Special Collections Department
Biddle Family Papers
Manuscript Collection Number: 327
Accessioned: Gift of Barry and Sue Moyerman, 1972.
Extent: 8 linear ft. and oversize.
Content: Correspondence, photographs, receipts, bank books, wills and deeds.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: 1995 - 1996 by J. Andrew Armacost and Jennifer Paul.
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Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267
(302) 831-2229
Table of Contents
Contents List
Biographical Note
Bibliography
Scope and Contents Note
Related Collections
Arrangement Note
Series Outline
Series IV.1 - IV. 5: The Alexander Biddle family: Alexander Biddle (1819-1899); Julia Williams Rush (1856-1879); Alexander W. Biddle (1856-1879); Julia Biddle (1859-1885); James Wilmer Biddle (1861-1927)
Series IV.6 - IV.9, V: The Alexander Biddle family (continued): Louis Biddle (1863-); Marianne Biddle (1865-); Lynford Biddle (1871-c. 1943; Lynford and Louis A. Biddle material; Miscellaneous Biddle family materials
Contents List
Series I. Descendants of William Biddle (1697-1756) and Mary Scull
William Biddle was the first son of William Biddle (1669-1712) and Lydia
Wardell. His descendants form one branch of the Biddle family (see genealogical
chart 1).
Series I.1. James Biddle (1731-1797)
First child of William Biddle and Mary Scull. (gen. chart 1)
1
1 Business correspondence, 1766-1790
Deeds and a letter regarding work as an attorney and notary public.
Series I.2. Charles Biddle (1745-1821)
Sixth child of William Biddle and Mary Scull; married to Hannah Shepard. (gen.
chart 1)
2 Business correspondence, 1783-1799
Deed polls, indenture contracts, and miscellaneous legal items.
Correspondence and papers
3 1801-1807
4 1810-1828, n.d.
Series I.3. William Shepherd Biddle (1781-1835)
First child of Charles Biddle and Hannah Shepard. (gen. chart 1)
Correspondence and papers
5 1804-1811
6 1812-1831
7 n.d.
Series I.4. Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844)
Fourth son of Charles Biddle and Hannah Shepard; married to Jane M. Craig.
(gen. chart 1)
Correspondence and papers
8 1808-1815 Correspondents include Charles Chauncey (1777-1849)
1808 Mar 04 John Poultney to Nicholas Biddle
1809 Jan 20 John Poultney to Nicholas Biddle
1810 Feb 26 Samuel Meeker to Nicholas Biddle
1810 Feb 27 Samuel Meeker to Nicholas Biddle
1811 Jan 12 Charles Chauncey to Nicholas Biddle
Nov 25 Nicholas Biddle to M. De la Erange
Dec 2 [illegible] to Nicholas Biddle
1815 Jan 1 Nicholas Biddle to Charles Chauncey
9 1821-1838 Correspondents include John Sergeant (1799-1852), Tobias Watkins
(1780-1855), and Joseph Cowperthwaite, assistant cashier of the United
States Bank. Drafts of letters from Nicholas Biddle as well as incoming
correspondence.
1821 Feb 28 Nicholas Biddle to Joseph Kingsberry
Mar 17 Nicholas Biddle to Joseph Kingsberry
Mar 23 Nicholas Biddle to Joseph Kingsberry
Mar 27 Nicholas Biddle to Joseph Kingsberry
1824 Feb 25 John Sergeant to Nicholas Biddle
Oct 28 Balth de Hart to Nicholas Biddle
1825 Jun 9 Nicholas Biddle to Tobias Watkins
1827 Nov 23 Nicholas Biddle to J. P[illegable]
1837 Feb 13 Edward Byrne to Nicholas Biddle
1838 Apr 27 Nicholas Biddle to J.K. Mitchell
Jun 6 Nicholas Biddle to Joseph Cowperthwaite
10 1842-1849, n.d. Correspondents include the stockbrokerage firm of Charnley and
Whelan, and Thomas Hewson, M.D. (1773-1848)
1842 Mar 25 A.D. Cash and
Charles Harlow to Nicholas Biddle
1843 Mar 6 James Campbell to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 20 Charnley & Whelan to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 24 Herman Cope to Nicholas Biddle
Nov 21 Lewis S. Coryell to Nicholas Biddle
n.d. F.L. Sarmiento to Nicholas Biddle
n.d. F.L. Sarmiento to Nicholas Biddle
n.d. Dec 19 F.L. Sarmiento to Nicholas Biddle
n.d. Jul 11 Thomas Hewson to Nicholas Biddle
Series I. Descendants of William Biddle (cont'd)
Series I.5. Craig Biddle (1823-after 1907)
Fourth child of Nicholas Biddle and Jane M. Craig. (gen. chart 2)
1
11 Lawyer's commonplace book, 1878
With a printed introductory index by J.B. Lippincott (1876); bears the inscription
"Craig Biddle from Adele, Christmas 1878." Adele Biddle was Craig's sister.
Series I.6. Charles Biddle (fl. 1884-1908)
Grandson of Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844); son of Charles John Biddle (1819-1873) and Emma Mather. (gen. chart 2)
12 Correspondence and papers, 1884-1912, n.d.
Series I.7. Nicholas Biddle (1893-after 1975)
Second child of Edward Biddle and Lilian H. Lee (gen. chart 2) Spanning the
years 1919-1934 contains papers of Nicholas Biddle, as well as correspondence
addressed to his wife Sarah Lippincott Biddle. Major correspondents include
Nicholas's father Edward Biddle, and Sarah's sister-in-law Elizabeth Lippincott.
Correspondence and papers
13 1919 - 1921
1919 Apr 22 Elizabeth Lippincott to Nicholas Biddle
1921 Jun 19 Euimia C. Lesher to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 18 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 19 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
14 1923 Includes photographic postcard of cottages at Capitol Hill, Maine.
Jul 1 Dave [P. Stoever] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 17 JW, Jr. to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 21 Dave [P. Stoever] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 23 Edward Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 26 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 26 Dave [P. Stoever] to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 7 Edward Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 7 [illegible] to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 8 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 23 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Dec 11 Edward Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Series I. Descendants of William Biddle (cont'd)
Series I.7. Nicholas Biddle (cont'd)
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Correspondence (cont'd)
15 1924 May 3 Edward Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
May 19 Lucy [Lee] to Nicholas Biddle
Jun 7 E.A. Angus to Nicholas Biddle
Jun 10 Lucy [Lee] to Nicholas Biddle
Jun 10 Edward Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
16 1924 Jul 15 Joey [Joanna Lippincott]to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 16 Clement B. Wood to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 17 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 18 Harold to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 21 Harold to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 21 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 23 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 26 R. L. Grill to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 28 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 30 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
17 1924
Aug 2 Harold to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 3 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 9 Harold to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 9 Alice to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 10 Harold to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 12 Edward Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 13 Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Shriver to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 13 [illegible] to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 16 Edward Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 20 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 20 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 21 Gubby [Stockton Townsend]to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 21 Harold to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 25 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 25 Edward Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 27 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 30 Edward Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
18 1924 Sep - Dec
Sep 3 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Sep 4 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 5 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Sep 24 Gubby [Stockton Townsend] Nicholas Biddle
Sep 29 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Dec 4 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Dec 6 Hubert P. Earle to Nicholas Biddle
Dec 13 Harriet P. Maxfield to Nicholas Biddle
Dec 15 Marie P.H. Raber to Nicholas Biddle
19 1925 * Joanna Biddle's letter of June 12 contains lyrics to "Jumbo Song"
Jan 12 Chasbleuy Sidney to Nicholas Biddle
Jan 16 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jan 21 Bey to Nicholas Biddle
Jan 24 Allen [Butler?] to Nicholas Biddle
Jan 27 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Mar 10 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Apr 9 Lilian Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
May 16 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
May 27 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jun 12 Joanna W. Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Jun 18 Fanis F. Daily to Nicholas Biddle
Jun 24 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jun 26 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
20 1925 Jul - Includes Mary C. Cummings, secretary at Biddle, Towsend and Co.
Jul 3 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 9 George H. Frazier to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 10 Dave [P. Stoever] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 11 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 11 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 13 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 13 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 14 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 15 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 18 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 21 Nicholas Biddle to Nicholas Jr.
Jul 21 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 21 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 21 Mary C. Cummings to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 22 [illegible, Jamestown] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 22 Sarah L. Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 22 Elizabeth Lippincott to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 22 DPS [Dave P. Stoever] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 23 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 29 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 29 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Jul 29 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
21 1925 Aug Includes newly designed Biddle, Townsend & Co. stationery
Aug 2 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 3 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 4 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 14 Fred Beauvois to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 23 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 24 Nicholas Biddle to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 24 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 26 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 27 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Aug 30 Dave [P. Stoever] to Nicholas Biddle
22 1925 Sep - Dec Includes a clipping from House Beautiful. Correspondents
include Elsie Lippincott, Sarah Biddle's sister-in-law
Sep 1 Winthrop L. Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 2 Joanna W. Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 2 Nicholas Biddle, Jr. to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 7 Nicholas Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Sep 13 Elsie [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 28 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 28 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 29 Annette Haskell to Nicholas Biddle
Oct 1 Dave [P. Stoever] to Nicholas Biddle
Oct 8 Gertrude S. Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Oct 15 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Nov 21 Louise Cc. Bodman to Nicholas Biddle
Nov 26 Paul to Sarah L. Biddle
[Nov 26] Sarah [niece] to Sarah L. Biddle
Series I. Descendants of William Biddle (cont'd)
Series I.7. Nicholas Biddle (cont'd)
1
Correspondence (cont'd)
23 1926 Jan - Feb
Jan 5 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jan 20 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jan 23 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jan 27 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Feb 1 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Feb 2 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Feb 18 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
24 1926 Apr - May
Apr 6 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Apr 22 Arthur [illegible] to Nicholas Biddle
Apr 25 Rosalie to Nicholas Biddle
Apr 30 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
May 6 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
May 14 Alice G. Brock to Nicholas Biddle
25 1926 Jul Includes Helen Shields, secretary at Biddle, Townsend, Co. since 1925
Jul 1 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 9 Susan to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 10 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 13 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 14 H[elen] Shields to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 21 Joanna W. Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 21 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 21 Sarah Lee Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 26 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
26 1926 Aug - Sep
Aug 2 Alice Schyler to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 10 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 13 Nicholas Biddle, Jr. to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 13 Joanna W. Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 18 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 23 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 30 Edward Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 30 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 31 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 1 Gubby [S. Townsend] to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 3 Sarah Roberts to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 5 Gubby [S Townsend] to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 7 Nicholas Biddle, Jr. to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 7 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 12 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 19 Helly R. Ruiton to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 22 Elsie [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 24 Schuyler to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 24 Baucker to Nicholas Biddle
27 1926 Oct - Dec
Oct 26 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Oct 27 Gubby [S Townsend] to Nicholas Biddle
Oct 28 Nicholas Biddle, Jr. to Nicholas Biddle
Oct 31 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Nov 8 Marguerite Townsend to Nicholas Biddle
Dec 1 Charles B. Jennings to Nicholas Biddle
Dec 13 Edward Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Dec 20 Dave [P. Stoever] to Nicholas Biddle
Dec 21 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
28 1927 Jan - Mar
Jan 23 [illegible] to Nicholas Biddle
Feb 4 Edward Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Feb 7 Edward Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Feb 13 AAB to Nicholas Biddle
Feb 15 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Feb 23 James E. Loder to Nicholas Biddle
Mar 4 [illegible] to Nicholas Biddle
Mar 9 Dave [P. Stoever] to Nicholas Biddle
Mar 16 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Mar 21 Mary Schuyler Mills to Nicholas Biddle
29 1927 May - Jul
May 2 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
May 17 Dave [P. Stoever] to Nicholas Biddle
May 17 Mary E. Cummings to Nicholas Biddle
May 17 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jun 15 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 11 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 12 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 19 Joanna W. Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 19 Nicholas Biddle, Jr to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 19 Elizabeth Lippincott to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 19 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 21 Sarah Lee Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 22 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 25 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
30 1927 Aug - Nov
Aug 2 Dave [P. Stoever] to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 17 Sade [Sarah L. Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 27 Stockton Townsend to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 28 Bei, Jamestown to Nicholas Biddle
Aug 28 Mrs. Edward Biddle to Sarah L. Biddle
Sep 12 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 23 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Sep 27 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Oct 25 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Oct 27 Charles O'Donnell to Nicholas Biddle
Nov 3 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Nov 23 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Nov 25 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
31 1928
Jan 3 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Feb 7 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
Feb 13 Elizabeth [Lippincott] to Nicholas Biddle
32 1934 Includes wife Sarah and daughter Sarah Lee, who were staying in Paris
May 20 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
May 9 Joanna W. Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Jul 25 [illegible] to Sarah L. Biddle
Jun 6 Joanna W. Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Jun 8 Sarah Lee Biddle to Nicholas Biddle
Jun 9 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
Jun 11 Sade [Sarah Biddle] to Nicholas Biddle
33 Correspondence between Nicholas and Sarah Biddle, n.d. (7 letters)
34 Correspondence from Elizabeth Lippincott, n.d. (4 items to Nicholas Biddle)
35 Correspondence, n.d.
From Craig Biddle, Marguerite Townsend, Mary E. Cummings, and Vinton
Pierce, an old Princeton friend who relates many negative experiences of
his college life.
36 Correspondence, n.d.
From Rosalie, Aubrette, Mabel Dixon, Mrs. Snowden Samuel, and others
Series II. The Lippincott and Wharton Families
Includes material of the Wharton and Lippincott families related to Nicholas
Biddle and his wife Sarah Lippincott Biddle (gen. chart 3)
Series II.1. George Mifflin Wharton (1806-1870)
2
37 Receipt, 1858
One receipt for improvements at the Orphans Asylum.
Series II.2. J. Ballinger Lippincott (1813-1886)
Grandfather of Sarah L. Biddle (gen. chart 3)
38 Correspondence, 1826-1828
Two letters addressed to his aunt Susan Ballinger
1826 Aug 23 J.B. Lippincott to Susan Ballinger
1828 Apr 20 J.B. Lippincott to Susan Ballinger
39 Architectural agreement, 1867
Agreement between Joshua B. Lippincott and the builder John Ketcham to erect a
dwelling on the west side of 19th Street fronting on Rittenhouse Square,
based on designs of the architectural firm Sloan and Hutton. The
agreement includes detailed description of materials and specifications to
be employed by Ketcham and the document is signed by him at the end.
Demolished in 1972, the structure once stood at 204 S. 19 Street, on the
west side of Rittenhouse Square. It is listed on the Historic American
Buildings Survey as PA-1515.
Series II.3. J. Bertram Lippincott (1857-1940)
Father of Sarah L. Biddle and father-in-law Nicholas Biddle (gen. chart 3)
Correspondence and papers
40 1900-1908
Correspondence from the London publishing house of Sampson, Low, Marsden,
and Co. relative to an agreement to publish Lippincott's Dictionary in
Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries. Correspondents include
Horace Howard Furness (1833-1912), the noted Shakespearian scholar.
1900 Feb 20 Joseph P. Remington to J.B. Lippincott
Jun 20 Sampson, Low, to J.B. Lippincott
1903 Dec 24 William Forse Scott to J.B. Lippincott
Series II. The Lippincott and Wharton Families (cont'd)
Series II.3. J. Bertram Lippincott (cont'd)
2
40 Correspondence (cont'd)
1904 Aug 26 JW to J.B. Lippincott
n.d. H.J. Rhetl to J.B. Lippincott
1905 Jun 6 Eli Townsend to J.B. Lippincott
Jun 15 Eli Townsend to J.B. Lippincott
1907 Dec 6 Horace H Furness to J.B. Lippincott
1908 Jan 7 H.J. Rhetl to J.B. Lippincott
41 1910 and 1912
1910 Feb 15 J.B. Lippincott to
Aug 22 William C. Prichett to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 3 E.S. Lurpin to J.B. Lippincott
1912 Jan 27 A.L. Wharton to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 8 mother to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 11 JWL to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 18 Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 16 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 23 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 25 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 30 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 1 JWL to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 11 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
42 1913
Jan 13 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Jan 27 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Mar 27 E.S. Lurpin to J.B. Lippincott
Jun 26 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Jun 27 Bertram Lippincott to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 7 Elizabeth Shuyler Mills to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 21 Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 23 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 24 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 29 Elizabeth [S Mills] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 29 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 31 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 26 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 28 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Oct 1 Bertram Lippincott to mother
43 1914 Jan 11 E.S. L[urpin] to J.B. Lippincott
Apr 24 E.S. L[urpin] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 9 Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 14 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 23 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 28 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 29 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 30 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 10 Sarah [Lippincott] to Joanna
Aug 12 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 16 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 19 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 20 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 24 Mary Wallace to Joanna
Aug 2? Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 1 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 3 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 13 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
44 1915 Jul 8 Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 14 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 8 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 17 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 19 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 31 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 1 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 24 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
n.d. Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
45 1916-1917 Nov 9, 1917 letter includes a photograph of Joanna W. Biddle
1916 Jun 10 Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jun 16 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 28 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 6 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 3 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 5 Edward P. Gosling to J.B. Lippincott
Nov 9 Henry R. Coxe to J.B. Lippincott
Series II. The Lippincott and Wharton Families (cont'd)
Series II.3. J. Bertram Lippincott (cont'd)
2
Correspondence (cont'd)
45 1917 Sep 7 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Nov 9 Sarah L. Biddle to J.B. Lippincott
Mar 29 Kobam Mftg. Co. to J.B. Lippincott
46 1918 Jan 19 Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jan 26 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jun 28 E.P. Gosling to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 11 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 12 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 14 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 6 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 12 [Nicholas Biddle?] to J.B. Lippincott
Oct 25 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Oct 28 Ephraim Lederer to J.B. Lippincott
Nov 5 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Nov 6 Ephraim Lederer to J.B. Lippincott
47 1919 Jan 12 Bertram [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Jan 28 Albante W. Laiylsme to J.B. Lippincott
Feb 5 Ephraim Lederer to J.B. Lippincott
Feb 7 J.B. Lippincott to Ephraim Lederer
Apr 23 G. Elmer Messmore to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 28 Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 12 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 27 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Series II. The Lippincott and Wharton Families (cont'd)
Series II.3. J. Bertram Lippincott (cont'd)
2
Correspondence (cont'd)
48 1920 Correspondents include Thomas Alden Shields (1885-1931)
Jan 30 Sallie to J.B. Lippincott
Apr 5 J. Feldman to J.B. Lippincott
Mar 12 Thomas A. Shields to J.B. Lippincott
Mar 19 Thomas A. Shields to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 17 Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 19 [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 4 Susan L. Pemberton to Joanna Wharton
Aug 6 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 10 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 10 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 12 JWL [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 31 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Nov 18 G.V. Newton/M.R.Clute to J.B. Lippincott
49 1921 May 25 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 8 Pete to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 4 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 23 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 24 Sallie to J.B. Lippincott
Sep 8 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Dec 29 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
n.m. 11 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
n.d. Pete to J.B. Lippincott
50 1922 Also includes J. Bertram Lippincott real estate assessments for 1922
Feb 11 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Feb 16 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Feb 19 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Feb 19 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Feb 24 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Mar 4 Joe [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott
Jul 31 Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 1 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 8 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug ? Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Series II. The Lippincott and Wharton Families (cont'd)
Series II.3. J. Bertram Lippincott (cont'd)
2
Correspondence (cont'd)
51 1923-1925 Also contains real estate assessments for 1923 and 1924
1923 Aug 22 JWL [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 27 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 28 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
1924 Jan 14 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Jan 17 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 2 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 8 [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 31 Sallie to Joanna W. Lippincott
1925 Jul 24 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 1 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 11 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Aug 12 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott
Correspondence, n.d.
52 Cards, correspondence and a page of calculations from Joanna Wharton
Lippincott to J. Bertram Lippincott (8 items)
53 Joanna Wharton Lippincott to J. Bertram Lippincott (18 items)
Partially dated letters, July - August, most written on Jamestown, RI, stationery
54 Cards from Joanna W. Lippincott to J. Bertram Lippincott (24 items)
55 Joanna Wharton Lippincott to J. Bertram Lippincott (9 items)
Jul - Sep [1920s?], written on Jamestown, RI, stationery
Series III. Descendants of John Biddle and Sarah Owen
Second major branch of the Biddle family, descendants of John Biddle (1707-1789),
sixth son of William Biddle (1669-1712) and Lydia Wardell (gen. chart 4)
Series III.1. William Biddle (1806-1887)
Great-grandson of John Biddle (1707-1789), sixth child of John Biddle (1763-1815)
and Elizabeth Canby (d. 1832) (gen. chart 4)
2
56 Correspondence and papers, 1895-1909
Series III.2. Clement Biddle (1740-1814)
Second child of John Biddle (1707-1784) (gen. chart 4)
Business correspondence, attorney and notary public
57 1777-1779
58 1800-1809
Series III.3. Thomas A. Biddle (1776-1857)
Second child of Clement Biddle and Rebekah Cornell (gen. chart 5)
Business correspondence of Thomas Biddle & Co., including materials from the
business which continued long after his death in 1857
59 1822-1839
60 1840-1894
61 n.d.
Series III.4. Clement Biddle (1810-1879)
First child of Thomas A. Biddle and Christine Williams (gen. chart 5)
Business correspondence, attorney and notary public
62 1830-1832
63 1843-1864
Account books, for accounts with tea merchant James R. Webb & Son
64 1872-1873
65 1873-1875
Series III. Descendants of John Biddle and Sarah Owen (cont'd)
Series III.5. William Lyman Biddle (1853-1920)
Son of Thomas Alexander Biddle (1814-1888) and Julia Cox (gen. chart 5)
2
66 Correspondence and papers, n.d.
Series III.6. Henry J. Biddle (1817-1862)
Third child of Thomas A. Biddle (1776-1857) (gen. chart 5)
67 Unbound account book, 1858-1859
Series III.7. Alexander Biddle and family (1819-1899)
Fourth child of Thomas A. Biddle (1776-1857) (gen. charts 5 and 6). Papers
removed to become series IV.
Series III.8. George Washington Biddle (1818-1879)
Second child of Clement C. Biddle (1784-1855) and Mary Barclay (gen. chart 8)
68 Diary, 1850
69 Business correspondence, 1860-1891
70 Dairy, 1890
71 Day book, 1891
Legal essays authored by George W. Biddle
72 Bound book, 1843-1889
73 Publications removed from collection, 1857-1897
Series III.9. Algernon Sydney Biddle (1847-1891)
Second child of George Washington Biddle (1818-1879) and Mary C. McMurtrie
74 Receipts, 1880-1890
Series III.10. Francis Beverly Biddle (1886-1968)
Third child of Algernon Sydney Biddle and Frances Robinson (gen. chart 8)
75 Pennsylvania Bar admittance certificate, 23 Nov 1912
Series III. Descendants of John Biddle and Sarah Owen (cont'd)
Series III.11. Chapman Biddle (1822-1880)
Third child of Clement C. Biddle (1784-1855) and Mary Barclay (gen. chart 8)
2
76 Legal papers, 1871
Series III.12. Caldwell Keppelle Biddle (1829-1862)
Second child of James Cornell Biddle and Sarah C. Keppelle (gen. chart 9)
77 Legal and academic papers, 1843-1859
Series III.13. Caldwell Keppelle Biddle (1863-after 1903)
Son of Thomas Biddle and Sarah White, named for his uncle (gen. chart 9)
78 Academic papers and correspondence, 1883-1884
Contents List
Series IV.1 - IV. 5: The Alexander Biddle family: Alexander Biddle (1819-1899); Julia Williams Rush (1833-1898); Alexander W. Biddle (1856-1879); Julia Biddle (1859-1885); James Wilmer Biddle (1861-1927)
Series IV.6 - IV.9, V: The Alexander Biddle family (continued): Louis Biddle (1863-); Marianne Biddle (1865-); Lynford Biddle (1871-c. 1943; Lynford and Louis A. Biddle material; Miscellaneous Biddle family materials
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