The
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: Morris, Phineas
Pemberton, 1817-1888.
Title: Receipted bills
Dates: 1857-1861.
Call No.: Col. 845
Acc. No.: 09x7
Quantity: about 175 items
Location: 34 J 5
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Phineas Pemberton Morris (1817-1888), an attorney,
son of Rosa Gardiner and James Pemberton Morris, descended from old
Philadelphia families. (Apparently, he
was better known by his middle name, Pemberton, not his first name.) Phineas Pemberton Morris received a degree
from Georgetown College, was admitted to the bar in 1840, taught law at the
University of Pennsylvania, and wrote law books. He died childless in 1888.
Phineas Pemberton Morris was named for one of his
ancestors, Phineas Pemberton, who came to Pennsylvania in the 1680s, and
settled near Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, naming his property Bolton
Farm. Pemberton’s great-granddaughter
Mary Pemberton married Anthony Morris (1766-1860), a Philadelphia lawyer,
merchant, and member of a distinguished family, in 1790. Their son James Pemberton Morris inherited Bolton
Farm, and he left the property to his son Phineas Pemberton Morris. After
Phineas Pemberton Morris’ death, Bolton Farm passed to his cousin Effingham B.
Morris. When E. B. Morris died in 1937,
his heirs presented the property to the University of Pennsylvania, which used
it for clinical facilities for its School of Veterinary Medicine, until a new
location, the New Bolton Center, was established in the 1950s. The original family mansion in Bristol is
maintained as a local historic site.
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
A group of receipted bills, dated 1857-1861, a third
of which relate to bank orders, drafts, and payments for interest, mortgages,
and such. The remaining receipted bills
cover personal and professional expenses.
Those relating to his homes and office include charges for painting,
patching a roof, digging a privy and a well, taking down furnaces, hardware,
and lumber. A small group of bills
covers charges for food and liquor. A
rather larger group covers charges for gas, water, coal, wood, and taxes. As well, there are bills for moving a piano,
law books, pew rents at Episcopal churches in Philadelphia and Bristol, farrier
work, upholstery charges, a tuition bill for a Miss Bowers, and bills from Dr.
Caspar Morris. Two bills dated 1860
pertain to the funeral of Anthony Morris, although one charge is listed as
being for P. P. Morris’ funeral. Also
included are receipts for payments for membership in the Law Association of
Philadelphia and in the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. A number of the bills are on printed forms.
ORGANIZATION
The bills are divided by subject: building repairs,
hardware, labor; blacksmith, harness, livery stable; food and liquor;
memberships; pew rents; physician, funeral; taxes; upholstery, books, textiles,
tuition, postage; water, gas, coal, wood; and letters, receipts, drafts, bank
orders, payments.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Gift of David Doret.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Episcopal Church -
Pennsylvania.
Law Association of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture.
Buildings - Repair and reconstruction - Pennsylvania.
Horseshoeing.
Outhouses.
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Undertakers and undertaking.
Wells.
Checks.
Receipts.
Lawyers.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 34 J 5
All bills are addressed to Phineas Pemberton Morris,
unless otherwise indicated.
All bills are from Philadelphia businesses unless
otherwise indicated.
All accession numbers begin with 09x7.
Folder 1:
Building repairs; hardware; labor
.1 to
Anthony Minster, from William Taylor & Sons, Morrisville, April –June 1855: for lumber,
such as spruce palings, hemlock fencing and scantling, cypress shingles, pine
boards and siding, etc.
.2 from Merry & Co. (late Lloyd &
Co.), November 11, 1857: for taking down and putting up furnaces;
.3 receipt signed by John G. Davis,
Emilie, June 18, 1858: for whitewashing, painting, varnishing [see also .5]
.4 to John Schaffer, for Pemberton Morris,
from W. B. Gillingham, June 22, 1858: nails, padlock, door lock, coat and hat
hooks, screws, feet of boards, etc.;
On back: bill for days of
work, June 23, 1858.
.5 to P.P. Morris per J.G. Davis, from J.
L. Stackhouse, Emilie, June 25, 1858: for paint, turpentine, japan, varnish,
paint brush, lights of glass, putty; [ see also .3];
On back: calculations,
in pencil
.6 from Merry & Co., June-Sept. 1858:
for taking down and putting up furnace, repairing range, cleaning flues,
furnace pipe
.7 from Geo. R. Johnson,, June-November
1858: for roof repairs, work on chimney, repairing pipes
.8 from
H.[?] Moore[?],
January 1859: for repairing some kind of lock’ receipt signed R. Rice pr M.
Jones[?]
.9 from Urban Lynch, January 3, 1859: for
frame for fire screen, hinges, screws, and making the screen, and paper
hanger’s work
.10 from Michael Erickson, March 1859: for
carpenter’s work at office water closet, plus materials, tin roof, and
plastering
.11 from John Allen, February 19, 1859: for
arching well, digging out, and building walls for something, walling up cellar
windows, and paving at office in Pine St., a load of sand, lime, 600 bricks,
carting dirt;
.12 from Samuel Sloan, March 1, 1859: for
digging well and finding bricks at office, Prune St. above 4th
.13 from John E. Harrold, May 10, 1859: for
days of paining, including work by R.M.C.;
.14 from Henry N. Shinkle, Emilie, Pa., May
21, 1859: for days of unspecified work by self, by boy, and by A. Watson
.15 from Robert Harrold, June 3, 1859: for
taking down furnaces
.16 receipt: R.P. Morris paid William S.
Minster for rails, Sept. 4, 1859
.17 from Jesse L. Stackhouse, Emilie, Sept.
10, 1859; for linseed oil, japan, and for glazing a sash
.18 from C. White, December 31, 1860: for
painting house on Chestnut St.: lower story front, second story chambers, and
veranda; and for glazing 4 panes of glass; and for painting veranda floor and
roof
.19 from Henry N. Shinkle, May 24, 1861, for
two days work at board, and work of boy;
On back: Shinkle
received payment
.20 from James Halberstadt, June 19, 1861:
for putting down new cellar door chocks, hanging sash & cord; for estate in Prune St.
.21 from
Henry N. Shinkel, June-October, no year: for days of work;
On
back: some calculations, in pencil
Folder 2:
blacksmith, harness, livery stable
.22 receipt signed by John M. Hooper: bill
for blacksmithing, including new steel toed something, [horse] shoeing
(including removals), repair to hasp and staples;
.23 receipt: Joshua W. Headly was paid for a
bay horse [unclear], July 13, 1858
.24 from Washington Stables, August 16, 1858:
for two days keep of a horse; signed by F. Kelly for John McLaughlin
.25 from Washington Stables, May 12, 1859:
for use of carriage; signed by F. Kelly for John McLaughlin
.26 from Samuel R. Phillips, July 1, 1861:
for horse cover, surcingle, halter, set of single harness, mane comb
.27 from John Hooper, June-October 1861: for
horse shoes, and mending and making something else
.28 from H.
G. Boos[?], July 15, 1861: for varnishing wagon
Folder 3: food
and liquor
.29 from
William G. Cochran & Co, July 1857: for case St. Julien claret wine
.30 from John Elvert, confect., January 4,
1858: for black cake; payment received by
Caroline Elvert
.31 from
Henry Jones, January 19, 1858: for grouse, oysters, celery, jars of pease; and
for his services, cooking and a waiter
.32 from
M.F. Augustine & Son, January 22, 1858, for croquettes
.33 from
William G. Cochran & Co., January 9, 1858, for a basket of Mumm champagne
wine
.34 from
Henry Jones, December 20, 1858: for grouse, pheasant, partridges, oysters, hot
bead[?] salad, sweet breads, croquettes, peas, and for services, cooking, and
waiting
.35 from
William G. Cochran & Co., February 3, 1859, for a sherry wine and old
cognac brandy
.36-.37 from
Joseph Edwards, June 15 and October 20, 1859: for barrels of Ex. Family Flour
.38 from M.F. Augustine & Son, April 22,
1861, for croquettes
Folder 4: The Law Association;
Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture
.39-.41 receipts
for payments made to the Law Association, March 1858, 1859, 1861; each signed
by a different treasurer;
Printed
on back: By-law of the Law Association;
Printed
forms
.42-.43 receipts
for contributions to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture,
January 1, 1859 and 1861; signed by different treasurers;
Printed forms, two
styles
Folder 5: pew rents
.44-.46 receipts
for payment of pew rent, St. James’s Church, Philadelphia, March 25 and Sept.
27, 1858, and Sept. 28, 1859; all signed by George W. Hunter, church warden;
Printed forms
.47-.49 receipts
for payment of pew rent, to vestry of St James’ Church, Bristol, July 5, 1858; August
16, 1859; and July 1, 1861; all signed by H. G. Stetwagon, treasurer;
Printed
forms, two styles
.50 receipt:
for payment of pew rent to St. Clement’s Church, and for pew carpet,
Philadelphia, April 27, 1859; signed by John Lambert
.51-.53 receipts for payment of pew rent to
St. Clement’s Church, Philadelphia, April 1860; October 1861; April 1862,
signed John Lambert;
Printed forms, with
decoration
Folder 6: physician; and funeral of
Anthony Morris
.54-.55 from
Caspar Morris, December 26, 1857; and December 29 1860: for medical services
.56 from
Simeon Brooks, Bristol, November 12, 1860: “received payment from A. B. Minster
for digging grave for Mr. Morris”
.57 from
S.S. & H. Rice, Bristol, November 12, 1860: received payment from Anthony Minster
for tending the funeral of P.P.[sic] Morris
[Anthony Morris, Phineas Pemberton Morris’
father, was the deceased]
Folder 7: taxes (Bristol and
Philadelphia)
.58-.59 receipt
for taxes paid in Bristol, June 28, 1859, and August 2, 1861; includes state
and county taxes;
Printed
forms
.60-.64 receipts,
from Office of Receiver of Taxes, Philadelphia, for payment of taxes for 1858
and 1859 (two receipts for each year); taxes were paid for real estate on
Chestnut St. and Prune St.; taxes were paid on furniture, personal goods, and a
gold lever [a watch?];
Printed
forms
.65 receipt,
to Mrs. Hannah Parke, from Office of Receiver of Taxes, Philadelphia, Sixth
Ward, for payment of taxes for 1861;
Printed
form
.66 receipt,
from Office of Receiver of Taxes, Philadelphia, for payment of taxes for 1861;
taxes were paid for real estate at 1827 Chestnut St.;
Printed
form
Folder
8: upholstery, textiles; tuition; postage
.67-.68 from Martin Eberly (also spelled
Eberle), June 19 and October 11, 1858: for moving a piano, &c., to Bolton,
and for moving the same goods from Bolton
.69 from
Martin Eberly, June 20, 1859: for moving a piano, &c., to Bolton, and for
moving trunks, &c., to Walnut St. wharf
.70 from
Martin Eberly, October 8, 1859: for moving a piano from Centreville, expenses
on board, helping to unload piano, and for carrying a package from Walnut
Street wharf
.71 bill,
from Mr. Lynch [name from back], no date: for hair cloth, canvas, muslin, webbing, tack
and twine, upholsterer’s charges, rubbing down and varnishing [what was not
specified], coat hooks and fixture; written in pencil
.72 from
H.P. & R.H. Small, February 7, 1861, for Grant’s[?] Cases, vol. 2;
[the
Smalls sold law books]
.73-.74 from
Kay & Brother, July 1, 1858, and January 1: for law books
.75 from
Sharpless Bros., July 9, 1858; for gingham
.76 from
A. Vaillant, for tuition of Miss Bowers, for session ending June 30, 1869; also
for a book about Italy, and stationery
.77a-i postage
charges, May, August, November, January, February, December, March, June/July,
and April; some signed by A. Sterling
Folder
9: water, gas, coal, and wood bills
.78-.80 receipts from Department for
Supplying the City with Water, Jan. 20, 1858; March 4, 1859; January 23, 1861;
for properties on Chestnut and Prune Streets
Printed
forms
.81-.86 receipts
from Trustees of the Philadelphia Gas Works, covering Oct. 1857-Jan. 1, 1858; Jan. 1-April 1, 1858; March 1-June
1, 1858; April 1-July 1, 1858, July 1, 1858-Jan. 1, 1859; and Jan. 8-April 1,
1859; for properties on Chestnut and Prune Streets;
Printed
forms
.87 receipt
signed by W. Tague, Jan. 26, 1861, for
paying for gas bill for office on Prune St.
.88-.89 receipts
from Trustees of the Philadelphia Gas Works, covering Jan. 1-April 1, 1861, and
March 1-June 1, 1861, for properties on Chestnut and Prune Streets;
.90-.91 from
John Thompson, Dock Street Public Landing, October 15, 1858, and October 11,
1859: for wood, cordage, and hauling;
Printed
forms (two styles)
.92 from
J. Lawrence, Almond St., October 12, 1861; for wood, cordage, and hauling;
Printed
form
.93-.94 to
Anthony Minster, from White & Wright, Bristol, July 8 and August 3, 1858:
for coal [spelled col on the July
bill]
.95 from
Edward [possibly Edmund] C. Biddle, Westmoreland Coal Co., August 24, 1858, for
coal
.96 from
John Chester, Sully[?] Town, Sept.
25, 1856[?]; for coal
.97 from
A. Garber & Son, August 22, 1859: for range coal
Folder
10: letters and receipts; drafts; bank orders; payments
.98a-b statements
about payments or charges to Gilmore, written on back of form from Farmers’ and
Mechanics’ Bank, Philadelphia, meant to be sent to Foreign Note Clerk;
Printed
forms; paper has been slit
.99a-e “Browns
& Bowen have issued their bill on Brown Shipley & Co., Liverpool … in
favor of Henry Romilly, “ Philadelphia, March 23, 1858; April 13 and November
19, 1860; April 22 and September 10, 1861;
Printed
forms; .99e has had left side partially removed;
[note:
Shipley was Joseph Shipley of Wilmington, Delaware; he built Rockwood Mansion]
.100 note
from P.P. Morris, Dec. 22, 1857, to Farmers & Mechanics Bank, to pay John
Biddle $100;
Endorsed
on back by John Biddle; stamped RNA on back, with the letter E on front; paper
has been slit
.101 note
from P.P. Morris, Dec. 28, 1857, to Farmers & Mechanics Bank, to pay J. R.
Tyson $49;
Endorsed
on back by Tyson; paper has been slit
.102 note
from P.P. Morris, Dec. 21, 1857, to Farmers & Mechanics Bank, to pay Thomas
Kimber $250;
Endorsed
on back by Kimber; paper has been slit
.103 one
side: note from P.P. Morris, March 24, 1859, to Farmers & Mechanics Bank,
to pay Isaac Haghhirst[?] $33.25; this has been crossed out;
Other
side: “This amount paid with others to W. Pierce for Mrs. Goell, with other
notes crossed out
.104 note
from P.P. Morris, Nov. 19, 1860, to Farmers & Mechanics Bank, to pay Brown
Brothers $100; (Romilly bill of exchange_
Endorsed
on back; paper has been slit;
[the Brown brothers were partners in Brown Shipley
& Co.]
.105 note
from P.P. Morris, Nov. 22, 1860, to Farmers & Mechanics Bank, to pay
Wilbraham Wittington & Pole $96.92 (McFannin[?])
Endorsed
on back: Wilbraham Whittington & Pole; paper has been slit;
.106 note
from P.P. Morris, February 26, 1861, to Farmers & Mechanics Bank, to pay Thomas B. Tilden $15; (Colton’s Atlas);
paper
has been slit;
.107 note
from P.P. Morris, October 29, 1861, to Farmers & Mechanics Bank, to pay Henry C. Thompson $1185; (Cubbler’s[?]
something);
paper
has been slit;
.108 Purchase
by order of P. Pemberton Morris, by I. P. Pleasant[?]: Pennsylvania Railroad is
mentioned and this may be a purchase order for stock; May 30, 1851
Receipts:
.109 receipt:
J. R. Tyson was paid for furnace work and gas bill; Dec. 28, 1857 – move this
to folder 1
.110 receipt:
P.P. Morris paid $45.58 to Morris, Tasker & Co., apparently in a suit
against Samuel [illegible], Jr., December 31, 1857
.111 receipt:
P. P. Morris paid a sum in full of a judgment in district court against James
C. Ogden & Co., January 5, 1858, receipt signed by John [unclear] & Co.
.112 receipt:
Morris paid for a note of Levick Bassett & Kuen, March 6, 1858; signed by
Heinrick Wiener
.113 receipt:
Morris paid for rent, including gas bill, March 27, 1858; signed by J. R. Tyson
.114 receipt:
Morris paid for claim against Moss & Brother, April 30, 1858; signed Levick
Bassett & Kuen
.115 short
letter from Clement[?] & Temple, May 4, 1858: please pay bearer on note of
Smith Murphy & Co.;
With
receipt: W. W. Tschendy received the payment, May 5, 1858
.116 receipt:
Morris paid Joseph Frel for painting door at 1827 Chestnut St., July 1, 1858
.117 receipt:
Morris paid Heinrick Wiener
for Fullerton’s rent, May 13[?], 1858
.118 receipt:
Morris paid, or paid on behalf of, the estate of Thomas Bradford, February 5,
1858; signed by [illegible]
.119 receipt:
Morris paid for ground rent of 404 Prune
St., November 9, 1858; signed by Chas. W. Peirce, atty for J. L. Peirce
.120 receipt:
Morris paid for costs in case of Morris Tasker & Co. vs. Harvey Quicksall, November
24, 1858; signed by James Freeborn, Dept. Sheriff
.121 receipt:
Morris gave check of Wm. C. Patterson & John D. Taylor , assignees of Bank
of Pennsylvania, payable to Drexel & Co., November 26, 1858; signed by
Morris Tasker & Co.
.122 receipt:
Morris paid on account of judgement against James Smeeton, December 8, 1858,
signed Morris Tasker & Morris
[see also .133]
.123 receipt:
Morris paid Morris Tasker & Co., in their claim against Bank of
Pennsylvania, December 8, 1858; Morris retained part of the fees as his payment
for his services
.124 receipt:
Morris paid interest on a bond and
mortgage of house on Prune St. purchased from estate of Job. R. Tyson, December
9, 1858; signed L. W. Glenn and Lizzie F. Cuthbert
.125 receipt:
Morris paid a debt he had collected from John Taylor, January 7, 1859, money
received by J. Cheston Morris for Caspar Morris
.126 receipt:
Morris paid on account in judgement
against Charles Mulliken, January 10, 1859, signed Morris Tasker &
Co.
.127 receipt:
Morris paid interest on mortgage on 1827 Chestnut St., January 12, 859, signed
Mary Lavallette Marr[?]
[the
woman’s name was Mary Lavallette, and it is not clear what the word after her
name is]
.128 receipt:
Morris paid in a claim against Canby & Bro., January 15, 1859; signed
Morris Tasker & Co.
.129 receipt:
Morris paid in judgement against Charles Mulliken, January 27, 1859, signed
Morris Tasker & Co.
.130 receipt:
Morris paid interest on a bond and
mortgage of house on Prune St. purchased from estate of Job. R. Tyson, March
10, 1859; signed L. W. Glenn and Lizzie F. Cuthbert
.131 receipt:
Morris paid all demands against Levick Bassett & Kuen in suit of Walker
& Thomas & Sons, April 19 1859, signed John M. Thomas, atty for Geo. I.
Henkels
.132 receipt:
Morris paid Charlotte Boston the money from her saving fund at the National
Safety Trust Company, April 23, 1859; signed by Miss Boston’s mark
.133 receipt:
Morris paid on account of a claim against James Smeeton, May 23, 1859; signed
Morris Tasker & Morris;
[see
also .122]
.134 Morris’
statement of amount collected from Thomas Ralston for executor of J. R. Tyson,
May 23, 1859; signed by G. M. Wharton, executor
.135 receipt:
Morris received money from Walton Constable [or Walton, constable] for rent
collected from G. W. Watson, stone cutter, June 10, 1859; signed Robert R.
Levick
.136 receipt:
Morris paid interest on a mortgage due
to estate of Job. R. Tyson, June 10, 1859; signed L. W. Glenn and Lizzie F.
Cuthbert
.137a receipt:
Morris paid interest on house at 1827 Chestnut St., June 18, 1859; signed Mary Lavallette
.137b receipt:
Morris paid interest on a mortgage due
to estate of Job. R. Tyson, for house on Prune St., September 12, 1859; signed
L. W. Glenn and Lizzie F. Cuthbert
.138 receipt:
Morris paid interest on a mortgage for
house on Prune St., December 8, 1859; signed L. W. Glenn and E. F. Cuthbert
.139 receipt:
Morris paid interest on house at 1827 Chestnut St., December 15, 1859; signed
Mary Lavallette
.140 receipt:
Morris received his fee in case of George Veale vs. H. H. Lodge, January 23,
1861; signed Tatham & Bros.
.141 receipt:
Morris paid A.S. Hughes as master of the Charlotte E. Tay, in the case of
Rutter Newhall & Co. vs. Bush[?] Ferris, January 28, 1861
.142 receipt:
Morris paid interest on a mortgage for house on Prune St., March 5, 1861;
signed L. W. Glenn and Lizzie F. Cuthbert
.143 receipt:
Morris made a payment on bill due Tasker & Clark in favor of Miller N.
Everly, March 28, 1861; signed Morris Tasker & Co., per S. Knight
.144 receipt:
Morris paid interest on a mortgage for house on Prune St., September 5, 1861;
signed L. W. Glenn and E. F. Cuthbert
.145 receipt:
Morris paid mortgage on house at 1827 Chestnut St., October 7, 1861; signed
Mary Lavallette
.146 receipt: Morris paid mortgage on house at 1827
Chestnut St., October 8, 1861; signed Mary Lavallette for E. A. F. Lavallette
[Mary
Ann Krips Lavallette was married to Rear Admiral Elie Augustus Frederick
Lavalette; he died in 1862 and she in 1881.]
.147 receipt:
Morris paid a bill, October 12, 1861; signed M. Frederick by J. I.[?] Todd
.148 receiptL
Morris was paid his fee for debts collected from Samuel Smeeton and from
Solomon Wilde, November 18, 1861; signed Morris Tasker & Co., pr Wm. L. Case[?]
.149 receipt:
Morris paid ground rent on 404 Prune St., December 9, 1861; signed C. W.
Peirce, atty for J. L. Peirce
.150 receipt:
Morris paid interest on a mortgage, December 12, 1861; signed L. W. Glenn and
Lizzie F. Cuthbert
.154 assignment
of mortgage, William R. Chapman to Heinrick Wiener, with receipt dated December
7, 1861: Wiener paid Morris in this assignment;
Written
on back (in pencil): manuscript recpts (not printed) – but this is later
writing, not contemporary with the documents
Letters:
.151 letter:
Morris, Philadelphia, July 6, 1849, to A. A. Dent: encloses receipt for
advertising Mr. Brent’s farm in Village
Record; needs some papers in connection with estate of Mr. Adlum
.152 copy
of letter, from Morris, Philadelphia, March 16, 1855, to Mr. Redin: pertaining
to the Adlum estate; on back: a note about receipts
.153 letter
from Morris, October 15, 1858, to Morris Tasker & Co.; about their case
against Pike Green & Co.;
On
back: the company’s receipt acknowledging payment of the debt in this case