrights] and George Goodman (see also Legal--Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.--Deeds). Floor plan of unidentified house, possibly drafted by Benjamin Ferris and Deborah Ferris Bringhurst. Clipping from Wilmington Morning News depicting a house at 303 West Street in Wilmington, Delaware, where General Washington established his headquarters in the latter days of August 1777.

For twenty eight acres of marsh north of the Christina River at the mouth of Deer Creek on the creek's eastern side. Signed by William Denny, deputy governor of Pennsylvania from 1756 to 1759. Thomas Penn and Richard Penn (sons of William Penn) are cited as proprietaries and governors. On vellum with large paper seal.

1793 deed from John Stapler, Esq., and wife Jemima to Ziba Ferris, cabinetmaker. For a lot of land and marsh near Deer Creek in Wilmington. On vellum.

Folder contains materials related to Deborah Bringhurst's purchase of Deer Creek Marsh land for her brother Ziba Ferris that had originally been their father's, the elder Ziba Ferris. Items include memoranda and ledgers regarding the finances of the purchase, a paper wrapper, and an 1809 copy of 1758 survey made for Robert Peirce of marshland bordering Deer Creek and the Christiana River (now Christina River).

Assembly led by speaker Caesar Rodney appointing the "Deer Creek Company," who were given the charge of maintaining Deer Creek Marsh on Wilmington's Lower West side. One of the company members, Robert Pierce, obtained part of Deer Creek Marsh in 1758 through a land patent from Thomas and Richard Penn. Manuscript copy of original document.

Notes regarding the descendants of William and Margaret Shipley. William Shipley (1721-1793) was cousin to Thomas Shipley (1718-1889), the grandfather of Joseph Shipley, Jr., and great-grandfather of Sarah Shipley Bringhurst.

Correspondents include Anna [surname unknown] and M. Poole, probably Mary Poole Wilson (1795-1863), daughter of William Poole and Sarah Sharpless. Also includes Christmas letter from Edward Bringhurst, Sr., who expressed excitement to Sarah Shipley about their upcoming marriage. Folder also contains scraps of a letter from Mary Dickinson Bringhurst Moody.

Agreement by Sarah Shipley Bringhurst and others for charitable work to the Wilmington Library and the Young Men's Association; 1831 invitation to Sarah Shipley to accompany Edward Bringhurst, James M. Corse, and J.C. Grubb on a steamboat excursion; Sarah Shipley Bringhurst's handiwork examples including a lace baby bonnet, a quilt sample, a paper star, and a swatch of cotton needlework with note: "Last piece of my mother Sarah Bringhurst handiwork made a short time before her death. E Bringhurst Jr. 12 mo 13 1896. She died just two months ago."

For Edward Bringhurst and Sarah Shipley. Witnessed by Samuel Shipley, wife Elizabeth Shipley, Ziba Ferris Bringhurst, Thomas J. Megear, Richard M. Acton, Mary Dickinson Bringhurst, Mary Anna Dixon, Mary C. Wilson, and Thomas S. Newlin. Signed by Richard H. Bayard. On vellum with seals.

Paper passport and passport book. Paper passport contains stamps from French cities and hotels Edward Bringhurst, Sr., visited during his European tour with Joseph Shipley, Jr., in 1851. The passport book, also bearing the names of consulates in cities and towns, contains stamps for passage through the Italian portion of the trip. The folder also contains note: "Grandfather E. Bringhurst sailed for Europe on the S.S. Arctic for Liverpool England, February 4, 1851. Returned to U.S.A. June 7, 1851. In Europe 4 months."

This folder contains the first of two leather bound travel journals belonging to Edward Bringhurst, Sr. In 1851, Bringhurst traveled to Liverpool, England, to assist in uncle-in-law Joseph Shipley, Jr.'s return to the United States and, with him, travel and sightsee in Europe. His transatlantic voyage took place on the Collins Line steamer S.S. Arctic under Captain James C. Luce in February of 1851. Bringhurst's account of the crossing includes descriptions of fierce weather (whereby the ship's bow would drop twelve feet below the water before rising twelve feet above the horizon). On the Arctic, Shipley met Haskell of Haskell and Merrick, drug wholesalers who recommended to him Andrew Jackson Downing's A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America. Bringhurst also wrote of his regret in forgetting his daguerreotype of wife Sarah Shipley and his children. As the ship approached the coast of Ireland, it was met by the steamer Europa, bound for Boston. Bringhurst also described passing the Sussex lighthouses and his arrival at Liverpool where an announcement was made that the steamship Atlantic, thought to be lost at sea, had also safely arrived. Bringhurst rode to Shipley's home at Wyncote in Allerton and was kindly received, remarking, "His house is elegantly furnished and has the comforts that [illegible] require. The grounds are beautifully laid out…" The two traveled to Childwall Abbey where Shipley had made his summer residence for several years and also visited the Waterloo and Prince's docks to see the shipping operations of Brown, Shipley and Co. The two met with J. Longton (manager of the bank of Liverpool); Edward Rushton-Booth, Earl; Captain Thomas Shipley of the Underwriter and several others who called at Wyncote. The two then traveled to London to begin a sightseeing tour of Europe. After obtaining passports, the two traveled to the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park where the Great Exhibition of 1851 was taking place. They also visited the British Museum and the Cathedral of St. Paul, of which Bringhurst gives detailed accounts. The two then traveled to Paris, Mareilles, Nice, Savona, and Genoa. Bringhurst intermittently detailed Joseph Shipley Jr.'s health during the course of the trip.

Edward Bringhurst, Sr., began his second travel journal in Genoa on the 16 March, 1851. Bringhurst and Joseph Shipley, Jr., traveled to Genoa, Leghorn, Sienna, Rome, Naples, and Pompeii over the course of two months before beginning their return trip to England. The two visited monuments, ruins, cathedrals, and other landmarks, of which Bringhurst wrote extensive and detailed descriptions. In Naples, Bringhurst witnessed the American frigates Independence, Cumberland, and Mississippi at port. Bringhurst wrote a meticulous account of his and Shipley's visit to Mount Vesuvius where the two hiked and dined (Shipley, in his debilitation from gout, was borne over the terrain by paid men). The two also attended a mass presided by Pope Pius IX on their return trip through Rome. Upon their return to England, Bringhurst again visited the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London. He wrote detailed descriptions of his observations there, particularly focusing on medicines, herbs, barks, and roots pertinent to his trade as a druggist. He also again visited the London Museum and other notable landmarks throughout the city. Bringhurst and Shipley, with the help of a friend, were admitted into the House of Commons where they chanced to witness the passing of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act of 1851. Upon their return to Liverpool, Joseph Shipley, Jr., sold Wyncote but remained in England for approximately one month longer. Bringhurst departed Liverpool on 28 May, 1851 via the Pacific, a sidewheel steamship that had broken the eastbound transatlantic speed record just eight days earlier (20 May, 1851). He arrived safely in New York on 3 June, 1851, having crossed the Atlantic in "ten days and two and a half hours."

1861 invitation to Edward Bringhurst, Sr., for the marriage of Edward Bringhurst, Jr., and Anna J. Webb; 1827 cut of Edward Bringhurst, Sr.'s hair with annotation by Deborah Bringhurst; an impression taken from a wax seal by Edward Bringhurst, Jr.; and 1832 invitation to tea addressed to Mary Harlan from Edward and Sarah Shipley Bringhurst.

Clippings of obituaries of Edward Bringhurst, Sr., from unidentified Wilmington newspapers.

1848 telegraph to Sarah Bringhurst; four Bank of Delaware banknotes; and an 1820 deed from Jonathan Harvey and wife Jane to Paul Beck; documents pertaining to the Bringhurst estate; correspondence from the American Gas Company.

Various currency, tickets, and envelope stock. Included are a three dollar bill of the Delaware City bank dated 1830 May 19 (Toppan Carpenter, printer); an 1868 admission ticket (no. 717) issued by the U. S. Senate for the "Impeachment of the President," [Andrew Johnson]; and envelope stock from the "Mint of the United States." The folder also contains a circa 1857 engraved envelope containing South Carolina continental currency dated 1777.

The bulk of this folder consists of correspondence sent by Edward Bringhurst, Sr., to wife Sarah Shipley during his tour of Europe with Joseph Shipley, Jr. Many of Bringhurst's letters correlate directly with entries found in his travel journals regarding places such as Wyncote and Childwall Abbey of Liverpool, the British Museum, Zoological Gardens, and the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition in London, and the Hotel l'Orient and Palace of Versailles in France. Other correspondence includes letters from sister Mary Dickinson Bringhurst Moody via Port Gibson, Mississippi, and Watkins Glen, New York. One letter Bringhurst wrote to his wife Sarah references "the long, low, black schooner," [La Amistad] having just been taken by the surveying brig Washington off the east end of Long Island, New York.

For Ferris Bringhurst and Mary W. Betts. Witnessed by members of the Smyth, Betts, Warner, Bringhrust, Grubb, Webb, Ferris, and Paxson families. On vellum.

Includes an earlier 1861 wedding invitation for the marriage of Ferris Bringhurst and Mary W. Betts and a valentine card. Folder includes newsclippings describing Ferris Bringhurst's accident and announcing a memorial in his honor.

Invitations, dance cards, guest lists, seating charts, party receipts, and other items from Edward Bringhurst, Jr.'s social life. Includes brass plate used to make the wedding announcement for Bringhurst's marriage to Anna James Webb (1843-1923) in 1862.

Scrapbook of articles related to the death of Thomas A. Scott, railroad enterpreneur.

Engraved passport of Edward Bringhurst, Jr., age 52 years.

Letter pouch with empty envelopes.

Three letters regarding historical record of Joseph Shipley's business relationships with John Welsh and William and James Brown & Company.

For personal expenses paid by Bringhurst's father, Edward Bringhurst, Sr. (1809-1884)

Receipts for groceries and household items.

Contains Sarah Ann James Baker's copies of Quaker allegorical and religious books for children including The Morning Ramble, or, The Mountain Top, 1832; The Wish: A Pleasing and Instructing Fable, 1825; Divine Songs: Attempted in Easy Language for the use of Children, 1810. Also contains Helen James correspondence and sententiae.

Charlotte King Kerr was a cousin to Bessie Bringhurst, daughter of Anna James Webb Bringhurst.

Includes cancelled checks and check stubs for Anna James Webb Bringhurst.

Book of check stubs and cancelled checks from 1896-1897

Receipts for groceries and other general household goods.

Receipts for groceries and other general household goods.

Meadowbank was the Galt Smith's residence in Ireland until they leased Kilwaughter Castle in 1891.

To rank of Second Lieutenant, Land Forces.

Diary documenting travel abroad, social functions, and daily activities.

Inventory of Kilwaughter Castle and documents pertaining to Elizabeth Bringhurst Galt Smith's move from Ireland to Delaware.

Clippings from newspapers documenting Kilwaughter Castle events and history.

Insurance estimates for coverage of artwork from William Rodman & Co, LTD.

Copy of thank-you letter for the Countess of Harrowby for British hospitality given to overseas officers.

Lists of mileage, hotel receipts, and other travel ephemera.

Special issue magazine documenting the royal wedding between Princess Mary and the Viscount of Lascelle

Three copies of the auction catalogue for the sale of the contents of Kilwaughter Castle, Larne, Ireland, County Antrim, by Elizabeth Bringhurst Galt Smith. The auction was carried out by Clark and Son, F.A.I. Catalogues have handwritten notes with sale prices for many of the items.

List of Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst Galt Smith (1863-1932) letters destroyed upon her death.

Includes photographs, postcards, and letters.

Photographic negatives of Edith Ferris Bringhurst in "Camp Lost-In-The-Woods" Maine, "haying" with Betty, her horse. 1891 invitation for junior exercises of Haverford College class of 1892. Speakers included Warren H. Detwiler, John W. Muir, Walter M. Hart, Nelson L. West, Minturn P. Collins, and Stanley R. Yarnall.

Edith Bringhurst's June 2, 1897, wedding to Alexander Sellers was described as "one of the most fashionable and without a doubt the most artistic weddings" of the season in news clippings found in this folder. The folder also includes invitations, an engraved printing plate for the invitation, and lists of wedding guests.

Copies of letters from Edith Bringhurst Sellers to her mother Anna James Webb Bringhurst and father Edward Bringhurst, Jr., mostly written while travelling across the United States.

Poetry book handwritten and illustrated by family upon the birth of Edward Bringhurst V.

Scrapbook and journal documenting trip to the Chicago World's Fair, with souvenir pictures from the Fair, as well as some hand drawings of various cruise ships.

Scrapbook and journal documenting trip to Washington, D.C.

Clippings, certificates, and an offset printing plate related to Edward Bringhurst V's dog breeding hobby.

Income tax records and letter from the Treasury Department, 1921.

Tax and insurance records; letters from Anaconda Copper Mining Co. and Equitable Trust Co.