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MSS 97, Item 86

M.C.L. Worrel. Reminiscences of Wilmington, 1880s.
Holograph manuscript (22 leaves)
Worrel's reminiscences describe Wilmington, Delaware, block-by-block as she remembered it to be "in the past time, in 1815 and the '20s." She includes residents, houses (often telling who built them and who lived there previously), and businesses. Ferris, Canby, Gilpin, Latimer, Grubb, Mendenhall, Richardson, Griffin -- all the old families appear. In addition, Worrel provides lists of her classmates at the Friends School, 1817-1820, and members of the Wilmington Meeting, recalled by their seating order in the pews.

Bennett, George Fletcher.
Early architecture of Delaware / by George Fletcher Bennett ; introduction and text by Joseph L. Copeland. New York : Bonanza Books, c1932.
LOCATION: Special Collections | folio NA730 .D3 B4x 1932b

Hall, John, architect.
A series of select and original modern designs for dwelling houses, for the use of carpenters and builders: adapted to the style of building in the United States: with twenty-four plates. By John Hall ... Baltimore, J. Murphy, 1840.
LOCATION: Special Collections | Folio NA7207 .H35 1840

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
The practical builder, or workman's general assistant: shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building; ... Rules of carpentry; ... / The fourth edition, revised and corrected by the author William Pain, ... Engraved on eighty-three plates. Boston : printed and sold by John Norman, 1792.
LOCATION: Special Collections | folio NA2515 .P185 1792

Furniture & Household Goods

Dorman, Charles G.
Delaware cabinetmakers and allied artisans, 1655-1855 / by Charles G. Dorman. Wilmington, Del. : Historical Society of Delaware, c1960.
LOCATION: Special Collections | Delaware NK 2435 .D4 D66x 1960 | Non-Circulating

Hope, Thomas, 1770?-1831.
Household furniture and interior decoration, executed from designs by Thomas Hope. London. Printed by T. Bensley ... for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme ... 1807.
LOCATION: Special Collections | Folio+ NK2135 .H7

"Reflections in silver - Rockwood remembered" : a silver exhibition of the Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves families, showing work of Wilmington, Philadelphia, and English silversmiths, October 16 through November 12 ... 1978. [s.l. : s.n.], 1978.
LOCATION: Special Collections | Delaware NK7101.W5 R44

Etiquette & Entertaining

The American academy of compliments, or, The complete American secretary : containing the true art of inditing letters suitable to the capacities of youth and age ... to which are added the art of good breeding and behaviour ... : with a collection of the newest songs. Wilmington : Printed and sold by Robert Porter, 1814.
LOCATION: Special Collections | Delaware BJ2100 .A44x 1814

Cosnett, Thomas.
The footman's directory and butler's remembrancer, or, The advice of Onesimus to his young friends : comprising hints on the arrangement and performance of their work, rules for setting out tables and sideboards, the art of waiting at table and conducting large and small parties, directions for cleaning plate ... and advice respecting behaviour to superiors, tradespeople, and fellow servants. London : T. Cosnett, 1825.
LOCATION: Special Collections | TX331 .C6 1825b

Chinese Trade

Dunn, Nathan, 1782-1844.
"Ten thousand Chinese things" : a descriptive catalogue of the Chinese collection, in Philadelphia : with miscellaneous remarks upon the manners, customs, trade, and government of the Celestial empire. Philadelphia : Printed for the proprietor, 1839.
LOCATION: Special Collections | DS714 .D9

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