For property bounded by Bringhurst and Hanby land along Shelpot Creek. On paper with seals.

For property bounded by land of John Allmond, Edward Beeson, Joseph Shipley, and Shellpot Creek containing forty eight acres of land. This deed poll is for property seized by Abraham Cannon, Sheriff for damages against Richard Justison and later auctioned to Joseph Shipley. On paper with seals. Contains watermark "Wilcox Philad[elphia].

For property bounded by the land of Joseph Shipley purchased from John Beeson, Shelpot Creek, and the public road, being part of the land sold to Forwood by William G. Whitely in 1843. On paper with seals.

For property bounded by land of Thomas Talley and Turkey Run, formerly owned by Jacob Weldin, On paper with seals. Contains watermark "John Clark- Phil[adlephia]."

For property bounded by the public road, a "new stone wall," and a "new corner on the cliffs," formerly belonging to John Elliott III and Susanna S. Elliott. On paper with seals. Contains watermark "Wilcox Philad[elphia].

For property bounded by Weldin Road, Turkey Run, land of Edward Bringhurst, John Allmond, and other Shipley land (formerly of the Weldins and Thomas Harker). On vellum with seals. Formerly land of Richard Rambo and Elizabeth L. Rambo land sold to John Elliot in 1836.

For property bounded by land of John Beeson and David H. Forewood, Shelpot Creek, and a "black oak stump." On vellum with seals.

For the tract of land called "Mansion Farm," bounded by Shelpot Creek, Turkey Run, and land of John Elliot III and the late Richard Rambo. On vellum with seals. Shipley purchased of Weldin's "Mansion Farm" for four thousand three hundred forty dollars.

For property bounded by land of John Allmond, Edward Bringhurst, John Beeson, Shelpot Creek, and land recently purchased by Shipley from Weldin. On vellum with seals.

For the tract of land called the "Mansion Farm" bounded by Shelpot Creek, Turkey Run and land of Joseph Gibson and Thomas Talley. Sold for five dollars. On paper with seals.

For property bounded by land of Jacob Weldin, Thomas Talley, and Turkey Run. On vellum with seals. This deed unites ownership of land purchased by Justison in 1824, 1838, and 1847 from the Green, Pierce, and Creighton families, respectively.

For $700.00, repaid in three payments from 1850-1851.

For property bounded by land of John Allmond, John Elliot, John Beeson, Levi Weldin, and Shelpot Creek. On paper with seals. Sale of the same land in the 1846 McHugh and Elliott transaction.

For property bounded by land of John Allmond, John Elliot, John Beeson, Levi Weldin, and Shelpot Creek. On paper with seals. Contains two star-shaped watermarks.

For property bounded by land of Thomas Babb, John Allmond, and Shelpot Creek formerly belonging to Richard Rambo. On vellum with seals.

This deed poll auctioned land descended from the 1784 Joseph Jackson to Jasper Beeson transaction, bounded by land formerly of Thomas Hollingsworth and Shelpot Creek. On vellum with seals.

For property bounded by other land of Harman Justison and Turkey Run. Witnessed by the Weldins and Forwoods. This deed brings together land descended from the Moores to Dennis Harrt, then to Samuel Green and James Creighton (who both married Hartts) to join land descended from Joseph Jackson's 1818 transaction with Weldin. On vellum with seals.

For property bounded by land of Jacob Weldin, Dennis Heart, Mary Hartt, and Turkey Run. On vellum with seals.

For property bounded by Turkey Run, and land of Jacob Weldin. Also for a lot of marsh "in Ventredy Hook or Cherry Island Marsh."

For sixty acres of land containing "Mansion farm," bounded on the South by Shellpot Creek, on the Northeast by lands of Joseph Gibson, and on the West and Southwest by Turkey Run and the lands of Thomas Talley. Sold for one dollar. On vellum with seals.

For property bounded by Turkey Run and the lands of Robert Donaldson and Thomas Talley formerly belonging to Mary Heartt (Hartt). On vellum with seals.

For twenty-eight acres of land bordering Justison and Talley land. James Creighton married Maria Hart(t) whose mother Mary Hartt bestowed land on three children: Joseph, Sarah (who married Samuel Green) and the aforementioned Maria. Creighton also inherited other land from Mary Hartt bound by Donaldson and Talley. On paper with seals.

For property bounded by land of Jacob Weldin, Dennis Heart, Mary Hartt, and Turkey Run. On vellum with seals.

For property bounded by land of Thomas Hollingsworth and Shelpot Creek. On vellum with seals.

For property bounded by other land belonging to Dennis Hartt and Turkey Run. On vellum with seals.

For property bounded by land of Andrew Gibson, Jacob Weldin, other land of William Moore, and Turkey Run. Signed by Gunning Bedford, Jr. On vellum.

For property bounded by land formerly of Thomas Hollingsworth, Turkey Run, and Shelpot Creek. Signed by Jacob Broom. On vellum with seals.

For property bounded by land formerly of Thomas Hollingsworth, Turkey Run, and Shelpot Creek. On vellum with seals.

For property bounded by Shelpot Creek and land formerly of Thomas and Valentine Hollingsworth. On vellum with seals. This deed refers to the land sold in the 1781 Jackson and Beeson transaction plus and additional seventy acres. On vellum with seals.

For property bounded by Shelpot Creek and land of Thomas and Valentine Hollingsworth. Signed by Gunning Bedford, Thomas Foulk, and Jacob Broom. On vellum with seals.

For a lot of land bounded by West, Eighth, and Ninth Streets. On paper with seals.

For a lot of land bounded by West, Eighth, and Ninth Streets. On paper with seals.

For property bounded by Adams, Eight, and Ninth Streets. On paper with seals.

For property at 12th, King, and Market Streets, acquired by Dure from the estate of Dr. George Stevenson in 1859. Signed in the presence of George S. Grubb. On paper with seals. Contains watermark "Wilcox- Philad[elphia]."

For property at 12th, King, and Market Streets, acquired by McClintock from estate of Dr. George Stevenson in 1859. On paper with seals. Contains watermark "Wilcox- Philad[elphia]."

For property bounded by 12th, King, and Market Streets. On paper with seals.

For a lot of land at 12th and King Streets. On paper.

For a house and lot of land at French and Stedham streets in Wilmington. On paper with seals. Contains watermark "John Clark- Phil[adlephia]."

For land on the southwest side of Mill Street adjacent to other John Shipley land. Richard H. Bayard, trustee, sold the land to Merrit Canby in 1839. On paper with seals.

For a brick house and lot of land in the city of Wilmington. Transferred from Union Bank of Delaware to Merrit Canby in 1842. On paper with seals.

Heirs of Mary Dixon (widow of John) include Joseph Dixon and wife Sarah E., Samuel Dixon and wife Margaret, Henry H. Paschall and wife Mary Anna (Dixon) Paschall, Thomas Dixon and wife Elizabeth, and Henry Bayard and wife Emma (Dixon) Bayard. Three acres with a stone dwelling house. For one seventh of sundry lots of land in Wilmington, Delaware. On vellum with seals. Sold to Joseph Shipley, still residing in Liverpool. In the presence of John Buchard.

At Market and Franklin and King streets. Witnessed by Robert H. Morris, 64th mayor of New York. On parchment with seals.

Probably descending from the 1812 Buckley/Shipley transaction, a brick messuage (dwelling house) and lot is willed to Shipley. On vellum with seals.

Land formerly belonging to Patrick O Flynn which was to be sold at the time of his death. On vellum with seals.

Mortgage for a messuage (dwelling house) and lot of land bound by French Street, the Long Race land of Joseph Shipley, and Stedham Street (being the same as the 1812 Buckley and Shipley transaction). On paper with seals. Contains watermark depicting a dove and olive branch.

Certified by Philadelphia mayor John Barker. Acknowledged by DeWitt Clinton, mayor of New York. For a brick messuage and lot of land bounded by French Street, and the long race, land of Joseph Shipley and Stedham Street. On vellum with seals.

Mortgage deed for property bounded by French Street, Brandywine Creek, and the northerly line of Long Race. On paper with seals. Formerly land of William Poole and Sarah Poole.

Signed by Gunning Bedford. Land recovered from Joseph Stidham.

For a lot of land on Brandywine Creek in the borough of Wilmington. Buckley bought land from Timothy Stidham and still more from his son Joseph Stidham, bordering the land obtained by Shipley in 1757 transaction and 1759 (formerly Stidham to Peterson land) transaction. On vellum with seals.

For a lot bordering Market Street and the lines of Thomas Shipley and Daniel Byrnes.

For a lot of land in Wilmington akin to the Thomas West/Thomas Canby transaction of 1745. On vellum with seals.

Twenty-three acres formerly belonging to Peter Osborn, adjacent to Peter Peterson land and Jonas Stidham land. On vellum with seals.

In partnership with Thomas Gibson. On vellum with seals.

Obligation for one thousand pounds currency borrowed from Stapler by Shipley using land purchased by Shipley in the 1759 Peterson transaction to secure repayment. On paper with watermark "CR."

Containing home property bounded by King, French, 15th street, and Brandywine Creek. Signed by Gunning Bedford. On vellum with seals

Land bounded by Market, French, and 15th street and old Straham line. North of the school house lot. Signed by Gunning Bedford. On vellum with seals.

Four acres of land from King Street to Walnut to 15th (Stedham St) to Brandywine Creek. The land of Dr. Tyman Stedham was willed to his nine children, which was eventually bought or willed to Timothy Stedham, son of Lulof and grandson of Dr. Tyman Stedham. On vellum with seals.

For two lots of land in Wilmington, adjacent to other Canby land, bordering Orange and Water streets and the Kings Road. On paper with seals. Contains watermark consisting of a fleur de lis.

Lot in Wilmington bordering Market Square and Market Street. On vellum with seals.

For three acres of pastureland near Brandywine Mill, along the Kings Road adjacent to Thomas Canby's pastures. On paper with seals. Contains watermark consisting of a fleur de lis above shield with bend cotised.

Three acres bordering Thomas West's land along the Kings Road. On paper with seals. Contains watermark of fleur de lis above shield with bar sinister.

Samuel Kirk willed this land to John Richardson who willed it to John Seeds. After Seed's death, his wife Bridget married Thomas Milner who sold it to Samuel Scott. Deed on paper with seals. Contains watermark consisting of a fleur de lis above shield with bend cotised.

Six acres along the Kings Road in the Christiana Hundred. On paper with seals.

For five thousand four hundred square feet at the western end of Market Square on Market Street. Sealed and delivered in the presence of Thomas Willing. On vellum with seals. This folder also contains two portions of another document (on paper) dated the same day, one of Charles Springer certifying that Margaret Kirk(e) did voluntarily sign the document (also signed by Thomas Willing). The other portion states that Samuel Kirk and Margaret, wife, do appoint David [Frouch] attorney. Also included is a small exhibit label from the Historical Society of Delaware from an undated loan of the item.

Joseph Shipley Sr. willed four thousand acres of land in Randolph County, Virginia, to son John Shipley. On paper.

For four thousand acres of land in Randolph County, Virginia, in conformity to an 1802 re-surveying of land originally granted to Joseph Shipley Sr. by patent in 1786. On vellum with seals.

For Victoria Iron Works, 1600 acres of land, which includes structures and livestock as a partial payment towards a large sum of debt. Ann Caroline Bayard was the mother of Henry M. Bayard who married Emma Dixon, Shipley's niece. On paper with seals.

The folder contains two documents: the first is a letter giving power of attorney by Dr. Thomas Bringhurst to his wife Elizabeth (Hughes) Bringhurst, 1660; and the second is a 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.

Folder contains 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.

One paper-covered, hand-sewn notebook of copied family letters and documents: Thomas Pole letter to "Brother and Sister E. and M. Pole," 1778; "copy of a letter wrote by Richard Hall of Barbados to John Bringhurst in Philadelphia giving an account of his father's death" (the original 1750 letter is available in Folder 6); 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" who was going on "a second voyage on [trade] and to recover thy health."

Letters from John Bringhurst to Daniel Stanton regarding news about traveling religious Friends in ministry to islands of Tortola and Antigua. The letters reference 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.

Two documents related to the death of father John Bringhurst, Sr.'s death in 1750: copy of a minute of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting with an additional note about the minister John Oxley of Barbados; with a copy of the 1750 letter from Richard Hall letter about the death of John Bringhurst, Sr. (See related material in Folders 5 and 6.) This folder also contains a paper-covered, hand sewn notebook with an account of the last sickness and death of nephew John Bringhurst (1764-1860), the brother of Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.

This folder contains a list of the dated "memorandums" 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 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 various items. Recipients included brother James Bringhurst, William Elliot, William Pusey, and Samuel Merideth, among others. Folder also contains list of expenses for paving an alley on Water Street in Philadelphia belonging to Joseph Bringhurst, Sr., and James and John Cox.

Paper-covered, hand sewn notebook with an account of Elizabeth Bringhurst (1723/24-1790) "during her long continued and painful indisposition with divers expressions which she uttered at different times" until her death from breast cancer, 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.

This folder contains five documents: A 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. The letter also mentions pricing and purchasing of goods such as sugar (in high demand) and turkey opium and originally accompanied a gift of "fresh Vaccine matter," stored in a "lancet in bladder," for inoculating patients (possibly the then-ill William Bringhurst, age two). 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). Letter from Dr. Joseph Bringhurst, Jr. informing the elder Joseph regarding the 1809 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;" Contains three letters from brother James Bringhurst in Newport, Rhode Island. Other correspondents include Samuel Emlen and Native American Peter Pohquonnoppect; Invitation to the funeral of Elizabeth Booth, of Gaskill Street, Philadelphia; Also contains invitation to the funeral of Elizabeth Bringhurst (died 1808).

This folder contains writings that were 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 treat 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."

Testimonial of religious conviction written by Jane Hoskins and 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.

These epistles were copied by Joseph Bringhurst and the exact date of their copy is 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 (F24).

This folder comprises testimonies bearing witness to the lives of deceased Friends.

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

Copied items include: "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 travelled to America to attend various meetings in 1770. His wife Mary Peisley Neale (1717-1757) was also an influential minister who travelled England and America. See related material in Joseph Bringhurst, Sr.--Epistles.

Folder contains 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.

Contains a 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. Some of the meeting locations included London, Westminster, Bristol, Swarthmore, and Barbados.

This folder contains a 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, founder of Delaware's first abolition society, and is recognized as a founding father of abolitionism in the United States.

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.

Folder contains 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.

The correspondence of James Bringhurst 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), patriot 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 travelling 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.

James Bringhurst's pocket diary contains 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 the former slave of John Bringhurst (1691-1750).

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 unknown: "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 this commonplace book includes: "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.

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

Folder contains 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.

The eleven watchpapers in this folder were created by James Bringhurst and contain his original poem. 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. During that time, James Bringhurst's miniscule writing was "done with a common quill and old cracked spectacles."

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."

Folder contains an invitation to the wedding of Molly Hopkins and Joseph James (relationship to the Bringhursts unknown), an original poem by Edward Bringhurst entitled "Country Life," and a receipt of his for the purchase and tailoring of garments.

Folder contains a wedding invitation for Mr. Lawton and Miss Pole (niece of James Bringhurst's wife Anna Pole Bringhurst). Folder also includes a wedding invitation for the 1788 marriage of Dr. John Foulke (son of Judah Foulke and Mary Bringhurst Foulke and cousin to Edward Bringhurst) and Eleanor Parker. Also includes a 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.

This folder contains multiple documents copied in James Bringhurst's hand: Copy of William Penn's farewell letter, written aboard the ketch Endeavor, on his 1684 return trip to England, addressed to a number of Quakers that included James Bringhurst; copy of extract of a patent for a Quaker burial ground in Philadelphia; extract of a 1683 letter from James Claypoole to William Penn; 1683 extract from George Fox's journal (mentioning James Claypoole); and a copy of a 1679 letter written by James Claypoole to his parents. The folder also contains the original 1714 last will and testament of Francis Cooke (husband of Mary Claypoole Cooke, the daughter of James Claypoole) as well as an 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. See also Legal and financial documents of multi-generations-- James Claypoole.

Folder 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). In the letter, Pole referred to his painting of Rockbourn Mill (see also Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.--Legal and financial documents); 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.

Brief account of Edmund Hatcher, Jr., of Bristol, written by Charlotte Reese Lloyd. Copies of letter to Ellen [surname unknown] 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 Folder 55--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 Willington (Wilmington) settler Thomas Shipley and his wife Elizabeth. It was the Shipley's relocating from Pennsylvania to what would become Wilmington that convinced David Ferris and his wife to move there in 1748.

This book was written and bound by Deborah Ferris Bringhurst and details 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 (1743-1794) was Deborah Ferris Bringhurst's father. Ziba Ferris's letters to his sons John and Ziba, his brother-in-law Aron Sharpless, and to John Biddle, annotated by Deborah Ferris Bringhurst. One letter to John Ferris on paper with "Brandywine," watermark.

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

Furniture maker Ziba Ferris married Edith Sharpless in 1769. (Family name variantly Sharpless, Sharples.) Folder 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) of 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 Bringhurst) dated 1737 February 27, on paper.

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

"Time," a poem by B[enjamin] Ferris; extract 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 the author of " Early Settlements on the Delaware." Folder also includes a 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.

Folder includes: a listing of birthdates of siblings and grandfather compiled by Benjamin Ferris; a 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"; a letter from William Mott to Benjamin Ferris; a letter to Ziba Ferris from Peter Yarnall; a letter to Edith Ferris from Peter Yarnall; and copies of Ferris family letters created by Deborah Ferris Bringhurst. It also contains the annotation of Edward Bringhurst, Jr.: "Peter married Hannah Sharples, a half sister of Edith Ferris who was the wife of Ziba Ferris, the elder."

Includes letters to Dr. Joseph Bringhurst and other ephemera preserved by Deborah Bringhurst. Also includes a 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. Bringhurst described Wilkins as a "soul torn by anguish," and a "large spirit," that "found little joy." He also wrote that Wilkins, "applied his penetrating mind to knowledge." The folder also includes a book of copied Wilkins letters, the first of which was addressed to Joseph Bringhurst, Jr. In the letter, Wilkins asserted Bringhurst was the only friend who, "had the art of soothing his distress." Other correspondents include Charles Evans, Sally Pemberton, and John Lawrence, Jr., Esq. The bulk of the letters, however, are impassioned notes and poems addressed to "Caroline." It is unknown 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.

Century magazine from 1908 includes an article about Robert Fulton, inventor of the first commercial steamboat and friend to Joseph and Deborah Bringhurst. See related material related to Robert Fulton in FXX (prints--D.B.) and FXX (VIPS)

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. Deborah Bringhurst's uncle (by marriage) Thomas Pole's correspondence with poet James Montgomery can be found in: Pole family--Thomas Pole--Correspondence--1813-1826 (F55).

Drawings, watercolors, and cut-paper work created both by and for Deborah Bringhurst. One piece of artwork was created on a bag probably used to ship tea labeled, "Padre Souchong." Also includes a coloring of a print by William Bringhurst (either Deborah Bringhurst's son or cousin).

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."

This folder contains various clippings that include Daily National Intelligencer from 13 March 1816 which includes a reprinting of Isaac Briggs's letter to the Hon. William Lowndes, chairman of the "Committee of Ways and Means" of the House of Representatives comparing American and British manufacturing. Briggs was a fellow cotton miller and friend of Joseph Bringhurst, Jr. See also Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.--Business and legal correspondence--1813-1827. Other clippings include two items concerning Lord Lyttleton's "extraordinary vision and death" from Philadelphia Repository and Weekly Register and The Brighton Gleaner.

Includes small 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.

This book of memorandums by Deborah Ferris Bringhurst contains 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 (See also Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.--Business and legal correspondence--1813-1827, F94), a copy of a memorandum made by Deborah Bringhurst in 1821, and an 1840 memorandum 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. See also Deborah Ferris Bringhurst--Deborah Logan--"Memoir of Charles Thomson."

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. Includes a 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. It was renamed Cherokee Phoenix and Indians' Advocate in 1829. The paper was the first American paper published in a Native American language. 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. See also Deborah Ferris Bringhurst--Copybook--1801-1839. 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., who probably suffered a series of strokes. She wrote, "He spoke with pleasure of meeting his own dear father." 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 (and defended) 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.

This folder includes six copies of a broadside extracted from the Religious Rememberancer a weekly publication, printed in Philadelphia. The excerpt concerns the "Dukhobertsy," a Christian Cossack sect that was exiled from Russia. One copy is annotated by Deborah Bringhurst and another is annotated by M. T. B., probably Mary Thomas Bringhurst (1865-1965).

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 Madiera 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 demographical information on the countries of Europe.

Seven illustrations/colored prints by Edward Bringhurst, Sr. as a young man. Includes a sketch of a dog on paper with watermark: "Brandywine."

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 Raliegh 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.

Folder contains original and copy of last will and testament of John Bringhurst (1691-1750), the former containing a wax seal. Also includes notes by Mary Thomas Bringhurst made in the twentieth century: "I think this John B is a brother of James Bringhurst who was born 1730, died 1810"; excerpt from a journey from Philadelphia to Calcutta by unknown, which contains a recipe for invisible ink; 1791 copy of citation to Joseph and James Bringhurst regarding the estate of John Bringhurst (1722-1789).

Also includes article of agreement between Joseph and James Bringhurst, executors and Samuel Jacobs. Paper in this account ledger contains watermark: "M & ET."

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 vulgar fractions and stereometry.

Folder contains record of goods shipped by Joseph Bringhurst and 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 maple 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 [sic] which was 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 and Co., including fifty-one barrels of flour shipped to Mungo Davidson 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 in Philadelphia. Contains signature of Charles Wharton of the Wharton family, a prominent mercantile Quaker family living in Philadelphia at the time. Many of the receipts are for payments of city and county taxes and the receipts list the various names of the collectors, the most of frequent of which is Jacob Hull.

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, (with wax seal and copy), 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 (due to the infirmity of the other executor, Joseph Morris; an account of money belonging to the estate of George Claypoole; an indenture between merchant Abraham Claypoole and his mother Deborah Claypoole, the will of James Claypoole, a leaf from the estate of George Claypoole to Deborah Claypoole, and two leafs from the estate of Abraham Claypoole.

Contains Abraham Claypoole's memorandums of cash lent at sundry times; copy of Abraham Claypoole's account from Deborah Claypoole's 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 leaf from the estate of George Claypoole to Deborah Claypoole; two leaves 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. Also 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 of James Bringhurst and Thomas Crossan for five hundred acres of land of Edmund Phipick; and two documents signed by Gunning Bedford: a "Memorandum of Discovery of Vacant Land," which includes 1775 agreement between James Bringhurst, Gunning Bedford, and Thomas James (also includes a map of the area discussed), and 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; exemplification of 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; 1789 loan note for the Bank of North America from Thomas Willing and Tench Francis to John Bringhurst to pay Esther Bowen.

1788 exemplification of 1688 deed poll from Richard Russell to Jose Kerle, for "bank lot houses wharfes and all its improvements" (with watermark and wax seal); 1776 bond and warrant of attorney from James Lees to James Stephens executor (with watermark and wax seal); 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 and papers concerning the 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. On vellum with seals.; paper wrapping for legal documents of James Bringhurst estate.

These documents pertain to James Bringhurst's estate 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 wrapper for: "Letters and Papers relating to the Frame House and Lot in Passyunk sold to Bosquet"; note referencing Frame House and Gray Line; 1807 note regarding Frame House situated on the Great Road leading from Philadelphia to Grays Ferry; note regarding deed from John C. Evans and Joseph Bringhurst acting executors to James Bringhurst for August[ine] Bosquet" (Evans and Bringhurst, as executors to James Bringhurst were authorized to make and deliver a good deed for the property for Bosquet); Letter to John Hallwell, Esq., from Joseph A. Mc [Kinsey] from Harrisburg regarding documents to be obtained by the [Pennsylvania] State Senate; note from John Hollowell, Esq.; petition and description regarding James Bringhurst estate.

Inventory of legal documents, written on scrap paper; 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; draught 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.

Folder consists of a tripartite 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 (presumably to bar any of Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.'s creditors from laying claim to her belongings). 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, of 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.

Folder includes: financial memorandums; an agreement between Bringhurst and Edward Garrigues to raise the height of the former's stores on Water Street; an 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; a bond between James Johnson and William Hemphill (see also Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.--Deeds); legal document appointing Joseph Bringhurst, Jr., as attorney for Peter Thompson, signed by Robert Wharton, mayor of Philadelphia; an 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 which included 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 and Delaware Canal Company were 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 and wife and Deborah Bringhurst et al 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], George Goodman (see also Legal--Joseph Bringhurst, Jr.--Deeds). Floor plan of unidentified house, possibly the work of 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 memorandums 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).

This assembly, led by speaker Caesar Rodney, appointment of 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. Copy of original document which was signed by Caesar Rodney and Joseph Shippen, Jr.

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 that soon their "fortunes will be united." Folder also contains scraps of a letter from Mary Dickinson Bringhurst Moody.

Agreement by Sarah Shipley Bringhurst and other "ladies of Wilmington," to raise funds to furnish the Wilmington Library and Young Men's Association with "a good carpet." 1831 invitation to Sarah Shipley to accompany Edward Bringhurst, James M. Corse, and J.C. Grubb on a steamboat excursion. Handiwork of Sarah Shipley Bringhurst 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, who became the first mayor of Wilmington the same year. On vellum with seals.

Folder contains paper passport (issued in England, number 1313) and passport book. Paper passport contains stamps from many of the 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." See also: [The following two folders] and Shipley passport]

This folder contains the first of two leather bound travel journals belonging to Edward Bringhurst, Sr. In 1851, Bringhurst travelled 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. Artic 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 Artic, 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 [] require. The grounds are beautifully laid out…" The two travelled 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 travelled to London to begin a sightseeing tour of Europe. After obtaining passports, the two travelled to the "Chrystal 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 travelled 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 "Chrystal 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."

Folder includes: 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. The interior of the wrapping includes an excerpt from a poem entitled, "The Moss Rose"; an "impression taken from an old seal," as annotated by Edward Bringhurst, Jr.; 1832 invitation to tea addressed to Mary Harlan from Edward and Sarah Shipley Bringhurst.

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

Folder includes 1848 telegraph to Sarah Bringhurst, four Bank of Delaware banknotes, and an 1820 deed from Jonathan Harvey and wife Jane to Paul Beck containing seal and watermark. Also includes documents pertaining to the Bringhurst estate and correspondence from the American Gas Company.

This folder contains various currency, tickets, and envelope stock contemporary to Edward Bringhurst, Sr., including 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 eight dollar bill reads: "This bill intitles the Bearer to receive Eight Spanish milled Dollars, or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver according to an Act of the General Assembly passed, at CHARLES-TOWN, the 23rd Day of December, 1776." Printed by Pet[er] Timothy, 1777. "Death to counterfeit."

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 "Chrystal 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.

This folder includes clippings describing the Bringhurst accident and announcing the erection of a memorial in Ferris Bringhurst's honor. It also includes an earlier 1861 wedding invitation for the marriage of Ferris Bringhurst and Mary W. Vetts and a valentine card.

Engravings (prints) of Ferris Bringhurst.