Series 5. Benjamin Chew III (1793-1864), 1794-1865, undated, (Boxes 214-230) A. Accounts Benjamin III's accounts include receipts for and records of his household expenses, particularly during the time he lived at Cliveden with his mother, Katherine (Banning) Chew. He took care of his mother's finances for some time after Benjamin Jr.'s death in 1844 and also settled some of his father's outstanding accounts until he was removed as executor. Before Benjamin Jr.'s death, Benjamin III acted as an agent for his father in western Pennsylvania land dealings; materials for these transactions are include both here and in Benjamin III's accounts. Jacob Andrews (1837-1843) Box 214 ff 1 Sarah Andrews (1849) Box 214 ff 2 Athenaeum of Philadelphia (1843-1852) Box 214 ff 3 Miscellaneous A (1849-1853) Box 214 ff 4 Bank of Pennsylvania - canceled (1817-1818) Box 214 ff 5 checks Bank of Pennsylvania - canceled (1823-1832) Box 214 ff 6 checks Bank of Pennsylvania - canceled (1839-1842) Box 214 ff 7 checks Bank of the United States - New (1837-1838) Box 214 ff 8 Brighton, PA (David Worcester) John Barncastle (1842-1844) Box 214 ff 9 Christian Berg (1845-1855) Box 214 ff 10 Abraham Berger (1844) Box 214 ff 11 Benjamin Bogan (1844-1846) Box 214 ff 12 (1852-1855, Matthew Bonner Box 214 ff 13 undated) Charles Bulkley (1842-1852) Box 214 ff 14 (1843-1855, Miscellaneous B Box 214 ff 15 undated) William Carr & Co. (1844-1849) Box 214 ff 16 Benjamin Chew, Sr. & Benjamin (1816-1848) Box 214 ff 17 Chew, Jr. estates Katherine (Banning) Chew (1844-1855) Box 214 ff 18 Samuel Chew (1824-1830) Box 214 ff 19 Miscellaneous Chews (1835-1854) Box 214 ff 20 [with to-do list for (1845-1848, Cliveden farm garden planting & Box 214 ff 21 undated) care] Comprehensive & general (1830-1855) Box 214 ff 22 Comprehensive & general (1823-1845) Box 214 ff 23 ("blotters") Comprehensive & general - miscellaneous land sales & (1831-1841) Box 214 ff 24 "arrears" Aaron Conrad (1841-1850) Box 214 ff 25 Albanus Cress (1853-1855) Box 214 ff 26 Miscellaneous C (1822-1854) Box 214 ff 27 M.C.R. Dager (1854-1855) Box 214 ff 28 [re: western PA Robert Davison (1831-1840) Box 214 ff 29 lands & Chewton] Derr's Hay Scales (1854) Box 214 ff 30 (1844-1848, Joseph Dickinson Box 214 ff 31 undated) Miscellaneous D (1831-1852) Box 214 ff 32 James English (1839-1845) Box 214 ff 33 Miscellaneous E (1844-1855) Box 214 ff 34 Family expenses (1845-1848) Box 214 ff 35 Farmers' Hay and Straw Market (1846-1853) Box 214 ff 36 Association Hay Scales J. & E. France (1852-1855) Box 214 ff 37 Freas & Dager (1850-1853) Box 214 ff 38 (1844-1856, Henry Freas Box 214 ff 39 undated) Susan B. Funk (1843-1844) Box 214 ff 40 Miscellaneous F (1832-1853) Box 214 ff 41 (1852-1855, Gaw, Macalester, & Co. Box 214 ff 42 undated) Germantown Hay Scales (1847-1849) Box 214 ff 43 (1835-1843, Thomas Gillespie Box 214 ff 44 undated) Gowen, Jacobs, & Co. (1844-1852) Box 214 ff 45 Miscellaneous G (1844-1855) Box 214 ff 46 Philip W. Hammer (1851-1855) Box 215 ff 1 Samuel Hammer (1848-1852) Box 215 ff 2 Samuel Hergesheimer (1844-1845) Box 215 ff 3 William Hergesheimer (1847, 1850) Box 215 ff 4 Peter B. Hinkle (1845, 1852) Box 215 ff 5 Emory Hinson (1847) Box 215 ff 6 Andrew Hippert? (1844-1845) Box 215 ff 7 Hoffman, Leinau, & Ogelsby (1853-1854) Box 215 ff 8 Andrew Hong (1847-1848) Box 215 ff 9 [re: western PA Edward Hoops - commissions (1845-1852) Box 215 ff 10 lands agent] Miscellaneous H (1842-1855) Box 215 ff 11 [re: Cliveden ground Sarah Johnson (1846-1852) Box 215 ff 12 rent] William N. Johnson & estate of (1849-1854) Box 215 ff 13 John Johnson Alfred H. Jones--bills paid for his (1822-1840, (B. Chew III's Box 215 ff 14 schooling undated) adopted son) J.F. & S. Jones (1855) Box 215 ff 15 Miscellaneous J (1833-1855) Box 215 ff 16 Henry Katz (1844-1846) Box 215 ff 17 Conrad Keller (1848, 1852) Box 215 ff 18 [re: violation of city ordinance - cattle D.L. Keyser, Sergeant of Police (1855) Box 215 ff 19 running at large in the streets] (1844-1848, Reuben Keyser Box 215 ff 20 undated) King & Baird (1846-1855) Box 215 ff 21 Albertus King (1844-1857) Box 215 ff 22 Joseph E. King (1845-1851) Box 215 ff 23 Miscellaneous K (1842-1855) Box 215 ff 24 W. Laib (1843-1844) Box 215 ff 25 Ledger - PA land sales (1826-1843) Box 215 ff 26 Legal fees (1838-1854) Box 215 ff 27 Lycoming Co., PA lands taxes & (1839-1842, [re: Rawle, Chew, & Box 215 ff 28 expenses undated) Cadwalader trust] Miscellaneous L (1829-1855) Box 215 ff 29 William L. Maddock (1849-1852) Box 215 ff 30 (1840-1854, Memos & notes Box 215 ff 31 undated) Adam Miller (1842) Box 215 ff 32 (1827-1850, Miscellaneous Box 215 ff 33 undated) George Moore (1841-1842) Box 215 ff 34 (1841-1854, Miscellaneous M Box 215 ff 35 undated) Charles Nice (1850-1851) Box 215 ff 36 (1851-1854, Jacob Nice Box 215 ff 37 undated) Samuel Nice (1841-1855) Box 215 ff 38 Elizabeth Nickum (1843-1851) Box 215 ff 39 Niles' National Register (1841) Box 215 ff 40 (1847-1854, William Nitterous Box 215 ff 41 undated) Miscellaneous O (1845-1855) Box 215 ff 42 H. C. & Daniel C. Paul (1844-1854) Box 215 ff 43 Pennsylvania Inquirer & National (1841-1855) Box 215 ff 44 Gazette (Jesper Harding) Philadelphia Bank - canceled (1848-1852) Box 215 ff 45-46 checks Philadelphia Bank - canceled (1842-1847) Box 216 ff 1-3 checks Postage (Goodwin) (1837-1842) Box 216 ff 4 A.M. Prevost (1848) Box 216 ff 5 James Pullinger (1845-1849) Box 216 ff 6 Thomas Pullinger (1844-1852) Box 216 ff 7 (1841-1855, Miscellaneous P Box 216 ff 8 undated) John Reynolds & Co. (1841-1842) Box 216 ff 9 C.N. Robinson (1848-1849) Box 216 ff 10 Eugene Roussel (1846-1848) Box 216 ff 11 John Rowlett (1851-1853) Box 216 ff 12 Miscellaneous R (1825-1854) Box 216 ff 13 Scotland Estate, Butler Co., PA (1820-1842) Box 216 ff 14 ledger Jacob Snider, Jr. (1842, 1846) Box 216 ff 15 Henry J. Squire (apothecary, (1844-1854) Box 216 ff 16 druggist, & chemist) John C. Stamm (1834-1835) Box 216 ff 17 Stocks & certificates - Columbia (1824) Box 216 ff 18 Bridge Company - proxy form Stocks & certificates -Marine (1830-1831, Insurance Company - notes & lists Box 216 ff 19 undated) of stockholders Stocks & certificates - (1828-1847) Box 216 ff 20 miscellaneous Stocks & certificates - (1842-1847, Box 216 ff 21 Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal Co. undated) Miscellaneous S (1829-1855) Box 216 ff 22 Taxes (1837-1855) Box 216 ff 23 [re: expenses for exploring Hoglands W. M. Tilghman (1839) Run, Lycoming Co., Box 216 ff 24 PA—Rawle, Chew, & Cadwalader] John Thompson (1842) Box 216 ff 25 [re: Wayne Co., PA John Torrey (PA lands agent) (1831-1848) lands & Cherry Box 216 ff 26 Ridge tract] (1824-1842, Travel expenses Box 216 ff 27 undated) Henry Trout (1848-1849) Box 216 ff 28 Miscellaneous T (1844-1851) Box 216 ff 29 Miscellaneous U-V (1841-1849) Box 216 ff 30 Charles C. Watson & Son (1840-1854) Box 216 ff 31 Wayne Trust (1826-1843) Box 216 ff 32 (1849-1855, Charles Weiss Box 216 ff 33 undated) George H. Wilson (1843-1846) Box 216 ff 34 George W. Wolf (1845-1853) Box 216 ff 35 Miscellaneous W (1825-1855) Box 216 ff 36 John Yeake? (1848-1849) Box 216 ff 37 George Zantzinger (1844-1845) Box 216 ff 38 B. Correspondence A substantial portion of this subseries is made up of letters to Benjamin Chew III from his father, Benjamin Chew Jr., while Benjamin III was living in Pittsburgh. Among the topics they discussed are their reactions to the opinion of the court on Barnett, disease and fever around Cliveden and Germantown, the Perrysville land case, William Parker’s deposition in an ongoing case, the administration and execution of the Wilkins estate, and the best legal strategies to undertake in Chew v. Biddle (see also Series 4 - Legal). In other letters, Benjamin III and his correspondents frequently discussed lands, business, and legal cases. After Benjamin Jr.'s death in 1844, Benjamin III's involvement in these issues often related to his father's estate. He exchanged letters with Henry B. and William White Chew, James Murray Mason, and Katherine (Banning) Chew about the family's disagreements over the handling of the estate and possession of Cliveden. Benjamin III corresponded with several attorneys about his legal battles with his family and Chew v. Chew, including Eli K. Price, Charles Ingersoll, J. R. Ingersoll, Edward D. Ingraham, and William Rawle. Substantial third party correspondence among these individuals is included below. Charles Bartles to Benjamin Chew (1847-1849) Box 217 ff 1 III Phylis Boyd to Benjamin Chew III (1852) Box 217 ff 2 & Katherine Chew George Cadwalader to Benjamin (1842-1843) Box 217 ff 3 Chew III Benjamin Chew, Jr. to Benjamin (1812-1842, Box 217 ff 4-17 Chew III undated) Benjamin Chew III to Charles (1847) Box 218 ff 1 Bartles Benjamin Chew III to Benjamin (1829-1840) Box 218 ff 2 Chew, Jr. Benjamin Chew III to Henry B.