The Winterthur Library
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry
Francis du Pont
5105
Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware 19735
Telephone:
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: Mailly family
Title: Papers
Dates: 1818-1918
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 82x355,
84x165
Quantity: 4 boxes
Location: 9 B 2-3
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
The Mailly
family's immigrant ancestor to the
Augustine
and Mary Ann Thomas Mailly returned to Delaware by 1834 and settled near
Cantwell's Bridge (now Odessa). He
became a citizen of the United States in 1839.
Mary Ann Mailly died in December 1845. Mary Ann's
"cousin-once-removed" (according to notes from Horace Hotchkiss),
Daniel Corbit, was designated trustee of her estate (which was her inheritance
from her father); some of the correspondence in these papers consists of
Corbit's letters to Augustine Mailly regarding the financial support of Mary
Ann's children. These children are named
in a deed poll of 1846: Charles Edward A. (1832-1880), Augustine (circa
1834-1865), Samuel Thomas (circa 1836-1861), Richard Lindsay (circa 1839-circa
1884), Mary Constance (died 1848), and Eugene Corbit (Sept. 1845-April
1893).
During his life, Augustine earned his living from
farming, teaching French, editing a newspaper (the Delaware Line), and as a merchant.
Augustine re-married at least once, on July 8, 1847, to Sarah Hodgson of
Wilmington. (Family lore says he remarried
more than once after Mary Ann’s death, but these papers only mention Sarah
Hodgson.) Augustine and Sarah had at
least one child, daughter Constance, born in Germantown in Feb. 1849 (died May
1936). From the papers, it seems that
Mary Ann Thomas Mailly’s children continued to live in Delaware, although their
father eventually moved to Pennsylvania.
At some
point, Augustine’s mother Constance Marguerite
Mailly (also referred to as Margaret Constance Mailly, but always called
Constance) also moved to Delaware, where she died in Wilmington around
1851. Another Mailly, Charles E.
Mailly, born in France around 1804, moved to the United States in 1835. He was Augustine’s brother, although only
Augustine is mentioned in their mother’s will.
Charles lived for a time in Massachusetts, where he probably married his
Massachusetts-born wife Nancy. By 1870,
they were in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where both died in the 1870s.
Of
Augustine’s and Mary Ann’s children, Augustine Mailly, Jr., died in 1865. He was married to Catherine, and they had a
daughter Catherine Eugenia Mailly. Charles
Edward A. Mailly (1832-1880) married
Harriet Lucinda (Lucy, died 1891); their children included Mary Constance and Hamilton. Hamilton became a doctor in Bridgeton, New
Jersey, and married Nellie F. Rocap.
Eugene
Corbit Mailly never married; in the 1880 census, he was listed as living with
his brother Richard. Richard Lindsay
Mailly was married to Rachel Jane Deakyne (1845-1918). Richard and Rachel had at least three
children, Richard Jr. (1865-1873), Mamie (1863-1953; properly Mary Ann
according to the census), and Ethel Lindsay (born circa 1883). Richard’s daughter Mamie Mailly (1863-1953)
married William R. Davis, and they had a son named William Mailly Davis (1892-1957). Ethel Lindsay Mailly married David Clarence
Aspril in 1912. Several family members
are buried at Old Drawyer’s Presbyterian Church, near Odessa.
The
White Hall Farm where the Augustine Mailly family lived was located outside of
Middletown. The farm was left by Samuel
Thomas in trust to his daughter Mary Ann Thomas Mailly and then to her
children. The trustees were Daniel
Corbit and James Booth. Eventually, the
farm was inherited by brothers Charles E.A., Richard L., and Eugene C.
Mailly. The property was sold out of the
family in 1871.
Mention
is made of several of Mary Ann Thomas’ brothers. Her brother Edward (1810-1864) was with her
at boarding school in Burlington, N.J.
Other brothers were David Wilson (D.W., 1799-1864), Samuel Jr. (1801-1830),
William Corbit (1803-1867), and Richard (1805-1870), whose mental condition was
a worry to other family members. The
Tristram Thomas (1763-1841) in these papers was brother to the elder Samuel
Thomas (1767-1829). The Thomas family
were Quakers; several members are buried in the Appoquinimink Friends burial
ground in Odessa.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The
collection includes correspondence; tax receipts; insurance premium payments;
and some receipts for building supplies, household supplies, and personal
items. The collection centers around
Augustine Mailly, but the oldest materials pertain to the family of his wife
Mary Ann Thomas of Odessa (then called Cantwell’s Bridge), Delaware. Mailly’s correspondents included A. Bolmar (a
Frenchman who ran a boarding school in West Chester), N. Chauncey, and William
McCaully. Some correspondence pertains
to a newspaper begun by Mailly, Delaware Line. There is also correspondence
with Daniel Corbit, who was trustee of the estate of Mary Ann Thomas
Mailly. Augustine depended on the
property his wife had inherited from her father for the support of their
children. When Mary Ann’s brother
Richard died, Augustine was also anxious to secure his portion of the Thomas
estate for his children.
Many of the
receipts are records of the finances of succeeding generations of the Mailly
family, particularly Richard L. and Eugene C.
While receipts are included for such items as vests, clover seed, school
tuition, and dental expenses, the bulk of the receipts are for various taxes
and insurance policies. After the death
of Richard L. Mailly around 1884, his brother Eugene C. acted as administrator
of his estate. Also in the collection
are a few newspapers, a leather wallet, and a metal name plate for S.H. [Sarah
Hodgson] Mailly.
Two
documents refer to the sale of slaves, both of men, who are named. One bill of sale specifies that the slave
William Reynolds was to be freed ten years after the sale, which took place in
1839. A receipt dated July 24, 1865,
records a payment for the time of Louis Dixson, “a colored boy who was bound to
stay until he was twenty one years of age.”
It is speculated that Dixson was an indentured servant or an apprentice.
ORGANIZATION
The Thomas family papers are filed first, followed by
Mailly papers, mostly divided by person and then arranged chronologically. The letters written by Daniel Corbit to
Augustine Mailly are organized into one chronological sequence. The newspapers are found in
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
Most of
the materials are in English, with some in French.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection
is open to the public. Copyright
restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Gift of Miss Mary Mailly Davis, a great-granddaughter of
Richard Lindsey and Rachel Jane Mailly.
Although the papers were apparently received in two
groups, all the papers were given 84x165 accession numbers and it is not
possible to tell which papers were received when.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Mailly, Augustine.
Mailly, Mary Ann Thomas,
1812-1845.
Corbit, Daniel,
1796-1877 - Correspondence.
Chauncey, N. -
Correspondence.
McCaully, Wm. -
Correspondence.
Bolmar, A. (Anthony),
1797-1861.
Hayhurst, Jeremiah, 1819-1899.
Thomas family.
Topics:
Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies.
West Chester State Normal School.
Slave bills of sale.
Students.
Women - Education.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -
Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Slaves - Delaware.
Temperance - Poetry.
Weddings - Poetry.
Decedents’ estates - Delaware.
Newspapers - Delaware.
Letters.
Receipts.
Wills.
Deeds.
Newspapers.
Poems.
Ephemera.
Bills of sale.
Tax records.
Certificates.
Checks.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
COLLECTION
Location: 9 B 2 and 3
All accession numbers begin with
84x165
Folder 1: Thomas family: Letters and receipt, 1818-1833: (acc.
84x165.1-.3, .794)
.1 letter: Samuel Thomas and Samuel
Thomas, Jr., Cantwells Bridge, to son and brother William C. Thomas, Gunmere’s
Boarding School, Burlington, N.J., May 8, 1818.
.2 letter: Tristram Thomas, no place, to
brother Samuel Thomas, Cantwells Bridge, April 10, 1826.
.3 receipt: D.W. Thomas received money of
Daniel Corbit for Richard Thomas, Nov. 19, 1833.
.794 letter: Samuel Thomas, Cantwells Bridge, to
son William, no place, Oct. 23, 1824.
Folder 2: Mailly personal papers, 1831-1861:
(acc. 84x165.4-.10)
.4 poem: “To My Young Friend on her
Wedding Day,” not signed, sent to Mary A. Thomas, on her wedding day;
.5 letter: C. Maurice[?], Lyon, to Madame
Constance Mailly, [Lyon?], Nov. 10, 1831.
In French;
.6 letter: Charles Thomas, near Cantwells
Bridge, to sister M.A. Mailly, Lyon, France, Nov. 6[?], 1832;
.7 letter: D.W. Thomas, near Cantwells
Bridge, to sister Marie A. Mailly, Lyon, France, Sept. 25, 1833;
.8 letter: D.W. Thomas, near Cantwells
Bridge, to Augustine Mailly, Wilmington, Del., July 22, 1846;
.9 letter, A. Mailly, West Chester, Pa.,
to Augustine [Mailly, Jr., Smyrna, Del.], Dec. 12, 1861. Sending approval of his [Junior]s] recent
marriage;
.10 envelope for above letter
Folder 3: Mailly legal papers (wills,
citizenship, etc.), 1833-1853: (acc. 84x165.12-.19)
.12 English translation of a French document
in which Mary Ann Thomas Mailly agreed that upon her death, her estate would
pay an annuity to her mother-in-law Constance Mailly. No date.
[copy of original French document is part of 84x165.19];
.13 printed form Augustine Mailly declares
his intention to become a citizen of the U.S.A., Oct. 4, 1837. Signed by Thomas Booth Roberts, clerk of City
Court, Wilmington, Del.;
[.14
– in oversize box]
.15-16 envelopes which held above documents;
.17 printed form: letters testamentary and
copy of will of Constance Marguerite Mailly [mother of Augustine Mailly], Nov.
6, 1852;
.18 power of attorney, granted by Augustine
Mailly of Philadelphia to William Hodgsen [sic, i.e. Hodgson], Jr., the acting
trustee of Mailly’s wife Sarah Hodgsen [sic] Mailly, Feb. 5, 1853. [William’s surname is actually spelled
Hodgson.]
.19 printed form: grant of administration of estate of Mary Ann
[Thomas] Mailly to William Hodgson, Jr., Jun 10, 1853, and a copy of the
original French document in which Mary Ann Mailly granted an annuity to her
mother-in-law. [for translation of this
French document, see 84x165.12]
Folder 4: Various legal and financial papers,
1861-1869 [acc. 84x165.20-.28]
Many
of these papers mention Richard L. Mailly and Eugene C. Mailly; some also
mention Daniel Corbit. Includes a few
receipted bills, bonds, and a subscription to the “Delaware Gazette.”
Of
note is a receipt dated July 24, 1865, which records Richard’s payment to
Augustine Mailly for the time of Louis Dixson, “a colored boy who was bound to stay
until he was twenty one years of age.”
Folder 5: Various legal and financial papers,
1870-79 [acc. 84x165.39-.58, .63-.65, .67-.75]
Bills,
receipts, and notes mostly pertaining to Richard L. Mailly and Eugene C.
Mailly, although brother Charles E.A. Mailly is also mentioned. Two bills to Richard, dated 1872-1873, are
for boards, flooring, molding, lath, and other building supplies bought of J.B.
Fenimore & Co. of Middletown; one of these is on printed billhead. M.P. George gave Richard a receipt for
tuition of his daughter, 1872. Two bills
list Mrs. Richard Mailly’s purchases of fabrics and sewing supplies.
Of interest are business licenses
issued in 1874 to E.J.[?] Evans & Co. and in 1875 to R.L. Mailly to operate
stores in Odessa. The accounts with W.
Polk were probably with R.L. Mailly, who ran a coal, lime, feed, etc. store in
Odessa.
Folder 6: Financial
papers: funeral expenses for Nancy R. and Charles E. Mailly of Lancaster, Pa.,
1874, 1879 (acc. 84x165.59-.62, .66, .76-.79)
Bills
are for attendance, a coffin, hearse hire, and tombstones for this couple. The bills from tombstone provider Charles M.
Howell are illustrated with views of tombstones and mantles.
[Nancy
R. Mailly was born in 1798 in Massachusetts, and was married to Charles E.
Mailly, born in France around 1804.
Charles was apparently a brother of the emigrant Augustine Mailly;
Charles came to the U.S. in 1835. Both Mr
and Mrs. Mailly were teachers in Lancaster.
In the 1850 census, they were listed as living in Worcester,
Massachusetts.]
Folder 7: Various legal and financial papers,
1880-89 (acc. 84x80-.108)
Includes
a statement about building sidewalks in Odessa; school reports for Mamie Mailly
who attended the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies in Bethlehem, Pa.;
information pertaining to the estate of Charles E.A. Mailly; bills for purchases
of household goods; etc.
Folder 8: Various
legal and financial papers, 1890-99
(acc. 84x165.109-.122)
Bill
from dentist T.H. Gilpin of Middletown is printed with a chart of teeth on
which he noted the work he did for Mrs. Mailly in 1892. Assorted other bills and reports of the
Odessa Loan Association, of which E.C. Mailly was a director. Also includes some records of a farm.
Folder 9: Various legal and financial papers,
n.d. (acc. 84x165.123-.136)
Includes
petition to pave sidewalks of Odessa; the undated results of a vendue held for
Richard Mailly (probably upon his death), and a few miscellaneous bills and
other documents.
Folder 10: Mary
Ann Thomas Mailly: Letters received, 1824-1825 (from her father) (acc.
84x165.137-.147)
All
these letters were addressed to Mary Ann while she was attending the Burlington
Boarding School, run by John Gunmere, a Quaker.
One of the letters also includes a letter to Edward Thomas, Mary Ann’s
brother. Samuel sends news of home,
family, and friends. One acquaintance
went out in a boat while intoxicated, fell overboard, and drowned. Mr. Thomas wrote she was to be sure to tell
her brother as a warning against excessive drinking and bad companions.
Folder 11: Mary
Ann Thomas Mailly: Letters received, 1826-1827 (from her father) (acc.
84x165.148-.162)
These
letters are addressed to Mary Ann at the Hillis Boarding School in Wilmington,
Del. Again, he sends news from home.
Folder 12: Mary
Ann Thomas Mailly: Letters received, 1828-1845 and n.d. (acc. 84x165.163-.183,
and .835, which was broken off from .166)
The
letters of 1828 from Mr. Thomas are addressed to Mary Ann at Mrs. Bazley’s
Boarding School in Philadelphia, on South Fourth Street. The 1829 letter was written by one of her
Corbit cousins; Mary Ann lived with Henry C. Corbit, a merchant in
Philadelphia, at this time. A letter of
April 14, 1831 was written by cousin D. Corbit to Mary Ann at Mrs. Simmons in
Philadelphia. The letters of April 29
and May17, 1831 were written by Mary Ann’s mother while Mrs. Thomas was in
Philadelphia and Mary Ann was in Cantwells Bridge.
The
letter of Sept. 21, 1831 was written by Mary Ann Mailly in New York to her Aunt
Lindsey (care of Mr. David Bullock, Philadelphia). The Maillys are on their way to France, but
apparently plan to sail from Boston. (acc. 84x165.173) A brief note written by Mary Ann in Lyon,
France, on Jan. 14, 1832, asks cousin Daniel Corbit to help Mrs. Lindsey should
she need it. (acc. 84x165.174)
On
Nov. 9, 1834, R.R. Simmons of Philadelphia writes to Mary Ann in Cantwells
Bridge. Mrs. Simmons mentions the birth
of Mary Ann’s second son. (acc. 84x165.175)
Cousin Mollie L. Wilson wrote from Brandywine on Jan. 9, 1842.
A
letter of Jan. 15, 1845 is described as a “copy of a letter written to Mr.
[Daniel] Corbit by my dear wife Mary Ann.
It concerns her opposition to her brother Richard’s marriage to Miss
Stevens, whom she thinks is marrying him for mercenary reasons, not for love.
(acc. 84x165.177) [see also note on
84x165.813]
An
undated note addressed to Mrs. Mailly at White Hall includes a recipe for
blackberry syrup. (acc. 84x165.178) Another undated letter was written by cousin
D.C. [one of the Corbits] in Wilmington.
It was addressed to Mary Ann Thomas, care of Tristram Thomas, near
Centreville, Maryland. (acc. 84x165.179)
Fragments bearing addresses to Mary Ann at Mrs. Bazeley’s boarding
school and Hillis’s Boarding Schhol do not match extant letters. (acc.
84x165.180-182)
Accession
84x165.183 is a wrapper with the
inscription: “a few precious letters from my dear Mary Ann to me, for my son
Augustine ….”
Folder 13: Bills
and letters, 1845-1846 (especially regarding estate of Mary Ann Thomas Mailly)
(acc. 84x165.184-.193)
.184 receipted bill from Dr. Francis Wait to
Augustine Mailly, Sept.-Dec. 1845, for attendance on Mrs. Mailly.
.185 letter, D. Corbit, to A. Mailly, White Hall
Farm, Feb. 17, 1845. Hopes to attend to
his business soon; delayed by illness in family and fact that 2 men he needs to
see have been away (but have now returned).
.186-187 receipted bills, Daniel Corbit,
trustee of Mary Ann Mailly, paid Ebenezer Papwaters and Samuel Stevenson for
digging and walling grave in Dec. 1845;
receipts dated March 4 and April 27, 1846.
.188 letter, [Augustine Mailly,] White Fall
Farm, to Daniel Corbit, July 5, 1845. Concerned
about Mary Ann’s brother Richard. Also
mentions her father’s will.
.189 receipted bill, Dr. James L. Veazey’s bill
for attending Mary Ann Mailly. Paid by
Daniel Corbit. Services rendered 1845,
paid may 1846.
.190 receipted bill, Dr. Francis Wait paid by
Daniel Corbit, March 1846, for attendance on Mary Ann Mailly.
.191 receipted bill for Mary Ann Mailly’s coffin, bill sent by Thomas T. Enos
to Augustine Mailly, paid by Daniel Corbit, Dec. 1845 and March 23, 1846.
.192 envelope addressed to Augustine Mailly,
West Chester, Pa.
.193 printed form: letters of administration of
estate of Mary Ann Mailly issued to Augustine Mailly, Nov. 7, 1846.
Folder 14 Daniel Corbit: Letters to Augustine
Mailly, 1840-1849 (84x165.194-.224)
Letters
concern family and business, especially the estate of Mary Ann Thomas Mailly,
and support for her children. The
letters are addressed to Mailly at “near the Trap,” White Hall Farm, Wilmington,
and West Chester, Pa.
Folder 1: Daniel
Corbit, Letters to Augustine Mailly, 1850-1852 and n.d. (84x165.225-.251)
Letters
concern family and business, especially the estate of Mary Ann Thomas Mailly,
and support for her children. The letters
are addressed to Mailly at White Hall Farm, Wilmington, and West Chester, Pa.
(although a number were originally in envelopes, not extant, so Mailly’s place
of residence is usually unknown). Also
includes prospectus for The Weekly
Delaware Line and People’s Advocate, and a notice about the newspaper from
a French language publication. The
prospectus was used as a wrapper for “letters from Mr. Corbit at various times
– these letters I wish my sons to keep – Phila, May 15, 1852.”
Folder 2: Augustine Mailly: Letters received,
1831-1832 (acc. 84x165.252-.259)
.252,
.255 receipts: for payment made to
S. Jackson, no date; and payment to Robb & Winebiener for black velvet
coat, July 14, 1831.
.253 N. Chauncey, New York, to Mailly,
Philadelphia, June 20, 1831. About their
friendship.
.254 N. Chauncey, New Haven, to Mailly,
Philadelphia, July 8, 1831. Is eager to
hear from him or Seybert. Was able to
help a sick woman, who trusts in God.
Sees Mr. Dwight, who is still teaching although not well.
.256 N.
Chauncey, Burlington, to Mailly, Philadelphia, Aug. 1, 1831. Mailly should have rejoiced more at the
arrival of his brother. His nephew very
ill. Mentions Mr. Dwight. Asks about Miss Thomas.
.257a-c N.
Chauncey, Burlington, to Mailly, Philadelphia, Aug. 23, 1831. Sorrow after a death [probably his
nephew]. Religious thoughts.
.258 N. Chauncey, New Haven, to Mailly, New
York, Oct. 10, 1831. Hopes Mr. and Mrs.
Mailly can come visit him in New Haven; recommends hotels. Hopes Mailly’s uncle is not displeased with
his marriage. Refers to Mailly’s lack of
fortune.
.259 [?] Draper, New York, to A. Mailly,
Philadelphia, Jan. 1, 1832. Draper is
able to furnish 110 francs.
Folder 3: Augustine Mailly: Letters received,
1838-1839 (acc. 84x165.260-.277)
.260 James N. Sutton, St. Georges, to Mailly,
Cantwells Bridge, Feb. 14, 1838.
Encloses a ticket to a ball. [see
84x165.261]
On address leaf: beginning of talk
about art, written in pencil.
.261 printed invitation: Mr. and Mrs. Mailly
invited to Birth-night Ball, Feb. 22, 1838, to be held at St. George’s
Hotel. With list of managers.
.262 H.C. Corbit, Philadelphia, to Mailly,
Cantwells Bridge, March 21, 1838.
Mentions having met Mailly’s mother in Lyon.
.263 H. C. Corbit, Philadelphia, to Mailly,
Cantwells Bridge, April 4, 1838. E.M.
Davis leaves soon for Lyon and will carry letters if Mailly wishes.
Several names and a passage are
written in pencil on address leaf.
.264 Thomas Smith, no place, to Mailly,
Cantwells Bridge, Oct. 1, 1838.
.265 T. Booth Roberts, Wilmington, to Mailly,
Cantwells Bridge, Oct. 16, 1838. The
declaration of intention to become a citizen must have been made at least 2
years prior to one’s becoming a citizen.
[see Mailly’s declaration and naturalization papers in box 1]
.266 A. Bolmar, West Chester, to Mailly,
Cantwells Bridge, Nov. 19, 1838. Letter
is in French.
.267-.277 envelopes addressed to Mailly in Philadelphia, Wilmington, West Chester.
Folder 4: Augustine Mailly, Letters received,
1842-1847 (acc. 84x165.278-.292)
.278 from C.S. Green, Ingleside, Feb. 8, 1842.
.279 to Mrs. Mailly,.from E.A. Brown, Castle
Hall, Aug. 9, 1843.
.280 Mailly, Wilmington, to David Wilson Thomas
[brother of Mary Ann Thomas Mailly], Aug. 16, 1846. He and his family do not have enough money
to live on.
.281-.283 from W. McCaully, Wilmington, Jan. 7, 9
and 11, 1847.
.284 from Samuel Burnham, Dover, Jan. 12, 1847.
.285 from W. McCaully, Wilmington, Jan. 27,
1847.
.286 from Porter L. Neff[?], Feb. 17[?], 1847.
.287 envelope addressed to Mailly, care of A.
Bolmar, West Chester.
.288 unsigned letter, Feb. 19, 1847.
.289 envelope addressed to Mailly, “present.”
.290 from John A. Allderdice, Wilmington, Aug.
20, 1847. Requests putting off his
French studies until Sept. 1.
.291 from Jeandell & Vincent, office of the
Blue Hen’s Chicken, Wilmington, Oct. 22, 1847.
Am sorry to learn he must resign from their editorial department because
of his duties as a professor of languages.
.292 from George W. Emerson, Harrisburg, Dec.
15, 1847.
Folder 5: Augustine Mailly: Letters received,
1848-1849 (acc. 84x165.293-.320
.293 from Charles Tatman[?], Cantwells Bridge,
Aug. 3, 1848. Has drawn up a bill of
sale to Mr. I.H. Burnham for a slave, “your colored boy Henry Cooper.”
.294-.299 from I. Shipley Jones, Lotus Office,
Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 12, 18, 26, 30, and Oct. 12, 1848.
.300 from A. Bolmar, West Chester, Oct. 22,
1848; in French.
.301 from Jospeh Severn, Philadelphia, Oct. 31,
1848.
.302-.303 from W. McCaully, Jan. 22 and April 11,
1849.
.304 printed invitation: to funeral of Elizabeth
Gunmere, Burlington, N.J., April 19, 1848.
.305 from G. Garesch[?], Philadelphia, Nov. 7,
1848. In French.
.306 from J.P. Garesch[?], Eden Park, Nov. 10,
1848. In French.
.307 from James Montgomery, Wilmington, August
28, 1849. Addressed to Mailly at
Bolmar’s Academy, West Chester. About
his struggles to obtain an education.
.308-.312 from W. McCaully, Wilmington, Sept. 23,
Oct. 2, 5, 16, Nov. 6, 1849.
.313 from Arthur Fawellt[?] Neville Rolfe,
Rappahannock Academy, Caroline County, Virginia, Nov. 6, 1849. Rolfe writes about this academy and describes
his room.
.314 promissory note, Mailly to pay William
McCaulley, Nov. 8, 1849.
.315-316 from W. McCaully, Wilmington, Nov. 17
and Dec. 21, 1849.
.317-.320 envelopes addressed to Mailly, various
places.
Folder 6: Augustine Mailly: Letters received,
1850 (acc. 84x165.321-.340)
.321-.322 from S. Sinclair McCaulley, Wilmington,
Jan. 6 and 9, 1850.
.324 from S. Sinclair McCaulley, Wilmington,
Feb. 8, 1850.
.325-.329 from W. McCaully, Wilmington, March 10,
18, 22, April 20 [two of this date], 1850.
One of the April 20 letters describes the painting and papering done in
a house into which Mailly is planning to move.
.330a-b from
Mr. L[illegible], Washington, June 22, 1840, to Mailly at office of “Blue Hen’s
Chicken”; with envelope.
.331 from A. Bolmar, West Chester, June 25,
1850. In French.
.332a-b from Anna C. Clinch, New
York, July 6, 1850. Asks for references
for Mary Ann and Louis Williams, colored people. Miss Clinch wants a cook/laundress and a
gardener: can they fulfill these positions.
With envelope.
.333 from William Penny, July 11, 1850. Sends the theater notice.
.335 from A. Bolmar, West Chester, Aug. 14,
1850. Master Richard has run away from
school after being disciplined for disorderly conduct. Also, Mailly’s boys in Wilmington are writing
too many letters to the boys at Bolmar’s school.
.336 from Anna C. Clinch, Staten Island, Oct.
30, 1850. [torn] Jane Williams arrived
safely and encloses a letter to her sister, which Miss Clinch requests Mailly
to deliver.
.337 from I.[?] T.[?] Zebley, New York, Dec. 5,
1850. About acquiring a printing press.
.339 from Perdriaux[?[ & Co., Philadelphia,
Dec. 7, 1850. In French.
.340 from C. Harlan, [Wilmington,] Dec. 20,
1850.
.323,
.334, .338 envelopes addressed
to Mailly
Folder 7: Augustine Mailly: Letters received,
1851 (acc. 84x165.341-.369)
Note: most of these
letters concern Mailly’s newspaper Delaware
Line
.341 from William Harris, Eckton, Jan. 7, 1851.
.342 from D. P.[?] Tinker, clerk of House of
Representatives, Dover, Jan. 10, 1851.
.344 from Joseph Moore, Fair View, Jan. 10,
1851.
.345 from Perdriaux & Co., Philadelphia,
Jan. 11, 1851. About wines. In French.
.347 from R.I. Eaton, clerk, post office, Port
Penn, Jan. 17, 1851.
.349 from Jane N. Sutter, St. Georges, Feb. 10,
1851.
.350 from Thomas M.D. Janvier, Cantwells Bridge,
Feb. 11, 1851.
.351 from Benjamin F. Niles, Washington, Feb.
22, 1851. With envelope.
.352-.353,
.355, .366 printed notices: meetings of Lafayette Lodge No. 14, at
the Mason’s Hall, March 4 and 11, April 1, July 1, 1851.
.354 from Thomas Garrett [?], Middletown, March
14, 1851.
.357 from E. Masseras[?[, New York, April
1851. In French.
.358 from Samuel Townsend, near Blackbird, April
15, 1851.
.360 from Jno. G. Challenger, New Castle, April
17, 1851.
.361 printed notice: J. D’Ouville proposes to
form a dance class, Wilmington, April 21, 1851.
.362 from [illegible] Layton, [place illegible,]
April 28, 1851.
.363 from W. A. Kennedy, Washington, D.C., June
6, 1851. With envelope.
.364 from Augustine Duganne[?], office of
“Journal of the Fine Arts,” New York, June 13, 1851. With envelope.
.365 from
J. Pierson Chester, Philadelphia, June 25, 1851. With envelope.
.367 from Joseph Smithers, Cantwells Bridge,
July 7, 1851.
.368 from G. Matthews[?], McDonough[?], July 17,
1851.
.369 from Thomas M.D. Janvier, Cantwells Bridge,
July 38, 1851.
.343, .346, .348, .356,
.359 envelopes addressed to Mailly
Folder 8: Augustine Mailly: Letters received,
1852-1853 (acc. 84x165.370-.389)
.370 from brother Charles E. Mailly, Lancaster,
Jan. 12, 1852. In French.
.371 from son Richard L. Mailly, Kennett Square,
Jan. 22, 1852.
[see
also 84x165.394-.396]
.372 from S. Tobias & Son, Philadelphia,
Feb. 7, 1852.
.373-.374 from W. McCaully, Wilmington, March 4
and July 6, 1852.
.375 from ? Robins[?], Georgetown, Del., July
15, 1852.
.376 from Meirs[?] & Yeaton[?],
Philadelphia, Aug. 6, 1852. Mentions
that Mr. and Mrs. Mailly propose opening
a girls’ school.
.377 invitation: from French Literary Circle of
Philadelphia, to a lecture by Prof. F. Drouin, Oct. 28, 1852.
.378 from A. Bolmar, West Chester, Jan. 12,
1853.
.379 from W. McCaully, Wilmington, Feb. 1, 1853.
.382 from Thomas Fitzgerald, Brandywine Springs,
June 29. Invitation to Fourth of July
celebration.
.383 from Will, an acrostic on the name Lavinia.
.385 from W. McCaully, Wilmington, to William
Smith, representative, Dover, no date.
Letter of introduction for Augustine Mailly, who will be looking after
interests of a college to be chartered by the legislature.
.386 from cousin Mary C. Wilson, Brandywine,
Dec. 10, no year. Must stay with her
aunt for awhile longer and cannot come help him take care of his invalid
[perhaps his wife, who died in Dec. 1845].
.387 from Sarah L. McCaully, no place, no date. Son Samuel has left home and wrote that he
was in West Chester [where Mailly is], and Mrs. McCaully asks Mailly to look
after him.
.389 from Augustus Duganne[?], Message Bird
Office, New York, Feb. 8, 185-. Sends a
poem for the “Delaware Line.”
.380-.381, .384 , .388 envelopes addressed to Richard Mayley or Augustine Mailly.
Folder 9: Letters:
to Rachel, Richard & Mamie Mailly, from S.H. [Sarah Hodgson] Mailly,
Germantown, on death of Richard, Jr., 1873 (acc. 84x165.390-.393)
Sarah
Hodgson Mailly was the second wife of Augustine Mailly. Richard L. Mailly was her stepson, Rachel was
his wife, and Mamie was their daughter. Richard
and Rachel’s son Richard Eugene Mailly was born in 1865 and died on Feb. 27,
1873. Sarah sends her sympathy on the
boy’s death and includes many religious thoughts. In one of her letters, Sarah mentions that she
teaches in the morning and marks with indelible ink in the afternoon, and that
her daughter Constance is also a teacher.
Folder 10: Richard
Mailly: Letters from, and marriage certificate, 1852, 1862 (includes list of
students at Jeremiah Hayhurst Boarding School) (acc. 84x165.394-.398)
.394-.396 letters, R.L. Mailly, Kennett Square,
to father [Augustine Mailly,] Jan. 13, Feb. 6, and March 2, 1852. The letter of March 2 contains the list of
students in Jeremiah Hayhurst’s boarding school, which Richard was attending. [Richard is writing from school. see also 84x165.371]
.397 letter, Richard, Cantwells Bridge, to
Augustine Mailly, Philadelphia, May 5, 1852.
Has been doing farm work. [does
not say with whom he is staying]
.398a-b printed form on embossed paper: minister’s
certificate of marriage of Richard L. Mailly and Rachel J. Deakyne, May 15,
1862, by Thomas C. Murphy, St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church,
Wilmington. With envelope
Folder 11: Mailly family: finances, cancelled
checks, 1873, 1878 (acc. 84x165.399-.420)
Most
of the checks were signed by Eugene C. Mailly and are dated 1878, with one
signed R.L. Mailly, dated 1873. They were
drawn on the New Castle County National Bank of Odessa and made payable to
various people. All checks have a U.S.
Internal Revenue stamp on them.
Folder 12: Mailly
family: finances, receipts and cancelled checks, 1882-1885 (acc.
84x165.421-.537)
Note:
Most of these items pertain to the estate of Richard L. Mailly, died circa 1884
Checks:
84x165.421-.429, .437-.455, .459b-.532, signed by Eugene C. Mailly or R.L.
Mailly, drawn on the New Castle County National Bank of Odessa, and made
payable to various people.
Tax
receipts, 1884-1885, for estate of R.L. Mailly: 84x165.431, .436, .534.
Receipts
for maintenance of Ethel Mailly, minor child of R.L. Mailly: 84x165.432,
.456-.457, .535
.435 W.C. Spuance, attorney at law, Wilmington,
to E.C. Mailly, Oct. 9, 1884, encloses checks.
.458,
.533 receipts for paying premiums
on policy of Cantwell Mutual Insurance Co., Odessa, 1886, 1885
.459a envelope which held guardian receipts of
Ethel L. Mailly; printed return address on envelope: R.L. Mailly, dealer in
groceries, coal, grain, flour, feed and seeds, Odessa, Del.
Other
receipts, 1884-1885:
.430 W. C. Hitner[?] paid for lightening rods;
.433 William W. Walker paid for seed wheat;
.434 Lord & Polk of Odessa paid for bones
[printed billhead];
5.536 G.E. Hukill, Middletown, paid for boards and
lather [printed billhead];
.537 Isaac Jones & Co., Middletown, paid for
clover seed [printed billhead]
Folder 1: Mailly family: finances, receipts,
1890-1899 (acc. 84x165.538-.621)
Note: many of these
pertain to estate of Richard L. Mailly (died circa 1884)
Tax
receipts: .538-.540, .543-.557, .559-.560, .565, .567-.573, .575, .580-.584,
.587-.589, .592-.600, .611, .616-.618
Receipts
for insurance premium payments, Cantwell Mutual Insurance Co., Odessa:
84x165.561-.563, .576-.578, .585-.586,
.601-.605, .614-.615
Receipts
for board and tuition of Ethel L. Mailly at West Chester State Normal School:
84x165.590, .606, .612, .620-.621
Other
receipts:
.541 Brother [torn, but probably William R.]
Davis paid dues to Union Lodge No. 4, Middletown, March 4, 1891. [William R. Davis married Mamie Mailly];
.542 W.R. Davis paid Steamer Clio and Owners,
Odessa, for freight on box of drugs, May 21, 1895[?];
.566 Mary A.M. Davis paid Superior Court of the
State of Delaware for cost of entering an extension of lien on judgment against
J.L. Gibson, Dec. 30 1895;
.574 George Huhn paid Mrs. R.J. Maily for house
rent, Dec. 5, 1896;
.579,
.609 Mrs. W. R. Davis paid dues to
Young Women’s Christian Association, Wilmington, 1896, 1898;
.591 W.R. Davis paid Freeman & Weber,
Middletown, for subscription to “The New Era,” Jan. 1, 1898;
.607 Mrs. E. Mailly paid Steamer Clio and
Owners, Odessa, for freight on a package, May 17, 1898;
.608 Mrs. Mary A. Davis paid membership fee to
the Woman’s Exchange, Y.W.C.A. [Wilmington], Jan. 17, 1898;
.610 W.R. Davis paid Steamer Clio and Owners,
Odessa, for freight on baby coach, March 14, 189-;
.619 W.R. Davis paid for best purchased from Strawbridge
& Clothier, Philadelphia, May 1, 1899
Other
documents:
Cantwell
Mutual Insurance Co., Odessa, annual reports, 1894-1895 , 1899; 84x165.558,
.564, .613
Folder 2: Mailly family: finances, receipts,
1900-1904 (acc. 84x165.622-.675)
Tax
receipts: 84x165.623-.628, .632-.633, .637-.643, .649-.651, .654, .659-.664,
.670, .674-.675
Receipts
for insurance premium payments, Cantwell Mutual Insurance Co., Odessa:
84x165.622, .629-.631, .636, .644-.645, .647, .652-.653, .655-.657, .665,
.671-.673
Receipts
for board and tuition of Ethel L. Mailly at West Chester State Normal School:
84x165.634-.635
Other
receipts:
.648 Mrs. R.J. Mailly paid S.H. Baynard Co.
[diamonds, clocks, watches, jewelry, silverware, optical goods], Wilmington,
for a seal ring, Dc. 12, 1902;
.658 Mrs. R.J. Mailly of Middletown paid E.L.
Peacock Co., dealer in furniture, carpets, draperies, Wilmington, for a rug,
Dec. 24, 1902 [billhead illustrated with picture of a peacock];
.667 Mrs. W.R. Davis paid Odessa Steamboat Co.
(formerly Steam Clio and Owners) for freight on a desk and china, May 22, 1903;
.668 Mrs. R.J. Mailly paid G.E. Hukill, lumber,
lime, coal and wood, Middletown, for boards, sash, latch, Jan. 27, 1903;
,669 Rachel Mailly paid L.V. Aspril & Son,
dealers in agricultural implements and machinery, Odessa, for sharpening lawn
mower and other items, including ice, April 26, 1902;
Other
documents:
Cantwell
Mutual Insurance Co., Odessa, annual reports, 1901, 1903; 84x165.646, .666a-b
Folder 3: Mailly family: finances, receipts,
1905-1909 (acc. 84x165.676-.732)
Tax
receipts: 84x165.680-.693, .696-.708, .714-.719, .721-.729
Receipts
for insurance premium payments, Cantwell Mutual Insurance Co., Odessa:
84x165.676-.678, .694-.695, .710a-c-.713, .730-.732
Receipts
for insurance premium payments, Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co.: 84x165.679
(payment received from Laura C. Hayden)
Other
receipts:
.709 Ehtel
L. Mailly paid Educational Publishing Co., Boston, for subscription to “Primary
Education,” April 4, 1908;
Other
documents:
Cantwell
Mutual Insurance Co., Odessa, annual report, 1909; 84x165.720
Folder 4: Mailly family: finances, receipts,
1910-1918 (acc. 84x165.733-.786)
Tax
receipts: 84x165.733-.735a-b, .738-.755, .763-.766a-b, .770-.779, .783-.784
Receipts
for insurance premium payments, Cantwell Mutual Insurance Co., Odessa:
84x165.736-.737, .756-.757, .759-.762, .768-.769, .780-.781, .785-.786
Other
documents:
Cantwell
Mutual Insurance Co., Odessa, annual report, 1913, 1914, 1917; 84x165.758,
.767, .782
Folder 5: Unsorted documents (includes 1904 teaching certificate, temperance poem,
and picture of A. Bolmar's Boarding School, West Chester, PA) (acc. 84x165.787-.793, .795-.803)
.787 printed form: notice of meeting of Washington and Lafayette Holy Royal Arch Chapter no. 1, sent June 28, 1847 to John D. Wood;
.788 A. Bolmar’s Boarding School for Boys, West Chester, Pa.: engraving of building and addresses where information may be obtained;
.790 ticket: a social supper at the Swan Hotel, to be prepared on April 2, 1851 by Bro. Milton Stamp, Fourth St., Wilmington, for Masons, illustrated with Masonic symbols, on blue card stock; name on back: S. H. Mongar, 6th & King St.;
.791-.792 postcards: Geo. W. Bush & Son, Wilmington, to R.L. Mailly, Odessa, about orders, Oct. 22 and 25, 1875;
.793 “Lines on the Death of E.A. Michell[?],” signed Puella, no date; refers to the departed as Lizzie and mentions that her child is also dead;
.795 newspaper column: on one side is an article about Lafayette Day, Oct. 19 [ no year], on the other side an article about a train wreck;
.796 printed notice: Sarah H. Mailly will be establishing a school at 84 North Tenth St., Philadelphia; Augustine Mailly will be the French teacher; June 22, 1852;
.797 poem: first line: “Blow sweetly blow the temperance breeze”; signed with initials J[?].C.S.;
.798 printed notice: requesting newspaper publishers to insert an advertisement for Jenny Lind’s farewell concerts in Philadelphia, Jun 9, 11, and 13 [ no year]; publishers inserting the ad without charge will receive free tickets to a concert. Penciled in name: C.S. Seyton, Jones Hotel.
.799 printed notice: advertising brochure for “J.R. Smith’s gigantic moving panorama of the Tour of Europe,” held at Leicester Square, London, no year. One edge of item is torn off, taking some text with it;
.800 “Odessa Items,” column from unknown newspaper, no date
.801 telegram: from S. Sinclair McCaully, Baltimore, to A. Mailly, Oct. 23, 1850, requesting money and asking Mailly to ask his mother to send him a trunk of linen. On stationery from the office of The New Line, 3d and Market St., no city;
.802 envelope for above, indicating office was in Wilmington.
.803 teacher’s certificate, second grade, issued by Office of Superintendent of Free Schools, New Castle County, to Ethel L. Mailly, July 1, 1904. Includes her grades in various subjects.
Folder 6: Letters, rough drafts, accounts,
and bills, 1835-1893 and n. d. (includes bill of sale for a "negro
man", 1839)(acc.
84x165.808-.849)
.808 wrapper, labeled: “drafts of letters
written at divers times [in] regards to the property of my wife & children
– drafts of the views as entertained by [torn] dear wife Mary Ann & self on
the same subject”;
.809 “Statement of my account with Mr. Corbit,
January 28, 1843”;
.810 “Amount of four years income from the 3d
mo. 1836 until the 2d month of February 1840”;
.811 drafts of letters: A. Mailly, White Hall
Farm, to D. Corbit, June 7, 1841; on back: letter Mailly to John Latour,
Philadelphia, June 6, 1841, in French;
.812 draft of statement about Samuel Thomas’
will in regards to Mary Ann’s inheritance if brother Richard did not leave
lawful heirs;
.813 short letter: D. Corbit to cousin Mary Ann
[Mailly], Jan. 16, 1845; with a note about a letter to Corbit on her brother
Richard’s intended marriage. [see
84x165.177 and .818 for this letter];
.814-.816 unsigned letters, from A. Mailly,
undoubtedly to D. Corbit, about “the rather complicated situation of my wife’s
family affairs,” no date.
.817 financial statement in case of Patman[?[
& M.C. Kee v. A. Mailly;
.818 copy of letter: from Mary Ann Mailly, White
Hall Farm, to cousin Daniel Corbit, Jan. 16, 1845. About brother Richard’s impending marriage. A note at the end of the letter mentions that
Richard was taken to the Frankford Asylum for several months later that year.
[see also 84x165.177 and .813];
.819 bill of sale: Joanna and James H. Burnham
of St. Georges Hundred sold to Augustine Mailly, a slave named William
Reynolds, for the term of 10 years, after which Reynolds was to be set free,
March 13, 1839.
.820 “Minute of joint account of trustee with R.
Thaoms and M. Ann Mailly,” 1843, prepared by D.C. [Daniel Corbit];
.821 receipt, Mary Ann Mailly acknowledges
receipt of money from trustee Daniel Corbit, 1835.
.822-.823 letter and address wrapper, from R.
Jane Pippen, no place, to “dear friends,”[from address wrapper: Mary Ann
Mailly, Cantwells Bridge], May 20, 1841.
Talks about her studies and daily schedule at the school of Mr. Girault. Students have been vaccinated against
smallpox. Had the day of Thanksgiving
for General Harrison as a holiday.
.824 letter, J.H. Worthington, Frankford Asylum,
to Daniel Corbit, Cantwells Bridge, July 31, 1845. About Richard Thomas.
.825,
.839 letter, W. R. Davis, Girard
House, Philadelphia, to Eugene [Maily,] April 18, 1889. He and Mamie have arrived safely. With envelope (.839);
.826a-b , .846 letter, Dr. Hamilton Mailly, Bridgeton, N.J., to uncle [Eugene C.
Mailly], March 16, 1893. Family
news. Has an enclosed wagon for use in
winter, much warmer than a buggy. [with envelope: .846];
.827
and .830 letter (torn and part missing),
possibly a draft: unsigned, undated, to “respected friend,” about family
affairs.
.828 printed form, torn at bottom: Augustine
Mailly to pay as sum to his mother Margaret Constance Mailly and his brother
Charles Edward Alexis Mailly, March 1, 1840.
.829 printed form: notice of meeting of Washington and Lafayette Holy
Royal Arch Chapter no. 1, no date.
Illustrated with Masonic emblems.
[.831 – in oversize box];
.832-.834 poems from newspapers;
[.835 – this is a
fragment of the letter acc. 84x165.166, and is filed there];
.836 green piece of paper with rows of numbers;
.837 motion on death of James Fisher Clayton by
the St. Johns Lodge no. 2 of Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons, New Castle,
March 6, 1851. [Clayton was born in
1823, the son of Sally Ann Fisher and John Middleton Clayton.];
838, 840 envelopes addressed to “Delaware Line”;
.841 ticket: Eagle Assembly’s First Grand
Cotillion Party, to be given at the Central Buildings, April 4, 1851, with list
of managers [no place];
.842, .845a-b, .847 receipt: schooner Alaska, J.C. Stuckert,
captain, St. Georges, received wheat from Mr. Whittock, Aug. 5, 1892; and
letter to E. C. Mailly about the wheat; with envelope;
.843-.844 scrapes used for calculations;
.848-.849 invitation to wedding of Hamilton
Mailly and Nellie F. Rocap, Bridgeton, N.J., June 18, 1891, with envelope
addressed to Uncle Eugene, Aunt Rachel, and Ethel [Mailly]
Folder 7: Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Co. (acc. 84x165.804-.805)
.804 letter: Percy Heilner, sales agent for the coal company, Philadelphia,
to J.L. Howard, Sept. 27, 1875, about complaint
received from Mr. Miley [i.e. Mailly]
.805 freight statement, shipment to R.L. Mailly, Aug.
18, 1877
Folder 8: note,
written on box lid, about newspapers from 1876 saved by Eugene C. Mailly (acc. 84x165.850)
Folder 9: Leather
wallet, owner unknown (acc. 84x165.806)
Stoddard,
John F. Juvenile Mental Arithmetic. New
revised edition. New York: Sheldon &
Co., 1865. (acc. 84x165.807)
Name written in front:
R.E. Mailly, Odessa, Del. [Richard
Eugene Mailly, who died in 1873]
Folder 10: metal name plate for S. H. Mailly [Sarah
Hodgson Mailly] (84x165.851)
Although
someone identified this as a coffin name plate, since it does not have Mrs.
Mailly’s full name, it is possible this was a name plate on a door.
Box 4: Oversize, including newspapers
Folder 1: Deed poll, Feb. 3, 1846:
.11 Deed poll, Daniel Corbit and James Booth
to the following members of the Mailly family: Charles Edward, Augustine,
Samuel Thomas, Richard Lindsay, Mary Constance, and Eugene Corbit. About property mentioned in the will of
Samuel Thomas [the grandfather of the Mailly children], and dealing with the
estate of Mary Ann Thomas Mailly.
Folder 2: Certificate
of naturalization for Augustine Mailly
.14 printed form: certificate of naturalization [citizenship
papers] for Augustine Mailly, Dec. 2, 1839.
Signed by T. Booth Roberts, clerk of City Court, Wilmington, Del.
Folder 3: part
of newspaper Courrier des Etats-Unis,
New York City, Aug. 8, 1851 (acc. 84x165.831);
North
State Whig, Washington, North Carolina, 1 August 1844
Folder 4: Daily Gazette, Wilmington, DE, 20
October 1876, with story about Delaware Day at Centennial Exhibition;
Daily Gazette, Wilmington, DE, 10
November 1876, with election news
Folder 5: Morning Herald, Wilmington, DE, 21
October 1876, with story about Delaware Day at Centennial Exhibition;
Morning Herald, Wilmington, DE, 9
November 1876, with election news
Folder 6: Daily
Evening Times, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 25 October 1877;
Daily Evening Times, Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
26 October 1877
Folder 7: Wilmington Daily Commercial Every Evening,
Wilmington, DE, 11 November 1884;
Articles
about events of 1898: Bismarck’s death, Delaware troops’ participation in the
Spanish-American War, and a Delaware case of murder using poisoned chocolates