Collection Title: Painter Family Papers
Collection Number: Ms. Coll. 124
Dates of Collection: 1837-1922
Box Numbers: 20 boxes, approximately 6000 items
Repository: Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA
Language: English
Project Archivist: Kevin Martin
This collection includes the letters (ca. 6,000+ items, chiefly 19th c.) of the Quaker family of Samuel M. and Anne Vickers Painter of West Chester, PA. Samuel Marshall Painter (1809-1884) was a successful newspaper publisher, book dealer and local official. Both Painters were active abolitionists. Samuel aided in the escape of freedom seeker Rachel Harris and Anne Vickers Painter (1810-1890) was the daughter of noted Underground Railroad conductor, John Vickers. The collection also includes the correspondence of their children: John Vickers Painter (1835-1903) railroad man and banker; Uriah Hunt Painter (1837-1900), West Chester businessman (railroad, telegraph, ice, lumber), early financial backer of Thomas A. Edison, Civil War correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer and possible Union intelligence agent; Gen. William Painter (1838-1884) Civil War soldier, at Gettysburg given responsibility of transportation of Army of Potomac; Capt. Francis James Painter (b.1841) Civil War, served in Navy; Dr. Joseph Elwood Painter (1842-1878) Civil War surgeon in charge of the hospital at Camp Curtin, later served in Japan; Henry Painter (1847-1893) Board of Chester County Prison Inspectors; Howard Painter (1851-1876) mining engineer; Ellen Painter (d.1948), daughter of Uriah Hunt Painter.
Timeline of Painter Family
1809 – Samuel M. Painter is born in East Bradford Township, Chester County, PA
1810 – Ann Vickers is born in Uwchalan Township, Chester County, PA
1820s – Samuel M. Painter is educated at Westtown School
1833 – Samuel M. Painter marries Ann Vickers
1835 – John Vickers Painter is born to Samuel and Ann (Vickers) Painter
1837 – Uriah Hunt Painter is born to Samuel and Ann (Vickers) Painter
1838 – William Painter is born to Samuel and Ann (Vickers) Painter
1841 – Francis James Painter is born to Samuel and Ann (Vickers) Painter
1842 – Joseph Ellwood Painter is born to Samuel and Ann (Vickers) Painter
1847 – Henry Painter is born to Samuel and Ann (Vickers) Painter
1850s – Uriah Hunt Painter attends Oberlin College
1850 – Samuel M. Painter organizes a telegraph company in West Chester.
1851 – Howard Painter is born to Samuel and Ann (Vickers) Painter
1852 to 1854 – John Vickers Painter attends Haverford College
1854 – Clarence Painter is born to Samuel and Ann (Vickers) Painter
1854 – John Vickers Painter marries Francis Barton (born 1836 in Elyria, Ohio)
1854 to 1857– A few of the Painter children attend school at Eaglewood in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The school is run by the abolitionist Theodore Weld and his wife.
1856 – John Vickers Painter’s wife Frances dies
1856 to 1864 – John Vickers Painter works for the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company in Ohio
1857 – Uriah Hunt Painter takes over the daily management of his father’s businesses in West Chester
1861 – John Vickers Painter marries Lydia E. Farmer of Cleveland, Ohio
1861 to 1865 – Ann (Vickers) Painter cares for sick soldiers at her West Chester home
1861 to 1865 – Francis J. Painter serves in the Navy. He is stationed on a number of blockade ships off the coast of Texas and the Carolinas. He also spends time in New Orleans during the Union occupation.
1861 to 1865 – Joseph Ellwood Painter graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from University of Pennsylvania and serves as an Acting Assistant Surgeon for the Union Army stationed at a hospital in Harrisburg
1861 to 1865 – Uriah Hunt Painter works as a Civil War correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer. In 1862, he marries Belinda Avery
1861 to 1865 – William Painter serves in the Union Army and rises in the ranks to become Brevet Brigadier General. He serves on General John Reynold’s staff at the Battle of Gettysburg and is put in charge the Army of the Potomac’s transportation.
1864 to 1873 – John Vickers Painter works as a private banker in Cleveland, Ohio
1865 – Ellen Painter is born, daughter of Uriah Hunt and Belinda Painter
1866 to 1878 (approximate) – Francis J. Painter travels to Europe
1870 to 1878 – Joseph Ellwood Painter serves in Japan as a member of the United States Navy
1870 – Samuel M. Painter visits Japan
1871 – Howard Painter earns an engineering degree from University of Freiburg, Saxony
1871 to 1873 – John Vickers Painter travels in Europe
1872 – Clarence Painter dies
1874 – Howard Painter elected to membership to American Institute of Mining Engineers
1875 to 1879 – John Vickers Painter and Uriah Hunt Painter invest in the Edison Company
1876 – Howard Painter dies in San Francisco, CA
1878 – Joseph Ellwood Painter dies in Japan
1881 to 1884 – William Painter serves as vice-president of the Peninsula Railroad Company who constructed a railroad and telegraph line on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
1884 – William Painter dies
1885 – Uriah Hunt Painter retires from newspaper work to devote all his time to private enterprise
1885 to 1900 – Uriah Hunt Painter builds then sells a railroad line, continues to operate his father’s ice and timber business, owns the Opera House in West Chester, builds the Lafayette Opera House in Washington D.C., and invests in business and property. During this period he spends much of his time in Washington, DC running day to day operations of his West Chester businesses by mail and telegraph. He also spends time at a summer retreat in West End, NJ
1890s – Francis J. Painter manages the West Chester Opera House for his brother Uriah
1893 – Ellen Painter marries James W. Cunningham and moves to New York City
1893 – Henry Painter dies
1900 – Uriah Hunt Painter dies
1903 – John Vickers Painter dies
1910 – Francis Painter dies
1948 – Ellen (Painter) Cunningham dies
For additional information:
Painter, Orrin Clalfont, Genealogy and Biographical Sketches of the Family of Samuel Painter (Baltimore: 1903). CCHS
Related collections at CCHS:
Also see letters numbered 24504 to 25516
Series I – Painter, family correspondence
Boxes 1 through 5
Bulk of the family correspondence is authored by the sons of Samuel M. Painter and Ann (Vickers) Painter of West Chester, PA. The bulk of this series includes letters from William Painter, Francis J. Painter, Albert P. Painter, John Vickers Painter and Uriah Hunt Painter. Series includes a number of letters from Ann (Vickers) Painter to her children [handwriting difficult to decipher] as well as letters from Samuel M. Painter.
Includes 58 letters written by the Painter brothers from Eaglewood School with details regarding their experiences as students. Eaglewood, in New Jersey, was operated by the abolitionist Theodore Weld and his wife [collection includes one letter authored by Weld].
Civil War era letters include correspondence from Francis J. Painter while serving in the Navy. His duty included time in New Orleans during the Union occupation and blockade service off the coast of the Carolinas and Texas. Also includes Civil War letters from Albert Painter in the Union Quartermaster’s office in Kentucky and Joseph Ellwood Painter’s service as a Union medical doctor. William Painter’s letters also contain details of his time served which included the position of brevet brigadier general in charge of transportation for the Army of the Potomac.
Correspondence of the Painter brothers after the Civil War revolve mainly around business dealings and travel in the United States and abroad. Also includes the letters of Joseph Ellwood Painter from Japan while he served as a doctor in the Navy (approx. 1870-1878) offering detailed impressions of Japanese culture and life as well as details regarding life in the Navy.
Group of letters (1889-1897) from Uriah Hunt Painter to his daughter in Europe offers detailed descriptions of day to day operations in his two residences in Washington and West End, NJ. Includes details of his relationship with domestic servants and his photography.
Series also Includes letters from the Vickers family
Series II – Painter, personal correspondence
Box 6
An assortment of letters from school friends, professional acquaintances and extended family. Letters from Civil War soldiers include letters sent from soldiers who Ann (Vicker) Painter took care of in her home. A group of 10 letters from Olive Sprogle sent to Howard Painter offers details of courtship activity [she requested the letters be destroyed upon hearing of William Painter’s death]. Letters from the U.S. consulate in Japan regarding the death of Joseph Ellwood Painter (see Mangum). Approximately 100 letters by Emma S. Hunter sent to Uriah Hunt Painter between 1860 and 1865 discuss details of the Civil War and social/business news from West Chester including updates on Uriah’s telegraph business. Camille Bevill’s 17 letters from Japan to Samuel M. Painter detail life in Japan and updates on Samuel’s son Joseph Ellwood Painter.
Includes letter from James Mott sent from Philadelphia in 1850 and a letter from the abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld written in 1860. Also includes a letter from Horace Mann drafted in 1853 from Antioch College.
Series III – Painter, correspondence by subject
Box 7
Includes Civil War era telegrams and letters sent to Uriah Hunt Painter by Harding of the Philadelphia Inquirer; character references for Samuel Painter sent to governor Samuel Pennypacker; school papers; documents related to the death of John Ellwood Painter; and service (military) papers of John Ellwood Painter
Series IV – William Painter, business correspondence, 1880-1884
Box 8
Correspondence between William Painter and John Bates related to the construction of a railroad and telegraph lines on the Eastern Shore of Maryland by the Peninsula Railroad Company.
Series V – Uriah Hunt Painter, business correspondence, 1882-1903,
Boxes 9 through 17
Folders 178 through 199
Letters between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, banker in West Chester and confidante to Uriah Hunt Painter includes candid look at business dealings in and around West Chester. Includes straightforward discussions regarding business ventures; remarks about colleagues and acquaintances; court cases; financial investments; employees and day to day operations of Uriah Hunt Painter’s various West Chester businesses.
Folders 161-177, 200-279
Letters between Uriah Hunt Painter, Malin Lear and M.C. Griffith [Minnie G. Griffith] that deal with the day to day operations of Uriah Hunt Painter’s West Chester businesses mainly his ice and timber business but also deal with his real estate investments. Offers a detailed account of business operations including financial transactions, employee relations, etc.
Folders 232-273
Letters related to West Chester Opera House include correspondence from booking agents and traveling shows who offered a wide variety of genres including plays, minstrel shows, lectures, moving pictures, hypnotists, etc. Includes a colorful and informative assortment of letterhead and press notices with information about particular performances as well as material from other theaters. Also includes copies of outgoing correspondence from Frank J. Painter and Uriah Hunt Painter as well as contracts, news clippings, playbills, advertising material, etc.
Folders 274-290
Correspondence between various theaters and suppliers with Uriah Hunt Painter related to purchasing and other financial matters. Bulk of the purchasing correspondence deals with theater chairs and includes brochures and other promotional/advertising materials. Also includes financial records.****
Folder 291-299
Correspondence of the banking firm of McFarland and Haines with J.W. Cunningham who handled the assets of Uriah Hunt Painter after his death in 1900. Cunningham married Ellen Painter, U.H. Painter’s eldest daughter, in 1893.
****West Chester Opera House documents post-1900 [after the death of Uriah Hunt Painter] are with the
Ephemera Collection (West Chester – Business Houses – West Chester Opera House).
Series VI – Samuel M. Painter, business correspondence, 1880-1884
Box 17, 1 folder
Series VII – Belinda (Avery) Painter/Avery family correspondence
Box 18
Correspondence from the relatives and friends of Uriah Hunt Painter’s wife Belinda (Avery) Painter. The majority of the letters are addressed to Belinda Painter, the remainder are authored by Belinda Painter and include letters sent to her husband while she traveled with their daughters in Europe. Includes letters to Belinda Painter from her stepmother Belinda Esther Avery and Belinda Painter’s sisters. Also includes letters sent prior to her marriage to Uriah Hunt Painter.
Series VIII – Letters to Ellen (Painter) Cunningham, daughter of U. H. Painter and
Belinda (Avery) Painter [date]
Boxes 19 though 20
Letter related to Ellen (Painter) Cunningham’s literary interest and reform activity as well as her social life. Includes approximately 140 letters from her mother (folders 441-456, box 20). Also includes 4 letters from Ida M. Tarbell, author of The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1900) and The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904).
Series IX – Miscellaneous/unidentified correspondence/envelopes
Box 20, 3 folders
Series I – Painter, family correspondence
BOX 1
Folder 1/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Alice Elise, 9 letters, 1886-1889, n.d.
To: “Papa” [Uriah H. Painter]; “Grandma”; “St. Nicholas”
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA; “S.S. City of Rome”
Topics include: American Indians; youthful observations; leisure activity; trip to Europe
Folder 2/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Alice Elise, 19 letters, 1891
Note: Includes small colored sketches by the author
To: “Papa” [Uriah H. Painter];
From: London, England; Tunbridge Well; Cambridge; North Wales; Edinburgh;
Inverness; “Steamship Grenadier”
Topics include: travel in England, Scotland and Wales
Folder 3/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Albert P., 7 letters, 1863
To: “brother” [Uriah H. Painter]; “sister” [Belinda (Avery) Painter]; “parents” [Samuel M.
Painter and Ann Painter]
From: West Chester, PA; Portland, ME; Louisville, KY
Topics include: Civil War; life in an infantry regiment in Maine; poor treatment of
soldiers
Folder 4/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Albert P., 8 letters, January 1864-May 1864
To: “parents” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]
From: Louisville, KY
Topics include: health; work as a shipping clerk with the Assistant Quartermaster’s Office; the burning of supply boats; confederate raids in Kentucky
Folder 5/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Albert P., 13 letters, April 1864-June 1864
To: “parents” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; John Painter
From: Louisville, KY
Topics include: poor health; high prices in Louisville; confederate raids in Kentucky; defense of Louisville
Folder 6/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Albert P., 8 letters, 1866-1883
To: “parents” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; Henry Painter
From: Chicago; Westfield, MA; Danville, PA
Topics include: poor health; working at Danville Furnaces [iron]
Folder 7/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Albert P., 24 letters, 1884
To: “mother”
From: Danville, PA; Williamsport, PA
Topics include: summary of military service during the Civil War; financial hardship; seeking employment; poor health; kidney ailment; seeking military pension; problems at Danville Furnaces after the death of William Painter
Folder 8/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Albert P., 10 letters, 1886-1888
Note: Includes letter from Ann (Vickers) Painter; itemized bill for food and other items
To: “mother” [Ann V. Painter]
From: Melrose, FL
Topics include: dispute with his brother Frank; land in Florida; orange trees; financial troubles
Folder 9/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Ann (Vickers), 24 letters, 1855-1866
Note: Includes postscripts by Ellwood Painter and Samuel Painter
To: “Willie” [William Painter]; “son”; Uriah Hunt Painter; “daughter” [Belinda (Avery)
Painter]
From: [not specified]
Topics include: parental advice; family business; family news and health; pet parrot
Folder 10/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Ann (Vickers), 21 letters, 1867-1869
To: “son”; Howard Painter
From: West Chester; Wilmington
Topics include: family news; parental advice; financial matters
Folder 11/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Ann (Vickers), 17 letters, 1871-1887
To: Samuel M. Painter; Henry Painter; “niece”; “son” [Albert Painter]
From: West Chester; Rome; Florence; Milan, Italy
Topics include: Samuel Painter’s trip to Japan; trip to Italy with Clarence Painter; impressions and observations of Italy; family news and health
Folder 12/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Ann (Vickers), 21 letters, n.d.
Note: Includes letter from Clarence Painter
To: Samuel Painter; “son”; William Painter
From: Wilmington; West Chester
Folder 13/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Annie, 21 letters, 1866-1870, 1881, 1884, 1897
To: “cousin” [Howard Painter]; Uriah Hunt Painter
From: West Chester; Darby, PA; Atlantic City; Lenape; Glenolden
Topics include: family news; daily life; courtship; details and speculation about a suicide in West Chester (1868); leisure; treatment for “nervous prostration”
Folder 14/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, C.R., 1 letter, 1863
To: Uriah H. Painter
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: burial of a Civil War soldier
Folder 15/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Clarence, 17 letters,1867-1871
Note: Includes letter from Ann V. Painter
To: “brother”
From: Washington, DC
Topics include: youthful observations
Folder 16/1/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis “Frankie” (Barton), 6 letters, 1857-1868
Note: John V. Painter first wife, died 1858
To: “mother and father”; Uriah Hunt Painter
From: Elysia; Cleveland
BOX 2
Folder 17/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 10 letters, 1854-1856
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; William Painter; “Father and Mother” [Samuel M. Painter and
Ann Painter]
From: West Chester; Eaglewood School, Perth Amboy, NJ
Topics include: youthful observations; school; Christmas
Folder 18/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 18 letters, 1857
To: “Father and Mother” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]
From: Eaglewood School, Perth Amboy, NJ
Topics include: mentions Lucretia Mott (1/31); school; requests for money; clothes
Folder 19/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 14 letters, 1858
To: “Father and Mother” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]
From: Eaglewood School, Perth Amboy, NJ
Topics include: school; hard times; plans to attend the Naval Academy; plans for the future; desire to come home
Folder 20/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 11 letters, 1859-1861
To: “Father and Mother” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; Uriah Hunt Painter
From: Eaglewood; West Chester, PA; Harrisburg, PA; Newton Hamilton
Topics include: Civil War; General Fremont; request for money
Folder 21/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 8 letters, 1862
To: “mother” [Ann V. Painter]; Uriah Hunt Painter
From: Parkesburg (PA)
Topics include: military service; telegraph business; night work
Folder 22/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 38 letters, 1863
Note: Includes checks issued by the Bank of Commerce of New Orleans, LA
To: “father and mother” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; Uriah Hunt Painter
From: “U.S.S. Estella,” Texas; New York City; “U.S.S. Kineo,” New Orleans, LA; “U.S.S. Estrella”
Topics include: duty on a Civil War gunboat and supply ship; pay and expenses; the occupation of New Orleans by Union forces; activity and movement of Union forces; military career of brother Ellwood Painter; health
Folder 23/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 34 letters, 1864
Note: Includes letter from Ann V. Painter; copy of General Order No. 36, North Atlantic Squadron, relating to numerous court martial proceedings. Includes copy of author’s photograph [original removed to photograph collection]
To: Uriah H. Painter; “father and mother” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]
From: “U.S.S. Estrella,” Matagorgda Bay, TX; “U.S.S. Tuscarora,” Fortress Monroe, VA; Hampton Roads, VA;
Topics include: naval blockades; confronting “rebel ships”; activity and movement of Union forces; health; money gained on captured cotton; financial investments; presidential election; court martial duty; hope for promotion; battle near Fort Fisher, North Carolina
Folder 24/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 20 letters, 1865
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: U.S.S. Tuscarora [off the coast of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina];
Charlestown, MA; Boston, MA; New Orleans, LA
Topics include: preparations for battle; wounded soldiers; description of Charleston, SC; post Civil War deployment; yellow fever
Folder 25/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 27 letters, 1866-1869
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; Howard Painter; “father and mother” [Samuel M. Painter and
Ann Painter]; Henry Painter
From: “U.S.S. Tuscarosa”; West Chester, PA; “U.S.S. Jamestown,” Sitka [AK]; Cork, Ireland; Dresden, Germany; Vienna, Austria; Paris, France; Munich; Baden
Baden; Lucerne, Switzerland
Topics include: advice to his brother, Howard, while he attends school at Haverford; travel and life in Europe; clothes; jewelry
Folder 26/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 37 letters, 1870-1878
To: “mother” [Ann V. Painter]; Henry Painter; “father” [Samuel M. Painter]
From: Nice; Paris; Geneva; Hamburg; Saxony; West Chester, PA; New York, NY;
Philadelphia, PA; Cape May, NJ
Topics include: travel and life in Europe; business ventures in America
Folder 27/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 15 letters, 1880-1885
To: “brother” [Uriah Hunt Painter]
From: West Chester, PA; Cape May, NJ; Philadelphia, PA
Topics include: business; financial matters; debt; dispute with his mother and brother
Folder 28/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 18 letters, 1886-1889
To: “brother” [Uriah Hunt Painter]; “mother” [Ann V. Painter]
From: Philadelphia, PA; Melrose, FL; Lucerne, Switzerland; Nice; Florence, Italy;
Amsterdam, Holland; Bayreuth, Germany
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA; visiting Albert Painter in Florida; travel in Europe; mentions attending a Wagner Opera; living expenses
Folder 29/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 7 letters, 1 clipping, 1890-1891
To: “brother” [Uriah Hunt Painter]
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: Horticultural Hall/West Chester Opera House; debt
Folder 30/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 12 letters, 1892
To: “brother” [Uriah Hunt Painter]
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA; Horticultural Hall/West Chester Opera House
Folder 31/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 25 letters, 1897
To: “brother” [Uriah Hunt Painter]
From: West Chester, PA; Atlantic City, NJ
Topics include: dispute with brother Uriah; proposed sale of the Painter family home in West Chester; financial difficulties; debt; desire to marry
Folder 32/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 11 letters, 1898
To: “brother” [Uriah Hunt Painter]
From: Nice; West Chester, PA
Topics include: sale of family home; debt; Painter businesses; financial matters
Folder 33/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 18 letters, 1899
To: “brother” [Uriah Hunt Painter]
From: West Chester; Atlantic City, PA
Topics include: increase pay; Painter home; request for money; offer to help Uriah Hunt Painter; opinion of woman clerk in Uriah Hunt Painter’s office
Folder 34/2/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Francis J., 24 letters, 1900, n.d.
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; Clarence
From: West Chester, PA
Box 3
Folder 35/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 15 letters, 1852
To: “parents” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; William Painter; “brother”
From: Haverford College
Topics include: detailed description of life at Haverford College; fashion, clothing; future plans
Folder 36/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 12 letters, 1853-1854
To: “parents” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; William Painter
From: Haverford; Oberlin, OH
Topics include: life at Haverford College; description of Ohio; living in Oberlin with brother Uriah [one or both appear to be attending school at Oberlin College]
Folder 37/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 9 letters, 1855-1857
Note: Includes a postscript from Francis (Barton) Painter [John V. Painter’s wife]
To: “father and mother” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; “brother” [Frank J. Painter]
From: Jacksonville, FL; Cleveland, OH
Topics include: trip to Florida with wife, “Frankie” [Francis (Barton) Painter]; “Frankie’s health”; seeking employment; job with the railroad
Folder 38/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 11 letters, 1858-1859
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; “parents” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]
From: Cleveland, OH
Topics include: health of Frances Painter; daughter, Lelia Painter; work
Folder 39/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 8 letters, 1860-1862
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; “mother [Ann V. Painter]
From: Cleveland, OH
Folder 40/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 13 letters, 1 clipping, 1863
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; “father” [Samuel Painter]
From: Cleveland, OH; New York, NY
Topics include: financial matters; Albert Painter in Louisville; Civil War; stock/financial investments
Folder 41/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 23 letters, 1864
To: “mother” [Ann V. Painter]; Uriah Hunt Painter
From: Cleveland; New York; Washington, DC
Topics include: family news; stock/financial investments; plans to open a bank; banking business
Folder 42/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 13 letters, 1865-1866
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; “mother” [Ann V. Painter]
From: Cleveland; New York
Topics include: banking business; mentions the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; health of Francis (Barton) Painter
Folder 43/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 12 letters, 1867-1868
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; Howard Painter
From: Cleveland, OH
Topics include: advice to brother regarding his education
Folder 44/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 11 letters, 1871-1873
Note: Includes receipt from American Merchants Union Express Company
To: “mother” [Ann V. Painter]
From: Cleveland; New York; Paris, France
Topics include: family news; trip to Europe
Folder 45/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 19 letters, 1875
To: “mother”; Uriah Hunt Painter
From: Cleveland; New York;
Topics include: family news; brother Henry’s debts; Edison’s autographic press
Folder 46/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 12 letters, 1876-1879
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: Cleveland; New York; Philadelphia; Hamburg
Topics include: Thomas Edison; Philadelphia Centennial Exposition; financial matters
Folder 47/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 16 letters, 1 clipping, 1880-1886
Note: Includes clipping regarding the estate of John Vickers (1881)
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; “mother” [Ann V. Painter]
From: Cleveland; Carlsbad; New York; Stuttgart
Topics include: family news and health; stock/financial investments
Folder 48/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 19 letters, 1888-1889
To: “mother” [Ann V. Painter]; Henry Painter
From: St. Augustine, FL; New York, NY; London; Paris
Topics include: travel in Europe; family news
Folder 49/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 17 letters, n.d.
To: “father and mother” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; Uriah Hunt Painter;
From: Cleveland; New York
Folder 50/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, John Vickers, 23, n.d.
To: “mother”: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: Hotel Victoria, Carlsbad; Cleveland; Wurttemberg; Haverford; Paris
Folder 51/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Joseph Ellwood, 17 letters, 1857-1863
To: “brother”; “father and mother” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; Uriah Hunt
Painter; “sister”
From: Eaglewood; Philadelphia; Camp Curtin; Mulberry Street Hospital, Harrisburg
Topics include: school; Civil War; enlistment as a medical cadet
Folder 52/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Joseph Ellwood, 24 letters, 1864-1867
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; “sister” [Belinda (Avery) Painter]; “father and mother” [Samuel
M. Painter and Ann Painter]; Howard Painter
From: Philadelphia; Post Hospital, Camp Curtin, Harrisburg; York, PA;
Topics include: desire for a discharge; camp life as a medical cadet; monetary loans; debt; fund raising theatrical show for the Sanitary Commission; desire for assignment in the South; advice for his brother, Howard
Folder 53/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Joseph Ellwood, 24 letters, 1870-1872
To: “mother” [Ann V. Painter]; “father” [Samuel M. Painter]; Uriah Hunt Painter
From: “at sea”; Yokohama, Japan
Topics include: mentions a 400 pound meteorite strike; lacquer poisoning and treatment; life as a navy medical doctor in Japan; temptations of Japan; unscrupulous behavior of his colleagues
Folder 54/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Joseph Ellwood, 9 letters, 1873
To: “parents” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; Uriah Hunt Painter
From: Yokohama, Japan; “U.S.S. Idaho”; “U.S.S. Hartford”
Topics include: dispute with colleague; disgust with the Navy; financial matters
Folder 55/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Joseph Ellwood, 16 letters, 1874
Note: Includes documents regarding a dishonored draft from the First National
Bank in Philadelphia
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; Cashier of the First National Bank of Philadelphia; “parents” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; Belinda (Avery) Painter
From: Yokohama, Japan; Nagasaki, Japan
Topics include: position in Navy in charge of medical stores; buying and selling “curios”; harsh language for a Jewish businessman; visiting home; problems with the mail
Folder 56/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Joseph Ellwood, 13 letters, 1875-1876
Note: Includes letter of introduction for an unspecified acquaintance (5/12)
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; “mother” [Ann Painter]; Frank Painter
From: Nagasaki, Japan; West Chester
Topics include: financial matters; debt; ill-treatment, corruption in the navy; requests to Uriah Hunt Painter regarding political appointments; buying goods in Japan for shipment to America
Folder 57/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Joseph Ellwood, 17 letters, 1877
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: Nagasaki, Japan;
Topics include: election of President Hayes; mentions civil unrest; inventory of Japanese goods sent to the United States by the author; new commanding officer
Folder 58/3/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Joseph Ellwood, 6 letters, 1878, n.d.
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: Nagasaki, Japan
BOX 4
Folder 59/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Samuel M., 14 letters, 1853-1859
Note: Includes letter co-written with Ann V. Painter
To: “dear boys” [John V. Painter and Uriah Hunt Painter]; Uriah Hunt Painter; William Painter; Ann V. Painter
From: West Chester, PA; Philadelphia; Madison, WI
Topics include: educational opportunities; fatherly advice; local elections; description of Madison, WI and surrounding area
Folder 60/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Samuel M., 11 letters, 1861-1863
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: West Chester
Topics include: lumber business
Folder 61/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Samuel M., 16 letters, 1864
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: West Chester
Topics include: ice and timber business; female line operator [telegraph business]; employees; health
Folder 62/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Samuel M., 10 letters, 1865-1870
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; Howard Painter; Ann V. Painter
From: West Chester; Yokohama, Japan
Topics include: ice and timber business; West Chester business community; family news; fatherly advice; experience on a steam ship during a typhoon in Japan; detailed travel in China and Japan; volcanoes; earthquake
Folder 63/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Samuel M., 19 letters, 1871-1881
To: Ann V. Painter; Ellwood Painter; Uriah Hunt Painter
From: West Chester; San Francisco; Washington, DC
Topics include: Clarence Painter; ice business; death of Joseph Ellwood Painter; observations of Japan and China
Folder 64/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Uriah Hunt, 3 letters, 1854, 1867
To: William Painter
From: Oberlin, OH; Washington, DC
Folder 64A/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Uriah Hunt, 20 letters, 1859-1864, n.d.
To: Belinda (Avery) Painter
From: West Chester, PA; South Mountain, MD; Washington, DC; Philadelphia, PA;
Howard House, NY
Topics include: courtship; Civil War; description of the Battle of Gettysburg
Folder 65/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Uriah Hunt, 22 letters, 1870
To: “father” [Samuel M. Painter]; “brother”
From: Washington, DC; Philadelphia; Cleveland; Springfield, OH
Topics include: controversy surrounding Samuel M. Painters position as notary public; business; family news
Folder 66/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Uriah Hunt, 23 letters, 1871-1875
To: “mother” [Ann V. Painter]; “father” [Samuel M. Painter]
From: Washington, DC; Boston, MA
Topics include: sale of the Hall; ice business
Folder 67/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Uriah Hunt, 19 letters, 1876-1885
Note: Includes letter written on the stationary of “The Edison Speaking Phonograph Co.”
To: “brother”; “mother” [Ann V. Painter]; “father” [Samuel M. Painter]; Jane T. Wilson; John V. Painter
From: Washington, DC; New York, NY
Topics include: conduct of Jane Wilson’s late husband; mentions the success of his electric light stock; financial matters; fighting court claims
Folder 68/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Uriah Hunt, 6 letters, 1886-1888
To: “mother” [Ann V. Painter]
From: Washington, DC
Folder 69/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Uriah Hunt, 21 letters, 1889
To: “friend” [author’s daughter?]
From: Washington, DC
Topics include: news from home to his family in Europe; daily life in Washington, DC; practicing photography; photography subjects/street scenes; Kodak; domestic work; obtaining work for his domestic’s brother in Chester County; attempts to buy a pony; flood in Washington, DC; rats; preparations for moving to Long Branch [West End, NJ]; house pets
Folder 70/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Uriah Hunt, 12 letters, 1891-1892
To: “friend” [author’s daughter]; John V. Painter
From: Washington, DC; West End, NJ
Topics include: lost steamer trunk; relationship with domestic workers; house in West
End; burglars; domestic work; daily life; perceived corruption in West Chester
Folder 71/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Uriah Hunt, 12 letters, 1894-1897
To: “friend” [author’s daughter]; “wife” [Belinda (Avery) Painter]; Frank Painter; “cousin”
From: Washington, DC; West End, NJ
Topics include: daily life; domestic servants; courting of author’s domestic; horses, charges of cruelty; mentions strike [Pullman Strike];
Folder 72/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Uriah Hunt, 6 letters, n.d.
To: Belinda (Avery) Painter; “mother”; “father”; John Painter
From: Washington, DC
Folder 73/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, William, 12 letters, 1854-1855
Note: Includes itemized bill of expenses while attending Freeland Seminary
To: “parents”[Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]
From: Freeland Seminary, PA; Eaglewood School; Fort Edward Institute
Topics include: school; details of studies; clothes
Folder 74/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, William, 16 letters, 1857-1860
To: “brother” [Uriah Hunt Painter]; “parents” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]
From: Philadelphia; Chicago;
Topics include: employment in a bank; Paschall Woodward; presidential election (1860); financial troubles
Folder 75/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, William, 13 letters, 1861
To: “parents” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter];
From: Chicago; Camp Sturges, IL Grafton, VA; Beverly, VA; Washington, DC;
Topics include: Civil War; decision to enlist; Sturges Rifle Corps; soldier’s life; General McClellan; brother Albert’s misbehavior and suggestions for discipline
Folder 76/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, William, 25 letters, 1862-1863
To: “brother”; Uriah Hunt Painter; “sister” [Belinda (Avery) Painter]; “parents” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]
From: “camp near Warrenton,” VA; “camp at Wateloo”; Frederick, MD; Aquia Creek, VA; “camp near Falmouth”; “camp near Fairfax”
Topics include: opinion of General McDowell; stock investment; newspaper reporters; soldier’s life; Albert Painter; troop movements
Folder 77/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, William, 26 letters, 1864
To: “parents” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; “brother” [Uriah Hunt Painter]
From: “Office of Chief Quartermaster”; Culpepper, VA; Baltimore, MD; Cumberland, MD;
Washington, DC; Philadelphia
Topics include: camp activity; corps consolidation; activity of his brothers; financial matters
Folder 78/4/124 – Correspondence
Painter, William, 13 letters, 1865-1881, n.d.
To: “brother” [Uriah Hunt Painter]; “father” [Samuel M. Painter]
From: Philadelphia
Topics include: Wm. Painter and Co., Bankers; business; elections (1870); father’s health
BOX 5
Folder 79/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Helen A., 2 letters, 1891
To: “father”
From: Wales
Folder 80/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Henry, 19 letters, 1866-1870
Note: Includes letter co-written with Mary Vickers [author’s aunt]
To: “mother” [Ann V. Painter]; Howard Painter
From: Wilmington; “home” [West Chester]; New York, NY
Topics include: family news
Folder 81/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Henry, 7 letters, 1871-1885
To: “mother” [Ann V. Painter]
From: Cleveland, OH; Charleston, SC;
Topics include: dispute with his father
Folder 82/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Howard, 22 letters, 1867-July 1869
To: “parents” [Samuel and Ann Painter]; “brother”; Henry Painter; Clarence Painter
From: Haverford College; “steamer Maine; Dresden, Germany; “Pillnitz on the Elbe”
Topics include: request for “penny songs”; experience at sea; sickness; attending Metallurgical and Mining Academy in Germany; description of Germany; baseball; gift exchange
Folder 83/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Howard, 22 letters, August 1869-December 1869
Note: Includes letter co-written with Frank Painter
To: “father and mother” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; Henry Painter; Clarence Painter
From: Munich; Baden Baden, Germany; Prague, Bohemia; Desden; Paris; Berlin;
Topics include: description of travel in Europe; gambling in Baden Baden; Frank Painter; gift exchange; dispute with John Painter; leisure
Folder 84/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Howard, 23 letters, 1870
To: Henry Painter; Clarence Painter; “mother” [Ann V. Painter]; “father”[Samuel M. Painter]
From: Rome; Florence, Italy; Freiberg, Saxson; Wien
Topics include: travel in Europe; “sightseeing”; detailed description of Italy; daily life; war; health
Folder 85/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Howard, 7 letters, 1876-1879, n.d.
To: “father” [Samuel M. Painter]
From: Hall Valley, Colorado; Columbus, Nevada; Dresden
Topics include: work for The Hall Valley Silver-Lead Mine and Smelting Company; description of life and work in Nevada; General Thomas Mill and Mining Company; financial investment; Henry Painter
Folder 86/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, J.G., 1 letter, 1864
To: “nephew”
From: “Log Cabin”
Folder 87/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Leila, 6 letters, 1868-1870, 1877, n.d.
To: “grandma” [Ann V. Painter]; “grandfather” [Samuel M. Painter]
From: Cleveland, OH
Topics include: family news;
Folder 88/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Lester M., 10 letters, 1876-1883
To: “uncle and aunt” [Samuel M. Painter and Ann Painter]; Uriah H. Painter
From: San Francisco, CA; Ogden, UT
Topics include: detailed description of Howard Painter’s sickness and death; Howard
Painter’s activities before his sickness and death; mentions “General Dodge”; request for employment
Folder 89/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Lydia (Farmer), 17 letters, 1861-1871
Note: Wife of John V. Painter
To: “mother” [Ann V. Painter]; Howard Painter; “father” [Samuel M. Painter]
From: Cleveland, OH; New York, NY
Topics include: family news and health; Civil War; sanitary fair; her children, Leila and Kenyon Painter
Folder 90/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Mary, 3 letters, 1859, 1878, 1885
To: Uriah Painter; “cousin”; “aunt”
From: Moorestown; San Francisco, CA; [Otsigo, MI]
Folder 91/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Nellie Avery, 7 letters, 1877, 1883-1884, n.d
To: “grandmother” [Ann V. Painter]; “grandpa” [Samuel M. Painter]; “papa” [Uriah Hunt Painter]
From: New York, NY; Saratoga, NY; Watch Hill; Springfield, OH; Mapleton, OH
Topics include: family news; leisure
Folder 92/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Sarah “Saidee” (Brown), 7 letters, 1866-1868
Note: Wife of William Painter
To: “brother”
From: Philadelphia
Topics include: family news; mentions baseball, Athletics
Folder 93/5/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Wm. T., 5 letters, 1865, 1889-1890
To: Uriah Hunt Painter (“cousin”)
From: West Chester; Lenape
Topics include: requests for work/political appointment
Folder 94/5/124 – Correspondence
Vickers, [?], 1 letters, 1856
To: “Billy”
From: Londonderry
Folder 95/5/124 – Correspondence
Vickers, Aaron, 2 letters, 1866
To: Howard Painter
From: Burlington
Folder 96/5/124 – Correspondence
Vickers, Abby, 5 letters, 1884, 1889, n.d.
Note: includes poems by the author
To: “sister” [Ann V. Painter?]
From: “home”
Folder 97/5/124 – Correspondence
Vickers, Annie, 1 letter, 1865
To: “aunt”
From: Moorestown
Folder 98/5/124 – Correspondence
Vickers, Gertrude A., 3 letters, 1880-1881
To: “Aunt Ann” [Ann V. Painter]
From: [Cincinnati, OH]
Folder 99/5/124 – Correspondence
Vickers, Jesse K., 1 letter, 1865
To: “niece”
From: Colerain
Folder 100/5/124 – Correspondence
Vickers, John V., 11 letters, 1866-1869
To: Howard Painter;
From: West Chester, PA; Millersville, PA; Oakley Grove
Topics include: school; daily activities; baseball
Folder 101/5/124 – Correspondence
Vickers, Joseph P., 2 letters, 1881-1883
To: “aunt”
From: Barnesville, MN; Cincinnati, OH
Folder 102/5/124 – Correspondence
Vickers, M.H., 1 letter, 1832
To: Ann Vickers
From: Tredyffrin, PA
Folder 103/5/124 – Correspondence
Vickers, Mary P., 1 letter, n.d.
To: “daughter Ann” [Ann V. Painter?]
From: [not specified]
Folder 104/5/124 – Correspondence
Vickers, Mary, 31 letters, 1861-1889
Note: Includes letters co-written with Abby Vickers
To: “sister” [Ann V. Painter]
From: Wilmington;
Topics include: family news; the troubles of brother Aaron Vickers; Quaker schism
Folder 105/5/124 – Correspondence
Vickers, Sumner P., 2 letters, 1871-1872
To: Clarence Painter; “cousin”
From: Oakley Grove; New York, NY
Folder 106/5/124 – Correspondence
Webster, Jemima M. Vickers, 2 letters, 1881
To: “sister”
From: [not specified]
Series II – Painter, personal correspondence
BOX 6
Folder 107/6/124 – Correspondence
“J.N.C.” to “Julia C.”, 12 letters, 1860-1881
Includes the following:
“J.N.C.”, 2 letters, 1864 (Alexandria, VA) to “Mrs. Painter”; Topics include: Civil War; Abraham Lincoln
“Carrie”, 2 letters, n.d. (from Newark) to “Willie”
“Ella”, 1 letter, n.d., to “brother”
“Hettie”, 5 letters, 1860-1867 (from West Chester) to Howard Painter
“John”, 1 letter, 1868 (from Philadelphia) to Howard Painter
“Julia C.”, 1 letter, n.d. to “Linn” [Belinda (Avery) Painter]
Folder 108/6/124 – Correspondence
Ayer to Bennett, 8 letters, 1855-1876
Includes the following:
Ayer, Washington, 1 letter, 1876 (from San Francisco) to [Samuel and Ann Painter]; Topics include: death of Howard Painter
Baker, M.E., 1 letter, n.d., to [not specified]
Baily, J., 1 letter, 1864 (from Unionville) to Ann V. Painter
Bartlett, A., 1 letter, 1876 (from Perry Lake County, OH) to “Painter”
Beard, A.W., 3 letter, 1855 (from Robeson Landing) to “Bill” [William Painter?]
Bennett, William, 1 letter, 1872 (from Gloucester Gate, Regents Park) to Ann V. Painter
Folder 109/6/124 – Correspondence
Bevill, Camile, 17 letters, 1871-1879
Note: Includes transcript of “A Japanese story told to me by a Japanese”
To: “Mr. Painter” [Samuel M. Painter]
From: Yokohama, Japan; Kenosha, WI; Milwaukee, WI
Topics include: life in Japan; lacquer poison; Joseph Ellwood Painter; Japanese culture; visiting Shiba; Meiji Era Japan; teaching in Wisconsin; torture of a suspected murderer in Japan
Folder 110/6/124 – Correspondence
Bowen to Cottinger, 23 letters, 1841-1887
Includes the following:
Bowen, Lillie J., 1 letter, 1872 (from Switzerland) to Mrs. [Ann] Painter; Topics
include: death of Clarence Painter
Bradford, T. Hewson, 1 letter, 1867 (from West Chester) to Howard Painter;
Topics include: baseball
Brinton, C. Hill, 2 letters, 1866 (from West Chester) to “friend”; Topics include: baseball
Bryan, M.A., 1 letter, 1880 (from Yokohama, Japan) to “Mrs. [Ann] Painter”
Cain, Lydia Ann D., 1 letter, 1864 (from Christiana) to “Ann”[Painter]; Topics include: spiritualism
Cameron, Elizabeth, 1 letter, [?] (from [?]) to “Mrs. [Ann] Painter”
Chalfont, Goodwin, 2 letters, 1854, 1858 (from Deerfield, MA) to William Painter
Child, Henry T., 1 letter, n.d. (from Philadelphia) to [?]; Topics include: spiritualism
Claiborne, Chs., 1 letter, 1865 (New Orleans) to Frank V. Painter
Clark, W.H., 2 letters, 1861, 1878 (from Philadelphia) to “friend P.”
Clark, Anna S., 1 letter, 1887 (from Philadelphia) to Ann V. Painter
Clark, J. Nelson, 1 letter, 1876 (from Harrisburg, PA) to Mrs. Samuel Painter
Cook, J.W., 1 letter, 1863 (from Provost Marshall’s Office, Philadelphia) to “mother” [Ann V. Painter]
Cook, Rachel E., 2 letters, 1864 (from Mechanicsburg; Dillsburg) to “Mrs. [Ann] Painter”; Topics include: care of an “orphan soldier”
Cooper, Anne, 2 letters, 1887 (from Toughkenamon) to “cousin”
Cope, E.R., 1 letter, 1841 (from Philadelphia) to Samuel M. Painter
Cope, H.T., 1 letter, 1874 (from Coleraine, Ireland) to Ann V. Painter
Cottinger, William, 2 letters, 1855 (from Philadelphia) to William Painter
Folder 111/6/124 – Correspondence
Courtland to Hartley, 23 letters, 1837-1892
Includes the following:
Courtland, Joseph, 1 letter, 1853 (from West Haverford) to Samuel Painter
Darlington, Emily P., 3 letters, 1855 (from West Chester, PA) to “Will” [William Painter]
Darlington, William, 1 letter, 1837 (from Harrisburg) to Samuel M. Painter
Davis, Sallie M., 1 letter, 1871 (from Philadelphia) to Harry [Painter]
Derry, William R., 3 letters, 1877-1878 (from San Francisco, CA) to Samuel M. Painter
Dillingham, W., 2 letters, 1838 (from Harrisburg) to Samuel M. Painter
Evans, Jesse, 1 letter, 1843 (from [?]) to Samuel M. Painter
G_____, Charles, 2 letters, [1878] (from Denver, CO) to “Painter”
Hall, J.W., 2 letters, 1875 (from Hall Valley Park, CO) to Howard Painter; Topics include: “lode claims”
Hall, Thomas H., 1 letter, 1855 (from West Chester) to Samuel M. Painter
Harding, J. Horace, 5 letters, 1885, 1892 (from Philadelphia) to Uriah Hunt Painter; Topics include: Pennsylvania politics (1892); Matthew Quay
Hartley, John M., 1 letter, 1868 (from Philadelphia) to Howard Painter
Folder 112/6/124 – Correspondence
Hickman, L.M., 6 letters, 1871-1872
To: Clarence Painter
From: West Chester; West Philadelphia
Topics include: school; daily activities; West Chester Normal School; schoolmates; mentions Cuban classmate; courtship
Folder 113/6/124 – Correspondence
Holden to Hunt, 4 letters, 1840-1864
Includes the following:
Holden, L.S., 2 letters, 1864 (from Wilkes Barre, PA) to “Mrs. [Ann] Painter]”
Holman, William W., 1 letter, 1855 (from Chester Springs) to “Bill”
Hunt, Uriah, 1 letter, 1840 (from Philadelphia) to Samuel M. Painter
Folder 113A/6/124 – Correspondence
Hunter, Agnes E., 2 letters, 1879
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: seeking employment
Folder 114/6/124 – Correspondence
Hunter, Emma A., 21 letters, 1860-1862
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: New Castle; West Chester, PA
Topics include: politics; Civil War
Folder 115/6/124 – Correspondence
Hunter, Emma A., 20 letters, 1863
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: Civil War; news from West Chester; death and funerals of local citizens; telegraph business
Folder 116/6/124 – Correspondence
Hunter, Emma A., 28 letters, 1864
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: search for office space in West Chester; telegraph business
Folder 117/6/124 – Correspondence
Hunter, Emma A., 19 letters, 1 clipping, 1865
To: Uriah H. Painter
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: property rental; telegraph business; Civil War; death of John Hunter in a Confederate prison camp
Folder 118/6/124 – Correspondence
Hunter, Emma A., 9 letters, n.d.
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: West Chester
Folder 119/6/124 – Correspondence
Jackson to James, 9 letters
Includes the following:
Jackson, Ann, 1 letter, 1870 (from West Chester) to Samuel M. Painter
Jacobs, H.H., 2 letters, 1867 (from “Laurenceville”) to Howard Painter
James, H., 3 letters, 1868, 1876-1878 (from Wilmington, DE) to Samuel M. Painter
James, Abraham, 3 letters, 1864-1865, 1873 (from Chicago) to “friend”
Folder 120/6/124 – Correspondence
James, Francis, 8 letters, 1839-1843
To: Samuel M. Painter
From: West Chester; Washington, DC;
Topics include: election/politics (1840)
Folder 121/6/124 – Correspondence
Johnson to Mangum, 19 letters, 1855-1885
Includes the following:
Johnson, S., 1 letter, 1885 (from Kennett Square) to “friend”
Justice, Henry, 2 letter, 1872 (from London; Liverpool) to Clarence Painter
Kase, James D., 2 letters, 1884 (from Danville) to Ann V. Painter
Larkin, Mordecai, 5 letters, 1858-1859 (from Guthriesville, PA) to Ann V. Painter; Topics include: spiritualism
Leopold, C. Brown, 1 letter, 1855 (from Freeland Seminary) to William Painter
Lucas, Elizabeth, 1 letter, 1873 (from Bancroft, [?]) to Ann V. Painter
Mangum, Fannie, 4 letters, 1878 (from U.S. Consulate, Nagasaki, Japan) to “Mrs. [Ann] Painter”; Topics include: death of Joseph Ellwood Painter
Mangum, Willie T., 3 letters, 1878 (from U.S. Consulater, Nagasaki, Japan) to Uriah Hunt Painter; Topics include: death of Joseph Ellwood Painter
Folder 122/6/124 – Correspondence
Mann, Horace, 1 letter, 1853
To: Samuel M. Painter
From: Washington, DC
Topics include: Antioch College
Folder 123/6/124 – Correspondence
Marshall to Morris, 10 letters, 1843-1888
Topics include:
Marshall, [?], 1 letter, 1843 (from East Marlborough) to Samuel M. Painter
Marshall, J.T., 1 letter, [1862] (from Leavenworth, KS) to “cousin”; Topics include: trip out west
McFarland, D.W., 1 letter, 1888 (from West Chester) to “Elise”[Painter]
McNulty, J.M., 1 letter, 1876 (from San Francisco, CA) to [?]; Topics include: death of Howard Painter
Miller, N.E., 1 letter, n.d. (from [?]) to Samuel Painter
Miller, Charlie R., 2 letters, 1872 (West Chester) to Clarence Painter
Moffat, W.B., 1 letter, n.d. (from [?]) to Samuel M. Painter
Moore, W.H., 1 letter, 1872 (from Philadelphia) to Clarence Painter
Morris, Morten, 1 letter, n.d. (from Westtown) to William Painter
Folder 124/6/124 – Correspondence
Mott, James, 1 letter, 1850
To: “esteemed friend”
From: Anti Slavery Office, Philadelphia
Folder 125/6/124 – Correspondence
Nelson, H.C., 1 letter, 1872
To: “Mr. Painter”
From: U.S. Naval Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
Folder 126/6/124 – Correspondence
Oberholtzer, Sara Louisa, 8 letters, 1881-1890
Note: Includes printed announcement for book of poetry titled “Come For Arbutus and Other Wild Bloom” by S.L. Oberholtzer
To: “Aunt” [Ann V. Vickers]
From: Cambria, PA; Longport, NJ; Norristown, PA
Topics include: family news
Folder 127/6/124 – Correspondence
Passmore to Price, 11 letters
Includes the following:
Passmore, H., 1 letter, 1885 (from [?]) to Ann V. Painter
Pennypacker, Charles H., 2 letters, 1870 (from West Chester, PA) to Samuel M. Painter; Topics include: politics/election
Pope, J. Foster, 2 letters, 1855 (from Harrison Square) to William Painter
Powell, C.S., 4 letters, 1863-1864 (from Camp Edward Hill, VA; Edsalls Station, VA) to “Mother Painter” [Ann V. Painter]; Topics include: Civil War
Powell, Sarah, 1 letter, 1861 (from New Cumberland) to Ann V. Painter
Price, Isiah, 1 letter, 1863 (from Provost Marshall’s Office, [?]) to Ann V. Painter
Folder 128/6/124 – Correspondence
Richey, Isaac, 14 letters, 1867-1868
To: Howard Painter
From: [Lawrenceville]; Trenton, NJ
Topics include: school
Folder 129/6/124 – Correspondence
Robinson to Snead, 10 letters, 1844-1882
Includes the following:
Robinson, [?], 1 letter, 1844 (from Churchtown, Lancaster County, PA) to Samuel M. Painter
Scot, John A., 3 letters, 1876-1877 (from Norristown, PA) to Ann V. Painter; Topics include: marital problems; divorce; infidelity
Seward, [?], 1 letter, n.d. (from [?]) to “Mr. Painter”
Sharpless, W.P., 1 letter, 1842 (from Philadelphia) to [Uriah Hunt Painter]
Sherman, C., 1 letter, n.d. (from [?]) to “Mrs. Painter”
Smedley, M.E., 1 letter, 1884 (from Denver, CO) to “Aunt Ann”[V. Painter]
Snead, Jennie, 2 letters, 1872 (from Newtonville; Denver, CO) to “Mrs. [Ann] Painter”
Folder 130/6/124 – Correspondence
Sprogle, Olive, 10 letters, 1873-1877
To: “Mr. Painter”; Howard Painter
From: Grein, Austria; Chicago, IL
Topics include: courtship; manners; parties; request to destroy her letters after the death of Howard Painter
Folder 131/6/124 – Correspondence
Stock to Welch, 12 letters, 1860-1872
Includes the following:
Stock, W.E., 4 letters, 1864 (from Mechanicsburg) to “Mother”, Ann V. Painter;
Topics include: Civil War; Cumberland Guards
Thomas, Charles Y., 2 letters, 1868 (from Baltimore) to Howard Painter
Thompson, W.H., 1 letter, 1872 (from West Chester) to Clarence Painter
Trimble, Sarah, 1 letter, 1872 (from Camden, NJ) to “niece”
Walker, Phebe, 2 letters, 1860 (from New Haven) to “Mrs. [Ann] Painter”
Walker, William W., 1 letter, 1844 (from Philadelphia) to Samuel M. Painter
Welch, Ellen, 1 letter, 1868 (from Ellicott City, MD) to “Mrs. Painter”
Welch, John, 1 letter, 1864 (from [Loags Corner]) to Samuel M. Painter
Folder 132/6/124 – Correspondence
Weld, A.[ngelina], 1 letter, n.d.
To: Samuel M. Painter
From: [Perth Amboy, NJ]
Folder 133/6/124 – Correspondence
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1 letter, 1860
To: Samuel M. Painter
From: Eaglewood, Perth Amboy, NJ
Topics include: Joseph Ellwood Painter
Folder 134/6/124 – Correspondence
Wellman to Winslow, 10 letters
Include the following:
Wellman, Austin, 2 letters, 1863 (from Elys Ford, MD; Gainsville, VA) to “Mrs. Painter”, Henry Painter; Topics include: troop activity, Civil War
White, Anna Bradley, 1 letter, 1887 (from [?]) to “Mrs. Painter”
Wilhelm, Alcinda, 1 letter, 1864 (from Marietta, PA) to Ann V. Painter
Williams, Addie, 2 letters, 1855, 1858 (from Mansfield, OH ) to “brother”, Uriah Hunt Painter
Wilson, Jane T., 1 letter, 1877 (from West Chester) to Samuel M. Painter
Winslow, C.F., 1 letter, 1873 (from Salt Lake City) to Samuel M. Painter
Winslow, Randolph, 2 letters, 1868 (from Baltimore) to Howard Painter
Folder 135/6/124 – Correspondence
Wollerton, Z.C., 6 letters, 1852-1855
To: Samuel M. Painter; William Painter
From: Beaver, PA; Philadelphia; West Chester
Topics include: selling maps; map business; family news
Folder 136/6/124 – Correspondence
Woodworth, W.W., 1 letter, 1862
To: “friend and brother”
From: Plymouth, MA
Series III – Painter, correspondence by subject/
non-correspondence
Box 7
Folder 137/7/124 – Correspondence
Character references for Samuel M. Painter, 17 letters, 1870
Note: Letters related to Samuel M. Painter’s position as Notary Public of Chester County sent to Pennsylvania Governor John W. Geary; includes list and occupation of authors
Includes letters from the following:
Apple, William
Augee, Samuel
Barber, W.E.
Bull, James H.
Christman, E.L.
Christman, W.D.
Clark, John
Cornwell, R.J.
Darlington, William B.
Davis, Rees
Downing, George W.
Evans and Paiste
Fairlamb, Charles
Fitzsimmons, George
Futhey, J. Smith
Green, Jesse C.
Haines, E.D.
Haines, John J.
Haldeman, R.J.
Harding, William W.
Harlan, Thomas W.
Hibberd, Walter
Hoopes, Edward
Hoopes, Robert F.
Hooton, Frank C.
J.J. Smith and Bro.
Jefferis, W.W.
Lear, C.B.
Leonard, J.E.
Levis, Lewis
Lewis, D.W. Clinton
Lewis, Joseph J.
Lewis, Joseph J.
Marshall, Thomas W.
McFarland, D.M.
Meredith, T. Darlington
Morgan, Gheen
Morgan, William
Parker, J.J.
Pennypacker, C.H.
Phipps, Elisha
Reid, A.P.
Sharpless, Henry
Sharpless, Philip
Shields, Lewis W.
Smith, J. Curtis
Snare, S.G.
Swaynes, W.M.
Townsend, W.
Travilla, Maurice R.
Travilla, Thos. C.
Valentine, C.M.
Whitehead, P.F.
Whitehead, William
Worrall, George F.
Folder 137A/7/124 – Correspondence
Character references for Samuel M. Painter, 22 letters, 1870
Note: Letters related to Samuel M. Painter’s position as Notary Public of Chester County sent to Pennsylvania Governor John W. Geary
Includes letters from the following: [see list under folder 137]
Folder 137B/7/124 – Correspondence
Character references for Samuel M. Painter, 21 letters, 1870
Note: Letters related to Samuel M. Painter’s position as Notary Public of Chester County sent to Pennsylvania Governor John W. Geary
Includes letters from the following: [see list under folder 137]
Folder 138/7/124 – Correspondence
Civil War era telegrams and letters from J.B. Harding of the Philadelphia Inquirer to Uriah Hunt Painter, 17 letters, 1862-1865
Folder 138A/7/124 – Correspondence
Civil War era telegrams and letters from George Harding of the Philadelphia Inquirer to Uriah Hunt Painter, 4 letters, 1862, 1864
Folder 138B/7/124 – Correspondence
Civil War era telegrams and letters from William W. Harding of the Philadelphia Inquirer to Uriah Hunt Painter, 13 letters, 1861
Folder 138C/7/124 – Correspondence
Civil War era telegrams and letters from William W. Harding of the Philadelphia Inquirer to Uriah Hunt Painter, 12 letters, 1862
Folder 138D/7/124 – Correspondence
Civil War era telegrams and letters from William W. Harding of the Philadelphia Inquirer to Uriah Hunt Painter, 15 letters, 1863
Folder 138E/7/124 – Correspondence
Civil War era telegrams and letters from William W. Harding of the Philadelphia Inquirer to Uriah Hunt Painter, 22 letters, 1864
Folder 138F/7/124 – Correspondence
Civil War era telegrams and letters from William W. Harding of the Philadelphia Inquirer to Uriah Hunt Painter, 18 letters, 1865
Folder 138G/7/124 – Correspondence
Civil War era telegrams and letters from William W. Harding of the Philadelphia Inquirer to Uriah Hunt Painter, 10 letters, n.d.
Folder 139/7/124
Death of Joseph Ellwood Painter, 9 items, 1878
Note: Includes telegrams, a receipt for casket, inventory of property
Folder 140/7/124
School papers, 15 items, 1853, 1858, 1867
Note: Includes report cards, bills/receipts and written assignments of the Howard
Painter, John Painter and Elise Painter from Haverford College, Eagleswood School and Girls School in Washington, DC.
Folder 141/7/124
Service papers of Joseph Ellwood Painter, 25 items, 1871-1885
Note: Includes official orders and correspondence from the Navy
Folder 142/7/124 – Calling cards/invitations
Folder 143/7/124 – Sketches
Note: Sent to Ellwood Painter from “Maddie”
Folder 144/7/124 – Telegrams
Folder 145/7/124 – Tax Assessment
Note: Document related to the property of Uriah Hunt Painter, [c. 1890s]
Folder 146/7/124 – General Order
Note: War Department order number 83 related to the modification of fort and battery names, 1863
Series IV – William Painter, business correspondence
Box 8
Folder 147/8/124
Business correspondence of John Bates, 14 letters, 1 clipping, 1881-1882
Note: Includes newspaper clipping
To: William Painter
From: Pocomoke City, MD
Topics include: railroad construction; Peninsula Railroad Company; railroad companies; telegraph lines construction
Folder 148/8/124
Business correspondence of John Bates, 7 letters, 1881
To: William Painter
From: Pocomoke City, MD
Topics include: railroad construction; Peninsula Railroad Company; railroad companies; Adams Express Company; telegraph lines construction
Folder 149/8/124
Business correspondence of John Bates, 7 letters, 1881
To: William Painter
From: Pocomoke City, MD
Topics include: railroad construction; Peninsula Railroad Company; railroad companies; Adams Express Company; telegraph lines construction
Folder 150/8/124
Business correspondence of John Bates, 8 letters, 1881
To: William Painter
From: Pocomoke City, MD
Topics include: railroad construction; Peninsula Railroad Company; railroad companies; Adams Express Company; telegraph lines construction
Folder 151/8/124
Business correspondence of John Bates, 14 letters, 1 clipping, 1882
Note: Includes newspaper clipping
To: William Painter
From: Pocomoke City, MD
Topics include: railroad construction; Peninsula Railroad Company; railroad companies; telegraph lines construction
Folder 152/8/124
Business correspondence of John Bates, 10 letters, 1883
To: William Painter
From: Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA
Topics include: railroad construction; Peninsula Railroad Company; railroad companies; telegraph lines construction
Folder 153/8/124
Business correspondence of John Bates, 16 letters, 1883
To: William Painter; John Bates
From: Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA; Princess Anne, MD; Berlin, MD;
Topics include: railroad construction; Peninsula Railroad Company; railroad companies; telegraph lines construction
Folder 154/8/124
Business correspondence of John Bates, 18 letters, 1883
To: William Painter; John Bates
From: Pocomoke City, MD; Berlin, MD; Philadelphia, PA
Topics include: railroad construction; Peninsula Railroad Company; railroad companies; telegraph lines construction
Folder 155/8/124
Business correspondence of John Bates, 3 letters, 2 clippings, 1884
To: William Painter
From: Pocomoke City, MD; Philadelphia, PA
Topics include: railroad construction; railroad companies; telegraph lines construction
Folder 156/8/124
Business correspondence of John Bates, 27 items, 1881-1883
Note: Hand copied extracts
To: William Painter
From: Pocomoke City, MD; Philadelphia, PA
Topics include: railroad construction; New York, Pennsylvania and Norfolk Railroad; Penninsula Railroad Company; railroad companies; telegraph lines construction
Folder 157/8/124
Business correspondence of E.W. Goerke, 15 letters, 1881-1884
To: William Painter
From: Pokomoke, MD; Eastville, VA; Columbia, PA; Temperancville, VA
Topics include; Penninsula Railroad Company; New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad; railroad construction; labor
Folder 158/8/124
General business correspondence, 26 letters, 1880
To: William Painter
Folder 159/8/124
General business correspondence, 11 letters, 1881-1884
To: William Painter
Series V – Uriah Hunt Painter, business correspondence, 1882-1903
BOX 9
Folder 160/9/124
Letter book for Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber Business, [1893-1902]
Note: Includes accounting and customer/vendor lists. Contains approximately 300 letters
Folder 161/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, 19 letters, 1882, 1888
From: West Chester, Pa; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA; financial matters
Folder 162/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, 22 letters, January 1889-May 1889
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA;
financial matters
Folder 163/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, 22 letters, June 1889-August 1889
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA
Folder 164/9/124
Business correspondence of Malin Lear, 13 letters, September 1889-October 1889
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include:Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA
Folder 165/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, 8 letters, August 1890-November 1890
From: West End, NJ; West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA
Folder 166/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, 31 letters, December 1890
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA
Folder 167/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, 3 letters, 1891
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA; potatoes
Folder 168/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, 39 letters, January 1892
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA; renovation of Horticultural Hall/West Chester Opera House
Folder 169/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, 40 letters, 1 clipping, February 1892
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA;
Horticultural Hall/West Chester Opera House
Folder 170/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, 39 letters, April 1894-June 1894
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA; Malin Lear’s bank account; rental properties; building renovation/construction at Horticultural Hall/West Chester Opera House
Folder 171/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear 25 letters, July 1894-October 1894
From: West Chester, PA; West End, NJ; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA; performances and management of Horticultural Hall/West Chester Opera House; dispute over business operations in West Chester
Folder 172/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, 17 letters, 1895-1896
From: West Chester, PA; West End, NJ; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA; performances and management of Horticultural Hall/West Chester Opera House
Folder 173/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, 38 letters, January 1894
From: West Chester, PA; West End, NJ; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA; temperature and weather reports; court case involving rent collection
Folder 174/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, 25 letters, February 1897-July 1897
From: West Chester, PA;; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA; performances and management of Horticultural Hall/West Chester Opera House; Vitascope show, complaints of immorality
Folder 175/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Mrs. Malin Lear, 9 letters, 1898
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: Malin Lear’s sickness and financial hardship; Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber business in West Chester, PA
Folder 176/9/124 – Court document
Uriah Hunt Painter vs. Malin Lear, 1900
Folder 177/9/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and Malin Lear, n.d.
From: West Chester, PA; Philadelphia, PA
BOX 10
Folder 178/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 10 letters, 1865-1888
Note: Includes handwritten and typed copy of mortgage: “John M. Shepherd to William Steele” (1880)
From: West Chester, PA; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: road construction; land sales
Folder 179/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 22 letters, January 1889-March 1889
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: rental properties; political appointments; property/land sales; West Chester post office
Folder 180/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 10 letters, May 1889-August 1889
Note: Includes letter sent to R.W. Haines, “Act’g. Assistant Att’y. General, Post Office Department”
From: West Chester, Pa; Washington, DC
Topics include: leasing property to the United States post office in West Chester
Folder 181/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 16 letters 1890
Note: Includes a handwritten copy of a deed to Edward Whiten
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC; Chicago, IL
Topics include: Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber Business; financial matters; property management; life insurance
Folder 182/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 6 letters, 1891
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA; Chicago, IL
Topics include: property/land sales in West Chester; stock sales; life insurance
Folder 183/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 16 letters, January 1892
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: property sales; rental properties
Folder 184/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 10 letters, 1892-1893
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: financial matters
Folder 185/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 20 letters, 1894
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: health of Mrs. McFarland; court case regarding land/property dispute (alley); railroad crossings
Folder 186/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 35 letters, 1895
Note: Includes a bill for Francis J. Painter’s life insurance. Includes a summons to appear before the Justice of the Peace issued for Uriah H. Painter.
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: post office boxes; court case regarding land/property dispute (alley); life insurance; court case regarding debt claimed against U.H. Painter
Folder 187/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 40 letters, 1895
Note: Includes letters from A.B. Roecker regarding employment
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: sale of post office boxes; political appointments; financial matters; local elections; Assembly Building sale; Opera House
Folder 188/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland 25 letters, June 1896-August 1896
Note: Includes letter from Francis Painter
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC; West End, NJ
Topics include: lifestyle choices of Francis Painter; financial matters; concern for the health of David McFarland; Sheriff’s sales
Folder 189/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 17 letters, September 1896-October 1896
From: West End, NJ; West Chester, PA
Topics include: mercantile tax; fishing; financial matters; life insurance for Francis J. Painter
Folder 190/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 25 letters, January 1897-March 1897
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA; [?], South Carolina
Topics include: property investment; Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber Business; court case regarding land/property dispute (alley); grape business; lobbying in Washington; local politics; William Painter’s [UHP’s cousin] poor treatment of horses
Folder 191/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 28 letters, April 1897-September 1897
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: grape business; lobbying in Washington; Francis Painter; financial matters
Folder 192/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 36 letters, October 1897-November 1897
Note: Includes letters between Francis J. Painter and Uriah Hunt Painter
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: dispute between Francis and Uriah Painter over the family home in West Chester; financial matters
Folder 193/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 9 letters, December 1897
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: property sales
Folder 194/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 21 letters, January 1898-February 1898
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: Francis Painter in Europe; Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber Business; grape preservation
Folder 195/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 23 clippings, 2 clipping, March 1898-April 1898
Note: Includes promissory notes issued for Uriah Hunt Painter, National Bank of Chester County. Includes obituary for Mrs. Mary M. McFarland
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: financial matters; Francis Painter’s troubles; property rentals; Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber Business
Folder 196/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 16 letters, May 1898-June 1898
Note: Includes promissory notes issued by National Bank of Chester County. From Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: soldiers preparing for war in Cuba [Spanish-American War]
Folder 197/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 23 letters, July 1898-October 1898
Note: Includes letter from Mrs. Malin Lear.
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: rental properties; local politics; dismissal of Malin Lear; Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber Business; property sales
Folder 198/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 9 letters, November 1898-December 1898
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: rental properties
Folder 199/10/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, 33 letters, 1899
Note: Includes court documents regarding a judgment for Uriah Painter and his daughter Ellen
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: financial matters; Uriah H. Painter’s Ice and Timber Business; rental properties; fire escape
Box 11
Folder 200/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith/Malin Lear/Uriah Hunt Painter, 24 letters, 1888-1890
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; financial matters
Folder 201/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith/Malin Lear/Uriah Hunt Painter, 43 letters, 1891-1894
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA; West End, NJ
Topics include: West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall; Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; employees/customer complaints; property value
Folder 202/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 36 letters, 1896
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC; West End, NJ
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; financial matters
Folder 203/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 41 letters, January 1897-March 1897
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA;
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; management of West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall
Folder 204/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 32 letters, April 1897-May 1897
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; management of West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall; complaints regarding African American employees
Folder 205/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 30 letters, June 1897-July 1897
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC; West End, NJ
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; management of West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall
Folder 206/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 29 letters, August 1897-October 1897
From: West Chester, PA; West End, NJ
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; management of West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall
Folder 207/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 35 letters, November 1897-December 1897
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC;
Topics include: management of West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall; Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; financial matters
Folder 208/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 27 letters, January 1898-February 1898
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: management of West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall; Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; financial matters; minstrels
Folder 209/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 40 letters, March 1898-September 1898
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; management of West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall; complaints regarding African American employees
Folder 210/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 20 letters, October 1898-November 1898
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; management of West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall; financial matters
Folder 211/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 23 letters, December 1898
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; Malin Lear; management of West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall
Folder 212/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 19 letters, January 1899
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: management of West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall; Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business
Folder 213/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 28 letters, February 1899-March 1899
Note: Includes letterhead with interior photograph of the West Chester Opera House with printed details about the theater
From: Washington, DC; West Chester, PA
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; management of West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall
Folder 214/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter, 26 letters, April 1899-May 1899
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business
Folder 215/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and Uriah Hunt Painter 25 letters, January 1900-June 1900
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business
Folder 216/11/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith/J.W. Cunningham 17 letters, November 1900
Note: Includes documents and letters related to the death of Uriah Hunt Painter; Includes an inventory related to the UHP’s ice business
From: West Chester, PA; Philadelphia; Washington, DC
Topics include: financial matters
Box 12
Folder 217/12/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and M.C. Griffith, 32 letters, June 1899-July 1899
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; purchase of new delivery wagons
Folder 218/12/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and M.C. Griffith, 26 letters, 1 clipping, August 1899
Note: Includes “List of stands” in West Chester
From: West Chester, PA; West End, NJ
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; West Chester Opera House
Folder 219/12/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter and M.C. Griffith, 27 letters, December 1899-October 1899
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC; West End, NJ
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s Ice and Timber business; West Chester Opera House
Folder 220/12/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and J.W. Cunningham, 26 letters, December 1900
From: West Chester, PA; New York, NY
Topics include: financial matters
Folder 221/12/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and J.W. Cunningham, 28 letters, January 1901
From: West Chester, PA; New York, NY
Topics include: financial matters; ice and timber business
Folder 222/12/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and J.W. Cunningham, 25 letters, February 1901-March 1901
Note: Includes form “Return for Retail Mercantile License Tax” (Pennsylvania)
From: West Chester, PA; New York, NY; Hot Springs, Va
Topics include: financial matters; ice and timber business
Folder 223/12/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and J.W. Cunningham, 23 letters, April 1901
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: West Chester Opera House; ice and timber business; financial matters
Folder 224/12/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and J.W. Cunningham, 18 letters, May 1901
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: ice and timber business; financial matters
Folder 225/12/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and J.W. Cunningham, 13 letters, June 1901
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: financial matters; ice and timber business
Folder 226/12/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and J.W. Cunningham, 11 letters, July 1901
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: ice and timber business; financial matters
Folder 227/12/124
Business correspondence between M.C. Griffith and J. W. Cunningham, 20 letters, September 1901-December 1901
From: West Chester, PA; New York, NY
Topics include: ice and timber business; financial matters
Folder 228/12/124
Business correspondence of L.P. Ash and J.R. Ash, 21 letters, 1886-1897
To: Uriah Hunt Painter
From: West Chester, PA; Washington, DC; St. Louis, MO
Topics include: telegraph business; financial matters
Folder 229/12/124
Business correspondence between Uriah Hunt Painter/E.R. Griffith/W.H. Griffith, 8 letters, 1894
From: West Chester, PA;
Topics include: West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall
Folder 230/12/124
Miscellaneous business correspondence, Uriah Hunt Painter, 12 letters
Folder 230A/12/124
Miscellaneous business correspondence, Uriah Hunt Painter, 14 letters
Folder 230B/12/124
Miscellaneous business correspondence, Uriah Hunt Painter, 20 letters
Folder 230C/12/124
Miscellaneous business correspondence, Painter family, 20 letters, envelopes
Folder 231/12/124
Miscellaneous, Uriah Hunt Painter, Box 13
Folder 232/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 15 letters, 3 clippings, 1879, 1894-1896, n.d.
Note: Includes various clippings. Includes copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 233/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 23 letters, 1895
Note: Includes press materials and the outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 234/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 19 letters, 1895
Note: Includes copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter, newspaper
clippings, contracts
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 235/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 17 letters, 1895
Note: Includes press material and the outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 236/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 15 letters, 1895
Note: Includes press material, newspaper clippings, and copies of outgoing
correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 237/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 16 letters, 1895
Note: Includes program and copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 238/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 29 letters, 1895
Note: Includes press material and the outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 239/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 12 letters, 1895
Note: Includes press materials and the outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 240/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 23 letters, 1895
Note: Includes a contract and copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 241/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 11 letters, 1895
Note: Includes newspaper clippings, press materials and copies of outgoing
correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 242/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 17 letters, 1895
Note: Includes contract, press materials and copies of outgoing correspondence of
Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 243/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 15 letters, 1895
Note: Includes newspaper clippings, and press materials and copies of outgoing
correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 244/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 21 letters, 1895
Note: Includes contract and copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 245/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 12 letters, 1895
Note: Includes theater program and the outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 246/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 18 letters, 1895
Note: Includes program from the Kensington Theatre and copies of outgoing
correspondence of Frank J. Painter
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 247/13/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 13 letters, 1895
Note: Includes press materials and the outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Box 14
Folder 248/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 13 letters, 1896
Note: Includes copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 249/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 8 letters, 1896
Note: Includes press materials and the outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 250/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 16 letters, 1896
Note: Includes copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 251/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 18 letters, 1896
Note: Includes contracts and copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 252/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 22 letters, 1896
Note: Includes news paper clippings and outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 253/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 19 letters, 1896
Note: Includes copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 254/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 18 letters, 1896
Note: Includes newspaper clippings, press materials and copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 255/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 17 letters, 1896
Note: Includes press material, newspaper clippings and outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 256/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 18 letters, 1896
Note: Includes copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 257/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 19 letters, 1896
Note: Includes newspaper clippings and outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 258/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 15 letters, 1896
Note: Includes press materials, newspaper clippings and copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 259/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 21 letters, 1896
Note: Includes press materials and outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 260/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 29 letters, 1896
Note: Includes press materials, newspaper clippings and copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 261/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 20 letters, 1896
Note: Includes contract, newspaper clippings, press materials and copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 262/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 13 letters, 1896
Note: Includes press materials, newspaper clippings and copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance; Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co.
Folder 263/14/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 14 letters, 1896
Note: Includes newspaper clippings, press materials and copies of outgoing correspondence of Frank J. Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Box 15
Folder 264/15/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 20 letters, 1899
Note: Includes press materials and outgoing correspondence of Uriah Hunt Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 265/15/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 15 letters, 1899
Note: Includes copies of outgoing correspondence of Uriah Hunt Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 266/15/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 21 letters, 1899
Note: Includes copies of outgoing correspondence of Uriah Hunt Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 267/15/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 11 letters, 1899
Note: Includes clippings, promotional materials and copies of outgoing correspondence
of Uriah Hunt Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 268/15/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 16 letters, 1899
Note: Includes press materials and outgoing correspondence of Uriah Hunt Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 269/15/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 13 letters, 1900
Note: Includes press materials and outgoing correspondence of Uriah Hunt Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 270/15/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 11 letters, 1900
Note: Includes promotional material, clippings, and outgoing correspondence of Uriah
Hunt Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 271/15/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 28 letters, 1900
Note: Includes contracts and copies of outgoing correspondence of Uriah Hunt Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 272/15/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 20 letters, 1900
Note: Includes press materials and outgoing correspondence of Uriah Hunt Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Folder 273/15/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 19 letters, 1900
Note: Includes copies of outgoing correspondence of Uriah Hunt Painter.
Topics include: booking and performance
Box 16
Folder 274/16/124
Business records, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 1885
Topics include: itemized budgets; receipts; related financial material
Folder 275/16/124
Business records, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 2 items, 1880, 1895
Topics include: legal documents
Folder 276/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 18 letters, 1880-1895
Topics include: purchasing; financial matters; theater chairs
Folder 277/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 14 letters, June 1891, September 1891-November 1891
Topics include: purchasing
Folder 278/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 24 letters, 1892
Note: Includes advertising and promotional material for theater chairs
Topics include: purchasing
Folder 279/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 40 letters/telegrams, 1892
Topics include: purchasing theater chairs; expenses for a trip from West Chester to Kansas City
Folder 280/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 7 letters, November 1891-December 1891
Topics include: purchasing theater chairs; Dayton Church and Opera Chair Company
Folder 281/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 6 letters, August 1891
Topics include: purchasing; Northampton Opera House
Folder 282/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 23 letters, August 1891-November 1891
Topics include: purchasing theater chairs; Novelty Theatre
Folder 283/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 11 letters, November 1891-December 1891, February 1892
Note: Includes advertising and promotional material for theater chairs
Topics include: purchasing theater chairs; Grand Rapids School Furniture Company
Folder 284/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 14 letters, 1892-1895
Note: Includes bank drafts and receipts
Topics include: purchasing; J.R. Clancy, Theatrical Stage Hardware
Folder 285/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 18 letters, January 1892-February 1892
Note: Includes advertising and promotional material; receipts
Topics include: purchasing theater chairs; C.B, Demarest & Co. Seating
Folder 286/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 18 letters, May 1891-November 1891
Note: Includes advertising and promotional material
Topics include: purchasing theater chairs; C.B, Demarest & Co. Seating; Richmond
Church Furniture Company
Folder 287/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 20 letters, December 1891
Topics include: purchasing theater chairs; C.B, Demarest & Co. Seating; Richmond
Church Furniture Company
Folder 288/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 28 letters, 1891-1892
Note: Includes advertising and promotional material
Topics include: purchasing theater chairs; American Seat and Desk Company
Folder 289/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 16 letters, 1891-1892
Note: Includes advertising and promotional material
Topics include: purchasing theater chairs; A.H. Andrews Co.
Folder 290/16/124
Business correspondence, West Chester Opera House/Horticultural Hall, 14 letters, 1892
Topics include: purchasing theater chairs; A.H. Andrews Co.
BOX 17
Folder 291/17/124
Business correspondence of McFarland & Haines/J.W. Cunningham, 17 letters, 1900
From: West Chester, PA; New York, NY
Topics include: Uriah Hunt Painter’s estate; transfer of property to J.W. Cunningham
Folder 292/17/124
Business correspondence of McFarland & Haines/J.W. Cunningham, 38 letters, January 1901-May 1901
Note: Includes list of insured properties with value owned by J.W. Cunningham [formerly
owned by Uriah Hunt Painter]
From: West Chester, PA; New York, NY
Topics include: real estate and rental properties in West Chester; insurance
Folder 293/17/124
Business correspondence of McFarland & Haines/J.W. Cunningham, 39 letters, June 1901-December 1901
Note: Includes “U.H. Painter estate assessment”; list of rental properties and amount collected
From: West Chester, PA; New York, NY
Topics include: financial management; real estate and rental properties in West Chester
Folder 294/17/124
Business correspondence of McFarland & Haines/J.W. Cunningham, 34 letters, January 1902-May 1902
From: West Chester, PA; New York, NY
Topics include: real estate and rental properties in West Chester; insurance
Folder 295/17/124
Business correspondence of McFarland & Haines/J.W. Cunningham, 52 letters, June 1902-December 1902
From: West Chester, PA
Topics include: real estate in West Chester; property management
Folder 296/17/124
Business correspondence of McFarland & Haines/J.W. Cunningham, 33 letters, January 1903-March 1903
From: West Chester, PA; New York, NY
Topics include: real estate in West Chester; property management
Folder 297/17/124
Business correspondence of McFarland & Haines/J.W. Cunningham, 25 letters, April 1903-May 1903
Note: Includes list of “Rents received” and “Bills paid”
From: West Chester, PA; New York, NY
Topics include: real estate in West Chester; property management; controversy over alley property; financial management
Folder 298/17/124
Business correspondence of McFarland & Haines/J.W. Cunningham, 30 letters, June 1903-September 1903
From: West Chester, PA; New York, NY
Topics include: real estate in West Chester; property management
Folder 299/17/124
Business correspondence of McFarland & Haines/J.W. Cunningham, 26 letters, October 1903-December 1903
From: West Chester, PA; New York, NY
Topics include: real estate in West Chester; property management
Series VI – Samuel M. Painter business correspondence
Folder 300/17/124
Business correspondence sent to Samuel M. Painter, 23 letters, 1840-1844, 1850-1859, 1870-1879
From: Harrisburg; Philadelphia; Midway; Columbia; Shaghai, China; San Francisco
Series VII – Belinda (Avery) Painter/Avery family
correspondence, 1851-1900
Box 18
Folder 301/18/124 – Correspondence
Avery, Belinda Esther (Buckingham), 17 letters, 1863
Note: Author is the second wife of Curtis Lord Avery father of Belinda (Avery) Painter
To: Belinda (Avery) Painter
From: Mansfield, OH; Springfield
Topics include: family news and health; Civil War
Folder 302/18/124 – Correspondence
Avery, Belinda Esther (Buckingham), 6 letters, 1864, 1872, 1880
To: Belinda (Avery) Painter
From: Mansfield, OH; “Mapleton”
Topics include: family news and health; Civil War; daily activity
Folder 303/18/124 – Correspondence
Avery, Curtis Lord, 1 letters, 1867
To: “daughter”
From: Springfield, OH
Folder 304/18/124 – Correspondence
Avery, Ellen, 12 letters, 1860-1863
Note: Includes swatch of cloth
To: “sister”; Belinda (Avery) Painter
From: Springfield, OH
Topics include: boarding school; daily activities; family news; social life
Folder 305/18/124 – Correspondence
Avery, Ellen, 9 letters, 1864-1865, 1880
To: “sister”; Belinda (Avery) Painter
From: Springfield, OH; Mansfield, OH; “Mapleton”
Topics include: family news; social life; daily activities
Folder 306/18/124 – Correspondence
Avery, Mary (Tracy), 13 letters, 1862-1864
Note: Wife of Rufus Avery
To: Belinda (Avery) Painter
From: Mansfield, OH; Springfield, OH; Philadelphia, PA
Topics include: family news
Folder 307/18/124 – Correspondence
Avery, Rufus, 11 letters, 1857-1860
To: Belinda (Avery) Painter
From: Kenyon College, Gambier, OH; Mansfield, OH
Topics include: school; daily activity; concerns for the future
Folder 308/18/124 – Correspondence
Avery, Rufus, 13 letters, 1862-1864
To: Belinda (Avery) Painter
From: Mansfield, OH; [Washington, DC]
Topics include: social life; family news; Civil War
Folder 309/18/124 – Correspondence
Avery, Sarah (Buckingham), 6 letters, 1859-1864, 1887
Note: Stepmother to Belinda Painter
To: Belinda (Avery) Painter; “Elise”[Painter]
From: Mansfield, OH
Topics include: family news and health; news about Mansfield
Folder 310/18/124 – Correspondence
Ayers to Grant, 16 letters
Includes the following:
Ayers, Hettie, 3 letters, 1863 (from Shelby) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Blaine, Harriet, 1 letter, n.d. to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Bowen, Lillie, 2 letter, 1864 (from Brooklyn) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Bowman, Sarah R., 1 letter, 1902 (from West Chester) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Buckingham, Elise W., 1 letter, 1880 (from Zanesville, OH) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Chase, H.L., 1 letter, 1880 (from Cambridge) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Coffey, Mary, 1 letter, n.d. to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Cook, Rae E., 1 letter, 1866 (from West Chester) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Drury, Ell., 1 letter, n.d. to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Foster, Virginia, 1 letter, n.d. (from New York) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Frye, Caroline, 1 letter, n.d. to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Garfield, Lucretia R., 1 letter, 1880 to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Grant, Laura, 1 letter, n.d. (Enfield) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Folder 311/18/124 – Correspondence
Guthrie, C.B., 9 letters, 1860-1864
To: Belinda (Avery) Painter
From: Putnam, OH
Topics include: social life; Hawthorne’s Marble Faun; mentions studying law
Folder 312/18/124 – Correspondence
Guthrie, Charlie, 12 letters, 1856-1858
To: Belinda (Avery) Painter
From: Kenyon College, Gambier, OH; Buffalo, NY
Topics include: school; daily activities; travel; leisure; thoughts on marriage
Folder 313/18/124 – Correspondence
Guthrie to Painter, 10 letters
Topics include:
Guthrie, Lillie, 1 letter, 1864 (from Oaklands) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Harding, J.B., 1 letter, n.d.
Heale, L.C., 1 letter, 1880 (from Cleveland) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Holden, Kate, 1 letter, 1880 (from New York) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Jameson, Amelia, 2 letter, 1862, 1864 (from Mansfield, OH) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Jaques, Will, 1 letter, 1863 (from “Gen[eral] Burnsides Headquarters”) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Knight, Sallie, 1 letter, 1900 (from Milford) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Nichols, Sallie, 1 letter, 1880 (from New York) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Painter, John E.C., 1 letter, n.d.
Folder 314/18/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 23 letters, 1851, 1862-1868
To: “father”[Curtis Lord Avery]; “mother” [Belinda Esther (Buckingham) Avery]; Uriah
Hunt Painter; Howard Painter
From: Mansfield, OH; Washington, DC;
Topics include: Civil War; family news and health; letters of affection to her husband; the Sherman family; dancing
Folder 315/18/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 28 letters, 1884-1891, n.d.
To: Uriah Hunt Painter; “mother” [Belinda Esther (Buckingham) Avery]
From: London; Kent; Wales; Liverpool; Inverness; Edinburgh; “Steamship Grenadier”
Topics include: travel in Europe with her daughters; letters of affection to her husband; family news.
Folder 316/18/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Nellie A., 2 letters, n.d.
To: “mamma” [Belinda (Avery) Painter)
From: Watch Hill, RI; Mansfield, OH
Folder 317/18/124 – Correspondence
Pinkerton to Worrall, 18 letters
Topics include:
Pinkerton, Fanny Bell, 1 letter, 1880 (from Derry) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Platt, Ellen, 2 letters, 1880 (from Mansfield, OH; New York) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Reed, Marianna, 1 letter, n.d. (from Albany) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Reese, A.E., 1 letter, 1880 to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Russell, Florence H., 1 letter, 1880 (from Cleveland) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Sexton, Cara, 1 letter, n.d.
Smith, S.A., 1 letter, 1864 (from “Welling”) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Sturges, ___, 1 letter, 1863 (from Mansfield, OH) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Tucker, Frances, 1 letter, 1900 (from Geneva, NY) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Van Vechten, E.M., 1 letter, n.d.
Waite, L., 1 letter, n.d. (from Zainesville, OH) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Way, E.R., 1 letter, 1900 (from Mansfield, OH) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Whiten, Lizzie, 1 letter, 1880 (from “Whitinsville”) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Williams, Addie, 3 letters, 1862-1863 (from Mansfield, OH) to Belinda (Avery) Painter
Worrall, Sarah F., 1 letter, 1880 (from West Chester) to “Mrs. [Belinda] Painter”
Folder 318/18/124 – Correspondence
“Amanda” to “Sallie”, 14 letters
Includes the following:
“Amanda”, 1 letter, n.d.
“Bessie”, 1 letter, 1880
“Eugenia”, 1 letter, 1864 (from Buffalo, NY)
“Ida”, 1 letter, 1880
“Laura”, 1 letter, 1863
“Lillie”, 1 letter, 1864 (from “Oakland”)
“Uncle Milton”, 6 letters, 1856-1859 (from Springfield)
“Nan”, 1 letter, 1880
“Sallie”, 1 leter, 1862 (from Saint Paul)
Folder 319/18/124 – miscellaneous/non-correspondence
Folder 320/18/124 – Correspondence
Unknown authors
Folder 321/18/124 – Envelopes
Folder 322/18/124 – Envelopes
Folder 323/18/124 – Envelopes
Series VIII – Letters to Ellen (Painter) Cunningham, daughter of U. H. Painter and Belinda (Avery) Painter
Box 19
Folder 324/19/124 – Correspondence
Avery to Fitch, 19 letters
Includes the following:
Avery, B.E., 1 letter, 1889 (from West End, NJ)
Baldwin, Mary, 2 letters, 1896, 1903
Barbour, Mary D., 1 letter
Beebe, Caroline, 1 letter, 1904 (from Westfield, NJ)
Boynton, A.V., 1 letter, 1901 (from Washington, DC)
Bridgman, J.G., 3 letter, 1892, 1904
Brown, Nellie M., 1 letter, 1883 (from Providence, RI)
Chapin, Anna Alice, 2 letters, 1899, 1901 (from Hot Springs, VA)
Coolidge, Elizabeth, 1 letter, n.d.
Cooper, Mary Louise, 1 letter, 1885
Cope, Julia, 3 letters, 1884 (from Northampton)
Curtis, Cora, 1 letter, 1857 (from Omaha, NE)
Fitch, William, 1 letter, 1883 (from Baltimore)
Folder 325/19/124
Gill to Lansing, 19 letters
Includes the following:
Gill, Bessie F., 1 letter, 1884 (from Northampton, MA)
Gill, Laura D., 3 letters, 1902
Gill, Theo., 1 letter, 1901
Grant, Percy S., 1 letter, 1901 (from New York)
Hand, C.N., 1 letter, 1888 (Martha’s Vineyard)
Hand, Alfred, 1 letter, 1888 (from Brooklyn)
Hand, Sara, 1 letter, 1922 (Mansfield, OH)
Harris, Katherine, 1 letter, n.d. (from Devon)
Hawkes, Eleanor, 1 letter, 1884 (from Springfield, MA)
Herrick, Christine, 3 letters, 1902 (from New York)
Hillman, Florence, 1 letter, 1901 (from West End, NJ)
Jenkins, Sally, 1 letter, 1884 (from Pittsfield)
Lansing, Eleanor Foster, 1 letter, 1901 (from Washington, DC)
Marlowe, Julia, 2 letters, 1903 (from New York)
Folder 326/19/124 – Correspondence
Mills, Mary B., 19 letters, 1887-1888
Note: Author affiliated with the Society to Encourage Studies at Home
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: Ardmore, PA
Folder 327/19/124 – Correspondence
Nichols, Helen, 2 letters, 1903
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: Washington, DC
Folder 328/19/124 – Correspondence
Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson, 9 letters, 1901-1913
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: Philadelphia
Folder 329/19/124 – Correspondence
Painter, [?], 1 letter, 1910
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: Hamburg
Folder 330/19/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Alice Elise, 13 letter, 1889-1890
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham; Uriah Hunt Painter
From: West End, NJ; Llangollen, Wales; Washington, DC
Folder 331/19/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Ann V., 1 letter, 1889
To: “granddaughter”[Ellen (Painter) Cunningham]
From: West Chester
Folder 332/19/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Ellen A., 2 letter, 1883, 1889
To: “grandmother”[Ann (Vickers) Painter]
From: Watch Hill
Folder 333/19/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Frank, 1 letter, 1884
To: “niece Nellie”[Ellen (Painter) Cunningham]
From: West Chester, PA
Painter, Belinda (Avery) – See box # , folder # though #
Folder 334/19/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Uriah Hunt, 2 letters, 1884
To: “daughter”
From: Washington, DC; New York
Folder 335/19/124 – Correspondence
Runkle to Woolsey, 18 letters
Includes the following:
Runkle, Bertha, 2 letters, 1900 (from Farmersville, NY)
Shepley, Anna, 2 letter, 1903
Smedley, Caroline W., 1 letter, 1901 (from Frankford, Philadelphia, PA)
T____, Mary Virginia, 4 letters, 1901-1903 (from New York)
Tarbell, Ida M., 4 letters, 1901 (from New York)
Thompson, Helen E., 1 letter, 1885 (from Northampton, MA)
Thomson, W.W., 1 letter, n.d. (from West Chester)
Till, Franz, 1 letter, 1889 (from Dresden)
Wilkeson, Samuel, 1 letter, 1865
Woolsey, Sarah C., 1 letter, 1899
Folder 336/19/124 – Correspondence
“Clara” to “Timmie”, 10 letters
Includes the following:
“Clara”, 1 letter, 1884 (from Montclair, NJ)
“aunt Ella”, 3 letters, 1865 (from Mansfield, OH)
“cousin Sadie”, 1 letter, 1880 (from Mansfield, OH)
“Sarah”, 1 letter, n.d.
“Timmie”, 4 letters, 1884 (Salem, MA)
Folder 337/19/124
Business correspondence, 6 letters, 1888-1901
Folder 338/19/124
Non-correspondence
Includes the following:
Calling cards/invitations
Postcard (blank) from Mozambique
Leaf from a tree in Petersburg, 1881
Folder 339/19/124
Unidentified author, 27 items
Folder 440/19/124
Envelopes
Box 20
Folder 441/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 20 letters, 1883-1888
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: Mansfield, OH; Washington, DC; Waiki-ki; West End, NJ
Folder 442/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 10 letters, July 1889-August 1889
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: Liverpool; “S.S. City of Rome”; West End, NJ
Folder 443/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 8 letters, September 1889
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: West End, NJ
Folder 444/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 8 letters, October 1889
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: West End, NJ; Washington, DC
Folder 445/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 10 letters, November 1889
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: Washington, DC; West End, NJ
Folder 446/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 9 letters, December 1889
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: Washington, DC
Folder 447/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 10 letters, January 1890
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: Washington, DC
Folder 448/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 9 letters, February 1890
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: Washington, DC; Philadelphia
Folder 449/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 8 letters, March 1890
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From Washington, DC
Folder 450/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 11 letters, April 1890
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: Washington, DC; Philadelphia, PA
Folder 451/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 6 letters, May 1890
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: New York, NY; Washington, DC
Folder 452/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 8 letters, June 1890
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: West End, NJ; Washington, DC
Folder 453/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 5 letters, July 1890
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: West End, NJ
Folder 454/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 15 letters, August 1890
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: West End, NJ; West Chester, PA
Folder 455/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 4 letters, September 1890-October 1890
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: West End, NJ; Washington, DC
Folder 456/20/124 – Correspondence
Painter, Belinda (Avery), 2 letters, 1901, 1922
To: Ellen (Painter) Cunningham
From: West Chester, PA
Series IX – Miscellaneous/unidentified correspondence/envelopes
Folder 457/20/124
Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 458/20/124
Unidentified author
Folder 459/20/124
Envelopes
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