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368 Report of Librarian for 1916. EXCEEPTS FROM THE REPORT OP THE LIBRARIAN OP THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OP PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE YEAR 1916. The accessions to the Library and Collections by gift and purchase have been as follows: 1244 Books 5125 Pamphlets, 38,512 Manuscripts, 39 Maps and Charts, 2315 Miscellaneous. To the Dreer Collection have been added 116 manu- scripts. Through the Lanier Bequest for the purchase of North Carolina publications and manuscripts there have been added 46 books, 25 pamphlets, 1 map. To the Gilpin Library have been added 1 book, 1 pamphlet. Through the Charles L. Lamberton Bequest for the purchase of Scotch-Irish publications have been added 7 books, 2 pamphlets. From The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania have been received the following manuscript records: Minutes of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Vol. 2, 1707-1730. Dotterer Papers, 10 volumes. Records of Exeter, Berks County, Penna., Monthly Meeting, 1737-1870. Tibballs 's Account Book. Troth Papers, 3 volumes. Gloucester County, N. J., Marriages, 1795-1907, 5 volumes. Report of Librarian for 1916. 369 Salem County, N. J., Ear Marks, 1707-1837. Eecords of Piles, or Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church, Salem County, N. J., 1741-1869. Record Book of the First Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, N. J., 1668-1916. Atlantic County, N. J., Marriages. St. Mary's Church, Warwick, Chester Co., Pa., 1806- 1890. Gloucester County, N. J., Ear Marks, 1686-1776. Stump-Levering-Barratt Genealogy. Deborah Scudder Hart Genealogy. In the Manuscript Division 96 volumes were ar- ranged and bound; 11,434 manuscripts were repaired, mounted, etc.; 104 diplomas, pictures, maps, etc., were repaired and mounted; 201 books were repaired or pre- pared for binding. The following accessions are deserving of special mention: 265 manuscripts to be added to the Gratz Papers, presented by Simon Gratz. 61 manuscripts, relating to the Fries Rebellion, pre- sented by William Macpherson Hornor. 9 books, 108 pamphlets, 652 manuscripts, 3 maps, from the Estate of Henry E. Busch. Manuscript Account Book of Caspar Wistar (1696- 1752), 1741-1769, presented by John M. Whitall, Mrs. Walter Norduff, John Shober Kimber and Mrs. Wil- liam B. Buffum. 24 manuscripts, letters to Thomas Wistar and other Wistar manuscripts, presented by Mrs. Charles Carter Walbridge. 48 photographs of Civil War Officers and scenes, etc., presented by Levi Teal. A set of 75 engravings of Civil War Generals and other Officers, presented by Miss M. D. Purves. 85 letters, correspondence of the Wharton School Alumni Association, presented by Miers Busch. VOL. XLL—24 370 Report of Librarian for 1916. Oil painting of Bron Fadog, the birthplace in Wales of Dr. Thomas Wynne, purchased by the Library Fund. Oil portrait of General Louis Henry Carpenter, by Carl J. Becker, six volumes of Military Papers of Gen- eral Carpenter and two volumes of letters from General Carpenter, from the Army, 1861-1864. Bequest of General Louis Henry Carpenter. 57 books, 2 pamphlets, purchased by the Elise Willing Balch Fund. 2 manuscript volumes of copies of correspondence between Benjamin Franklin and James Parker, 1747- 1773, from manuscripts in the American Philosophical Society, presented by Miss Sarah Cresson. 011 portrait of Isaac Lea, by F. F. de Crano, pre- sented by the Franklin Fire Insurance Company. 198 books (72 being manuscript copies and notes of vital records in New England), 365 pamphlets, pre- sented in memory of Charles Field Haseltine, by his daughter, Mrs. A. C. Valentine. 12 books, 10 pamphlets, 1017 manuscripts, 85 miscel- laneous photographs, broadsides, etc., Carpenter Papers, presented by Captain Edward Carpenter, U. S. A. Marriage Docket of Edward D. Corfield, 1814-1839, presented by Samuel Castner, Jr. The Morris Family Bible, a Gold Coin (Johannes), one of those presented by Thomas Coates in 1719 to his children, with the injunction that they should never part with them unless they needed bread, Miniature of Isaac W. Morris, 1770-1831, by Field in 1798, bequest of John T. Morris. A pair of silver shoe buckles, worn by Elizabeth Pasehall at her marriage to Joseph Paschall, 1721, a china tea set consisting of 9 pieces, a pitcher with silver handle, knife and fork with onyx handle, owned by Thomas Chalkley, 1624-1723, a silver ladle, owned by Martha (Chalkley) James, 1776, and by her great- Report of Librarian for 1916. 371 granddaughter, Lydia T. Morris, 1876, embroidered satin work-bag and 2 pincushions, made by the Sisters at Bethlehem, Penna., mahogany caster, silver mounted, owned by Governor Thomas Mifflin, knife and fork, owned by Lydia Poultney before her marriage, 1809, oyster knife owned by Captain Samuel Morris, pre- sented by Miss Lydia T. Morris. 116 manuscripts, letters and copies of letters to John Keating, presented by J. Percy Keating. 5 manuscripts; an Indenture, William Penn to Wil- liam Thrattle, July 25, 1682; Letter of Attorney of Thomas Milner to Samuel Cartt, February 22, 1698; Eelease, John Warder to John Knight, February 5, 1716; Indenture, John Warder, Trustee, to Thomas Howard, May 1, 1746; Certificate of Marriage of Eobert Sealey and Jane Duckett, April 3, 1717, pre- sented by Barry Bulkley, of Washington, D. C. 4 books, 111 pamphlets, presented by A. Judson Still. List of Marriages and Deaths in New Jersey Papers, of Gloucester County, N. J., 1819-1829, presented by Mrs. G. H. Smitheman, Jr. 22 books, 22 pamphlets, 21 manuscripts, 10 genealog- ical charts, presented by Joseph T. Eichards. 48 books, presented by Miss Frances A. Eoberts and the late Miss Elizabeth C. Eoberts. 394 manuscripts, consisting of 89 letters of William Hamilton, 1784-1804, deeds, leases, wills, etc., relating to the estate of Andrew Hamilton, from the estate of Dr. George Smith, received through Benjamin H. Smith, Executor. 6 manuscripts, presented by William A. Lewis. Shoemaker Papers, 4 volumes, Eawle Papers, 6 vol- umes, Abstract of the General Title to the Penn Pro- prietary Estate, Adjutant's Eegimental Journal of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1862-1865, "The Cavalry Fight on the Eight Flank at Gettysburg,'7 4 volumes, large paper copy of Binney's "Leaders of the Old Bar 372 Report of Librarian for 1916. of Philadelphia," with illustrations for extra illustrat- ing the same, deposited in 1908 and 1912 by the late William Brooke Eawle, to become the property of the Society at his death. Correspondence, notices, circulars, etc., of the Junior Legal Club and the Legal Club, 1870-1915, mounted and bound in three volumes, from the Estate of William Brooke Eawle. Manuscript list of Soldiers from Pennsylvania in the Hospitals during the Civil War, 4 volumes and index, deposited by the Board of Managers of the Young Men's Christian Association, December 17, 1879, and presented to the Society by the Board of Managers, June 7, 1916. Sanitary Fair material, collected by the late Horace Howard Furness, consisting of 14 books, 141 pamphlets, 1963 manuscripts, 2 maps, 394 photographs of members of the Committees, badges, tickets, etc., presented by Fairman Eogers Furness and Mrs. Wirt L. Thompson. Oil portrait of William Brooke Eawle; artist, Hugh H. Breckinridge; presented by Mrs. William Brooke Eawle. 5 manuscript account books, 40 manuscripts, 3 maps, relating to the Ball Estate, presented by Herbert Du Puy. Minute book of the Athenian Institute, 1837-1846, presented by Albanus L. Smith. Philadelphia Eeal Estate Notes, made by Daniel Smith Merritt, M.D., presented by Mrs. Daniel Smith Merritt. Oil portrait of Granville Penn, grandson of William Penn, artist, E. Mclnnes; oil portrait of Hannah Cal- lowhill, second wife of William Penn, artist unknown; reproduction of an engraving of Gulielma Maria Penn, first wife of William Penn, purchased by the Society at the Head Sale of Penn relics in London, in July. 271 manuscripts, genealogical notes of Harry Shel- Report of Librarian for 1916. 373 mire Hopper, to be added to the Harry S. Hopper col- lection of genealogical manuscripts, presented by tlie Estate of Harry Shelmire Hopper. A drum carried by Edward M. Painter during tlie Civil War, presented by Miss Regina C. Painter. 11 Diplomas and Certificates of Eev. Samuel Brown Wylie, D. D., Rev. Theodore W. J. Wylie, D. D., and Samuel Brown Wylie, presented by Miss J. C. Wylie. 113 pamphlets, reports, magazines, etc., presented by Mrs. Thomas Scattergood. 42 books, 139 pamphlets, 5 manuscripts, 698 post- card views, mainly local, presented by Mrs. Edward Russell Jones in memory of her husband. 148 photographs, an addition to the Cox-Parrish- Wharton Collection, presented by Miss Susan P. Wharton. Oil portraits of Gouverneur Morris and Mrs. Wil- liam Meredith; artist, Thomas Sully; presented by Misses Catharine M. and Sarah C. Biddle. 35 books from the Estate of Mrs. John B. G-est. Valuable donations to the Library and Collections have also been made by the following members and friends of the Society: Louis Ashbrook, Hon. George W. Edmonds, Charles H. Browning, Miss M. E. Elliott, Thomas Willing Balch, Albert J. Edmunds, Hon. Norris S. Barratt, Mantle Fielding, Hon. James M. Beck, George R. Frysinger, Misses Bell, Miss Alice Gilpin, William Vincent Byars, Col. H. H. Humphreys, Augustus R. Beck, Mrs. Thomas R. Harper, Henry Paul Busch, Prof. Charles F. Himes, Hon. Hampton L. Carson, Augustus G. Heaton, Mrs. Hampton L. Carson, John J. L. Houston, Miss Anne H. Cresson, John W. Jordan, Miss Josephine Carr, Dr. Ewing Jordan, Gen. Charles L. Davis, E. Russell Jones, 374 Report of Librarian for 1916. Joseph Jackson, Frank H. Stewart, Gregory B. Keen, Walter George Smith, Dr. Henry Leffmann, Mrs. Cooper Smith, Lewis Historical Publish- Mrs. John Scott, Jr., ing Company, Mrs. John Scollay, William "W. Longstreth, Rev. John Baer Stoudt, Mrs. A. H. Lane, Henry W. Shoemaker, Hon. Charles I. Landis, Edwin Jaquett Sellers, John F.
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