Manuscripts

Morris, Deborah. 1 letter to Joseph Galloway, 1731-1803

Description: Annotations in the hand of William S. Metford.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1782?, May 29
Call number: HM 36871
Creator: Galloway, Joseph (1731-1803)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Also included are copies of newspaper publications regarding the trial of Abraham Carlisle and John Roberts convicted of treason in 1779, a note about "a party of Rebel Troops" raiding Joseph Galloway's house in 1779, and a newspaper clipping related to Sir William Howe's attack on Joseph Galloway (1780, Nov. 11).
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Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803. 1 letter to Thomas Nickelson

Manuscripts

Annotations in another hand.

HM 36851

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Galloway, Grace Growden, -1789. 1 letter to Elizabeth Galloway Roberts

Manuscripts

Following the above: letter from Galloway to Joseph Galloway, 1731-1803, 1779, May 22. Annotations in the hand of William S. Metford.

HM 36846

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Metford, William. 1 letter to John James Thompson, 1815-1875

Manuscripts

Annotations in the hands of William Metford and William S. Metford.

HM 36865

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Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803. 1 letter to Thomas Nickelson. Annotations in another hand

Manuscripts

The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, legal instruments, plans, surveys, appraisals, accounts and other documents related to the Growden legacy; including the shares in Durham Iron Works, the properties in Durham, Bensalem, and Richland Townships, an upper lot of the Delaware River, and houses in Philadelphia. The materials cover the 1773 partition of the Growden's estates and their fate after Pennsylvania Act of Attainder (1778) and the death of Joseph Galloway. Correspondents include: Joseph Galloway, his brother-in-law Thomas Nickelson and their Philadelphia representatives Abel James and John Thompson; Nickelson's sons-in-law Ellis Button Metford and John Jeffery; Grace Galloway's granddaughter Ann Grace Roberts Burton. John Thompson's grandson John James Thompson (1815-1875), and others.

HM 36850

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Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803. 1 letter to Ann Collier, active 1779-1782

Manuscripts

HM 36847

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Notes regarding debts to the estate of Joseph Galloway, 1731-1803

Manuscripts

HM 36890

Morris, Deborah. 1 letter to Joseph Galloway, 1731-1803

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