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
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.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)
Contents List
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (b. 1863)
Fifth child of Alexander Biddle and Julia W. Rush. (gen. chart 6)
168 1874-1876
Included are three grade reports from 1877-1878. Correspondence is addressed to
Louis A. Biddle at St. Paul's school in Concord, New Hampshire.
1874 Sep 4 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 22 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 3 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 5 J. Wilmer Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 7 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 21 J. Wilmer Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
1875 Sep 12 Julia R. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
1876 Apr 12 Marion Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 13 Henry R. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
169 1880-1884
Contains a receipt from a Cambridge furniture dealer, and other Harvard-related
receipts including a receipt for the fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon Correspondents
include brother Lynford Biddle, who in 1881 was in Florence, Italy; and father
Alexander Biddle, who spent August 1884 at the Marshall House in York Harbor,
Maine. Included as well is correspondence from Louis Biddle's Harvard friend,
H.B. Duryra, and correspondence from the Porcelain club.
1881 May 16 Lynford Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
1883 Nov 11 Julia Rush Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
1884 Aug 8 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 16 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 17 J. Wilmer Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 30 H.B. Duryra to Louis A. Biddle
170 1885-1889
Included is correspondence from Lynford Lardner, secretary of the Managers of
the Frankfort and Bristol Turnpike Road. Correspondence reveals that Alexander
Biddle and some family members were in Germany in September and October
1885. Alexander Biddle reveals in his April 1886 letter that he is investing in
poodles.
1885 May 20 Lawrence E. Sexton to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 2 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 21 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 31 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
1886 Apr 23 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
1887 Oct 11 A.J.D. Dixon to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 24 E.H.M. Cumougt to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 1 Caroline Tyson to Louis A. Biddle
1889 Jun 1 Thomas J. Valpry to Louis A. Biddle
Jul 30 A.J. Drexel, Jr. to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 19 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 29 Lynford Lardner to Louis A. Biddle
171 1890
Also includes cancelled checks.
1890 Feb 20 Alexander W. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
May 26 Edson J. Hill to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 24 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 19 W. Heyward Drayton, Jr. Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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172 1891 Jan - May
Contains cancelled checks from the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on
Lives and Granting Annuities.
1891 May 6 Arthur Newbold to Louis A. Biddle
May 14 Caroline Roberts to Louis A. Biddle
May 22 Harrison W. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
May 23 Edson J. Hill to Louis A. Biddle
May 26 J.D. McKeenian to Louis A. Biddle
173 1891 Jun - Oct
Contains cancelled checks, receipts, and material related to the Rittenhouse Club.
1891 Jun 7 S.B. Shiopis to Louis A. Biddle
Jul 25 F.H. Clark to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 14 Mrs A.J. Dallas Dixon to Louis A. Biddle
174 Dinner invitation, June 8, 1891
An elaborate dinner invitation printed individually for Louis A. Biddle on heavy
boards by the Philadelphia stationer Bailey, Banks, and Biddle. Includes hand-
painted illustrations of cricketers on front and back, with an interior description of
the cricket match between the Philadelphia Club and the Rittenhouse Club. The
Rittenhouse Club dinner menu includes nine food courses with five courses of
liquors.
175 1891 Nov - Dec
Correspondence and a menu from the intercolonial dinner held at the Philadelphia
University Club on December 5, 1891. The verso of the menu was signed by all
of the individuals who attended the dinner.
1891 Nov 12 Rebecca G. Thompsonto Louis A. Biddle
Nov 12 Robert Ralston to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 12 Henry F. Whitmore to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 13 Mimmie L. R[illeg] to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 17 Arthur M. Shenuvel to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 17 Amos T. French to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 17 J.A. Wangher, Jr. to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 2 Elise L. Hopkins to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 11 Mary B. Spragie to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 19 Alexander W. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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176 1892 Jan - Aug
Correspondence, cancelled checks, and receipts from the Rittenhouse Club, the
Hotel Bellevue in Philadelphia, and material related to the University Barge Club.
1892 Jan 8 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 13 J. Wilmer Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 26 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 3 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 25 Robert C. Drayton to Louis A. Biddle
May 11 George Stewart Patterson Louis A. Biddle
May 11 Helene C. Frazier to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 19 E.M.R. Porter to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 14 Herbert Stewart to Louis A. Biddle
177 1892 Sep - Dec
Material related to the University Barge Club, the Radnor Hounds, and a receipt
from the College of New Jersey. Correspondents include Morris L. Parrish (1867-1944)
of the Philadelphia Stock Brokerage of Robert Koons and Co.
1892 Sep 20 E.M. Porter to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 27 Rodman Wistir to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 13 Thomas Cook & Son to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 29 Lynford Lardner to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 3 S.B. Shoipis to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 25 Catherine M. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 29 Morris L. Parrish to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 23 R.D. Maxwell to Louis A. Biddle
178 1893
Material related to the Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Company, the Racquet
Club, the Chestnut Hill Tennis Club, the Germantown Cricket Club, and the
American Hunt and Pony Racing Association. Correspondents include the
London clothier Beale and Inman, the Philadelphia photography firm of Schreiber
and Sons, and Morris L. Parrish (1867-1944) of the Philadelphia Stock Brokerage
of Robert Koons and Co.
1893 Mar 9 Morris L. Parrish to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 9 Morris L. Parrish to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 9 Morris L. Parrish to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 21 Russell E. Tucker to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 22 Amos T. French to Louis A. Biddle
May 19 Ethane Allen Weaver to Louis A. Biddle
Jul 18 Pauline Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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178 1893 Sep 19 [illegible] to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 2 Beale and Inman Co. to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 31 George A. Hapraun to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 13 Schreiber and Sons to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 5 [illegible] to Louis A. Biddle
179 1894-1896
Contains material related to the Merion Cricket Club.
1891 n.d. Robbins to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 3 George B. Morrison to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 21 J.A. Mistas to Louis A. Biddle
1896 Dec 21 S.B. Shoipis to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 22 Hughes & Muller Co to Louis A. Biddle
180 1897 Jan - Mar
Material related to the Wistar party, Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of
the Blind, Philadelphia Club, and the Military Order of Foreign Wars.
Correspondents include Isador Sobel (1858-1939), president of the Republican
League of the State of Pennsylvania; Charles T. Stout of the Staten Island Cricket
and Baseball Club; and relative Benjamin Rush (1811-1877).
1897 Jan 8 J.C. [illegible] to Louis A. Biddle
Jan 26 William R. Mercier, Jr. to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 6 Edward Conner to Louis a. Biddle
Feb 10 Benjamin Rush to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 16 Isador Sobel to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 9 H.J. Harvey to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 13 Charles T. Stout to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 15 Beale and Inman Co. to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 21 R.H. Bayland Bowie to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 30 McFadden to Louis A. Biddle
181 1897 Apr - Aug
Correspondents include Philadelphia attorney Louis C. Vanuxem.
1897 Apr 5 Louis C. Vanuxem to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 14 Thomas Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 28 [illegible] to Louis A. Biddle
May 12 J.F. Leech to Louis A. Biddle
May 20 J.C. Strawbridge to Louis A. Biddle
May 27 William Harley to Louis A. Biddle
Jun 17 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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181 1897 Jul 1 George M. Dunn to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 28 [illegible] to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 30 [illegible] to Louis A. Biddle
182 1897 Sep - Dec
Material related to the Radnor Hunting Club, Philadelphia Country Club, a
subscription receipt for the periodical Golfing, and receipts from many London
establishments during September and October. Correspondents include B. Sayers,
golf club and ball manufacturer; William Potter (1852-1926), president of
Jefferson Medical College; and the merchant Louis S. Fiske (1844-1916).
1897 Oct 6 B. Sayers to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 21 William Potter to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 29 George Webb Price to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 26 Hugo Johnston to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 8 Louis S. Fiske to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 17 H.H. Hunnewell, Jr. to Louis A. Biddle
183 1898
Condolences on the death of Louis Biddle's mother, Julia W. Biddle (1833-1898).
1898 May 27 S.B. Shoipis to Louis A. Biddle
May 29 [unnamed] to Louis A. Biddle
May 30 Louis S. Fiske to Louis A. Biddle
Jun 3 Kate Sheldon Harrison Louis A. Biddle
Jun 13 Mary de F.H. Geary to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 11 A.J. Dallas Dixon to Louis A. Biddle
184 1899
Contains a large number of cancelled checks. Correspondence from May marks
the passing of father Alexander Biddle (1819-1899)
1899 May 3 Harrison W. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
May 5 Frank Thompson to Louis A. Biddle
Jun 16 Harold M. Sill to Louis A. Biddle
Jul 10 HWB [Harrison W. Biddle] Louis A. Biddle
185 1900
Membership cards for the Germantown Cricket Club, Penrose Republican Club,
Philadelphia Zoological Garden, and the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore
Railroad. Also material related to the Wistar Party, Dining Club, and
Germantown Cricket Club.
1900 Jun 7 W.C. Houston to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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185 1900 Jul 16 Emily B. Thompson to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 16 C.B. Newbold to Louis A. Biddle
186 1901
In addition to correspondence this folder preserves receipts from London and
Paris dealers of porcelain, crystal and china.
1901 Mar 8 S.B. Stewart to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 21 J.A. Caldwell to Louis A. Biddle
187 1902 Mar - Apr
Includes a membership card for the Spouting Rock Beach Association, material
related to the Penrose Republican Club, and the Delta Kappa chapter of the Delta
Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
1902 Mar 26 Thomas C. Lander to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 30 S.B. Stewart to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 30 E.D. Oakford to Louis A. Biddle
188 1902 May - Jul
Material related to the Philadelphia Country Club, Rittenhouse Club, and
Philadelphia Club. Correspondents include Philadelphia surgeon Charles B.
Penrose (1862-1925).
1902 May 1 William L. Barclay to Louis A. Biddle
May 3 Charles B. Penrose to Louis A. Biddle
May 31 John C. Groome to Louis A. Biddle
189 1902 Aug
Contains material related to the Philadelphia Country Club, Newport Golf Club,
Dominion of Canada Industrial Exhibition and Agricultural Fair, and Newport
Reading Rooms. Correspondents include New York manufacturer Herbert D.
Robbins (1862-1947).
1902 Aug 12 Herbert D. Robbins to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 27 Walter J. Crowder to Louis A. Biddle
190 1902 Sep
Contains material related to the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial
Art, The National Prison Congress which was held in Philadelphia in 1902, and
the Germantown Cricket Club.
1902 Sep 10 Edward Morris to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 14 Emily [B. Thompson] to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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191 1902 Oct
Contains material related to the Philadelphia Club, Philadelphia Cricket Club, and
banking statements from Edward B. Smith and Co. Correspondents include St.
Paul's alumnae Owen Wister (1860-1938) and Charles B. Penrose (1862-1925).
1902 Oct 3 Owen Wister to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 10 Charles B. Penrose to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 15 Samuel W. Lewis to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 16 [Emily B. Thompson] to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 17 Craig Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 17 [illegible] to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 22 Thomas McKeany to Louis A. Biddle
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192 1902 Nov
Material related to the Philadelphia Country Club and the Philadelphia Club.
1902 Nov 4 C.F. McMraine to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 19 C.T. Hempstead to Louis A. Biddle
193 1902 Dec
Material related to the Long Island Carteret Gun Club and the Athletic Club of
Philadelphia. Correspondents include Philadelphia book dealer Charles Sessler.
1902 Dec 1 Jane Wadsworth to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 4 Mary Quick Drexel to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 6 John W. Jeans to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 9 Henry A. Buck to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 17 Meridith Bailey to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 17 Charles C. Harrison to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 19 Robb Appleton to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 20 Charles Sessler to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 23 [Emily B. Thompson] to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 29 Marcel A. Viti to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 29 Mrs. E.S. Willing to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 30 B.F. Lewis to Louis A. Biddle
194 1903 Jan
Henry Kloetz, leader of State Fencibles' Military Band & Orch; Chas B. Penrose.
1903 Jan 14 Edward Yarnall to Louis A. Biddle
Jan 16 Henry Kloetz to Louis A. Biddle
Jan 26 Charles B. Penna to Louis A. Biddle
Jan 29 Benjamin Chew to Louis A. Biddle
Jan 18 Cora R. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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195 1903 Feb
Contains correspondence, receipts, and dinner invitations.
1903 Feb 5 B.F. Lewis to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 7 Ella Paucaust Homer to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 16 Charles L. Seale to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 16 [illegible] to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 17 Marion Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 17 A. Gross to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 20 George F. Penhale to Louis A. Biddle
196 1903 Mar
Correspondents include Philadelphia art-dealer and bookseller Robert M. Lindsay,
who is trying to sell a painting by the French artist J.B. Camille Corot,
authenticated by Mr. Durand-Ruel. Included as well is an auction receipt for
Henri Rousseau and Claude Monet paintings purchased by Louis A. Biddle.
Includes material related to the Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and
the American Fox Terrier Club.
1903 Mar 2 William Norris to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 7 Samuel W. Lewis to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 9 C. Leland Harrison to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 12 S[usan] B. Stewart to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 17 Robert M. Lindsay to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 23 J.E. Caldwell to Louis A. Biddle
197 1903 Apr
Contains material related to the Philadelphia Club, Germantown Cricket Club,
Philadelphia Cricket Club, statements from the banker Edward B. Smith, and
receipts related to a trip to Hot Springs, Virginia.
1903 Apr 4 Theo. Cuyler Patterson Louis A. Biddle
Apr 15 Fred Sterry to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 8 William Wilkins Cowen Louis A. Biddle
Apr 9 [Emily B. Thompson] to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 15 H.L. Clark to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 24 William Norris to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 30 Eby to Louis A. Biddle
198 1903 May
May 2 James A McCloskey to Louis A. Biddle
May 4 Theo. Cuyler Patterson Louis A. Biddle
May 5 Richard Rush to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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199 1903 Jul - Sep
Contains material related to the Germantown Cricket Club, Athletic Association
of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Athletic Club of Philadelphia.
1903 Jul 3 Ella Mills to Louis A. Biddle
Jul 14 J.A. Caldwell, Jr. to Louis A. Biddle
Jul 30 William H. Godshall to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 12 S.I. S[illegable] to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 23 Fred V. Hoyt to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 24 Matthew Feakes to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 25 Jarvis Mason to Louis A. Biddle
200 1903 Oct
Contains material related to the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial
Art, and the Germantown Cricket Club. Correspondents include the New York
manufacturer Herbert D. Robbins (1862-1947).
1903 Oct 15 Helen Bullitt Furness to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 19 John Lewis Evans to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 21 Eugene Underhill to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 24 E.A. Pinckey to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 27 Herbert D. Robbins to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 27 John Norman Henry to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 31 W.R. Travers to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 31 A.E. Durham to Louis A. Biddle
201 1903 Nov
Contains material related to the Ladies Kennel Association of New York, the
Philadelphia Dog Show Association, and the Philadelphia Club.
1903 Nov 14 Marion Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 16 David H. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 17 Frederick E. Sow to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 27 A. Sydney Carpenter to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 30 William J. Campbell to Louis A. Biddle
202 1903 Dec
Contains material related to the Philadelphia Club, and the Drexel Institute of Art,
Science, and Industry.
1903 Dec 4 Pemberton S. Hutchinson Louis A. Biddle
Dec 7 R.R. to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 11 EBT [Emily B. Thompson] Louis A. Biddle
Dec 12 Pemberton S. Hutchinson Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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202 1903 Dec 17 Matthew Feakes to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 19 L. Robinson [cousin] to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 22 A.Y. Stewart to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 24 [Emily B. Thompson] to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 25 Susan B. Stewart to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 26 [Emily B. Thompson] to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 29 John Norman Heaty to Louis A. Biddle
203 1904 Jan - Apr
Material related to the Philadelphia Club, Kippewa Fishing and Hunting Club,
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and Germantown Cricket Club.
1904 Jan 25 Lawrence E. Sexton to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 2 Matthew Feakes to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 8 [Emily B. Thompson] to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 11 Henry A. Buck to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 15 Harrison W. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 16 George Sully to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 17 Matthew Feakes to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 7 J.A. Harris to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 29 George Bromhead to Louis A. Biddle
204 1904 May - Aug
Material related to St. Paul's Church of Chestnut Hill, The American Cricketer,
the Rittenhouse Club, Germantown Cricket Club, and Philadelphia Club.
1904 May 3 Francis D. Patterson to Louis A. Biddle
May 30 A.A. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
June 15 H.J.J. Knight to Louis A. Biddle
205 1904 Sep
Includes material related to the Golf Association of Philadelphia.
1904 Sep 7 F.E. Band to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 13 Miffith Coit to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 16 Robert Ralston to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 16 William Warner Harpe Louis A. Biddle
Sep 19 Jarvis Mason to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 21 Charlton Narnall to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 24 E.S. Palter to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 28 J. Woods to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 30 Pemberton S. Hutchinson Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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206 1904 Oct
Material related to Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia Country Club, and
University Club of St. Louis.
1904 Oct 8 [illegible] to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 14 Henry J. Morris to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 25 Spencer Penrose to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 31 Eugene Howell to Louis A. Biddle
207 1904 Nov
Material related to the Philadelphia Dog Show Association and the Radnor Hunt.
1904 Nov 1 Paul D[illegable] to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 5 Elizabeth Rutherford to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 7 [illegible] to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 12 W. Rutherford to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 12 John L. Cox to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 14 Henry J. Morris to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 15 Henry J. Morris to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 16 Marcel A. Viti to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 16 H.W. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 21 W. Rutherford to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 30 Lawrence E. Sexton to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 30 W.H. Gilbert to Louis A. Biddle
208 1904 Dec
Material related to the Mid-Winter Ball.
1904 Dec 16 Robert M. Lindsay to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 16 Pemberton S. Hutchinson Louis A. Biddle
Dec 21 A. Sydney Carpenter to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 28 Charley Caldawalder to Louis A. Biddle
209 1905 Jan - Jun
Contains material related to the Charity Ball, Rittenhouse Club, and the
Germantown Cricket Club.
1905 Mar 21 C.S.W. Packard to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 13 Charles Truscott to Louis A. Biddle
May 6 Herbert D. Robbins to Louis A. Biddle
Jun 20 H.W. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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208 1905 Jul - Dec
Contains material related to the Philadelphia Country Club, Germantown Cricket
Club, Philadelphia Cricket Club, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
1905 Jul 11 Mary de F.H. Geary to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 19 William Warner Harper Louis A. Biddle
Sep 21 Josephine W. Dixon to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 18 Henry J. Morris to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 25 Nicholas Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 31 J.G. Rosengarten to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 27 Christine W. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
209 1906 Jan
Material on Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution, Atlantic City Kennel
Club.
1906 Jan 4 Charlie Cadwalader to Louis A. Biddle
Jan 11 H.W. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 9 Arthur Tooth & Sons to R.M. Lindsay
Feb 10 Robert M. Lindsay to Louis A. Biddle
210 1906 Feb - Mar
Contains material related to the Racquet Club and the periodical The American
Cricketer.
1906 Feb 2 Josephine W. Dixon to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 17 Josephine W. Dixon to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 19 Josephine W. Dixon to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 26 Yeatts & Yeatts to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 27 W. Heward Drayton, III Louis A. Biddle
211 1906 May - Dec
Material related to Philadelphia Cricket Club and the University of Pennsylvania.
Correspondence from Richard Rush regarding the diary of Dr. Benjamin Rush
(1745-1813).
1906 May 11 Richard Rush to Louis A. Biddle
May 14 Richard Rush to Louis A. Biddle
Jun 27 J. Wilmer Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Jul 14 Josephine W. Dixon to Louis A. Biddle
Jul 27 Emilia Brinton Thompson Louis A. Biddle
Sep 28 J. Wilmer Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 29 W.M. Camae to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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213 1907
Reports from the Pinkerton Detective Agency and material related to the
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia Horse Show
Association, and the Philadelphia Country Club.
1907 Feb 8 Charles C. Harrison to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 16 Richard Rush to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 4 E. Spencer Blight to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 25 Alexander Marten to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 26 J.P. Delahunty to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 30 H.B. Hills, Jr. to Louis A. Biddle
May 26 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 7 John Jay Chapman to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 19 George B. Martin to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 14 Arthur Meredith Burke Louis A. Biddle
215 1908 Jan - Apr
Membership cards for the Germantown and Philadelphia Cricket Clubs.
Correspondents include I. Minis Hayes of the American Philosophical Society in
Philadelphia and the Philadelphia surgeon Robert Grier Le Conte (1865-1924).
1908 Jan 27 I. Minis Hays to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 4 Isabel Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 6 Robert G. LeCompte to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 10 Percy R. Pyne to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 15 Sarah D. van Rensselaer Louis A. Biddle
Mar 31 D.B. Rochester to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 25 H.W. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
216 1908 May
Includes receipts from the Philadelphia booksellers Companion and Company,
and material related to the Rittenhouse Club and Philadelphia Country Club.
1908 May 25 Celia Campbell Higgins Louis A. Biddle
217 1908 Jun
Receipts and material related to the Racquet Club and the Newport Reading
Room. Correspondents include Philadelphia importer of foreign books C.J. Price.
1908 Jun 3 Mary [mutilated] to Louis A. Biddle
Jun 9 A.C. Namison to Louis A. Biddle
Jun 26 C.J. Price to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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218 1908 Jul - Aug
Receipt from book dealer C.J. Price and material related to Philadelphia Cricket
Club.
Jul Jul 22 LB [Lynford Biddle?] to Louis A. Biddle
Jul 28 J. Wilmer Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 1 Josephine W. Dixon to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 5 Edward Morrell to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 18 C.J. Price to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 29 Thomas Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
219 1908 Sep
Material related to the Mount Desert Reading Room, Bar Harbor, Maine; and the
Germantown Cricket Club.
1908 Sep 6 K.M. to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 13 John Penn Brock to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 18 C.J. Price to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 21 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 24 C.J. Price to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 25 C.J. Price to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 24 Daniel H. Farr to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 25 Arthur Meredith Burke Louis A. Biddle
220 1908 Nov - Dec
Correspondents include Horace Howard Furness (1833-1912) and author Anna F.
DeKoven (1860-1953), who is inquiring about the family papers for her Life and
Letters of John Paul Jones (1913).
1908 Oct 21 C.J. Price to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 27 H.H. Furness to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 10 Margaret F. Dale to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 12 Mamie Deay to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 18 William Welsh, Jr. to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 19 Anna DeKoven to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 22 John Martin to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 24 Christine W. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 26 Priscilla M. Bohlen to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 29 Spencer Penrose to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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221 1909 Jan - Mar
Material related to the Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Company, and the
German-American Charity Ball for which Louis Biddle served as an Honorary
Manager (including his lapel pin).
1909 Jan 28 Isabel A. Lippincott to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 10 Charles J. Hatfield to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 29 D.B. Rochester to Louis A. Biddle
222 1909 Apr
Includes an invitation to the wedding of Frances Biddle and Randal Morgan.
1909 Apr 1 W.C. Frazier to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 11 EBT [Emily B. Thompson] Louis A. Biddle
223 1909 May - Aug
Includes elaborately printed advertising pamphlets for Haskell golf balls, and
material related to the Atlantic City Kennel Club.
1909 May 22 J. Wilmer Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
May 24 Herbert D. Robbins to Louis A. Biddle
Jun 10 Josephine W. Dixon to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 6 H.B. Duryea to Louis A. Biddle
224 1909 Oct - Nov
Includes material related to Philadelphia artist Benziger, as well as the 1909
Harvard-Yale game, and the Fairmont Park Guard Pension Fund.
1909 Oct 4 E. Spencer Blight to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 19 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 25 Margaretta F. Pyue to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 25 Josephine W. Dixon to Louis A. Biddle
225 1909 Dec 1 - 13
Contains material related to the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the Racquet Club, the
Lincoln Farm Association, and the Harvard Club of New York City.
Correspondents include the Philadelphia antiquarian bookseller George H. Rigby.
1909 Dec 7 Oscar Abrahamsohn to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 9 S.N. Sullivan to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 13 George H. Rigby to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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226 1909 Dec 18 - 30
Contains material related to the Harvard Club of New York City.
1909 Dec 24 Caroline Henry Roberts Louis A. Biddle
Dec 26 F.E. Bond to Louis A. Biddle
227 1910 Jan
Contains membership cards for the Germantown Cricket Club, The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Kippewa Fishing and Hunting Club. Preserved
as well is material related to the annual Charity Ball, the Ridge Avenue Passenger
Railway Company, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia
Country Club, the Germantown Cricket Club, and the booksellers Companion and
Company.
1910 Jan 1 Catherine M. Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
228 1910 Feb
Includes materials related to the Booksellers Companion and Company
1910 Feb 9 R.W. Johnson to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 16 [illegible] Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 16 Arthur E. Newbold to Louis A. Biddle
Feb 17 Eugenia Macfarlane Balch Louis A. Biddle
Feb 28 JWD [Josephine W. Dixon] Louis A. Biddle
229 1910 Mar
Includes materials related to the Harvard Club of New York City.
1910 Mar 3 Edward K. Bispham to Louis A. Biddle
230 1910 Apr
Includes receipts and bank statements from Edward B. Smith and Co.
Correspondents include the lawyer and judge Laryden Parker Marvin (1876-1957).
1910 Apr Larydon Parker Marvin Louis A. Biddle
231 1910 Apr
Includes material related to the Pennsylvania Sons of the Revolution, the
Germantown Cricket Club, the Harvard Club of New York City, and the
bookseller C.J. Price
1910 Apr 6 [illegible] to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 14 Herbert Ross to Louis A. Biddle
Apr 15 C.J. Price to Louis A. Biddle
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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232 1910 May - Jun
Includes material related to the Rittenhouse Club, and State in Schuylkill.
1910 May 23 Constance Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Jun 3 James Cheston, Jr. to Louis A. Biddle
Jun 29 J. Somers Smith, Jr. to Louis A. Biddle
233 1910 Jul - Aug
Contains receipts including the booksellers Champion and Company, and the art
conservator Charles H. Budd. Material is also preserved related to the
Philadelphia Country Club and the Racquet Club. Correspondents include
William H. Godshall, the Philadelphia carriage and Harness maker.
1910 Aug 10 E.T. Gay to Louis A. Biddle
Aug 24 William H. Godshall to Louis A. Biddle
234 1910 Sep - Oct
Includes a subscription receipt for Sports of the Times, the Journal of Outdoor
America, and a brochure for an exhibition of etchings by Hedley Fitton, at the
Arthur Tooth and Sons galleries in New York.
1910 Sep 21 A. Sydney Carpenter to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 26 C.J. Price to Louis A. Biddle
Oct 3 Pauline Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
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235 1910 Nov - Dec
Contains material related to the Radnor Hunt, the Philadelphia Country Club, the
National Geographic Society, the Locomobile Car Company, and the Racquet
Club.
1910 Nov 15 O.P. Austin to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 15 Rebecca Biddle Wood Louis A. Biddle
Nov 16 Rosalie B. Dolan to Louis A. Biddle
Nov 28 Edward H. Trotter to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 25 Julia Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 28 Pauline Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Dec 29 EBT [Emily B. Thompson] Louis A. Biddle
236 1911
Includes material related to the Philadelphia Country Club, the Philadelphia
photographer Charles Truscott, the American Fox Terrier Club, the 106th annual
exhibition of the Pennsylvania Accademy of the Fine Arts, and the Harvard Club
of New York City.
1911 Feb 8 JWD [Josephine W. Dixon] Louis A. Biddle
Feb 13 Alexander Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 11 Pauline Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
Mar 16 Charles O. Kruger to Louis A. Biddle
237 1912-1915, 1919
Contains an insurance policy for artwork in the Chestnut Hill residence.
Correspondents include Spencer Penrose (1865-1939) and wife Rene H.A.
Ducobu.
1913 May 19 Louis A. Biddle to H.K. Read
Aug 28 Alexander Harding to Louis A. Biddle
1914 May 14 Lynford Biddle to Louis A. Biddle
May 16 Rene H.A. Ducobu to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 5 Spencer Penrose to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 14 Spencer Penrose to Louis A. Biddle
Sep 14 Charles H. Raguet to Isaac E. Lee
238 Auction catalog, Nov 1914
Catalog of the auction of Louis A. Biddle's books, held at the Philadelphia auction
house of Stan. V. Henkels on November 5th and 6th, 1914.
Miscellaneous correspondence, n.d.
239 A to C
Including the American Fox Terrier Club, Pauline and Julia Biddle, various
members of the Bohlen family, Edith Boker, R.H.B. Bowie, the publisher Henry
A. Buck, Lois B. Cassatt, and the City Parks Association of Philadelphia.
Included as well is one letter from Louis A. Biddle to Emily [B. Thompson].
240 D to F
Includes various members of the Dixon family: A.J. Dallas and Josephine W.;
and H.B. Duryea, Janet Fish, and George D. Fowle.
241 G to H
Mary de F. Harrison Geary, William D. Griffith, May Handy, Ellen Nixon Waln
Harrison, Charles D. Hart, George Hazlehurst, and the Rev. Edward Yates Hill.
242 L to M
Correspondence from J.F. Leech, nine letters from Henry J. Morris, Katherine
McKean, Thomas McKean, and Edward Morrell.
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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Miscellaneous correspondence, n.d. (cont'd)
243 N to R
Correspondents include George T. Newhall, Charles P. Noble, George Stuart
Patterson, E. Drexel Paul, Elizabeth Rush Porter (b. 1893), Thomas Ridgway, and
T. Williams Roberts.
244 S to T
Correspondents include C. Morton Smith, Jean S. Struthers, C. Albert Stevens,
Paul Cox Stewart, five letters from Emily B. Thompson, and Anna Price Tilden.
245 V to W
Correspondents include Sarah Drexel van Rensselaer, Marcel A. Viti, Charles N.
Welsh, Elizabeth I. Newbold Welsh, Emily P. Welsh, Charles Wheeler, John A.
White, Owen Wister, and Marion Wright.
Undated printed invitations and calling cards
Arranged alphabetically by sender or institution. Most invitations are noted by
Louis Biddle whether he accepted or declined.
246 A to D
Contains invitations or calling cards from Mrs. Astor, the Athletic Club of
Philadelphia, the Legal Club, Mrs. Robert C.H. Brock and Miss Mary K. Gibson,
Mr. Alexander Brown, Dr. William Sobier Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gardner
Cassatt, Mr. James W. Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore William Cramp, Mrs.
Ogden Coelet, Dr. DaCosta, Mr. and Mrs. and Evans Rodgers Dick.
247 F to N
Contains invitations or calling cards from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Fox, Mr. and
Mrs. William W. Frazier, John White Geary, Mr. and Mrs. Gurnee, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred C. Harrison, Thomas Hart, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Howe, Francis
Fisher Kane, Robert W. Lesley, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Pratt McKean, Mr and Mrs. Paul D. Mills, Mrs. Charlotte Cowan Mock, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Emlen Newbold, Mr. and Mrs. Nalle, and the Newspaper Artists'
Association.
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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Undated printed invitations and calling cards (cont'd)
248 P to S
Contains invitations or calling cards from Pach Brothers, New York City
photographers, the brothers of the Porcelain Club of Harvard University, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Harlan Pyle, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moore Robinson, Mr. and Mrs.
Grange Sard, Edward T. Stotesbury, and Mr. and Mrs. James Francis Sullivan.
249 T to Y
Contains invitations or calling cards from Mr. and Mrs. Charlemagne Tower, Mr.
and Mrs. Alexander van Rensselaer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Whelen Jr., William
Rotch Wister, and Mr. and Mrs. Charlton Yarnall.
Personal miscellaneous
250 School notebook
Identified as Blackstone no. II. Fills pages 3-103. Covers subjects related to law.
251 Personal material
Contains lists of names in Louis Biddle's hand, lists of daily engagements,
receipts for drinks and other expenses at clubs, an advertising folder for the
Haskell White Streak golfball, stock notations, minutes relative to the regulations
of an unnamed club, and a draft of a legal agreement on Louis A. Biddle's
business letterhead.
Photographs, n.d.
252 Two early photos
Contains one photograph identified as "Mr. Louis Biddle from Edna," of Louis in
a sailor costume. This Photo was taken by Richardson Brothers, Bermuda. The
second photo is of Louis in his teens as photographed by the firm of M. & W.
Garrett of Wilmington, Delaware.
253 Louis Biddle at Harvard
Contains one full-length photograph of Louis A. Biddle in a Harvard athletic
uniform as photographed by the firm of Pach Brothers of Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
254 Three portraits by F. Gutekunst
Contains three identical head-and-shoulders views of Louis A. Biddle as
photographed by the Philadelphia firm of F. Gutekunst.
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.6. Louis Alexander Biddle (cont'd)
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Photographs (cont'd)
255 Six Portraits by De Morat
Contains six identical head-and-shoulders, three-quarter views of Louis A. Biddle
taken by the Philadelphia photographic firm of De Morat managed by H.B.
Hansbury. These photographs appear to have been taken close in time to the
previous Gutekunst photos. Included as well is the original envelope of the De
Morat studio.
256 Six portraits from Cairo, Egypt
Contains six photographs by the French photographer I. Heyman of Cairo, Egypt.
Five of the images represent Louis A. Biddle. Two head-and-shoulder portraits,
one head-and-shoulder three-quarter view portrait, and two full-length seated
portraits of Louis A. Biddle are preserved. Included as well is a portrait of a
woman which is signed with what may read as Mary B. Stevens. These
Photographs may date from Louis A. Biddle's January 1892 trip to Cairo.
257 Copy portrait
This miniature photograph, by the photographic firm of F.J. Walsh of Trenton,
New Jersey, reproduces a photographic portrait of Louis A. Biddle preserved in
the previous folder.
258 Three photographs from Florence, Italy
Three tinted photographs of Louis A. Biddle by the Florinine firm of Brogi. Two
different images one of which is signed.
259 Photograph of garden party
Photograph of garden party with four couples. None of the individuals are
identified, but one of the standing men is recognizable as Louis A. Biddle.
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.7. Papers of Mariamne Biddle (b. 1865)
Sixth child of Alexander Biddle and Julia W. Rush. She often went by the name
Marion. (see genealogical chart 6)
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Correspondence and papers
260 1880-1906
Including from her brother J. Wilmer Biddle who was in Switzerland.
1880 Feb 23 Louis A. Biddle to Mariamne Biddle
1889 Aug 15 Louis A. Biddle to Mariamne Biddle
1892 Mar 28 [lost page, Louis] to Mariamne Biddle
1903 Nov 10 Elizabeth N. Biddle to Mariamne Biddle
1906 Sep 18 J. Wilmer Biddle to Mariamne Biddle
261 1908-1910
Primarily receipts from Chestnut Hill merchants. Includes one 1908 Christmas
telegram from J. Wilmer Biddle who was in Paris, and one letter (Nov. 10, 1901)
from Maria S. Bullitt regarding the Acorn Club.
262 1911-1912
Receipts for household expenses, mostly for groceries from Chestnut Hill
merchants, although some receipts include house repairs.
263 n.d.
Contains correspondence from Eugenia Morris, Rush relative Sarah Catherine
Rush (1823-1905), regarding the historian Frank W. Leach (1855-1943), and
Caulme Biddle, regarding family history.
Series IV.8. Lynford Biddle (1871-in or before 1943)
Seventh and last child of Alexander Biddle (1819-1899) and Julia W. Rush (1833-1898).
(see genealogical chart 6)
Correspondence and papers
264 School Book, n.d.
265 1878-1884
266 1886-1887 Report Cards, Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Phila.
267 1888 Report Cards, Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia
268 1890-1892
269 1893
270 1894
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.8. Lynford Biddle (cont'd)
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Correspondence and papers (cont'd)
271 1895 Includes photograph of L[ynford] Biddle, 7 North Dod Hall [Princeton
College], "The 94 & 95 Sections of the Ivy Club"
272 1897 Jan - Aug
273 Sep - Dec
274 1898
275 1899 Jan - Jul
276 Oct-Dec
277 1900
278 1901
279 1902 Jan - Jul
280 Sep
281 Oct - Dec
282 1903 Jan - Feb
283 Mar - May
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284 Jun - Dec
285 1904
286 1905
287 1906
288 1907 Jan - Aug
289 Sep - Dec
290 1908 Jan - Jun
291 Jul - Dec
292 1909 Jan - Feb
293 Mar - Apr
294 May - Aug
295 Sep
296 Oct - Nov
297 Dec
298 1910 Jan - Feb
299 Mar - Jun
300 Jul - Aug
301 Aug - Dec
302 1911 Jan - Feb
303 Mar - Ap
304 May - Jun
305 Jul - Dec
306 1912 Jan - Feb
307 Mar
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.8. Lynford Biddle (cont'd)
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Correspondence and papers (cont'd)
308 1912 Apr
309 Jun
310 Jul-Dec
311 1913 Jan - Mar
312 Apr
313 May
314 Jun
315 Jul - Aug
316 Sep
317 Oct
318 Nov
319 Dec
320 1914 Jan
321 Feb - Mar
322 Apr - Dec
323 1915 - 1925
324 n.d.
325 n.d.
326 Family correspondence
Miscellaneous correspondence, n.d.
327 A-H
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328 I-P
329 R-Z
330 Last Will and Testament, n.d.
Series IV.9 L. Biddle
The following subseries contains the papers of either Louis or Lynford Biddle.
Because the brothers shared a residence for some time and have the same initials,
it is difficult to determine which individual is the addressee. Oftentimes, the
correspondence addresses "L. Biddle," "the Messrs Biddle," or begins "Dear Sir."
Correspondence and papers
331 1891
332 1892
333 1893
Series IV. Alexander Biddle and family (cont'd)
Series IV.9 L. Biddle (cont'd)
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Correspondence and papers (cont'd)
334 1894
335 1895
336 1896 - 1899
337 1900 - 1901
338 1902
339 1903
340 1904
341 1905 - 1906
342 1907 - 1908
343 1909
344 1910
345 1911
346 1912 - 1913
347 1914 - 1926
348 A - B
349 C - D
350 E - G
351 H
352 I - L
353 M - O
354 P
355 R - S
356 T - V
357 W - Z
Series V. Miscellaneous Biddle materials
Miscellaneous materials related to the Biddle family.
358 1826 - 1837, unidentified common-place book
359 1841 - 1923, n.d., family papers
360 1910, n.d., family photographs
361 n.d, family genealogy
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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.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)
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