Special Collections Department

Biddle Family Papers

1766 - 1943 (bulk dates 1870-1927)

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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Contents List

Series IV.1. The Alexander Biddle family: Alexander Biddle (1819-1899)

Series IV.2. Julia Williams Rush (1833-1898)

Series IV.3. Alexander W. Biddle (1856-1879)

Series IV.4. Julia Biddle (1859-1885)

Series IV.5. James Wilmer Biddle (1861-1927)

Biographical Note

Bibliography

Scope and Contents Note

Related Collections

Arrangement Note

Series Outline

Contents List

Series I. - III.: Decendants of William Biddle (1697-1712) and Mary Scull; Wharton and Lippincott papers; Decendants of John Biddle (1707-1789) and Sarah Owen

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

Genealogy Charts

Contents List

Box -- Folder -- Contents

Series IV. Alexander Biddle (1819-1899) and family
Removed from series III.7 because of size, this series houses the papers of the
Alexander Biddle family (gen. chart 6)

Series IV.1. Alexander Biddle (1819-1899)
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Correspondence and papers, 1857-1897
79 1857-1868
Includes 1866 stock holder's ticket to the Academy of Fine Arts, and material
related to the Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from
Loss by Fire. Correspondents include James Murray Rush (1813-1862), Benjamin
Rush (1811-1877), and Henry J. Williams (1791-1879).

1857 Apr 22 Christine W. Biddle to AB, c/o
1858 Jan 4 A. Montmallin to AB
1860 Jan 11 J.P. Wilson to AB
Jan 19 J.P. Wilson to AB
Feb 7 Wilmer Worthington to AB
Apr 19 [J.] Murray Rush to AB
Apr 22 Benjamin Rush to AB
1862 Jul 7 Henry J. Williams to AB
Jul 8 Lydia M. Baird to [AB]
Aug 6 Alexander Biddle to [unidentified]
Sep 21 Alexander W. Biddle to AB
Dec 30 Alexander Biddle to Uncle
1863 Mar 23 Rev. Roger Owen to AB
May 17 Chapman Biddle to AB
May 24 Chapman Biddle to AB
Aug 8 George O. Lambdin to AB
1866 Jul 20 Henry J. Williams to AB
1867 May 24 A.A. Hankey to AB
Sep 9 Clement Biddle to AB
Oct 14 Emily M. Biddle to AB
1868 Sep 28 J.R. Olmstead to AB

80 1872-1875
Includes materials related to the 1874 Assemblies, and a May 1874 Fōe
Champōre at Springbank. Correspondents include Craig Biddle (1823- c. 1907);
political scientist and educator Francis Lieber (1800-1872); the rector of St. Paul's
school in Concord, New Hampshire, Henry A. Coit (1830-1895); and Philadelphia
lawyers Horace Binney (1780-1875) and Charles Henry Tuckey Collis.

Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.1. Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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Correspondence and papers (cont'd)
1872 Jun 18 Francis Lieber to [AB]
80 1872 Jul 29 Richard Norris to AB
1873 Feb 3 Horace Binney to AB
Oct 27 H.F. Olmstead to AB
Dec 3 Charles H.T. Collis to AB
Dec 9 Craig Biddle to AB
1874 May 7 Henry A. Coit to AB
Jun 13 AB to Uncle
Jul 8 Julia R. Biddle to AB
Dec 5 J. Wilmer Biddle to AB
1875 Jun 4 Louis A. Biddle to AB
Jun 10 J Hargall to AB

81 1876-1879
Includes an invitation to the golden anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Wister, a grade
report from Louis A. Biddle who was then attending St. Paul's, and an invitation
to a reception in honor of John Welsh held at the Academy of Fine Arts.
1876 Jun 19 [lost page] to AB
Dec 3 Louis A. Biddle to AB
1877 Mar 10 J. Wilmer Biddle to AB
1878 Feb 10 J. Wilmer Biddle to AB
Feb 15 Louis A. Biddle to AB
Oct 10 J. Wilmer Biddle to AB
1879 May 7 J. Wilmer Biddle to AB
Jul 2 J.H. Halstead to AB
Jul 18 G.P. Olmstead to AB
Aug 9 J.B. [illegible] to AB
Oct 2 Susan A. Comur to AB

82 1880-1881
Includes receipts and responses to Biddle invitations to a party held September 30,
1880. Responses were received from the Lippincott, Chew, Booth, and Tilghman
families. Correspondents include Philadelphia lawyer Charles Henry Tuckey
Collis; Francis Wharton (1820-1889) who later served in the U.S. Department of
State; Frank Lamson-Scribner (1851-1938); President of Girard College Adam H.
Fettenolf (1841-1912); and George L. Harrison (1811-1885).
1880 Mar 8 Louis A. Biddle to AB
Mar 9 William P. Tatham to AB
Oct 10 Charles H.T. Collis to AB
Nov 13 Francis Wharton to AB

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Series IV.1. Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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Correspondence and papers (cont'd)
82 1881 Apr 4 George L. Harrison to AB
Sep 20 A.H. Fetterolf to AB
Oct 27 Thomas Hankey to AB
Oct 30 F. Lamson Scribner to AB
Dec 19 George L. Harrison to AB

83 1882
Includes cancelled checks; correspondents include Rush relatives Richard Rush
(b. 1848) and E.O. Cuthbert, and Charles Austin Robinson (b. 1837)
Jan 17 Rev. Roger Owen to AB
Jan 25 Arthur Biddle to AB
Apr 13 E.O. Cuthbert to AB
Jul 21 J.A. Harris to AB
Jul 25 William S.Blight to AB
Jul 27 Richard Rush to AB
Aug 18 C. Prevost Grayson to AB
Oct 18 Rich. M. Cadwalader to AB
Oct 18 F. Gutekunst Co. to AB
Nov 18 Charles A. Robinson to AB

84 B - F, Responses to Biddle invitations, to September 21, 1882, party at the
Midsummer Club

Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Biddle
Mr. and Mrs. Buckley
Miss Bohlen
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Butcher
Dr. and Mrs. Camas
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Cadwalader
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Carpenter
Mr. William Carter
Mr. and Mrs. Cassatt
Mr. Benjamin Chew
The Misses and Mr. Coleman
The Misses Dixon
Miss Donaldson
Mr. and Mrs. Drayton
Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Drayton
Mr. J.R. Drexel
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Easby
Mrs. J. Francis Fisher
Mr. Henry M. Fisher

85 H - P, Responses to Biddle invitations, September 1882
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Heckscher
Mr. A.D. Hepomen
Mrs. and the Misses Ingersoll
Mr. Gregory B. Keen
The Misses Lammot
Admiral and Mrs. Lardner
Mr. and Mrs. George Mead
Rev. Meigs
The Messrs Meiss
Dr. and the Messieurs Neilion
The Messrs Newbold
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Page
General and Mrs. Parke
Mr. and Mrs. Parker

86 R - Z, Responses to Biddle invitations, September 1882
The Messrs Ralston
Miss Agnes P. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Roberts, Jr.
Miss Robinson
Mr. J.G. Rosengarten
Mr. John M. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Smith
Miss Stevenson
Mr. and Mrs. R. May Stevenson
Mr. John B. Thayer, Jr.
Mr., Mrs., and Miss John B. Thayer
Mr. and Mrs. Tilghman
The Misses and Messrs Tilghman
Mr. Townsend Ward
Mr. and the Misses Thomas Wharton
Mr. and Mrs. Young

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Series IV.1. Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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Correspondence and papers (cont'd)
87 1883-1884
Includes materials related to the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Fire
Department, the Girard estate, and an 1884 membership card for the Philadelphia
Horticultural Society. Correspondents include Newton L. Orrick, the Secretary
and Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives.
1883 Feb 3 John D. Lankeneau to AB
Jun 12 Julia R. Biddle to AB
Jun 23 Louis A. Biddle to AB
Aug 27 Alexander Biddle to General Devens
Oct 8 Sophia Euphrat to Girard Col Committee
1884 Nov 10 Francis Biddle to AB
Dec 15 M.B. Ketchum to AB
Dec 23 Newton L. Orrick to AB

88 1885-1888
Includes two letters of introduction from Francis Wharton (1820-1889), who
served in the United States Department of State under President Cleveland; one
addressed to Edward J. Phelps (1822-1900), then minister to Great Britain, and
the other to Isaac Bell (1846-1889), who was minister to the Netherlands. This
folder also contains an inventory of porcelain which Alexander Biddle shipped
aboard the British steamer Mosses, received by Richard Rush (b. 1848) in
Shanghai, China.
1885 Mar 23 Alfred Cromrlier to AB
Jun 20 Francis Wharton to E.J. Phelps
Jun 20 Francis Wharton to Isaac Bell
1886 May 10 A. Grossman to AB
1887 Dec 10 Rev. Roger Owen to AB
1888 Feb 6 George W. Biddle to AB

89 1889
Includes receipts and materials related to the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of
the Revolution, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and
Pennsylvania Day at Gettysburg.
1889 Mar 20 Robert Gamble to AB
Apr 13 Hamilton Fiske to AB
Apr 20 Henry Brown to AB
May 31 Alexander W. Biddle to AB
Jul 6 B.F. Duane to AB
Aug 29 S. Bonnaffon, Jr. to AB
Nov 26 Charles McKeone to AB
Dec 3 Percy C. Madeira to AB

90 1890
Includes lease agreements with Mary Freemen which were witnessed by Lynford
Biddle. Correspondent Helen Field Conover included a newspaper clipping
describing Samuel W. Stockton's sale of property in Princeton, New Jersey.
1890 Sep 26 Alexander W. Biddle to AB
Sep 29 Helen F. Conover to AB

91 1891
Receipts and records of coal expenditures at the Bethesda Home, and material
related to the Fairmont Park Art Association.
1891 Mar 11 J.B. Anderson to Robert Gamble
Apr 29 Robert Gamble to AB
Jun 24 F.S. Farmer to AB
Sep 3 Kline Van Winkle to AB
Sep 16 A.B. Kerper to AB
Oct 8 Edward A. Gebliy to AB

92 1892
Also contains receipts from London clothiers and harness makers, and material
related to the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia. Correspondents include future U.S. Senator and Biddle relative
Boies Penrose (1860-1921)
1892 Mar 17 William Potter to AB
Apr 30 Pauline Biddle to AB
May 9 Milton Morris to AB
Jun 10 Thomas D. Cuyler to AB
Jul 16 Lynford Biddle to AB
Sep 2 F.S. Farmer to AB
Sep 14 Alexander W. Biddle to AB
Nov 17 Alia E. Thomas to AB
Nov 14 Boies Penrose to AB

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Correspondence and papers (cont'd)
93 1893
Includes an 1893 railroad pass for the Pennsylvania Railroad, report of the
Chinese Guild Room, and receipts. Correspondents include Adam H. Fetterolf
(1841-1912), president of Girard College; John Clarke Sims (b. 1845), Secretary
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Richard Rush (b. 1848); William Lyman
Biddle (1853-1920); and A.J. Alexander.

1893 Jan 25 Walter E. Rea to AB
Mar 4 A.H. Fetterolf to AB
Mar 16 J.A. Godwin to AB
Mar 17 A.H. Fetterolf to AB
Mar 28 John Clarke Sims to AB
Apr 28 R. Parish to AB
Jun 20 J.C. Strawbridge to AB
Jul 22 Richard Rush to AB
Oct 7 W. Lyman Biddle to AB
Oct 5 A.J. Alexander to AB
Oct 3 Edward A. Sibley to AB
Nov 25 J. William White to AB
Dec 1 W.D. Sheldon to AB
Dec 18 Madison Rush to AB
Dec 20 Boies Penrose to AB

94 1894
Includes director's cards for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and material
related to the Law and Order Society of Philadelphia. Correspondents include
Harrison S. Morris (1856-1948), managing director of the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts.

1894 Jan 1 A.H. Fetterolf to AB
Jan 25 Henry Whelan, Jr. to AB
Apr 12 Herman L. Duhring to AB
Apr 18 H. Potter to AB
May 31 Harrison S. Morris to AB
Oct 8 T.S. Stevenson to AB
Oct 19 James A. Bradin to AB
Nov 20 J.H. Michener to AB
Dec 17 Louis Wagner to AB

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Correspondence and papers (cont'd)
95 Jan-Aug 1895
Includes material related to London clothiers, seed merchant David Landreth, the
Rittenhouse Club, and the Mask and Wig Club of the University of Pennsylvania.
Correspondents include G.E. Kirkpatrick, superintendent of Minor City Trusts;
Adam H. Fetterolf (1841-1912); and Boies Penrose (1860-1921).
1895 Jan 7 A.H. Fetterolf to AB
Feb 16 C.H. Thompson to AB
Feb 27 G.E. Kirkpatrick to AB
Mar 8 G.E. Kirkpatrick to AB
Mar 13 W. Meehan to AB
Mar 20 [mutilated] to AB
Apr 4 Boies Penrose to AB
Apr. 15 C.M. Raguet to AB
Apr 20 A.H. Fetterolf to AB
Apr 26 J.P. Anshutz to AB
Apr 27 C. Salle
J.T. Mitchell
F.D. Stone to AB
May 2 Charles H. Raguet to AB
May 3 B.H. Shoemaker to AB
May 14 F. Carroll Brewster to AB
May 18 F. Carroll Brewster to AB
Jun 26 Christine A. Biddle to AB
Jun 29 Alexander W. Biddle to AB
Jul 11 Alexander W. Biddle to AB
Aug 16 AB to [unknown]
Aug 19 Pauline Biddle to AB

96 1896-1897
Includes material related to the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of
America, the Schuylkill Haven Railroad Company, and the Pennsylvania
Academy. Correspondents include cousin A.J. Alexander, Adam H. Fetterolf
(1841-1912), and the Philadelphia lawyer and author Francis Rawle (1846-1930).
1896 Aug 15 George Simpson to AB
1897 Jan 13 A.J. Alexander to AB
Jan 16 A.H. Fetterolf to AB
Sept 3 Isabel Biddle to AB
Nov 26 Francis Rawle to AB
Dec 2 Sarah L. Fell to Mr. & Mrs. B.

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Series IV.1. Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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Account books, including accounts kept for AB by the agent James S. Farmer.
97 Estate of Henry J. Williams, daybook, no. 5
January 1, 1894 - February 18, 1886 (28 pp.)

98 Items removed from the estate ledger of H.J. Williams.
Advertisements, including an elaborately printed advertising card for the Library
of American Literature, five miniature photographs of an elderly Alexander
Biddle, notes, and calculations.

99 Household account book, 1890-1899, and diary 1885
Purchased in Berlin, this volume seems to have been used first as a travel diary for
a trip through Germany and France between November 10 and December 18,
1885. Although the author is not identified, handwriting and textual references
suggest Louis A. Biddle.

Account books kept by James F. Farmer, agent of Alexander Biddle
100 Financial Journal, no.1, Mar 16, 1881 - May 1, 1882 (36 pp)

101 Financial journal, no. 2, May 1, 1882 - Jun 2, 1884 (48 pp)

102 Financial journal, no. 3, Jul 1, 1884 - Aug 1, 1883 (48 pp)

103 Financial journal, no. 4, Mar 1, 1886 - Mar 12, 1887 (32 pp)

104 Financial journal, no. 5, Mar 16, 1887 - Jan 1, 1890 (32 pp)

105 Financial journal, no. 6, Jan 1, 1890 - Jan 1, 1893 (32 pp)

106 Financial journal, no. 7, Jan 1, 1893 - Jun 1, 1896 (32 pp)

107 Checkbook, no. 4, with annotated stubs, Mar 3, 1885 - Mar 1, 1887

108 Account book, no. 2, Jan 15, 1883 - Sep 6, 1892
Alexander Biddle's account with the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on
Lives and Granting Annuities

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Series IV.1. Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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Written materials
Other writings by Alexander Biddle are preserved in Mss 314 Rush family
papers, including Alexander Biddle's drafts for his unpublished Dr. Benjamin
Rush in the opinion of his revolutionary contemporaries, a reply to the interested
prejudice of a recent writer, and the typescripts for his published (1892) Old
family letters copied from the originals for Alexander Biddle, series A.

109 Speech for Girard College, n.d. (13 pp.)
This manuscript may relate to the 1893 speech Alexander Biddle gave at Girard
College, which was mentioned by Cheesman A. Herrick in his History of Girard
College (Philadelphia: Girard College, 1927).

110 Speech for the Pennsylvania Hospital, n.d. (2 pp.)
Discusses period since May 1890

111 Civil War narrative, [draft A], n.d.
Thirteen leaves, paginated A-M, with one FF 1/2. Some of the text is written on
stationery of the Hotel Continental, Biarritz, dated 188-. This complete draft, with
limited annotations, is the Civil War narrative of Alexander Biddle published on
pages 119-125 of History of the 121st Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers
(Philadelphia: Burke and McFetridge, 1899)

112 Civil War narrative, [draft B], n.d.
Another draft of the above text, this copy is incomplete and consists of eleven
leaves paginated A-K. This draft bears light annotations and is written entirely on
the stationery of the Hotel Continental, Biarritz, dated 188-

113 Civil War narrative, [various pages], n.d.
Three pages from another draft of the above text: A, F, and G. These pages also
bear light annotations and two were written on stationery of the Hotel Continental,
Biarritz, dated 188-

114 Other Civil War writings, n.d.
Includes three half-pages on Pennsylvania Railroad stationery dated 188-,
describing an unidentified battle; one draft of an undated letter addressed to
"General," and two pages of a Civil War draft covering Sep-Oct 1862, which
appears to be Biddle's account of the Battle of Fredericksburg, as was published in
the History of the 121st Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers (Philadelphia:
Burke and McFetridge, 1899).

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Written materials (cont'd)
115 Draft for a biography, n.d. (5 pp)
Annotated; this may be a more developed version of the biography of Alexander
Biddle which appeared in William Bender Wilson's second volume of his History
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (1899). The third page of this manuscript
bears a strong resemblance to the printed biography.

Miscellaneous materials

116 Thirteen poems by George Wilson, n.d., addressed to the Biddle family
"Chestnut Hill" in Autumn
Fourth of July
Petition for help to buy a coat
The Children's seashore house
Sound Gospel Doctrine
In God I confide
The Temperance tent
Phases of the human face
Woman's rights, inscribed to Mrs. Alexander Biddle
Autumn tints
The Guitean trial

117 Correspondence, n.d.
Drafts of letters to Charles M. Raguet, as well as correspondence from George P.
Smith, Francis A. Jackson, Charles W. Henry, Pauline Biddle, Louis A. Biddle,
Julia Dunlap, and Nannie Dunlap.

118 Papers, n.d.
Contains calling cards, the Biddle coat of arms, material related to the Franklin
and Bristol Turnpike Road and the Roslyn Heights Stock Farm. Invitations are
included from General George Cadwalader and Arthur Biddle.

119 Civil War photographs, n.d.
One photograph recognizable as captain William White Dorr, photographed by F.
Gutekunst, Philadelphia.
Two identical, later, portraits of Alexander Biddle in his uniform, also taken by F.
Gutekunst and which retain their original glassine envelopes. These two portraits
may have been related to the production of History of the 121st Regiment of
Pennsylvania Volunteers (1893) for which F. Gutekunst did much of the
photographic work. This image of Alexander Biddle, however, was never
included.

120 Photographs of family art, n.d. (4 items)
Three identical photographs represent two portrait paintings, and one other
photograph depicts the same two portrait paintings and one other. One of the
paintings is identifiable as a portrait of Clement Biddle (1740-1814) painted by
Bernard Uhle. The other two individuals represented are presumably his first and
second wives, Mary Richardson (d. 1773), and Rebekah Cornell. These are
presumably the paintings that Alexander Biddle lent to the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts in 1887 and 1888 for their Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits,
and are represented as catalog numbers 29-30.

121 Estate of Alexander Biddle (d. May 2, 1899), 1901-1911, 1943
Program to memorial service held in Girard College Chapel June 3, 1899; receipts
for material credited to the estate; statements covering 1901-1903 and 1910-1911
from the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities.
Auction catalog for "Alexander Biddle Papers" from Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.,
May 24-25 (part 1) and October 12-13 (part 2), 1943.

Series IV.2. Julia Williams Rush Biddle (1833-1898)
Second child of Samuel Rush (1795-1859) and Anne Wilmer, married on October
11, 1855 to Alexander Biddle (1819-1899) (see genealogical charts 5, 6, and 7).
This series contains the papers of Julia Williams Rush from her childhood to the
year before her death. Major correspondents include her father, her brother
William Rush (1837-1860), friend Helen Field (later Conover), and relatives Anna
Maria Rush (1820-1887), Sarah Catherine Rush (1823-1905), and Nannie Dunlap
(b. 1830).

Correspondence and papers

122 Correspondence and papers, 1841-1850, n.d.
Contains a childhood letter, and one letter from her father, Samuel Rush, dated
June 30, 1847 where he conveys his reaction to a speech given by President Polk
at Independence Hall, Philadelphia.

n.d. Jul 31 Julia Rush to Samuel Rush

1841 Jun 17 Julia Rush to Samuel Rush
1842 Jul 18 Julia Rush to Samuel Rush
1844 Feb 14 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Mar 8 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
1847 Jun 30 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
n.d. [illegible] to Julia Rush
1849 Jan 12 [lost page] to Julia Rush
Jul 3 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Aug 27 [lost page] to Julia Rush
Sep 8 Helen Field to [Julia Rush]
1850 Mar 18 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
May 6 E.H. Biddle to Julia Rush
May 12 Julia R. Williams to Julia Rush
Jun 17 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Jul 16 William Rush to Julia Rush c/o R.S. Field
Jul 16 [unidentified] to [Julia Rush]
Jul 17 Samuel Rush to [Julia Rush]
Sep 4 Francis Lowber to Julia Rush
Oct 31 Charlotte to Julia Rush
Nov 20 E.H. Biddle to Julia Rush

123 1851 Jan 8 Helen Field to Julia Rush
Feb 18 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Mar 25 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Apr 25 William Rush to Julia Rush c/o R.S. Field
May 5 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
May 17+19 [Helen Field] to Julia Rush
May 28 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Jul 9 Helen Field to Julia Rush
Jul 12 William Rush to Julia Rush
Jul 14 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Jul 23 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Aug 13 [Helen Field] to Julia Rush
Sep 1 Georgina [cousin] to Julia Rush
Sep 9 Julia R. Williams to Julia Rush
Sep 29 Mary Olmstead to Julia Rush
Nov 24 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush

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Correspondence and papers (cont'd)
124 Exercise Book, Dec 13, 1852
This paper-bound volume contains exercises written in Spanish filling eighteen
pages.

125 1852 Jan 5 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Jan 13 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Mar 1 William Rush to Julia Rush
Mar 22 Samuel Rush to [Julia Rush]
Mar 28 Samuel Rush to [Julia Rush]
Apr 5 Samuel Rush to [Julia Rush]
Jun 21 Julia S. Rush to Julia Rush
Jul 8 S. Catherine Rush to Julia Rush
Aug 4 Samuel Rush, and to Julia Rush
William Rush c/o T. Hankey, London
Aug 20 Susan Allibone to Julia Rush
Sep 10 Samuel Rush, and
William Rush to Julia Rush
Sep 13 A[nna] M[aria] Rush,
and J[ulia] S. Rush to Julia Rush
Nov 15 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Dec 11 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush

126 1853-1856
In addition to correspondence this folder includes receipts.
1853 Mar 3 [lost page] to Julia Rush
May 3 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Oct 10 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush, William Rush
Nov 15 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
n.d. Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
1854 Jul 20 William Rush to Julia Rush
Aug 12 Helen Field to Julia Rush
Oct 18 William Rush to Julia Rush
1855 Feb 7 Samuel Rush to Julia Rush
Oct 11 S. Catherine Rush to Julia Rush
Oct 11 Anna M. Rush to Julia Rush
Dec 31 Julia W. Biddle to Samuel Rush
1856 Apr 4 Samuel Rush to J.R. Williams
Aug 26 William Rush to Julia W. Biddle

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Series IV.2. Julia Williams Rush Biddle (cont'd)
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Correspondence and papers (cont'd)
127 1858-1867
Correspondence, receipts, and the forty-ninth Annual Report of the Philadelphia
Orphan Society (1863). Correspondents include prominent Philadelphia socialite
and founder of the Orphan's Society Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869), Elizabeth Fisher
a member of the Orphan's Society, and husband Alexander Biddle who in 1864
was living in a camp South West of Culpepper, Virginia.
1858 Sep 26 Alexander Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Oct 3 Alexander Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
1859 Nov 2 G.E. Eaton [cousin] to Julia W. Biddle
1860 Aug 10 [lost page, JRW?] to Julia W. Biddle
1861 Oct 12 Georgy G[illegable] to Julia W. Biddle
Sep 30 G.E. Eaton [cousin] to Julia W. Biddle
1862 Mar 11 Rebekah Gratz to Julia W. Biddle
Jun 10 [unreadable] to Julia W. Biddle
Jul 14 G. Clark [cousin] to Julia W. Biddle
Jul 16 Elizabeth Fisher to Julia W. Biddle
Sep 17 H.A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
1864 Jan 8 Alexander Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Jan 22 G. Clark to Julia W. Biddle
1867 Sep 11 H.J. Williams to Julia W. Biddle
1869 May 8 Susan B. Collet to Julia W. Biddle

128 Account Book, 1860-1865
Records household expenses, and mentions Sarah Rittenhouse, Mary Fulton,
Martha Stewart, Catherine Welsh, and others. Fills 11 pages.

129 1870-1874
Correspondence and receipts. Correspondents include son J. Wilmer Biddle who
was then attending Cheltenham Academy in Shoemakertown, Pennsylvania.
1871 Jun 29 Alexander Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Jun 30 Alexander Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Jul 1 Alexander Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
1873 Dec 6 A[nna] M[aria] Rush to Julia W. Biddle
1874 Apr 17 J. Wilmer Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
May 25 J. Wilmer Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Jun 9 Catherine M. Bohlen to Julia W. Biddle
Jun 29 Elizabeth D. Wells to Julia W. Biddle
Sep 19 Eleanor H. Smith to Julia W. Biddle
Sep 30 EMB to Julia W. Biddle
Oct 10 J. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Oct 17 Eleanor H. Smith to Julia W. Biddle
Dec 17 Julia to Julia W. Biddle

130 1875-1879
Correspondence, receipts, and material related to the Chapel of the Church Home
for Childern, Cheltenham Academy, and the First Annual State Convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New Jersey. Correspondents include
husband Alexander Biddle, who in 1878 was staying at the Lake Mohonk House
in New York.
1875 Feb 16 C.S. Olmstead to Julia W. Biddle
Mar 25 E.L. Whittaker to Julia W. Biddle
May 15 J. Wilmer Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
1876 Jun 1 Nannie [D. Conarroe] to Julia W. Biddle
Sep 29 H.J.O[lmstead?] to Julia W. Biddle
1877 Apr 10 F. Gordon Wickham to Julia W. Biddle
Nov 21 J. Wilmer Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
1878 Jul 2 Susie Waller to Julia W. Biddle
Aug 1 Alexander Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Nov 24 J. Wilmer Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
1879 May 6 Bessie Ashhurst to Julia W. Biddle

131 Correspondence and papers, 1880-1884, n.d.
Also contains receipts from Paris, Vienna, and a Philadelphia corset manufacturer;
and material related to the Woman's Christian Association. Correspondents
include Elizabeth Fisher of the Orphan's Society, and son Louis A. Biddle, who in
1883 was traveling in London, Dresden, and Paris.
1880 Mar 3 Peggy to Julia W. Biddle
May 13 Cornelia Calhoun to Julia W. Biddle
May 27 Marg. A. Ravened to Julia W. Biddle
Jun 29 Elizabeth Fisher to Julia W. Biddle
1882 Jul 19 Louis A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Sep 30 Louis A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Oct 14 Sidney Howell Jenks to Julia W. Biddle
Nov 26 Julia Mayer Kliner to Julia W. Biddle
Dec 22 J. Wilmer to Julia W. Biddle
Dec 26 Uncle Rinbold to Julia W. Biddle
1883 Jan 29 R.H. Bond to Julia W. Biddle
Jun 11 [Elizabeth Fisher] to Julia W. Biddle
Aug 18 [lost page, child] to Julia W. Biddle
Jul 26 Louis A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Sep 20 Louis A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Oct 25 Alexander Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Nov 10 Louis A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle

132 1885-1889
Receipts from Berlin and Paris, and a printed commemoration of the death of her
daughter Julia Biddle (1859-1885).
1886 Jun 17 Sallie F. Rewley to Julia W. Biddle
Aug 3 Ellen Landers to Julia W. Biddle
Aug 19 Louis A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
1889 Jun 6 [unreadable] to Julia W. Biddle
188- Aug 30 Rosalie Morris to Julia W. Biddle

133 1890-1891
Contains newspaper clipping of the marriage of Henry Ridgway and Ellen Munroe
which took place in Paris. Correspondents include son Louis A. Biddle, who was
traveling through Grand Rapids and Pittsburgh; and daughter-in-law Anne M.
Biddle, who was traveling through Ouchy, Switzerland, and Paris, France.
1890 Apr 15 E.F. Kane to Julia W. Biddle
Jun 19 Anne M. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Oct 18 Louis A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Oct 26 Louis A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
1891 Apr [?] Anne M. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Aug 13 Alexander Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Sep 8 EMB to Julia W. Biddle

134 1892
Contains receipts. Correspondents include Rush-relative Richard Henry Rush
(1825-1893), son Louis A. Biddle who was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, probably to
play in the Halifax Cup cricket match
1892 Jan 1 [Louis A. Biddle?] to Julia W. Biddle
Apr 11 Grace K[illegable] to Julia W. Biddle
Apr 20 Margaret s. G[illg] to Julia W. Biddle
Mar 2 Louis, Cairo to Julia W. Biddle
Apr 29 Pauline Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Jul 7 Agnes K. Chapman to Julia W. Biddle
Jul 26 Louis A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Aug 2 Louis A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Sep 3 Anne M. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Dec 3 Eliza B. Kirkbride to Julia W. Biddle
Dec 28 Richard Henry Rush to Julia W. Biddle
n.d. Marion Biddle to Julia W. Biddle

135 1893-1894
Contains one receipt. Correspondents include Alexander Charles Garrett, a
Biddle relative and Bishop of Northern Texas, and son Louis A. Biddle, who in
1894 was in London.
1893 Aug 12 Ruth S. Kenwood to Julia W. Biddle
1894 Feb 1 Pauline Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Mar 20 Apolline A. Blair to Julia W. Biddle
May 27 Louis A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Nov 26 A.C. Garrett to Julia W. Biddle
Nov 2 Julia S. Cuetia to Julia W. Biddle
Dec 26 Marie Dormer to Julia W. Biddle

136 1895
Contains receipts and material related to the Franklin Reformatory Home.
Correspondents include Rush relative Catherine Elisa Murray Rush (1853-1895).
1895 Jan 15 Catherine M. Rush to Julia W. Biddle
Feb 27 C.J. Gibbons to Julia W. Biddle
Apr 11 Mary Eva Camae to Julia W. Biddle
Mar 8 Katherine Packard to Julia W. Biddle
Mar 20 Catherine M. Rush to Julia W. Biddle
Mar 28 Helen Field Conover to Julia W. Biddle
May 16 Mary H. Dudes? to Julia W. Biddle
May 20 Sarah B. Wister to Julia W. Biddle
Jun 19 Anna Whelement to Julia W. Biddle
Jun 25 Pauline Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Jul 1 Anna M. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Dec 9 Anna Tilghman to Julia W. Biddle

Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.2. Julia Williams Rush Biddle (cont'd)
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Correspondence and papers (cont'd)
137 1896-1897
With one receipt from the Bishop White Parish Library Association of
Philadelphia.
1896 Jul 24 Louis A. Biddle to Julia W. Biddle
Dec 30 H. Boudiuot Stryker to Julia W. Biddle
1897 Jan 6 H. Boudiuot Stryker to Julia W. Biddle

138 A-C. Biddle
Including Caroline B. Alexander, Susan B. Barton, Anne E. Biddle, Arthur
Biddle, and Cora R. Biddle.

139 E. Biddle-M. Biddle
Including Emily L. Biddle, eight items from Emily M. Biddle, and Mary Biddle.

140 Bi-E
Including Appoline Blair, J.M. Bohlen, B. Campbell, Mary J.B. Chew, and Anna
Williams Dreer.

141 Helen Field (early)
Contains correspondence written mostly from Princeton on stationery appearing to
be from an earlier date.

142 Helen Field (later)
Some of this correspondence postdates her marriage and is signed Helen Field
Conover.

143 Fr-M
Including Ella W. Frazer, Rebecca Gratz, Caroline B. Ingrahm, Ellen Lardner,
Margaret Lardner, Julia McAllister, Ellen Morris, and R.E. Morris.

144 N-Ro
Including M. Olmstead, seven items from H.F. Olmstead, Julia Rush Olmstead,
Mary Owen, Sarah R. Parker, Anne Ralston, E.C. Ralston, and Cora Rowland.
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145 Rush
Includes two pieces of correspondence from brother William Rush, six from
cousin Sarah Catherine Rush, two from cousin Anna Maria Rush, four from Susan
B. Rush, and one letter from Ella Day Rush (1876-after 1905), and Elizabeth M.
Rush (d. 1877).

146 S-W
Including E.M. Sims, Ellen S.R. Smith, S.R. Smith, M.B. Stevens, cousin Richard
Stockton, Maria Tilghman, Ellen Wilmer, and Henry J. Williams.

147 Unidentified individuals
Includes one anonymous poem, an invitation to the marriage of the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Houston, a unfilled dance-card, a recipe for muffins, a
certificate from the Presbyterian home for Widowed and Single Women, and four
pieces of correspondence.

Material related to Julia W. Biddle's children

148 Exercise book, 1873-1876
This volume was apparently used first by Julia R. from November 1873 to April
1874, for German exercises, and then by Marion Biddle from March to November
1876 for French exercises. Contains a child's drawing of an elegantly dressed
woman on the endpaper.

149 Exercise book, n.d.
Contains exercises in Greek history. Fills ten pages.

150 Book of grades, 1868-1873
This volume consists of weekly grade reports mostly from Dr. Faires Classical
Institute pasted into a volume that bears the monogram of Henry J. Williams.
Approximately twenty-two pages of material belonging to Williams has been cut
out of the volume, however one page containing financial accounts from
1818-1819 remains. Grade reports are contained from Henry R. Biddle from
1868-1872, with one report from the University of Pennsylvania;
Alexander W. Biddle 1869-1872, Louis A. Biddle 1873, and monthly
reports from Julia R. Biddle from an unknown school.

151 Photographs of her childern, n.d.
Includes eleven photographs, identified and unidentified. Two are tin-type
photographs of her childern as a group. Identifiable in these images are Louis A.
Biddle and Julia Biddle (1859-1885). Three photos are by the Concord, N.H.,
photographer W.C. Kimball. Two of these are unidentified portraits and the third
is a group image depicting four Biddle childern and two others. Other
unidentified portraits are by Philadelphia photographers F. Gutekunst and D.
Henkle.

Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.2. Julia Williams Rush Biddle (cont'd)
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Material related to Juila Rush Biddle's children (cont'd)

152 Unidentified photographs, n.d.
Contains three photographs, two portraits of an unidentified individual by F.
Gutekunst, and one photograph of the same individual with a woman
photographed by R. Guler of St. Moritz.

Series IV.3. Alexander W. Biddle (1856-1879)
First child of Alexander Biddle (1819-1899) and Julia W. Rush (1833-1898).
(gen. chart 6)

Correspondence and papers
153 1872-1883
Also contains material related to the Delta Psi fraternity
1872 Jul 31 Alexander W. Biddle to Henry R. Biddle
1873 Jul 1 Robert W. Lesley to Alexander W. Biddle
1878 Nov 8 Alexander W. Biddle to [sister]
1883 Jun 25 Louis A. Biddle to Alexander W. Biddle

154 1889
Correspondents include brother Lynford Biddle, who at the time was in London,
and father Alexander Biddle, who was traveling Europe. His letters are sent from
London, Lucerne, Constanz, and Paris. Included as well is a letter from John
Clarke Sims (b. 1845), Secretary of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
1889 Jun 5 John Clarke Sims to Alexander W. Biddle
Jul 13 Alexander Biddle to Alexander W. Biddle
Jul 20 Alexander Biddle to Alexander W. Biddle
Jul 24 Alexander Biddle to Alexander W. Biddle
Aug 5 [illegible] to Alexander W. Biddle
Aug 30 Alexander Biddle to Alexander W. Biddle
Sep 8 Alexander Biddle to Alexander W. Biddle
Sep 22 Lynford Biddle to Alexander W. Biddle
Sep 24 M.B. Dudes to Alexander W. Biddle

155 1891-1893
Includes receipts. Correspondents include brother Louis A. Biddle who was
traveling in Cairo.
1892 Jan 11 Louis A. Biddle to Alexander W. Biddle

Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.3. Alexander W. Biddle (1856-1879)
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Correspondence and papers (cont'd)
156 1894-1895
Includes material related to the United Singers of Philadelphia, the Gynecean
Hospital, the Moyamensing Soup Society, and the Philadelphia Country Club.
1894 Apr 9 Edward N. Bush to Alexander W. Biddle
Jun 8 [illeg] Bradford to Alexander W. Biddle
Jun 26 J.S. Vanzandt to Alexander W. Biddle
Jun 30 John W. Breen to Alexander W. Biddle
Jul 16 John W. Breen to Alexander W. Biddle

157 1902-1908
Contains receipts, a 1903 will of Alexander W. Biddle, and 1908 patent A.W.
Biddle received for orthopedic footwear.

158 Book of rhymes, n.d.
Contains five pages of rhymes, including "Mary had a little lamb," "Yankee
Doodle," and others.

159 School Journal, n.d.
Contains the February number of a handwritten periodical entitled School Journal,
published by Pauline Biddle, Christine A. Biddle, Louise Johnson, and Nannie
Johnson. Consists of poetry, riddles, and essays including "My Adventures with a
goat (A True story)."

Series IV.4. Julia Rush Biddle (1859-1885)
Third child of Alexander Biddle and Julia W. Rush. (gen. chart 6)

Correspondence and papers

160 1870-1878
Contains an 1870 school essay on the "Birth of the Redeemer," Christmas 1870.
1874 Jul 7 Alexander Biddle to Julia R. Biddle
Jul 8 Alexander Biddle to Julia R. Biddle
Oct 31 J. Wilmer Biddle to Julia R. Biddle
Nov 29 J. Wilmer Biddle to Julia R. Biddle
1875 Sep 27 Henry R. Biddle to Julia R. Biddle
1877 Feb 2 Amimia C. Knorr to Julia R. Biddle
Dec 9 Louis A. Biddle to Julia R. Biddle
Dec 12 J. Wilmer Biddle to Julia R. Biddle
1878 Sep 8 Louis A. Biddle to Julia R. Biddle
1879 Nov 20 J. Wilmer Biddle to Julia R. Biddle

161 School essays, 1875
Includes seven essays which date from September 25 to November 18, 1875.
Topics include "Famine," "Living within your means," as well as other moralistic
and religious topics.

162 1880-1889, n.d.
1880 Jul 22 J. Wilmer Biddle to Julia R. Biddle
1884 Nov 20 Louis A. Biddle to Julia R. Biddle
1887 Feb 4 Louis A. Biddle to Julia R. Biddle
n.d. Louis A. Biddle to Julia R. Biddle

163 Photograph, Aug 1884
Albumen photograph of Julia Rush Biddle in gypsy costume taken at York.

Series IV.5. James Wilmer Biddle (1861-1927)
Fourth child of Alexander Biddle and Julia W. Rush. (gen. chart 6)

Correspondence and papers
164 1873-1876
Contains two grade reports from Cheltenham Academy, dated 1873 and 1874.
1873 Dec 13 Louis A. Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
1875 Dec 13 Alexander Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
1876 Mar 13 Alexander Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
Sep 26 Alexander Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
Nov 9 Alexander Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
Nov 11 Louis A. Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle

165 1877-1878
Correspondents include his sisters, Julia and Mariamne (Marion), younger brother
Louis, and father Alexander.
1877 Jan 27 Julia R. Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
Sep 23 Julia R. Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
Sep 30 Julia R. Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
Oct 14 Julia R. Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
Nov 5 Julia R. Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
Dec 12 Alexander Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
1878 Jan 20 Marion Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
Feb 3 Julia R. Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
Mar 25 Julia R. Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
May 10 Alexander Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
May 14 Louis A. Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
May 28 Marion Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle

166 1880-1889, n.d.
Includes a report card from St. John's School in Sing Sing, New York, from 1880.
Includes correspondence from his brother Louis while attending Harvard, and his
father Alexander Biddle who was staying in the Berkeley Hotel, London. Includes
as well an undated dinner invitation from R.C.H. Brock
1883 May 20 Louis A. Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
1889 Jul 3 Alexander Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
n.d. Mar 4 Henry R. Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle
n.d. Alexander Biddle to J. Wilmer Biddle

167 Bank book, 1883-1890
Records J. Wilmer Biddle's balance with The Pennsylvania Company for
Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities.

Contents List

Series I. - III.: Decendants of William Biddle (1697-1712) and Mary Scull; Wharton and Lippincott papers; Decendants of John Biddle (1707-1789) and Sarah Owen

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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