Robert Dechert Collection (UPT 50 D293)
1106. PARKER, ELIZABETH. January 31, 1805, Lexington, [Kentucky].
General Andrew Porter. ALS. To her father, discussing their scattered
family and her own impecunious condition. Mentions “Mr. [James]
Moor[e] our presedent has left the simenary [Transylvania Seminary]
his place is vacant.”
1107. PORTER, ANDREW. September 15, 1806, July 1, 1808 (codicil).
ADS. Copy of will and codicil of Andrew Porter.
1108. PORTER, [MRS.] MARY. June 23, 1798, Lexington, [Kentucky].
Colonel Andrew Porter. ALS. To her “Papy” (father-in-law?),
apologizing for not having written sooner. Her health and her family’s
health, news of relatives, her thanks for having “the Best
of husbands.”
1109. PORTER, WILLIAM. November 21, 1805, Baltimore, [Maryland].
General Andrew Porter. ALS. To his father, informing him of the
death of Andrew’s son (and his brother) Andrew, and the death
of his own infant daughter.
1110. TODD, WILLIAM. September 23, 1806, Lexington, Kentucky. General
Andrew Porter. ALS. Enclosing a copy of the court records and proceedings
in the case of Alexander Kerr, agent, v. Robert and Andrew Porter,
as requested by his cousin E. Parker. Since the case was insufficiently
prosecuted to show Robert Porter insolvent, this should exonerate
Andrew Porter.
Francis Brisbane Dick Collection (UPT
50 D547)
1111. DICK, FRANCIS BRISBANE. 1820-1823, 1837-1843, Phila. First
Presbyterian Church Account Book. Accounts of work at old First
Presbyterian Church and all payments for work building the new church
on Washington Square, including payments to architect John Haviland,
stone mason John Struthers, cabinetmaker/ builders Henry Connelly
and Ephraim Haines, 1820-1823. Also private accounts of Dick as
sexton and locksmith, including attendance on funerals, 1837-1843.
Later used as scrapbook.
Dwight Collection (UPT 50 D992)
See number 1777a.
Thomas Sovereign Gates
1112a. FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. January 4, 1746, Phila. William Strahan.
ALS. Order for books, with mention of specific titles, and arrangements
for payment of bill. Letter encased in glass and leather case, presented
to Thomas Sovereign Gates in 1940 “in grateful recognition
of the first ten years of his devoted service as President of the
University of Pennsylvania.”
Elisha Kent Kane Collection (UPT 50 K916)
1112. KANE, ELISHA KENT. 1802-1833, Phila. Receipt book of Abraham
Kintzing (1802-1805), Eliza Kintzing (1806-1807), and Elisha Kent
Kane (1808-1833).
William Martin Collection (UPT 50 M376)
1113. MARTIN, WILLIAM (1765-1798; M.B. 1786, Physician in Chester,
Pa. and Georgetown, D.C.). 1757-1796. Volume of miscellaneous manuscripts
(evidently bound by his grandson, John Hill Martin of Phila., ca.
1865) containing court and legal notes copied from cases of 1757;
copies of patriotic addresses by William Martin of 1794 and n.d.;
medical case notes and observations, 1789-1792; literary extracts,
poems, and fragments, 1791-1795; American longevity, 1790-1792;
copies of his letters, 1792-1794, letter to him of 1790, and rules
of Chester (Pa.) School, 1796.
Alfred Fitler Moore Collection (UPT 50 M78)
1114. 1801-1820. Eight deeds for land in Northern Liberties and
Penn Township, Phila. County, to or from John Gravel, Frederick
Barnholt, John Hare Powel, Eleanor McCall, Samuel Mifflin, William
Wilson, John Hill, Thomas Oliphant, Godfrey Frederickson, Michael
Weaver, and Bartholemew Doyle.
