The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE  19735

302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:          Wonderly-Stewart-Ritter-Brown Family                                              

Title:               Papers

Dates:             1779-1929, bulk 1830-1875

Call No.:         Col. 471

Acc. No.:         78x308, 79x328

Quantity:        4 boxes

Location:        16 A 4

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

The Wonderly, Stewart, Brown, and Ritter families were inter-related, though their connections are not always clear.  Most family members resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Noted members of the Wonderly family include merchant Jacob S. Wonderly (whose wife was a Ritter), Samuel, and Mary S. The Stewart family is represented in the collection by Thomas and Mary; Thomas married Catherine Jones.  The Ritter family is represented by William, Henry B., and Harriet Newell (d. 1913). 

 

The Brown family was perhaps better known in Philadelphia.  James E. Brown was a trunk and carpetbag manufacturer whose wife was named Sarah.  He had at least two sons.  One, William Hughley (1815-1875), was noted for his early shipping of coal by rail and boat to the Midwest, while his brother, Thomas Stewart Brown (called Stewart, d. ca. 1928), was an attorney who practiced in Philadelphia, Wilmington, Delaware, and Alexandria, Virginia.   Stewart’s wife was Elizabeth (Lizzie) Wonderly.  Other members of the Brown family include Samuel (d. ca. 1904), James W., Caroline, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Stewart Brown Marriott, Isaac R, Mary B. Sayre, and Margaret R. Brown.  Thomas Stewart and Elizabeth Wonderly Brown had two children: Edgar Lincoln (called Eddie) and Mary Wonderly, who married Henry Pepper Scott.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

This collection contains various papers collected by members of the Wonderly, Stewart, Brown, and Ritter families from 1799 to 1929.   They include an indenture of apprenticeship to a butcher; deeds for land in Philadelphia; a mortgage for a house in Philadelphia;  certificates for pew rent; wills; inventories; estate papers; stock certificates; receipts for income tax and a tax on a watch and a piano;  bills for water, horses, furniture, clothes; trade cards; envelopes; promissory notes; checkbook stubs and canceled checks paying for funerals, gas, and telephone service; pictorial billheads; letters placing orders for coal, furniture, and paintings; personal letters; a penmanship book;  Masonic papers;  insurance papers; calling cards and invitations; poetry; and several diaries by Thomas Stewart Brown.  His 1865 diary records the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.        

 

 

ORGANIZATION

           

The papers are arranged into six series, divided by family:

Series I: Wonderly family papers;  

Series II: Stewart family papers; 

Series III: Ritter family papers;

Series IV: Brown family and business papers of T. Stewart Brown;

Series V: personal papers of T. Stewart Brown and his wife Lizzie;

Series VI: printed materials which generally cannot be connected with any particular family or person.  Included in Series VI are maps, trade cards, advertising materials, historical notes, etc.

 

A name index to accession 78x308 is at the end of this finding aid.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

 

 

PROVENANCE

           

Gift of Mrs. Henry W. Bryan.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

People:

            Brown, T. Stewart (Thomas Stewart), b. 1838.

 

Topics:

            Wonderly family.

Stuart family.

Brown family.

Ritter family.

Taxation.

            Inventories of decedents' estates.

            Promissory notes.

            Copybooks.

            Poetry.

            Coal - Transportation.

            Luggage industry - 19th century.

            Real property.

            Deeds.

            Bills.

            Letters.

            Wills.

            Diaries.

            Invitations.

            Stock certificates.

            Trade cards.

            Lawyers.

            Merchants.

           

           

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 16 A 4

 

Note: all accession numbers are prefixed by 78x308, unless otherwise noted as being 79x328.

 

 

Series I: Wonderly family papers

 

Box 1:

 

Folder 1:          .1         Indenture of apprenticeship, Jacob Wonderly to David Everhart, butcher, Philadelphia, 1779

 

.2         Deed, Joseph G. Shippen, physician, and his wife, to Anthony Null, saddler, for lot of ground on Sixth St., ground rent $1.50 per annum, Philadelphia, 1829

 

.3         Deed, Joseph G. Shippen, physician, and his wife, to Anthony Null, saddler, for lot of ground on Sixth St., ground rent $1.50 per annum; deed poll endorsed, J.G. Shippen and wife to Mary Swift, for the ground rent, Philadelphia, 1829

 

.4         Deed, Anthony Null, saddler, and wife, to James Marsh, merchant, for lot on west side of Sixth St., Philadelphia, 1830

 

.5         Deed, James Marsh, merchant, and wife, to John Pearce, plumber, for messuage and lots on the west side of Delaware Sixth Street, deed poll endorsed Mary Swift to John Pearce, Philadelphia, 1832

 

Folder 2:          .6         Mortgage, John Pearce to George Harrison, for house on west side of Delaware Sixth St., Philadelphia, 1832

 

                        .7         Search against John Pearce, Philadelphia, 1836

 

.8         Deed, John Pearce and wife to Samuel Wonderly, merchant for messuage and lot on west side of Delaware Sixth St., Philadelphia, 1836

 

.9         Certificate, Samuel Wonderly, for pew rent in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, 1837

 

Folder 3:          .10       Deed, Samuel Wonderly and wife to Jacob S. Wonderly, merchant, for a messuage and lot of ground on Sixth St., below Buttonwood, Philadelphia, 1843

 

.11       Deed, Jacob S. Wonderly and wife to Samuel Wonderly, Philadelphia, 1847

 

.12       Deed, Philip Gilinger and wife to M.H. Crawford and H.C. Hill, for house and lot on Cherry Street, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1856

 

Folder 4:          .13-.26             Business papers of Samuel Wonderly and S. Wonderly and Son, including will and estate papers of Samuel Wonderly, Philadelphia, 1842-1880

 

                        .27-.28             Stock certificates, Jacob S. Wonderly, Philadelphia, 1865

 

.29-.31             Tax receipts, internal revenue, to E. Wonderly, John S. Wonderly, and J.S. Wonderly, for income and tax on one watch and one piano, Philadelphia, 1865

 

.32       Receipt, City of Philadelphia to J.S. Wonderly for water rent on 470 N. Sixth St., 1875

 

Folder 5:          79x328.1-.2     Certificates, Samuel Wonderly, for pew rent in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, Philadelphia, 1848, 1860

 

79x328.3         Business license issued to S. Wonderly & Son, Philadelphia, for being a wholesale dealer, 1862-1863

 

79x328.4         Internal revenue license issued to S. Wonderly & Son, Philadelphia, by United State, 1863-1864

 

79x328.5         Receipt issued to J.S. Wonderly, for payment of excise tax on 1863 income, 1864

 

79x328.6         Internal revenue license issued to S. Wonderly & Son, Philadelphia, by United State, 1866-1867

 

                        79x328.7         Receipt issued to Jacob S. Wonderly, for payment of taxes, 1871

 

                        79x328.8         Receipt issued to Jacob S. Wonderly, for payment of taxes, 1873

 

79x328.9         Receipt, Jacob S. Wonderly, for pew rent, St. John's Evang. Luth. Church, 1875

 

79x328.10       Receipt, J. Wonderly & Son, for payment of business license or tax,  1876

 

 

Series II: Stewart family papers

 

Box 1:

 

Folder 6:          .33       Tax assessment notice, County Commissioners' Office, to Thomas Stewart, 7 Lodge St., Philadelphia, 1848. (for real estate, personal tax, income, from occupation, and tax on a gold watch)

 

                        .34       Will, estate of Thomas Stewart, Philadelphia, 1850

 

                        .35       Inventory, estate of Thomas Stewart, 1850 (copy)

 

Folder 7:          .36       “Accounts of the Trustees under the Will of Thomas Stewart, decd., Philadelphia, 1850-1852”

 

Folder 8:          .37       Accounts of John McAllister, Jr., and William Duane, executors etc. of Thomas Stewart, decd., Philadelphia, 1850-1852

 

.38       Certified copy of accounts of John McAllister and Thomas Roney, trustees of the estate of Thomas Stewart, 1850-1852

 

.39       Receipts for transfers of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Loan from the children of Ann Roney, Catherine Stewart Roney, and Martha Stewart, Philadelphia, 1850

 

.40       Receipt from the children of Ann Roney for their shares under the will of Thomas Stewart, 1850

 

Folder 9:          .41-.70             Estate papers of Thomas Stewart on account of James S. Jenkins, Philadelphia, 1850-1858

 

Folder 10:        .71-.88             Estate papers of Thomas Stewart, trustee's accounts for Catherine S. Wilson, 1850-1861

 

Folder 11:        .89-.91             Estate papers of Thomas Stewart, in the matter of Elizabeth S. Brown, 1868

 

.92-.95             Estate papers of Thomas Stewart re: The Philadelphia Contributionship Insurance assignment of bond, warrant, and mortgage given by John McAllister, as “continuing trustee for Mrs. Maria E. Swann, under the will of Mrs. Margaret Bell, deceased,” 1869

 

.96-.126           Estate papers of Thomas Stewart, including tax receipts, water and sewer rent receipts, bills for repair and maintenance of 73 Dock St., Philadelphia, 1850-1857

 

 

Series III: Ritter family papers

 

Box 2:

 

Folder 1:          .148-.156         Stock certificates, Henry B. Ritter, for shares in various companies in Camden, New Jersey, and Bridgeport, Norristown, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1856-1887

 

.157-.160         Stock certificates, James Connell, for shares in various companies, Philadelphia, 1865-1866

 

.161     Certificate, Henry B. Ritter, exemption from military service, Norristown, Penn., July 11, 1865

 

.162     Stock certificate, Wiley Oil Company, issued to William Ritter, Philadelphia, 1865

 

.163-.164         Letters Testamentary, estate of William Ritter, to Henry B. Ritter and Edward S. Wilson, West Chester, Penn.,  1866; and Release, heirs of William Ritter, to Executors,  1868

 

.165-.166         Receipts, estate of William Ritter, H.B. Ritter, executor, signed by Mary S. Wonderly, Philadelphia,  1868; Emily R. Davis,  1870, for share of estate and interest due on trust fund

 

.167-.168b-c   Telegrams, to H.B. Ritter from Kate K. Piper for transfer of money, Philadelphia, 1872, and Sacramento, 1873

 

Folder 2:          .168a   Henry B. Ritter's check book stubs, March 20, 1871, to March 7, 1876, from Montgomery National Bank, Norristown, Penn.

 

                        .168d   Henry B. Ritter's check book stubs,  March 7, 1876 to May 24, 1881

 

Folder 3:          .169     Henry B. Ritter of Wilmington, Del., naming his friend T. Stewart Brown of Wilmington, as his attorney, 1899

 

.172     Letter to Henry B. Ritter, Wilmington, from Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown Railroad Co., about stock dividend, December 3, 1900

 

.173-.176         Will of Harriet Newell Ritter, 1910; statement of estate of Harriet N. Ritter by Stewart Brown, n.d

 

.177-.180         Letters of administration, estate of Henry B. Ritter, to T. Stewart Brown, Wilmington, 1911; statement of estate of Henry B. Ritter, n.d., with supporting papers

 

.181     Appointment of appraisers, estate of Henry B. Ritter, to L. Scott Townsend and Harlan G. Scott, Wilmington, 1911

 

 

Series IV: Brown family papers and business papers of T. Stewart Brown

 

Box 2:

 

Folder 4:          .127     Will, Samuel Brown, Philadelphia, 1851

                       

                        .128-.130         Estate of Samuel Brown, deceased, Philadelphia, 1904-1905

 

.131     Memos, Trustees of estate of Thomas Stewart respecting the house occupied by Charles Bender in Dock St., belonging to the heirs of Mary Ann Jenkins, Philadelphia, 1852. Signed by James E. Brown as approving arrangements

 

Folder 5:          .132     Billhead, Wm. Brown & Co., Practical Plumbers, to James E. Brown, for repairs and materials to house on Dock St., Philadelphia,  1854

 

.133     Receipt, Register Watering Committee, to Jas. W. Brown for water rent for 73 Dock St., Philadelphia, 1854

 

.134-.135         Trade cards, James E. Brown, manufacturer and dealer in Fine Trunks, Philadelphia, n.d., ca.1850-1869

 

.136     Five envelopes from James E. Brown, Trunk and Carpet Bag Manufacturer, Masonic Temple, No. 721 Chestnut St., Philadelphia,  n.d., ca.1850-1869

 

.137     Pictorial billhead, James E. Brown, manufacturer of trunks, valises, bags, &c., No. 708 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 1860. Addressed to Chas. Stokes for 4 ps. Silesia. With view of Masonic Hall.

 

.138     Letter, Joseph Burgess to Wm. F. Miskey, Royers Ford, Penn., 1861. Re: interest in Finkerbiner's farm

 

.139     Letter, Alfred L. Hance to Jas. E. Brown, Washington, 1861. Re: a camp chest sale

 

.140     Letter, Isaac S. Williams to J.E. Brown, Philadelphia, 1862. Re: T.S.B.'s account

 

.141     Receipt, Theo. G. Palmer to Brown & Schofield, for one horse, wagon, and harness, Alexandria, Va., 1862

 

.142     Letter, Geo. H. Stuart to James E. Brown, for his contribution of whiskey for sick soldiers, Philadelphia, 1863. On letterhead of U.S. Christian Commission, endorsed “Receiv'd July 11th & promptly forwarded to Gettysburg, where it was in good time & did good service.”

 

                        .143a   Promissory note, unsigned, to pay James E. Brown, Philadelphia, 1875

 

.143b   Envelope, “Order of court 11th of January 1868, allowing J. McAllister, Jr., to borrow on the property at 123 Nth 9th St.,” signed James E. Brown

 

.144     Receipt (fragment), Clark Oil and Mining Co., to James E. [Brown], for payment for shares of stock, Philadelphia

 

                        .145     Scrap (once contained receipts)

 

.146-.147         Bonds and warrants, Caroline Brown et al. to the Wayne Building and Loan Association, Wayne, Delaware County, Penn., 1892 and 1894

 

Folder 6:          .182     Letter, Anson S. Archer, declining an invitation, Philadelphia, 1857. With envelope of Archer, Warner, Miskey & Co., manufacturers of lamps, gas fixtures, etc.

 

                        .183     Receipted bill, Curtis and Dearing for 2 tables, Washington, 1861

 

.184a-b            Letter, Jacob Zietz, regarding carriage and other necessities for wedding, Philadelphia, 1861, with letter from Wm. H. Burkhardt

 

                        .185     Receipt, Thos. C. Garrett, n.p., 1862

 

                        .186     Statement of account, final balance, Feb. 1, 1862, Alexandria, Va., 1862

 

.187     “List of Goods handed over to T.G. Palmer in satisfaction of bill of I.S. Williams against Brown & Schofield,” with receipt of Theo. G. Palmer to Brown & Schofield, Alexandria, Va., 1862

 

.188     Letter, Baltimore and Ohio R.R. Company, from E.P. Holden, Clerk of Errors, re: shipment claim, Baltimore, 1862

 

.189     Receipt, E.H. Delahay to T. Stewart Brown, Treas. of Union Lodge, for lodge money, Alexandria, Va., 1862

 

.190     Receipt, Jefferson Tacey to T. Stewart Brown for lodge dues, Alexandria, Va., 1862

 

.191     Printed billhead, Jacob R. Ritter, Merchant Tailor, for making coat, pants, and vest, Philadelphia, 1865

 

.192     Letter, Office of the Scientific American Patent Agency, to T. Stewart Brown, Washington, 1863

 

.193a-c                        Pictorial letterhead, H. Howson's U.S. & European Patent Offices, re: lock, Philadelphia, 1866

 

                        .194     Receipt, David Moffat & Co., in settlement of account, New York, 1868

                       

                        .195     Letter, unknown writer, re: stands, Philadelphia, 1869

 

.196     Letter, Coss & Kirby, re: their business advertised in the Herald, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1869

 

.197     Form letter, M.B. Edson, re: interview, New York, 1869

 

.198     Letter, M.B. Edson, Office of the Recording Steam Gauge Company, in reference to position advertised, New York, 1869

 

.199     Letter, Bullard & Lee, re: purchase of trunks, Hartford, Conn., 1870

 

.200     Lease, S.L. Pound, for house, 182 East Grand St., Elizabeth, N.J., 1870. On form printed by Williams, Hardham & Plum, Newark, N.J.

 

.201     Receipted bill, John Skillin for building materials and carpentry work, Elizabeth, N.J., 1873

 

.202     Bill, T. Stewart Brown, to John Skillin for coal and hauling (including credit for bill above), New York, 1873

 

.203-.204         Letters, John Rommel, Jr., & Bro., miners and shippers of coal, to T.S. Brown, with regard to accounts, Philadelphia,  1874

 

.205     Letter, Wm. C. Brown of Wm. Simpson Sons & Co., Dry Goods Commission Merchants, in regard to the purchase of a large picture to hang at home, Philadelphia,  1875

 

.206     Letter, Wm. C. Brown of Wm. Simpson Sons & Co., to brother [T. Stewart Brown] about Mr. Rumpp's settlement of claim, Philadelphia,  1875

 

.207-.209         Letters, VanZile & Wotkyns, coal office, re: shipment of coal by boat, etc., Troy, N.Y., 1875

 

.210     Letter, S.H. Brown of S.H. Brown & Co., re: orders for coal, Boston, Mass.,  1875

 

.211     Tax receipt, for dog, city, county, state, and school taxes, 8th Ward, Elizabeth, N.J., 1879

 

.212     Receipt, Scott & Co., Bankers & Brokers, for delivery of Baltimore & Ohio bonds, Wilmington, Del., 1899

 

.213     Letter, Scott & Co., Bankers & Brokers, confirming purchase of Chesapeake & Ohio bonds, Wilmington, 1900

 

.214a-b            Letter, Charles W. Miller, real estate broker, re: sale of property, 470 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia, 1901, with letter re: deed

 

.215     Letter, James Dempster, of Dunville & Co., Ltd., Royal Irish Distilleries, with thanks for photograph of Mrs. Taws, Belfast, Ireland, 1902

 

.216     Empty envelope, Geo. W. Guthrie, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1906

 

.217     Printed receipt, for advertisement of the death of Harriet N. Ritter, in a Philadelphia paper, 1913, with two clippings of death notice

 

.218     Letter, J.E.B., re: blank note, n.p., n.d.

 

.219     Letter, B. Schofield, re: promise to see him and bring books, n.p., n.d.

 

.220     Note, C.G.P., re: shipment of trunks, etc., n.p., n.d.

 

.221     Memo, T. S. Brown, re: tickets; on verso: J.M. Evans, Esq., n.p., n.d.

 

.222     Estate papers of T. Stewart Brown: Receipted bill, Dr. Lewis B. Flinn, for professional services, Wilmington,  February 2, 1928

 

.223     Estate papers of T. Stewart Brown: Receipted bill, Conly Brothers, Inc., addressed to Mrs. H.P. Scott, for coal, Wilmington, February 18, 1928

 

.224     Estate papers of T. Stewart Brown: Receipted bill, Dr. Wilbur H. Haines, for professional services, Philadelphia, March 1, 1928

 

.225     Estate papers of T. Stewart Brown: Receipted bill, Henry P. Scott for amount loaned to decedent prior to his death, Wilmington, May 1928

 

.226     Estate papers of T. Stewart Brown: Receipted bill, Robert H. Richards, attorney, for professional services, amount advanced for certificates, and amount advanced for appraiser's fee, Wilmington, May 31, 1928

 

.227-.228         Estate papers of T. Stewart Brown: Receipted bills, Isaac R. Brown and H.B. Mearns, for services as appraisers, n.p., May 31, 1928

 

Folder 7:          .229-.235         Checks, Wilmington Trust Company, to payers for cost of burial, cemetery monument, gas and telephone expenses, signed by Mary W. Scott, Exec., Wilmington,  February-March 1928

 

                        .236-.446         Checks, T. Stewart Brown

 

Folder 8:          .447-.526         Checks, T. Stewart Brown

 

Folder 9:          .527     Protest, Oliver McCabe, Master of the Canal Barge called the Reading Rail Road No. 25, to any negligence in the sinking of the barge with cargo of coal, Port of New York, July 3, 1872

 

Folder 10:        .528-.536         Miscellaneous notes, envelopes, notes about Benjamin Franklin, scraps

 

Folder 11:        79x328.27-.30             Letters to Stewart [T. Stewart Brown] from Lizzie Wonderly, 1861-1862, n.d.

 

79x328.31a-b  Petition to join the Union Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, Alexandria, Va., 1862

 

79x328.32a-c  Letter, T. Stewart Brown, from H. Howson's U.S. & European Patent Offices, Philadelphia, about a patent, and two pages of drawings of locks and doors

 

                        79x328.33       Letter, to Lizzie from Mother, March 1, 1889

 

                        79x328.34a-b  Letter and envelope, T. Stewart Brown, New York, from Lizzie

 

79x328.35       Lease, S.L. Pound, renting his house at 182 East Grand St., Elizabeth, N.J., to T. Stewart Brown, September 13, 1870. On form printed by Williams, Hardham & Plum, Newark, N.J.

 

                        79x328.36       Receipted tax bill, T. Stewart Brown, from Elizabeth, N.J., 1872

 

79x328.37       Report of Preliminary Examination, Munn & Co., Solicitors of Patents, to T. Stewart Brown, re: his improvement in car brakes; also two drawings of parts of trains (tucked inside report), 1873

 

79x328.38       Receipt, Scientific American and Patent Office to T. Stewart Brown, for application for patent on cylinder for air brakes for cars, 1873

 

79x328.39a-e  Group of letters relating to patents, between T. Stewart Brown and Office of the Scientific American, 1874

 

79x328.40       Postcard, Joel Parker Frechet (?) to T. Stewart Brown, re: appointment, 1883

 

79x328.41       “Received of George M. Wagner, Trustee,” an amount of money for a mortgage on properties in Philadelphia, to be paid to T. Stewart Brown, Elizabeth B. Marriott, Mary B. Sayre, William C. Brown, Samuel E. Brown, Caroline Brown, and Margaret R. Brown, 1909

 

79x328.42       At home card and two envelopes, Mr. and Mrs. James Fowler to Martha Stewart, May 2, n.y.

 

                       

 

Series V: Personal papers of T. Stewart Brown

 

Box 3:

 

Folder 1:          .537-.546         Letters to T. Stewart Brown from his father J.E. Brown

 

                        .547     Letter to J.E. Brown from T. Stewart Brown

 

                        .547-.564         Letters to T. Stewart Brown from his father J.E. Brown

 

Folder 2:          .565-.595         Letters to T. Stewart Brown from his father J.E. Brown

 

Folder 3:          .596-.618         Letters to T. Stewart Brown from his father J.E. Brown

 

Folder 4:          .619-.634         Letters to T. Stewart Brown from his father J.E. Brown

 

Folder 5:          .635-.672         Letters to T. Stewart Brown from Lizzie (Elizabeth Wonderly Brown, his wife)

 

Folder 6:          .673-.702         Letters to T. Stewart Brown from Lizzie (Elizabeth Wonderly Brown, his wife)

 

Folder 7:          .703-.726         Letters to T. Stewart Brown, from various people: Harry Thungland (?); Mother; Charles Yates; J.S. Wonderly; Wm. Ireland; W.T. Kimball; Theodore G. Palmer; Lizzie B. Marriott (his sister); S.E. Brown (a brother); Robert Atkinson; William Brown (another brother); John Roney; Emma H.S. Warren (a niece); James V. Sayre, 1856-1927

 

.727a-.740       Letters to Lizzie Brown, from Lizzie B. Marriott and others, 1868-1869, n.d.

 

                       

Folder 8:          .741     Penmanship book, T. S. Brown, Hartsville, Pennsylvania, 1852

 

                        .742a-c                        “Flora’s Dictionary in part, T.S. Brown,” n.d.

 

                        .743-.751         Masonic papers, 1860-1906

 

                        .752-.755         Insurance papers, 1875-1885, and 1902

 

                        .756-.762c       Calling cards and invitations

 

                        .763a-b            Social list of names

 

.764     Letter to William C. Harlan from Cousin Thebe S. Roberts, Livonia, Mich., 1862

 

                        .765     Letter to “Niece” from “Aunt Emily,” Cleveland, Ohio,  1869

 

                       

Folder 9:          .766     Diary of T. Stewart Brown, 1863

 

                        .767     Diary of T. Stewart Brown, 1864

 

.768     Diary of T. Stewart Brown, 1865 (notes assassination of Abraham Lincoln)

 

Folder 10:        .769-.770         Poetry

 

.771     Application of membership, to unknown organization, for Lewis Leeds and F. Blackburne, Jr.

 

 

Series VI: Printed materials and memorabilia

 

Box 4:

 

Folder 1:          .772     “Constitution and By-laws of the Philadelphia Handel and Haydn Society,” 1855 (William F. Geddes, printer)

 

.773     “An Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Society of the Sons of St. George,” Philadelphia: W.W. Bates & Co., Printers,  1871

 

Folder 2:          .774     “A Talk with Business Men: Relations of the Campaign to the Material Interests of the Country,” Republican National Committee, Campaign  1880

 

.775     “Official Program of the Centennial Celebration of Washington's Inauguration,” with the compliments of The New York Tribune, 1889

 

.776     Program, Annual Dinner of the Veterans Corps of the First Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, celebrating the 56th anniversary, printed by Bailey, Banks, and Biddle, Co., Philadelphia, 1917, with menu card

 

.777     Printed announcement of the wedding of Mary Frances Renouf to Mr. Ritter Holman, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco,  1923

 

.778     “Catalogue of Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods,” for sale at Alfred Munroe & Co., New York and New Orleans, 1859 (engraved by Lossing-Barritt)

 

.779     Circular, Isaac S. Williams, advertising “The Williams Camp Stove,” for the convenience of military officers, Philadelphia, n.d., ca. 1860s

 

.780     Circular, A.M. Stephenson, inventor and sole proprietor of the “Stephenson Adding Machine,” Wilmington, Ill., n.d., ca. 1880s

 

.781     Circular letter, Hunt M'f'g Company, with prices of rubber stamps, ribbons, seals, and rubber stamp inks, New York, 1881

 

.782     Pictorial envelope, William Conway, Soap & Candle Manufacturer, Philadelphia, n.d., ca. 1860s, (Noble-Nagle, engravers)

 

.783     Trade card, Healy & Co., manufacturers of buckskin gloves and zouave leggings, Washington, n.d., ca. 1860s

 

.784     Trade card, Crouch & Fitzgerald, manufacturers of trunks, valises, bags, &c., New York, 1868. T. Stewart Brown was a member of the firm.

 

                        .785     Ticket, Green & Coates Street Railway, n.p., n.d., ca. 1860s

 

Folder 3:          .786     Map: “Sketch of the entrenched lines in the immediate front of Petersburg, surveyed under the direction of N. Michler...,” prepared for the guests of Jarratt's Hotel, Petersburg, Va., n.d.

 

.787     Map: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, showing the route and connections of the Ithaca & Athens R.R., prepared by G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., New York, 1871

 

.788     Map: The Province of New Jersey, divided into East and West, originally published by Wm. Fadden, London, 1777; photolithographed by J. Bien, New York, n.d.

 

Folder 4:          .789     The New York Herald, September 17, 1842

 

.790-.793         News clippings, miscellaneous, notices of tribute to the departed, etc., 1864 and n.d.

 

.794-.800         News clippings and magazine clippings about the Franklin Bicentenary, January 1906

 

           

Folder 5:          .801     Post card (fragment) showing the Annex Hotel, Pittsburgh, Penn., n.d., ca. 1900-1909

 

.802     Post card (fragment) showing the Annex Hotel, Pittsburgh, Penn., n.d., ca. 1900-1909

 

                        .803     Photo of grandmother and grandchild on front steps of a house, n.p., n.d.

 

Folder 6:          [no number]      Blank embossed notepaper and a plain envelope

 



Index to acc. 78x308.1-.803

 

Allmendinger, William    .13

Archer, Anson S.   .182

Archer, Warner, Miskey & Co.  .182

Atkinson, Robert    .720

Aunt Emily   .765

 

Baker, Isaac   .13

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.  .188

Bates, W. W., & Co.    .773

Bell, Margaret   .93; .94

Bender, Charles  .96; .105; .131

Bien, J.   .788

Binney, Horace, Jr.  .93-.95

Brendlinger, I. H., & Co.  .802

Brown & Schofield    .141; .187

Brown, Caroline  .129; .146; .147

Brown, Edgar   .173a

Brown, Elizabeth   .34

Brown, Elizabeth S.  .89-.91

Brown, Elizabeth W.  .173a

Brown, J. E.   .537-.634

Brown, James E.  .34, .71, .76, .77, .79, .80, .83, .84, .127, .131-.137, .139., 140, .142, .143

Brown, Hannah   .127

Brown, Isaac R.  .227, .228

Brown, Lizzie   .635 -.702

Brown, Margaret   .146; .147

Brown, S. E.    .719

Brown, S. H.   .210

Brown, Samuel   .127; .129; .130

Brown, T. S.   .203; .204; .221; .741; .742

Brown, T. Stewart   .171; .173-.175; .177-.180; .189; .190; .192; .206; .236-.526, .743; .751; .766-.768

Brown, [T.] Stewart  .547; .635-.702

Brown, William, & Co.  .132

Brown, William C.  .205-.206

Brown, William Carey   .130

Brown, Wm.  .722; .723

Bullard & Lee   .199

Bunting, Thomas  .34

Burgess, Joseph   .138

Burkhardt, Wm. H.  .184

 

Clark Oil and Mining Company     .144

Chambers, W. B.  [no number listed]

Cochran & Estill     .14

Colton G. W. & C. B., & Co.   .787

Conley Bros.   .223

Connell, James  .157-.160

Conway, Wm.    .782

Cornwall, Mary Davis   .173a

Coss & Kirby   .196

Crowell, Catharine R.  .40

Crawford, M.H.   .12

Crouch & Fitzgerald   .784

Curtis & Dearing   .183

 

Davis, Charles Gracie    .173a

Davis, Emily    .165, .166

Davis, Emily Ritter   .173a

Delahay, E.H.    .188

Dempster, James   .215

Duane, W. I.    .73-.75; .81

Duane, William J.  .34, .37, .38

Dunville & Company, Ltd.  .215

 

Eckert, Caroline Brown    .128

Edson, M. B.   .197, .198

Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John   .9

Evans, J.M.    .221

Everhart, David   .1

 

Faden, Wm.    .788

Flinn, Lewis B. (Dr.)    .222

Franklin, B.    .529

Fry, Horace B.   .76

 

Garrett, Thomas C.   .185

Geddes, William F.   .772

Gilinger, Philip   .12

Grauel, Mary   .173a

Guthrie, George W.  .216

 

Haines, W. C.  .25

Haines, Wilbur H. (Dr.)  .224

Hance, Alfred L.   .139

Harlan, William C.  .764

Harlebrook, Isaac   .88

Harrison, George   .6

Healy & Co.  .783

Hill, H.C. .12

Ho1den, E. P.   .188

Holman, Lillian Piper   .173a

Holman, Ritter   .777

Howson, H.   .193

Hunt Mfg.. Co.   .781

 

Ireland, Wm.   .711

Ithaca and Athens R. R.   .787

 

Jenkins, James   .42-49; .51, .52, .54, .56, .68, .71, .75, .87

Jenkins, James S. .34; .41-70; .86; .109

Jenkins, Mary Ann    .131

 

Kimball, W.T.   .713

King, Edward   .43

Knight, B. W.   .100; .102

 

Lafayette, (General)    .802

 

Marchant, Harry     .704-706

Marriott, Lizzie B.  .718; .727a-.740

Marsh, James   .4, .5

McAllister, John   .131

McAllister, John, Jr.   .34; .37; .38, .71; .73-80, .83-86; .88; .91-94; .100-102

McAllister, Wardale G.  .63; .64; .82

McCabe, Oliver   .527

McCullough, Thomas   .20

McCurdy, John   .98; .99; .103

Mearns, H. B.  .227-228

Michler, N.    .786

Miller, Charles W.   .214

Miskey, Wm. F., Esq. .138

Mitchell, Jas. M.   .14

Moffat, David, & Co.  .194

Monroe, Alfred, & Co.  .778

 

Neagle, G. C.   .23, .29, .30

Null, Anthony  .2, .3, .4

 

Palmer, T. C.   .187

Palmer, Theo. G.  .141

Palmer, Theodore G.   .714

Pandill, R.   .24

Patten, William  .106

Pearce, John   .5-8

Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown R. R. Co.   .172

Piper, Bertha   .173a

Piper, Kate K.  .167, .168

Piper, Kate Kean   .173a

Pound, S. L.  .200

 

Ralston, I. G.   .71

Recording Steam Gauge Company  .198

Renouf, Mary Frances  .777

Richards, Robert H.  .226

Ritter, Jacob R.  .191

Ritter, H. B.  .165-.168

Ritter, Harriet Newell  .173-175; .217

Ritter, Henry B.  .148-156; .161; .164, .169-172; .177-180; .181

Ritter, William    .162-166

Roberts, Thebe S.   .764

Rommel, John, Jr., & Bro.   .203;

Roney, Catherine [Stewart]  .34; .39, .724

Roney, Eleanor   .40

Roney, Elizabeth   .40

Roney, John   .724

Roney, Margaret [Stewart]  .34; .40

Roney, Mary Ann    .40

Roney, Thomas   .34; .40; .71; .76; .77; .79 .80; .83-86; .100; .131

Rumpp, (Mr.)   .206

 

Saylor, William H.   .95

Sayre, James V.  .726

Scientific American Patent Agency   .192

Schofield, B.   .219

Scott & Co.  .212; .213

Scott, H. P. (Mrs.)  .223

Scott, Harlan G.   .181 .

Scott, Henry P.  .225

Scott, Mary W.   .229-.235

Shaffer, John   .96, .101

Sherwood, John   .19

Shippen Joseph G.  .2, .3

Simms, Henry  .27, .28

Simpson, Wm., Sons & Co.  .205; .206

Skillin, John  .201; .202

Stephenson, A. M.   .780

Stewart,   [no number listed]

Stewart, Catherine  .34

Stewart, Jane Brown   .129

Stewart, Martha   .34; .39; .72

Stewart, Thomas  .33-71; .78-80; .82-.86; .90; .92; .96-98; .100; .103; .106-107: .109; .111-126

Stokes, Chas. & Co.   .137

Stuart, George H.   .142

Sutton, Jas.   .16; .18

Swann, Maria E.  .93; .94

 

Tacey, Jefferson   .190

Thomason & Humphreys   .17

Thungland (?), Harry    .704-706

Townsend, L. Scott   .181

 

Union Lodge, Alexandria, VA  .189

 

VanZile & Wotkyns  .207-209

 

Wainwright, W. J.  .23; .29; .30

Walker & Green   .15; .16; .18

Walker & Martin  .14

Warren, Emma H.S.  .725

Washington, [President]  .775

Watson, J.W.   .32

Wayne Building & Loan Association  .146, .147

Weer, Saml. W. .108

White, Geo. S.    .17

Wickersham & Son   .53; .57; .60; .61; .77; .78

Wickersham, Cadwr.    .53; .60; .61

Williams, Hardham & Plum    .200

Williams, I. S.   .187

Williams, Isaac   .140 ; .779

Williamson, Annie  R.   .40

Wilson, Catherine S.  .34; .71-88; .109

Wilson, Dorothy Ritter   .173a

Wilson, Edward S.   .163; .164

Wilson, Henry Ritter   .173a

Wilson, Mary Anne   .41

Wilson, Mary Louise   .173a

Wonderly,     .19

Wonderly, S., & Son   .15, .16, .18; .24-26

Wonderly, J.S.  .31, .32, .712; .715; .716

Wonderly, Jacob S.  .1; .10; .11; .23; .27; .28

Wonderly, Jacob Smith    .20

Wonderly, John S.   .30

Wonderly, M. S.   .26

Wonderly, Mary S.  .165; .166

Wonderly, Samuel   .8-11; .13, .20, .23

Wood, George   .26

Wood, Robert   .26

Woodward, Charles L.  .14; .18

Wright, Hunter & Co.  .107

 

Yardley, Edwin    .64

Yates, Charles   .710

 

Zietz, Jacob   .184