Fenimore Family papers, 1805-1890s
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Summary
- Creator:
- Fenimore family
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Foot
489 Items - Language:
- English
- Collection ID:
- RL.00387
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection contains business letters to lawyer Jason Laurance Fenimore (1769-1869). Also included are family letters, genealogy, some ephemera, poems, and unidentified volumes. Topics include business in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, banking, railroads, coal and timber land, mining, and navigation; and farm and family life in Philadelphia and in Burlington, N.J. There are also some diaries.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Fenimore Family originally lived in Burlington, N.J., but later became residents of Philadelphia, Pa.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Don Sechler
Completed May 4, 1999
This collection is unprocessed: materials may have not been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Banks and banking
Railroads
Mines and mineral resources
Farm life -- Pennsylvania -- History
Farm life -- New Jersey -- History
Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- Correspondence
Law -- New Jersey
Law -- Pennsylvania -- History - Format:
- Diaries
- Names:
- Fenimore family
- Places:
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century
Burlington (N.J.) -- History -- 19th century
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