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Description: Correspondence, manuscripts, and documents relating to William J. Canby's speech in the Pennsylvania Historical Society, including a copy of the presentation and sworn affidavits from Margaret Boggs, Rachel Fletcher, Sophia B. Hildebrandt, Susan Satterthwaite Newport, Susanna McCord Turner and Margared McCord Smith; William J. Canby's "My own recollections of Grandmother Elizabeth Claypoole," and the pencil notes to his mother and aunts.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1758-1975.
Call number: mssHM 41760 (1-39)
Creator: Canby, William J(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: There is also correspondence relating to George Canby and his research, and genealogical data on Canby, Ross, and Claypoole families.
Provenance: Gift of Marion Balderston, 1974-1975.

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Canby, George, (1829-1907.)

Canby, Isaiah, (active 1797-1802.)

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