The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

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.:         Col. 37           

Acc. No.:        82x355, 84x165

Quantity:        4 boxes

Location:        9 B 2-3

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

The Mailly family's immigrant ancestor to the United States was Augustine Mailly, who came from Lyon, France, in the early 1800s.  He married Mary Ann Thomas (daughter of Samuel and Rachel Wilson Thomas, and granddaughter of David and Mary Corbit Wilson) on 6 September 1831.  According to family lore, Augustine was a teacher in the Philadelphia boarding school attended by Mary Ann.  The couple went to France for a period of time after the wedding.  While there, Mary Ann signed a document giving her mother in law, Constance Mailly, an annual stipend of 1000 francs should she (Mary Ann) die first.

 

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 Box 4.

 

 

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.

            Odessa (Del.) - History.

            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

 

Box 1:

 

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.

 

Box 2:

 

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]

 

 

Box 3:

 

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