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1.
A. Lardner letter to Samuel W. Lippencott, undated
Creator: Lardner, A.
Dates Created: 1850-1860 ,
Dates Created: approximately 1855
2.
Abigail Reeves letters to Sarah Jones, 1854
Creator: Reeves, Abigail
Date Created: 1854-10-09
3.
Alexander Brown letter to Hannah Jones, 1847
Creator: Brown, Alexander
Date Created: 1847-04-09
4.
Alexander Henny letter to Isaac C. Jones, Jr., 1857
Creator: Henry, Alexander
Date Created: 1857-09-10
5.
Alice Izard letter to Maria Hodge, 1819
Creator: Izard, Alice
Date Created: 1819-12-18
6.
Andrew Joy property deed, 1834
Creator: Joy, Andrew
Date Created: 1834
7.
Ann Wikoff legacy receipt, 1852
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1852-11-18
8.
Arlington Cemetery deed, 1912-1913
Creator: Arlington Cemetery Co.
Date Created: 1912-06-25 - 1913-03-20
9.
Bank of the Northern Liberties letter to Hannah Jones, 1853
Creator: National Bank of Northern Liberties
Date Created: 1853-02-10
10.
Bill for burial, 1868
Date Created: 1868-11-23
11.
Blockley Cemetery deed, 1856-1871
Creator: Blockley Baptist Church
Date Created: 1856-05-13 - 1871-05-04
12.
Britton Corlies last will and testament, 1844
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1844-02-09
13.
Caleb Johnson letter to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, 1853
Creator: Johnson, Caleb
Date Created: 1853-10-06
14.
Caleb Johnson letter to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, undated
Creator: Johnson, Caleb
Dates Created: 1850-1860 ,
Dates Created: approximately 1855
15.
Caleb Johnston letter to James Bayard, undated
Creator: Johnson, Caleb
Dates Created: 1850-1860 ,
Dates Created: approximately 1855
16.
Catharine W. Morris last will and testament notice, 1860
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1860-01-04
17.
Cedar Hill Cemetery deed, 1862-1930
Creator: Cedar Hill Cemetery
Date Created: 1862-09-18 - 1930-07-07
18.
Cemetery of the United American Mechanics and United Daughters of America deed, 1854
Creator: Order of the United American Mechanics
Date Created: 1854-11-05
19.
Charles Peneveyre letter to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, 1850
Creator: Peneveyre, Charles
Date Created: 1850-05-24
20.
Charles Pooley Jr. letter to Matilda Tripple, undated
Creator: Pooley, Charles H. Jr.
Dates Created: 1920-1940 ,
Dates Created: approximately 1930
21.
Colestown Cemetery deed, 1909-1912
Creator: Colestown Cemetery Company (Colestown, N.J.)
Date Created: 1909-04-24 - 1912-04-24
22.
Constitution of the Union Benevolent Association and report explanatory of its object : also, Constitution, &c., of the Ladies' Assistant Society, Nov. 1831
Creator: Harding, Jesper, 1799-1865
Date Created: 1831
23.
Copy of indemnifying bond to the executors of Thomas W. Goldtrap, 1848
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1848-05-12
24.
Description of two Chilson, Gould & Co. furnaces set in the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, undated
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Dates Created: 1840-1860 ,
Dates Created: approximately 1850
25.
Dr. Caspar Wistar letters to the Indigent Widows and Single Women's Society, 1847, 1852
Creator: Wistar, Caspar, 1801-1867
Date Created: 1847-01-01 - 1852-01-01
26.
Edmund Clapton estate receipt, 1875
Creator: Clapton, William R.
Date Created: 1875
27.
Edward Abbott Penniman letter to Hannah Jones, 1846, 1858
Creator: Penniman, Edward Abbott
Date Created: 1846-09-03 - 1858-11-05
28.
Edward Abbott Penniman letter to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, 1846
Creator: Penniman, Edward Abbott
Date Created: 1846-11-13
29.
Eighteenth annual report of the Home for Destitute Colored Children, 1873
Creator: Philadelphia Home for Destitute Colored Children
Date Created: 1873
30.
Eighth annual report of the Home for Destitute Colored Children, 1863
Creator: Philadelphia Home for Destitute Colored Children
Date Created: 1863
31.
Eleventh annual report of the Home for Destitute Colored Children, 1866
Creator: Philadelphia Home for Destitute Colored Children
Date Created: 1866
32.
Elizabeth Esther Thornton letter to Matilda Tripple, 1921
Creator: Thornton, Elizabeth Esther
Date Created: 1921-10-09
33.
Elizabeth Latimer letter, 1838
Creator: Latimer, Elizabeth
Date Created: 1838
34.
Elizabeth Manfield estate receipt, 1857
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1857-07-21
35.
Elizabeth Phile Stott last will and testament notice, 1849
Creator: Binney, Horace | Williams, Henry J. | Morton, Samuel George
Date Created: 1849-06-22
36.
Elizabeth Phile Stott last will and testament notice, 1850
Creator: Binney, Horace | Williams, Henry J. | Morton, Samuel George
Date Created: 1850-05-11
37.
Elizabeth Ralston letter to the Indigent Widows and Single Women's Society, 1836
Creator: Ralston, Elizabeth
Date Created: 1836-10-06
38.
Elizabeth Rooker statement of legacies, 1853
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1853-06-16
39.
Evergreen Cemetery deed, 1861-1944
Creator: Evergreen Cemetery (Camden, N.J.)
Date Created: 1861-11-20 - 1944-10-30
40.
Extract from Green B. Duncan letter to Herman Cope, 1848
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1848-02-26
41.
Extract from the last will and testament of Hannah Cooper, 1850
Creator: Cope, M. C.
Date Created: 1850-01-10
42.
Extract from the will of Ann Mifflin, 1854
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1854-09-08
43.
Extract from the will of Ann Rementer, undated
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Dates Created: 1840-1860 ,
Dates Created: approximately 1850
44.
Extract from the will of Elizabeth Phile Scott, 1848
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1848-06-21 - 1848-10-27
45.
Extract from the will of Mary Fassitt, undated
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Dates Created: 1840-1860 ,
Dates Created: approximately 1850
46.
Extract from the will of Robert Fielding, undated
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Dates Created: 1850-1860 ,
Dates Created: approximately 1855
47.
Extracts from the will of Beulah Sansom, 1837
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1837
48.
Extracts from the will of Charles Smiedel, 1837
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1837
49.
Extracts from the will of Elizabeth Jackson, 1846
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1846-04-06
50.
Extracts from the will of Henry Rigby, 1823
Creator: Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
Date Created: 1823-04-28
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Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Fernwood Cemetery
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Latimer, John
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Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
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Lesley, Joseph
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Morris, Joshua H.
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National Bank of Northern Liberties
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Oliver H. Bair Co.
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Order of the United American Mechanics
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Orphan Society of Philadelphia letter to the Indigent Widows' Society, 1822
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Patterson, R.
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Peneveyre, Charles
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Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Philadelphia County)
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Secretary of State of the Canton of Neuchâtel
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Sexton, John W.
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Smith, J. Jay (John Jay), 1798-1881
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Society for the Relief of Poor and Distressed Masters of Ships, Their Widows and Children
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Thornton, Elizabeth Esther
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Tomkins, Floyd W.
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Tripple, Robert
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Tripple, Sarah
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Vaux, George, 1832-1915
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Ralston, Sarah
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Annual reports
126
Correspondence
103
African Americans--Charities
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African Americans--Housing
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Charitable bequests
82
Children--Institutional care
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Evangelicalism
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House of Refuge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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House of the Good Shepherd (Philadelphia, Pa.)
61
Juvenile delinquency
61
Magdalen Society (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Poor women
61
Prostitution
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White, William, 1748-1836
61
Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons (Philadelphia, Pa.)
43
Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons (Philadelphia, Pa.). Board of Managers
43
African American children--Care
41
Child welfare--Pennsylvania
41
Philadelphia Home for Destitute Colored Children
41
Social work with African American children
41
Account books
27
Minutes (Records)
27
Records (Documents)
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Burial records
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Invoices
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Municipal bonds
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New Orleans (La.)
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Estate
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Deeds
11
Diaries
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Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County)
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Fernwood Cemetery
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Lansdowne (Pa.)
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Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
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Broadsides
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Constitution
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Camden (N.J.)
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Charters and articles of incorporation
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Cherry Hill (N.J)
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Chilson, Gardner, 1804-1877
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Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Christmas cards
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Colestown (N.J.)
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Colestown Cemetery Company (Colestown, N.J.)
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Collins, Isaac, Jr., 1787-1863
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Evergreen Cemetery (Camden, N.J.)
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Financial statements
1
First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
History
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Ingersoll, Joseph R. (Joseph Reed), 1786-1868
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Ledgers
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Neuchâtel (Switzerland : Canton)
1
New Thought
1
Order of the United American Mechanics
1
Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Philadelphia County)
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Piping
1
Post cards
1
Publicity
1
Real property surveys
1
Scrapbooks
1
Seal
1
Smith, J. Jay (John Jay), 1798-1881
1
Smyrna (Del.)
1
Society for the Relief of Poor and Distressed Masters of Ships, Their Widows and Children
1
Stocks
1
Union Benevolent Association
1
Union Benevolent Association. Ladies' Branch
1
Vaux, George, 1832-1915
1
Women in charitable work--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
1
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Historical Society of PA
673
Presbyterian Historical Society
1
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Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society/Ralston House records
331
Magdalen Society of Philadelphia records
61
Philadelphia Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons
43
Philadelphia Home for Destitute Colored Children annual reports
41
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3615 Chestnut St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
128
4400 W Girard Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
36
New Orleans (La.)
19
149 N 3rd St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Lansdowne (Pa.)
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340 S Front St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7
1400 John F Kennedy Blvd Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1926 N 17th St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1900 N Broad St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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12th St and Fairmount Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1415 Arch St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1517 Chestnut St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1715 Arch St St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1863 Mount Ephraim Ave
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1904 Walnut St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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20 N American St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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20th and Chestnut St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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213 S 6th St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2157 N 23rd St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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218 Arch St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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236 Powell Ln Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
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300 N 3rd St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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400 John F Kennedy Blvd Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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525 N 53rd St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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5800 Frankford Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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6201 Kingsessing Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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717 N Hancock St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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76 Susquehanna St Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
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930 Adams Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Brevard (N.C.)
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Camden (N.J)
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Camden (N.J.)
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Cherry Hill (N.J.)
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Jersey City (N.J.)
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Neuchâtel (Switzerland : Canton)
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