Collection Title: Albert Cook Myers Collection
Collection Number: MS 100
Box Numbers: 1-239
Repositiory: Chester County Historical Society Library
Language: English
Project Archivist: Carol Grigson
Albert Cook Myers was born in Adams County, PA in 1874, the first child of John and Sarah Cook Myers. He received his early education in the public schools of Adams County and was prepared for college at Martin Academy in Kennett Square, PA, graduating in 1894. The fall of the same year saw Myers enrolled in Swarthmore College, where he received a Bachelor of Letters in 1898 and a Master of Letters in 1901. He later received an honorary Doctor of Letters from Franklin and MarshallCollege in 1932.
Immediately upon graduation from Swarthmore in 1898, Myers became affiliated with THE LITERARY ERA, where he served as editor in the history department. (1898-1900). He served as registrar and a member of the faculty at Swarthmore from 1900-1902.
Myers spent his post graduate years of historical study at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Harvard, sharpening his skills as an historian. During much of this time, he attended lectures taught by Frederick Jackson Turner.
In 1907, he was recommended by Governor Pennypacker as one of the directors of the Pennsylvania Historical Exhibit for the Jamestown Exposition. He was later tapped to become the Director of the Historical Exhibits of the Thirteen Original States. The following year, using many of the same skills, Myers became a member of the Mayor’s Historical Committee, celebrating the founding of Philadelphia. From this position, he became director of the Historic Industries Loan Exhibit, part of the Founders Celebration.
In 1910, Myers undertook his life’s work–the assembling of material on the life and writings of William Penn. He proposed to recreate the life and works of Penn, accounting for each day. To this end, he undertook a massive campaign to raise money (amounts needed to complete project were vastly underestimated). He spent most of the years, which coincided with World War I, in England, doing research, attempting to get into many private collections to copy letters of Penn.
The entrance of the United States into World War I found Myers in America. He became a member of the War Service Committee and worked without compensation to provide for the servicemen coming to Philadelphia. He organized historical walks through Philadelphia, ending with meals and receptions at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He wrote pamphlets for the serviceman, pointing out the history of Philadelphia. According to published reports, about 32,000 servicemen were reached with his activities.
Though the editing of the works of Penn took up all of his life, Myers participated in other fields of endeavor. From 1924 to 1936, he served on the board of the Valley Forge Commissioners, a time when the greatest expansion of the park took place. From 1924-27 and again from 1933-36, Myers was part of the Pennsylvania State Historical Commission. During his early tenure, he was the driving force behind erecting 27 large historical markers. During his second tenure on this board, he was active in the research and restoration of Pennsbury, Penn’s home in Pennsylvania.
Other activities often took him away from his Penn pursuits. In 1918, he helped chair a commemoration of the bicentennial of Penn’s death. In 1924-25, he spearheaded a campaign to raise money to buy the original charter of Penn to Pennsylvania, and was in charge of the celebration in 1925 when the charter was formally presented to the State. In 1928, he directed the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the French alliance with America, with a pageant and French officials recalling the Valley Forge Encampment. In 1932, Myers directed the grand celebration of the 250th anniversary of the First Arrival of Penn in America.
Because his main focus was Penn, the man and his works, Myers was sought as a lecturer. He was known as the foremost authority on Penn, using lantern slides to illustrate the points in his lecture. He also made himself available to budding historians, helping them find manuscripts and sources to aid in their research.
A lifelong Hicksite Quaker, Myers was active in the affairs of the Society of Friends and served on several boards.
Myers lived at the family home in Moylan, Delaware County from 1906 until 1955, when it was sold. He moved to West Chester, PA for a short time and lived the rest of his life at Pocopson Home, until his death in 1961.
His legacy leaves many written works by Myers, even though his masterpiece on Penn was never completed or published. Among his written works are the following:
IMMIGRATION OF THE IRISH QUAKERS INTO PENNSYLVANIA, 1682-1750, (1902).
QUAKER ARRIVALS AT PHILADELPHIA, 1682-1750 (1902)
SALLY WISTER’S JOURNAL, 1777-1778 (1902)
HANNAH LOGAN’S COURTSHIP (1904)
PENNSYLVANIA AT THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION (1908)
PUBLICATIONS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY CLUB (1909)
NARRATIVES OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE, 1630-1707 (1912)
FOR SOLDIERS-SAILORS-MARINES, WHAT TO SEE IN HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA (1919)
MEMORIAL EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS BY THOMAS SULLY (1922)
FIRST MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA UNDER WILLIAM PENN, 1681(1924)
WILLIAM PENN’S FIRST CHARTER TO THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 25, 1682 (1925)
MEMOIR OF GILBERT COPE (1929)
BENJAMIN WEST’S MOTHER, SARAH PEARSON AND HER FAMILY (1929)
THE BOY, GEORGE WASHINGTON, AGE 16, HIS OWN ACCOUNT OF AN IROQUOIS INDIAN DANCE, 1748 (1932)
WILLIAM PENN, HIS OWN ACCOUNT OF THE DELAWARE INDIANS, 1683 (1937)
WILLIAM PENN’S EARLY LIFE IN BRIEF, 1644-1674 (1937)
RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE ON DELAWARE 1681-1699, (1935)
WILLIAM WHARTON’S LAND SURVEYS (1955)
For more specific information on Albert Cook Myer’s works and manuscripts on William Penn, please visit the Albert Cook Myers Historical Collection: William Penn papers.
THE COLLECTION ITSELF
The entire Albert Cook Myers Collection came to the Chester County Historical Society in 1955 as a gift from Myers “to be more available to the public…” The collection came in various states of organization.
A major portion of the collection consists of Penn papers. His life’s work, Myers was interested in producing the definitive series of the writings of Penn as well as producing the definitive biography of Penn. These papers were organized into loose leaf notebooks and an index, produced by Myers, exists for these papers. By recreating the life of Penn in chronological order, Myers hoped to include all his writings and notes on his life.
The main purpose of this catalogue does not deal with these “gray boxes” containing the Penn material. Rather, at the time the collection came to Chester County Historical Society, over 350 other boxes of material compiled during the lifetime of Albert Cook Myers, came with it and were put aside. Some of these other than Penn topics, were researched in depth; other skim surfaces and were just ideas which struck the fancy of Myers.
Before discussing subject matter, a few words need be said about the research methods of Myers. During his lifetime, Myers never learned to type or drive a car. He was always dependent on secretarial services for producing typed manuscripts or reports and on mass transit, hired drivers or friends, for transportation to research opportunities. These factors did not necessarily limit his research, but his methods of research were shaped by them.
Because transportation limited where he could go and how often he could go, Myers became a copious note taker whenever he was present at a research facility. His notes were not always taken according to an outline or just one topic. Because he might not be able to return easily, he took massive notes on any subject he might use in the future, always planning to separate and organize his notes at some future time.
When Myers took notes, he never made a single copy. In fact, he always had carbon paper and note tablets, enabling him to take notes in triplicate or quadruplicate. What this means for the user of this collection is that his notes show up in different forms and in different places. Sometimes there are just folders of stray notes, with any organization being indiscernible.
From this disorganized state, many stages exist in between. His ultimate form of organization, short of a finished manuscript, is labeled “notes pasted to sheets”. To reach this state, Myers sorted out all his information, reread everything according to his outline, and put them together in a form he would use to produce a manuscript. He then went one step further and pasted these notes to sheets, which were then usually placed in binder notebooks. In the mind of Myers, this research was complete and ready for the final writing. Research in this form is so noted.
Because of limited transportation, Myers compensated in two ways. He got the endorsement of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and was given full access to their materials from the beginning of the 20th century until 1936. The other way Myers conducted research is through extensive correspondence. The collection contains much of this correspondence exchanged with noted contemporary historians as well as research institutions.
This collection follows the interests of Myers and his circumstances at various times in his life. A central theme, which transcends all research, is the history of Adams County, Pennsylvania and more specifically, the history of the Cook/Myers families. His research notes date from the 1890’s and continues into the 1950’s. He had the good fortune to have many relatives in residence, who were willing to do research for him and submit the results to him by mail.
As Myers found himself on various committees or boards, usually as a secretary in charge of keeping records and taking notes (the results being part of this collection), his research followed the agenda of the committees and boards. Therefore, there is a large collection of information on Quakers since Myers was a birthright Quaker himself and served on the various Quaker boards. His large collection of material on the Indians initially started with Penn’s dealings with the Indians, but was greatly enhanced as Myers became Secretary of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission in 1924 and took on the task of spearheading the movement to mark historical sites, many of which were Indian sites.
The order in which the topics appear in this guide is artificial. Myers left no specific order. An arbitrary order was created by me, attempting to tie like subjects together. Introductions to each section appear, as well as a listing of file names. To help the researcher, the types of information found in the files are listed next to the file name. These types run from simple notes, printed matter, and organized notes to polished manuscripts.
All photographs, of which there are many, have been removed from this part of the collection and part of the photo collection of the Chester County Historical Society. Printed matter on a specific topic is found with the topic, unless specifically noted as being part of the book collection of Albert Cook Myers.
Carol Grigson,
Project Archivist
QUAKERS
Because Myers was a birthright Quaker himself and was deeply involved in the study of William Penn, it became quite natural for him to pursue the study of Quakers, their records and their customs. He was particularly interested in finding all depositories of Quaker records, which could be used by the researcher. He also became vitally interested in the movement of Pennsylvania Quakers to the West and wanted to publish a book on this topic. He searched many manuscript collections seeking journals and diaries.
This subject is not clearly distinctive from the research on William Penn. Since much of the ordering of the collection was done by Myers’ himself, and the order has been maintained where possible, one should also consult the records on Penn in this collection and the references to the Quakers in general.
Box 1—QUAKERS–PHILADELPHIA MEETING
File 1—(All the notes in this section have been organized by ACM and pasted to sheets. No manuscript was developed; the information is in such a fashion that the writing would be the next step.)
a. Burial grounds
b. Clerks
c. Accounts
d. Legacies
e. Schools
f. Books and libraries
File 2—Miscellaneous notes (so named by ACM) of Philadelphia Meeting
File 3—Very miscellaneous notes, which include the subjects of conduct, dancing school, fencing, horse racing, dress, games, drinking, politics, humor, apprenticing, astrology and captives
File 4—Records of Philadelphia Meeting
Box 2—QUAKERS–AMERICAN
File 1—American Quaker Records, General
File 2—American Quaker Records, special monthly meetings (list on file); Includes a list of all the records of Meetings of Yearly Meeting (book)
File 3—Friends Records, loose notes
File 4—MSS Records of Friends Meeting House (extracts)
File 5—Friends Burial Grounds—loose notes
File 6—First Friends Meeting House—organized notes pasted to sheets
File 7—Quaker Records, loose notes and note cards
Box 3—QUAKERS–NON-ENGLISH/IRISH
File 1—Dutch Quakers—loose notes and correspondence
File 2—Dutch Quaker Families, A-C, information by family name, pasted to sheets
File 3—Dutch Quaker Families, D-K, information by family name pasted to sheets
File 4—Dutch Quaker Families, L-Z, information by family name pasted to sheets
File 5—Dutch Quakers–Pennypacker Family—notes and copies of letters
File 6—Dutch Quakers–Vandervoot Family—family chart, loose notes
File 7—Dutch Quakers–Bibliographical notes-loose notes on sources of information
File 8—Dutch Quakers–References in Date Order—organized notes pasted to sheets
File 9—Dutch Background in Pa History—loose notes
File 10–Dutch on the Delaware—loose notes, notes of Wm Buck
File 11–Friends in France—paper copied by ACM, author unknown
Box 4—QUAKERS–ENGLISH/COLONIAL
File 1—Early Quakers in Captivity, (English)—organized notes pasted to sheets
File 2—English A Chamber (notes), c. 1700—organized notes pasted to sheets
File 3—EnglishQuakerSchool, c 1700—organized notes pasted to sheets
File 4—Friends in General, Sources—note cards and loose papers
File 5—Friends Historical Society, London, England—membership list c. 1900
File 6—Savoy Friends Meeting House, London—organized notes pasted to sheets
File 7—Scotch Quakers, includes Swinton—organized notes on the Scotch in general as well as individual names
File 8—WELCOME passengers –loose notes
File 9—American Quakers in General—pamphlet “The Early Friends And Their Service In America.”
File 10–American Quakers—Delaware—loose notes
File 11–American Quakers–North Carolina—loose notes, list of resources In NC Yearly Meeting Vault
File 12–American Quakers–New England—articles from FRIEND’S INTELLIGENCER
File 13–American Quakers–New York—loose notes, pamphlet, “Friends in New York”, 1904,and “New York Yearly Meeting”, 1895
File 14–Pennsylvania Quakers—Bibliography—loose notes
File 15–Pennsylvania Quakers–BucksCounty—articles from FRIEND’S INTELLIGENCER
File 16–Pennsylvania Quakers–ChesterCounty—loose notes, articles from FRIEND’S INTELLIGENCER
File 17–Pennsylvania Quakers–DelawareCounty—primarily articles from FRIEND’S INTELLIGENCER
File 18–Pennsylvania Quakers–MontgomeryCounty—primarily articles from FRIEND’S INTELLIGENCER
File 19–Pennsylvania Quakers—Philadelphia—published articles, list of members of Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1894
Box 5—QUAKERS– MEETING HOUSES—PENNSYLVANIA (See also Adams County for more Meeting Houses)
File 1—Meeting Houses—articles from FRIEND’S INTELLIGENCER and loose notes
File 2—Meeting Houses and Famous Quakers—primarily articles from FRIEND’S INTELLIGENCER
File 3—Meeting House—Burlington—loose notes
File 4—Meeting House—Concord—loose notes, magazine articles
File 5—Meeting House—Kennett—loose notes
File 6—Meeting House–Kennett Monthly Meeting, extracts and transcription from early 1700’s
File 7—Meeting House–Kennett–Minutes Index, developed and written by ACM
File 8—Meeting House–Longwood—loose notes, pamphlets: “Yearly Meeting” 1862, “Golden Anniversary”, 1903
File 9—Meeting House—Providence—articles, pamphlets, photostats membership lists, loose notes
File 10–Meeting House–Providence–Historical Notes—research and Mss of Taylor for paper presented and then published in FRIEND’S HISTORIC ASSOCIATION, 1929
File 11–Meeting House–Warrington (see also AdamsCounty)—loose notes
File 12–Meeting Houses—views—notes and engravings of various Meeting Houses
Box 6—QUAKERS–TOPICS
File 1—Quaker Costume–Costume Days, 1929–drawings
File 2—Quaker Costume, notes, drawings
File 3—Quaker Costume—Penn, notes and photostats from books
File 4—Quaker Costume–picture examples
File 5—Quaker Education—loose notes
File 6—“Quakers And The Suffrage Movement”, by James Truman article by Truman)
Box 7—QUAKERS–PRINTED MATTER
a) DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS OF BALTIMORE YEARLY MEETING, 1893, 1900
b. BOOKS PLACED IN FRIEND’S LIBRARY, 1900-1906
c. ANNUAL REPORT OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS, 1900
d. THE QUAKERS AS MAKERS OF AMERICA, David Gregg
e. CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS OF HEADLEY BROTHERS, 1903
f. CATALOGUE OF THE CARPERBY FRIENDS LIBRARY, 1887
g. FRIENDS QUARTERLY EXAMINER, INDEX 1867-1900
h. MINUTES, INDIANA YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS, 1899
i. MINUTES OF OHIO YEARLY MEETING, 1900
j. EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES OF YEARLY MEETING OF BALTIMORE, 1843, 1845, 1847, 1848,1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853
k. EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES OF YEARLY MEETING OF WOMEN FRIENDS, Baltimore, 1851
l) ADDRESS OF MEMBERS OF YEARLY MEETING, BALTIMORE, 1848
m) PROCEEDINGS OF YEARLY MEETING IN DUBLIN, 1911
n) REPORTS OF COMMITTEES MADE TO YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS, PHILADELPHIA, 1922
o) THE FEATHERSTONE AND HALLS, Margaret Irwin, 1890
p) PLACE OF SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN RELIGIOUS LIFE OF ENGLAND, 1897
q) Reprints, FRIENDS QUARTERLY EXAMINER. “Samuel Tuke”, ”Ministry and Oversight”, “Priest Bowles”, “Membership in The Society of Friends”
r) SOCIETY OF FRIENDS: ITS FAITH AND PRACTICE, John Rowntree 1902
s) MEETINGS ON MINISTRY AND OVERSIGHT: THEIR PLACE & FUNCTIONS, John Rowntree, 1897
t) THE FIRST PUBLISHERS OF TRUTH, Edited for Friends Historical Society, 1904
Box 8—QUAKERS–WESTWARD MOVEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA QUAKERS
File 1-4 Notebooks of ACM, written about 1900
a. Redstone Settlement in Western PA, visited by John Parrish, 1773, Peter Yarnall, 1789, Joshua Evans, 1797.
b. Visits to Redstone Settlement by Martha Ruth, 1795, John Wigham, 1796, John Hunt, 1792, Benjamin Walker, 1782, Micajah Collins, 1814, Hannah Yarnall, 1810, Edward Brooke, 1803
c. Samuel Janney on Western Friends
d. Border Stanton and Quaker Settlement at Concord, OH in 1800
e. Visits to Redstone by Thomas Scattergood, 1787, Benjamin Walker, 1783, Joshua Brown, 1787
f. Routes and roads, History of Bedford County
g . Emigration of Howell Family, Virginia to Ohio, 1813
h. Mc Master on Emigration, 1788
i. Major Forman’s Emigration, 1789
j. Journeys of Emigrant Families to the West
File 2—Notes, Outline, Bibliography, Correspondence about possible book
File 3—Notes and Correspondence
File 4—Concord and Middletown Monthly Meetings–notes
File 5—Redstone Meeting Records including Certificates of Removal—notes and extracts from Minutes
Box 9—QUAKERS–WESTWARD MOVEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA QUAKERS
File 1—Redstone Meeting–Certificates of Removal (transcribed), and monthly records, c 1790-1800 (typed)
File 2—Westland Monthly Meeting Records, Certificates of Removal, and alphabetical family list of members with notations where found in the records (handwritten in a tablet)
File 3—Extracts from Journals:
a. Evan Griffith, Lancaster
b. Sidney Pusey (later Passmore), 1850, from Kennett Square, PA
c. Caleb Swayne of London Grove, 1807
d. Thomas Lippincott, Minister, Burlington Co., NJ
File 4—Journal of Fanny Smith, 1823 (transcribed)–Journey from Bucks Co to Byberry, Ohio to teach school
File 5—Early Friends in the West—articles from FRIEND’S INTELLIGENCER
Box 10—QUAKERS–NOTE CARDS ABOUT QUAKERS, IN ACM ORDER, SOME ORGANIZED BY COUNTY
Box 11—QUAKERS–COLLECTION OF PIECE BOOKS AND PASTE OVER SCRAP BOOKS (ON OLD CIPHER BOOKS). MOST ARE UNSIGNED.
PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY
This series of boxes was originally designed and put together by Myers. By reading some of his personal notes, he once entertained the idea of writing a definitive history of Pennsylvania. The form it was to take never appears in his notes. As he went through his life, more and more files were added under the general topic of Pennsylvania History.
In most instances the word used on the file as a label was determined by ACM himself. Some of the topics have vast amount of information contained within the files; others are very scanty.
Of value to the genealogist, are alphabetical files of non-Quaker ethnic group immigration. Myers also collected many items on various religious groups.
Some files are full of information with massive amount of notes. Others are very scanty containing very few notes.
Box 12—PA HISTORY–SUBJECT HEADINGS FROM ACCOUNT BOOKS TO COURTS
The subjects include:
Account book sources, Animals, Architecture and houses, Artisans (notes of ACM)
Beavers, Betsy Ross House (includes the controversy about whether historical marker is on correct house),
Biographies (includes sources of records)
Boundaries, (The topic of boundaries utilizes several folders and is dealt with extensively. The main topic is the Ben Chambers Line and the Taylor Line, both of which came through ChesterCounty and extended west to the Susquehanna River. The survey lines were to determine the actual boundaries of the land Penn bought from the Indians. ) These folders include notes and copies of drafts of actual survey lines, and notes on landholders through whose properties the boundary lines were drawn. They are organized with the notes pasted to sheets, giving structure and order.
Bricks and brickyards, Caves, Clocks and jewels, Constitutional history of early Pennsylvania, Copper mines, Costume, (all
contain loose notes of ACM)
Courts (notes of ACM, Article from PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE)
Box 13—PA HISTORY–ECONOMIC HISTORY TO IMMIGRATION, NON- QUAKER, GERMAN
The subjects include:
Economic history, Fences, Fishing/whaling, Farming/livestock, Forests, Forges/furnaces/stoves, Funerals, Furniture, Fur trade (all ACM notes)
Glass manufacturing (ACM notes), Highwaymen (notes ordered and pasted to sheets)
Immigration–non-Quaker: general—ACM notes
For additional information on family names, see also the gray boxes in the Penn Collection. Contained within them is information on non-Quaker immigration, Swedish immigration, Welsh immigration and a general topic just called “immigration”. All this information is by family name.
Danes/Poles, Frankfort Company—notes pasted to sheets
French family names, A-D, French family names, D-l, French family names, L-V—organized notes pasted to sheets
French—Chronological Notes, Bibliographic references (notes pasted to sheets)
German, German/Palatines—pamphlets, notes of ACM journal articles
Box 14—PA HISTORY–IMMIGRATION NON-QUAKER GERMAN TO IRON MINES AND WORKS
The subjects include:
Immigration—non-Quaker
German/Palatines—organized notes pasted to sheets
German families, A-F, German families G-K—organized notes pasted to sheets
German families L-V, German families W-Z—organized notes pasted to sheets
Irish, Italian/Spanish, Jews, Scotch
Indentured Servants, Insurance, Iron mines and works
Box 15—PA HISTORY–LAND TENURE TO RELIGIOUS, NON-QUAKER– SCHWENFELDERS
The subjects include:
Land tenure, Light and firemaking (scanty notes), Mills/milling (detailed notes), Mines
Negroes in Pennsylvania (extensive notes), Paper/paper mills (notes and pamphlet)
Petroleum, Pirates(organized notes pasted to sheets)
Place names in alpha order (organized notes pasted to sheets), Physical land characteristics
Religious Groups, non-Quaker:
Baptists, Battle Axes, Catholics (notes—different degrees of completeness)
Ephrata Cloister, Episcopal, Lutheran
Mennonites, Moravians (notes and pamphlets), Pietists,
Presbyterian, Schwenfelders
Box 16—PA HISTORY–ROADS TO SOCIAL HISTORY
The subjects include: (often scanty notes unless otherwise stated)
Roads, Saddler, Schools (pamphlets, notes),
Schuykill River (Falls of)—organized notes pasted to sheets
Ship-building (notes, magazine articles), Shippensburg (Extensive, detailed research notes for historic marker)
Silk industry, Silver (notes, pamphlet), Social history (extensive notes and magazine articles)
Box 17—PA HISTORY–SUSQUEHANNA RIVER—WITCHCRAFT
The subjects include:
Susquehanna River (West Side)—extensive notes pasted to sheets
Tailors, Taverns, Timber, Tobacco, Transportation
Underground railroad (notes of ACM), Upland Court (organized notes pasted to sheets)
Wagons (notes), Witchcraft—notes organized and pasted to sheets
Box 18—PA HISTORY–PENNSYLVANIA BIBLIOGRAPHY
File 1—Pennsylvania Bibliography–notes
File 2—Lists of Historians–notes
File 3 & 4–Public Records—extensive notes
File 5 & 6–Misc. references—Extensive notes, labeled “bibliography” by ACM, but not sorted or organized
File 7—Lists of books and diaries—notes and pamphlets
File 8—References about America—primarily clipped articles and pamphlets
PHILADELPHIA HISTORY
From the variety of notes and the order in which they are found, it appears that Myers wanted to write a history of Philadelphia, tracing the city from its beginnings to where other counties, namely Montgomery and Berks, were carved out of it. His notes are divided into the various sections of the county, using the common neighborhood names known today. He also collected information about the city in general. Because all of his notes are in files and there appears to be no manuscript, Myers never got further than collecting information for this history.
Box 19—PHILADELPHIA–EARLY PHILADELPHIACOUNTY
Topics include:
History of Philadelphia, PhiladelphiaCounty, 1715 (notes printed matter, correspondence)
Early Philadelphia town—research notes
Sections of the county, divided by Myers, as found in 1715:(Differing amount of notes for each section)
Byberry, Blocklely, Merion, Oxford (includes pamphlet on LowerDublinBaptistChurch), Perkiomen
( Montgomery County): Abington, Whitpain, Whitemarsh, Dublin, Horsham, Montgomery, Plymouth, Towamensing,
Skippack, Gnynedd or North Wales, Manatawny, Amity, Oley, Society Hill
( Berks County): BerksCounty, City Notes (rather large collection of notes), Board of Property, Bowne Accounts
Box 20—PHILADELPHIA–SUBJECT HEADINGS, B–T
Topics include:
Brickyards, Caves, Charter, Courts, Economics (notes often scanty)
Historical Pageant of 1912—Pageant script, newsclippings
Houses, Inns and public buildings–notes
Logan Square lawsuit (court papers), Meeting Houses, Mills Name–notes
Population, Prints of old Philadelphia, Roads and streets, Schools and education—notes and journal articles
Springfield Manor (blueprints, maps, notes pamphlets)
Stenton (published articles), Tradesmen
Yellow fever epidemic of 1793 (articles from FRIENDS INTELLIGENCER), Germantown (pamphlets and
newsclippings), Philadelphia articles (newsclippings) Pamphlets on Philadelphia:
“Historic Philadelphia And Environs”
“Guide to Philadelphia”
“What To See in Philadelphia”
“Public Buildings in Philadelphia”
“Philadelphia: Past, Present”, Pullinger, 1915
“Bi-Centennial Celebration,1882”, program
As part of his study on Quakers and Pennsylvania History, Myers became very interested in other colonies, especially those containing Quakers. He searched the records of several states, as well as the Library of Congress, trying to find these early records. He particularly became greatly interested in the “Valley of Virginia”, which was once part of Pennsylvania, but with boundary changes, is presently in the state of Maryland.
Box 22—COLONIAL HISTORY–COLONIAL IMMIGRATION (excluding
Topics include:
Swedish Colonial History (extensive notes), Colonial flags of New Jersey and North Carolina (research and
report of ACM on flags)
Colonial Immigration in general (primarily note cards), Colonial
Racial Elements (mixed notes and cards)
Travels–England, 17th c. ( note cards)
Physiography-historical geography of British Isles (notes)
Geography of England (notes, printed matter)
17th c English Population and Racial Origins (note cards)
English Yeoman—typed report, notes
Cumberland of Westmoreland Statesmen—typed reports
EnglishLand Tenure–notes
New England English Origins, Social conditions–England–17th c, general–notes
The South–English Origins—research notes, statistics
HISTORY OF CECIL COUNTY, Victor Lorbert—correspondence
Maryland—miscellaneous (notes), Maryland Road (maps, tracings notes), Skidmore (notes pasted to sheets), Maryland– Annapolis, Sources of Records—notes
Quakers—Maryland—notes and pamphlets: “Extracts Minutes of Yearly Meeting of Women Friends”, Baltimore, 1868,
“Meeting of Friends in Yearly Meeting”, Baltimore, 1875
Box 23—COLONIAL HISTORY–COLONIAL CAROLINIAS AND VIRGINIA
Topics include:
Early Carolinas—organized notes pasted to sheets
Cane Creek, North Carolina (many family charts of families originally from Pennsylvania, notes)
New Garden–notes
North Carolina records, Orange County, NC –research notes
Pamphlet: “Hillsboro—Colonial and Revolutionary”, Francis Nash, 1903
Virginia—extensive research notes Richmond Maps—tracings, notes
Virginia–Frederick Co. (research notes), Virginia–Orange Co. (research notes)
Virginia, Augusta Co—notes and pamphlet: “The Valley Ulterman”, Armistead Gordon, 1896
Box 24—COLONIAL HISTORY–VIRGINIA VALLEY PRIOR TO 1776
Topics include:
General information—research notes
Quakers and Indian Wars which references the following journals:
Edmond Peckover, 1742–notes
Benjamin Marshall, 1767-notes
John Bartram, 1738–notes
Margaret Cook—printed matter
Benjamin Ferris, 1764
John Dyer, 1763—copied out
Joshua Brown, 1756–extract
Hopewell Meeting, VA, 1759—research notes
Non-Quaker and non-Brethren religious life including journals of travelers from Dunkers from the Ephrata Cloister and Moravians from PA, 1753 (printed matter, research notes)
Bibliography, Physiography—primarily note cards
Land tenure and intellectual and political life—primarily note cards
Economic and social life (research notes), Journals (typed accounts)
Hite vs Lord Fairfax—transcribed, typed court records
Box 25—COLONIAL HISTORY–EARLY JOURNALS AND PROPOSED BOOK ON AMERICAN FRONTIER ACCOUNTS
Myers tried to ascertain where he could find journals from all sections of the original 13 colonies. He also included extracts from some of the journals he found.
His file headings include:
Abstracts of diary of Hannah Greaves Pierce of East Marlborough
Travels in America—bibliographic notes
Early journals, diaries, narratives–notes
Miscellaneous diaries–notes
The West, South, New York including diary of John Bartram’s journey in
Georgia, 1765—extracts, notes and printed matter
Journals–18th c New England, including “Autobiography of a Revolutionary Vagabond”, 1807, Harry Tufts (extracts)
Journals, 17th & 18th c, England and Scotland–notes
Journal, 1839, ChesterCounty, Swayne, near London Grove (extracts)
18th c. Pennsylvanians in England and France—research notes
Journals of voyages, Misc journals—note cards
“ Pioneer Life” by Trowbridge—printed matter
Ohio—printed matter, maps, pamphlet, “Old Northwest”
Articles on the West (includes some written by Theodore Roosevelt and illustrated by Frederic Remington)
In the second part of the box, Myers proposed to enlarge on a book he had written under the auspices of the Carnegie Institute, NARRATIVES OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA, WESTERN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. In keeping with the movement of the times, he proposed an exhaustive history of the American frontier using original journals and diaries. He wrote complete outlines for the book and put together an extensive bibliography. He corresponded with several book publishers, but ultimately nothing came of the venture—correspondence, outlines, note cards
Box 26—SLAVERY
Note cards on slavery in the South which include the immigration of slaves
Box 27—FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER
Notes from the lectures of Frederick Jackson Turner given at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Wisconsin in 1903
EARLY PENNSYLVANIA LEADERS
As part of his Penn research, Myers automatically became involved in researching many of the early leaders, who were either brought by Penn or were immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania. Some of these names were researched because Myers wanted to mark historical sites. Others became important when they were in some way tied to his family genealogy. Many of the names contain information on sub-families. Little attempt has been made to separate and sort the notes. They are found grouped into the family groups as sorted by ACM.
Box 28—PA LEADERS–CRESAP
Thomas Cresap—organized research notes pasted to sheets
Correspondence with M Jackson Crispin
Box 29—PA LEADERS–CRISPIN-FINCHER
Crispin, Crispin–Irish sources—organized research notes, often pasted to sheets, some printed matter
Doz—notes pasted to sheets
John Fincher lands—maps, research notes
Box 30—PA LEADERS—FINCHER
Fincher lands and family—extensive research notes, including land information, family charts and genealogy
Box 31—PA LEADERS–GILPIN
Gilpin—extensive research on family in England and America, many family charts
Box 32—PA LEADERS–GILPIN–HOLME
Gilpin
Thomas Holme—extensive, organized research, in both Engalnd and America, some printed matter
Box 33—PA LEADERS–HOLME–RAPPE
Thomas Holme—more research notes, including photostats of some of his surveys
Keith Family—GraemePark, correspondence with William Buck
Jesse Kersey—research notes, particularly search for Sully portrait
Lamboll—family charts and notes (see also gray box # 117)
Lightfoot—photostat of expedition notes to Connecticut in 1770
Pastorius—organized notes pasted to sheets
Rappe—research notes, some photostats
In the collection of ACM books are found 4 by Kersey:
TREATISE OF FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, 1815
TREATISE OF FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, 1842
NARRATIVE OF THE EARLY LIFE, TRAVELS, AND GOSPEL LABORS OF JESSE KERSEY, LATE OF CHESTERCOUNTY, 1851
Same book, second printing, 1852.
Box 34—PA LEADERS—PUSEY
Caleb Pusey–builder of a house in Chester, Myers did a complete research on Pusey, his house and his activities. These were put together in a large notebook, in the box as part 1 and 2. Also included are fragments of the first history of Pennsylvania written by Pusey . Myers wants to publish this after he edited the work. All of his notes and work is contained in the files. All of the notes and research is very extensive and well organized.
Boxes 35 & 36–PA LEADERS–BENJAMIN WEST
Benjamin West–Myers was asked to research the West family for a special celebration at his alma mater, Swarthmore. Being very methodical, Myers undertook to research the entire family, their residences, the life of West and each picture that was part of the exhibit. All notes are well organized. Contained in these two boxes are the following topics:
West ancestry line, Gilpin line, John West, (his father)
Sarah Pearson and family (his mother)
Birthplace on campus of Swarthmore
Newtown Square home of John West
Morris family (sister of Benjamin)
ACM notes, pictures, portraits of West and family
Painting of Young Men
Benjamin West Society, Biographical sketches
Correspondence, ACM speech, 1929
Pamphlets and books include:
“Benjamin West Not A Quaker”, Charles Hart, 1908
“Life and Works of Benjamin West,” Carson, 1921
LIFE AND WORKS OF BENJAMIN WEST, ESQ, Part II, Galt,
John, 1820
“Benjamin West and Pennsylvania,” Bye, 1929
THE GENERAL MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL CHRONICAL,
April 1929, University of Pennsylvania
Box 37–SETTLEMENT MAPS, 1660, 1690,1715
Myers collaborated with the Burrows Company in Philadelphia to construct maps showing the settlement patterns of the colonies. These published maps became the basis for further research and future maps, used at the Jamestown Exposition, 1907.
This box contains the research, sources, and other information needed to construct the maps. More information is contained in the oversized files.
COUNTYHISTORIES
These notes were collected as an adjunct to other research. There never was
any attempt to be systematic or complete. The lack of pattern suggests Myers collected whatever struck him at a given moment.
Box 38—COUNTYHISTORIES–BUCKSCOUNTY
File 1—Bibliography–notes
File 2—Early Bucks Co.—information on early deeds
File 3—Bucks Co., 1715—research notes
File 4—1715, Bensalem, Buckingham—research notes
File 5—Falls, Makefield—research notes
File 6—Newtown, Middletown, Solebury
File 7—Southampton, Warminster, Richland
File 8—Durham—includes maps of Durham tract
File 9—Bucks Co, 1735–notes
File 10–Unsorted Notes
File 11–Doylestown, 1922–notes
File 12–Maonngie–notes
File 13–Misc news articles and pamphlets
File 14–Selden Family
File 15–Washington Crossing—published report
File 16–ServantTownship—notes pasted to sheets
Book: Centennial of Doylestown, 1938
Box 39—COUNTYHISTORIES–CHESTERCOUNTY: BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE—FRENCH CREEK
File 1—Battle of Brandywine, notes, pamphlet “Lafayette at Brandywine”, 1896, published by Chester County Historical Society
File 2—Battle of Brandywine
Newsclippings
Pamphlets:
“The Battle of the Brandywine”, Frederick Stone, 1895 “Some Account of The British Army and The Battle of Brandywine”, Joseph Townsend, 1846
“150th Anniversary of Battle of Brandywine”, 1927
“The Brandywine Story, 1777-1952”
File 3—Bibliography—extensive notes on sources of information
File 4—BradfordTownship, 1715—notes and maps
File 5—CalnTownship, Maps and Notes
File 6—Chester County Historical Society—programs, notices of events
File 7—Fagg’s Manor and Penn’s Manor—detailed organized notes pasted to sheets
File 8—French Creek and North French Creek—organized notes pasted to sheets
Box 40—COUNTYHISTORIES–CHESTERCOUNTY: GOSHEN TOWNSHIP—LONDON GROVE
File 1—Goshen township, 1715—scanty notes
File 2—Kennett, 1715—detailed notes
File 3—Kennett and Kennett Square—detailed notes and printed matter
File 4—Kennett–Martin Academy–catalogue
File 6—Kennett New Century Club—printed matter
File 7—Kennett Home Week, 1940—printed matter
File 8—Early Kennett—notes on recollections of William Pyle
File 9—LondonGroveTownship Map
Box 41—COUNTYHISTORIES–CHESTERCOUNTY: MARLBOROUGH TO WILLISTOWN{
File 1—MarlboroughTownship, 1715—map, scanty notes
File 2—New Garden, Elwood Michener Mss Historical Papers
File 3—NewGarden and London Grove, 1715—notes and map tracings
File 4—Nottingham—extensive research notes
File 5—Sadsbury, 1715–notes
File 6—Tax lists, early—taken from records of CCHS
File 7—Taylor’s surveying instructions—copied from original
File 8—Tredyffrin, 1715—scanty notes
File 9—Whiteland, 1715—scanty notes
File 10–Willistown, 1715—scanty notes
Box 42—COUNTYHISTORIES–CHESTERCOUNTY: PAMPHLETS:
Charter and By-LawsChesterCounty Historical Society
Historic Letters from Collection of West ChesterState Normal School, 1898
Chester County Historical Society, “Exercises in Memory of General Wayne, 1914
John Fritz, Pioneer in Iron and Steel, CCHS, 1954
“Golden Wedding of John and Hanna Cox”, 1873
Bulletins of the ChesterCounty Historical Society, 1902-03
Bulletin of ChesterCounty Historical Society,” Exercises in Memory of Thomas B. Read and Bayard Taylor”, 1912
Centennial Celebration of Borough of West Chester, 1899
Bulletins of the ChesterCounty Historical Society, 1908
ChesterCountyCollections, # 1, Anderson and Darlington, 1936
ChesterCounty Collections, # 5, Anderson and Darlington, 1937
Bulletin of ChesterCounty Historical Society,” Dedication of Yellow Springs Hospital”, 1916
Box 43—COUNTY HISTORIES–DELAWARE COUNTY
File 1—Delaware County Historical Society—notes, printed matter
File 2—Personalities of DelawareCounty–newsclippings
File 3—Misc notes on DelawareCounty
File 4—Chester—notes, newsclippings, printed matter
File 5—Morton/Rutledge and vicinity—printed matter
File 6—Moylan—History—notes, printed matter
File 7—Ridley Creek—scanty notes
File 8—RoseValleySchool—printed matter and pamphlets
File 9—Syacamore Mills–newsclippings
File 10–Swarthmore—printed matter
File 11–Maps–Individual highway maps, c. 1930
File 12–Media–Court House (Thomas Butterfield)–notes
File 13–Media—newsclippings, printed matter
Box 44—COUNTYHISTORIES—DELAWARECOUNTY: MEDIA CENTENNIAL, 1950 (flyers, newspapers, souvenir book)
Box 45—COUNTYHISTORIES–LANCASTERCOUNTY
File 1—Pictures of Lancaster
File 2—Penn in Gap–correspondence
File 3—Lancaster in 1715—notes, sketches
File 4—EarlyLancasterCounty–notes
File 5—Lancaster County in 1715—extensive notes and sketches—basis of information used for the Settlement Maps J at the Jamestown Exposition, 1907
File 6—Correspondence with D H Landis
File 7—Donegal Presbytery Notes—extracts of original minutes of 1730’s
File 8—Deeds and Warrants—photostats
Box 46—COUNTYHISTORIES—LANCASTERCOUNTY
File 1–Notes of ACM, as found —Extensive notes, but not divided by subject
File 2—Notes of ACM, as found
Printed matter:
PA Magazine, 1918, “History of Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike”
Lancaster Historical Society, April 16, 1920,” Penn, Influence of Lancaster County on PA Frontier”
Lancaster Historical Society, June 5, 1903,”Lancaster’s First Court House”
“Meaning of LancasterCounty’s 200 Years of History, 1710-1910”, September 8, 1910
Lancaster Historical Society, March 3, 1922,” LancasterCounty’s Highway System, Early Court Sessions”
“Bi-Centennial of First Landis Settlement in LancasterCo.”, 1917
Lancaster Historical Society, April 4, 1919,”Location of Pequehan Minutes”
Lancaster Historical Society, January 2, 1903, “Tradition vs Fact–Bangor Church”
Lancaster Historical Society, April 3, 1908, “Selection Of Abandoning Of Postlethwaite As County Seat”
Indexes:
Index of Personal names and volumes I to X, Lancaster Historical Society
Index of Personal names and volumes XXVII to XXXII inclusive, Lancaster Historical Society
Index of Personal Names, Lancaster Historical Society
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION, April-November, 1907
Building on the success of the Louisiana Exposition in St. Louis in 1904, plans were laid to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. Promoters envisioned a massive exposition presenting “the ideal of American Life.”
Plagued by bad weather and construction problems, many of the exhibits were two months late in opening. Many of the early problems were never solved and the exposition ended up deeply in debt.
The directors of the Exposition hired Albert Cook Myers as History Superintendent. In this capacity, he was to oversee each state’s historical exhibit. These exhibits were placed in a fireproof building which was lighted only by natural light coming through skylights, and which was not heated or cooled.
In another capacity, he was one of the directors and very active participant in establishing and constructing the Pennsylvania exhibit.
Box 47—JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION, 1907 (General)
File 1—Invitations and Tickets–Collection of formal invitations issued by various governments, celebrating specific events
File 2—Newspaper clippings–Collection of clippings from Virginia and Pennsylvania newspapers regarding the Exposition, the awards and the bankruptcy of the promoters
File 3—News Releases–Copies of releases, written by the Exposition Promoters, sent to newspapers in the country
File 4—Pamphlets and Guides
”Auto route to the Exposition”
Train information
Small pamphlets describing the Exposition
Maps of the Exposition
Programs for May 13, September 16 and September 25
Small guide books
Box 48—JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION–WORK AS SUPERINTENDENT OF HISTORY, MARCH 1907-DECEMBER, 1907
File 1—Organizational memos, initial correspondence as Superintendent of History
File 3—Reference Sources—Sources of portraits/painting, which includes a catalogue of pictures and slides available
File 4–Proposed research in England to secure items for the exhibit
File 5–Exhibit Rules and forms
File 6—Official photographs of the Exposition–lists and order forms from The Official Photographer
Files 7-11–Working notes for historical exhibits for the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia. Most notes involve the securing of portraits/pictures from each State which could be exhibited
File 12–Reunion of the Jamestown participants in 1908 in conjunction with Convention of the American Historical Association
Box 49—JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION, 1907–PENNSYLVANIA EXHIBIT
In response to an invitation, Governor Samuel Pennypacker appointed a commission in 1906 to prepare and install a Pennsylvania History Exhibit for the Exposition. Named as directors, were Marion Learned from the University of Pennsylvania and Albert Cook Myers.
The goal of the exhibit was to show the early settlement and development of Pennsylvania, as well as show the extension of settlement across Pennsylvania. They proposed to do this by designing maps, visually showing patterns of settlement by religion and ethnic background, and displaying artifacts of the early history of Pennsylvania.
To produce the maps, massive new research, especially among different religious groups, was undertaken. Help was sought, and generally received, from diverse groups.
The exhibit won a gold medal at the Exposition.
File 1—1906–Papers relating to the Organization of a committee to create the Pennsylvania History exhibit
Proposals for the scope of the exhibit
Correspondence of the directors Marion Learned and Albert Cook Myers
File 2—1907–Correspondence, especially about the objects to be exhibited, shipping the items to Virginia for display and
“Pennsylvania Day”, October 4, 1907.
File 3—1908–Correspondence, primarily to get items returned to donors, and the official report to the State Commission on the exhibit
File 4—Exhibit Pieces–Requests, receipts, shipping
File 5—Building specifications, building requirements
Note: blueprints for building and exhibit in oversized files
File 6—Awards, including award for the Pennsylvania exhibit.
Box 50–JAMESTOWN EXHIBITION—PRINTED MATTER
1. JAMESTOWN EXPOSITON ILLUSTRATED, 1907
2. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND REPORT ON JAMESTOWN
3. NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL EXHIBIT
4. OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBIT AT JAMESTOWN
5. EXHIBITS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND THE U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM AT JAMESTOWN
6. SCENES AT JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
7. OFFICIAL CATALOGUE OF JAMESTOWN
8. JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
9. NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL EXHIBIT
10. THE MASSACHUSETTS COLONIAL LOAN EXHIBIT AT JAMESTOWN
11. PENNSYLVANIA AT THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
12. THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED
13. Guest Register of visitors to the Pennsylvania State History Exhibit, beginning September, 1907
Box 51—JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION–PENNSYLVANIA AT THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION–BOOK
Myers did much of the writing for this book and was totally responsible for the catalogue of items and the descriptions of all the illustrations in the book.
File 1—Typed Manuscript
File 2—Handwritten Manuscript
File 3—Notes for the illustrations in the book, especially those in the
catalogue section
File 4—Unrelated notes, possibly, discards, intended to produce the
Pennsylvania catalogue
FOUNDERS WEEK, PHILADELPHIA, 1908
To celebrate the 225th anniversary of the founding of the city of Philadelphia, a grand celebration was planned for October 4-19, 1908. Several parades and pageants were the focus of the public activities.
In conjunction with the above activities, an Historic Industries Loan Exhibit was planned, to be housed on the fourth floor of City Hall. Fresh from their success as directors of the Pennsylvania History Exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, Marion Learned and Albert Cook Myers were named directors of the Philadelphia exhibit.
As stated in their brochure, the purpose of the exhibit was “to illustrate the economic history and to display specimens of the industries and trades of Philadelphia and its tributary region during the colonial and early national periods.” Myers spent great amounts of time planning the exhibit and securing items for it.
The collection contains circulars, replies, correspondence, and various lists of people and items connected to the exhibit. The name tags for the items loaned by the Chester County Historical Society have been saved.
Box 52—FOUNDERS WEEK, PHILADELPHIA, 1908–ORGANIZATION
File 1—Organizational meetings, early 1908, development of
solicitation circular
File 2—Lists for mailing circulars seeking items for display
File 3—Returned circulars listing availing display items
File 4—Lists of contributed items by county
File 5—Mailings, primarily in September, either pursuing a circular
response or seeking specific items for display
File 6—Correspondence, June and July, 1908, sorted by ACM
Box 53—FOUNDERS WEEK–CORRESPONDENCE
File 1—Correspondence, August-October, A-F, sorted by ACM
File 2—Correspondence, August-October, G-Z, sorted by ACM
File 3—Lists of Exhibit items
File 4—Papers relating to exhibit materials
File 5—Receipts for items received/returned
Box 54—FOUNDERS WEEK–EXHIBIT
File 1—Exhibit Tags representing items loan by Chester County Historical
Society
File 2—Expense account items
File 3—Historical Pageant–Programs
File 4—Newspaper clippings, including 80 page supplement from THE
EVENING BULLETIN called “The Story of Philadelphia,” September 30, 1908. Contained in the clippings are many pictures
of the parade and the pageant.
File 5—Printed Material
a. Program for Medical Day, October 8, 1908
b. Official Program, October 4-10, 1908
c. William Penn Bids You Welcome
d. Founders Week Proclamation
e. Founders Week Program
f. Lists of prominent Philadelphians
g. List of Contributions as of June 20, 1908
h. Contests in conjunction with Founders Week
i. Program
j. Special railroad and hotel rates
k. Boundaries of Incorporated Districts, Boroughs and Townships of
PhiladelphiaCounty
l. Philadelphia–History of Its Growth
Box 55–HISTORIC EXHIBITS (speech given by Albert Cook Myers in 1908)
Because of the expertise developed during his work at the Jamestown Exposition in 1907 and the Founders Exhibit in Philadelphia in 1908, Myers was asked to present a paper at the convention of the American Historical Association, held in RichmondVirginia, in 1908.
In this paper, Myers outlined the history of major expositions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in both Europe and the United States. He focused heavily on Jamestown and Philadelphia’s Founders Week for direct examples of the organization and direction of such exhibits.
The paper was so well received, that Myers was asked to prepare it for publication by the American Historical Association. However, he never met the deadline for publication and the manuscript was returned to him.
File 1—History of Exhibits
File 2—International Exhibits
File 3—Regional Expositions
File 4—PhiladelphiaAcademy of Fine Arts
File 5—Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia 1867
File 6—Suggestions for creating major exhibitions
File 7—Founders Week, Philadelphia, 1908
File 8—OhioValley Centennial, 1888
File 9—Southern States Exhibitions
File 10–Correspondence re: speech
File 11–Manuscript of speech presented at convention of American
Historical Association
File 12–Follow-up correspondence regarding publication of Historic
Exhibits speech
WORLD WAR I
Soon after war was declared in 1917, a war service committee from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, organized to explore what could be done to welcome the traveling serviceman in Philadelphia. Their activities eventually fell into three broad categories–receptions, tours of the important objects housed at the Historical Society, and historical hikes. Myers was directly involved in all three areas.
For the receptions, patrons were sought and secured. Food, dancing, and “liberty sings” became standard and successful. Because they were held at the Historical
Society building on Locust Street, the tours of important artifacts usually preceded the reception. These receptions were given throughout 1918, taking time out for the warm summer months and for the month of November because of an epidemic of influenza. They continued until May, 1919. In all, over 25,000 men were hosted.
The historical hikes were led by historians from Philadelphia, following a script prepared by Myers, and ran from November, 1918 until December, 1919. In the early period, they were often combined with swims at the YMCA. According to reports made at the end of the war, 10,000 men had participated. The average weekly participation was 150-100 men, mostly sailors.
As an adjunct to this work, committees worked to find lodging for servicemen. This included lists of hotels, rooming houses, and cot tickets for cots placed in churches and clubs. The Friends Service Committee also ran a facility of its own for this purpose.
Myers did additional writing for this project. He wrote guides for weekly events, and a guide describing historical places for the serviceman to visit. At its completion, he wrote the final report.
Box 56—WORLD WAR I–PHILADELPHIA
File 1—Programs offered: Liberty Sings, Slides, Receptions, Historical
Hikes
File 2—General Correspondence: Includes the purpose and scope of the
Committee and the announcements and reports on the receptions
File 3—Accommodations for Servicemen: Correspondence of the Committee on lodging; available accommodations, tickets for cots
File 4—Pamphlets on Philadelphia: (written by ACM)
a. “For Soldiers-Sailors-Marines”
b. “What’s What for Philadelphia’s Soldiers, Sailor and Marine Guests”
File 5—Friends Service Club—minutes, correspondence
File 6—Friends in World War I—notes, printed matter
File 7—Catalogue of important items housed at the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania
File 8—Minutes–War CampCommunity Service Committee
File 9—Historical Hikes: a script, preliminary notes, tickets
File 10–Formal reports of the War Committee
File 11–Pennsylvania War History Commission—formal reports
File 12–Book of contributions for the reception
Oversize file–poster
Box 57—WORLD WAR I: SCRAPBOOKS
File 1—Newspaper clippings
File 2—Scrapbook of ACM, part of 1918
File 3—Scrapbook of ACM, late 1918-1919
Box 58—PENN CELEBRATION, 1918
Organized by the Philadelphia Society of Friends, this box contains:
Correspondence relating to the event
Acceptance /declination letters for the general committee
Proclamation of the Governor
Transcript of the program
Box 92 of the gray boxes (Penn Collection) contains correspondence with the Governor arguing the significance of the day and the need for a proclamation, a list of the committee members, and a program for the day.
Box 59—PENN CHARTER, 1924-1925
When the original signed Charter (a sort of Bill of Rights for the colonists of Pennsylvania) came on the market, Myers spearheaded a campaign to raise money from the public to buy the manuscript. The Philadelphia newspapers entered the campaign and gave it enormous amounts of space. Each day’s issue kept a running tally of how much had been collected.
When enough money was collected and the purchase was consummated, elaborate plans were made for taking the Charter, after being on display in Philadelphia, to Harrisburg, where it was formally presented to the State for the People of Pennsylvania. The collection contains many of the newspaper articles, along with the detailed plans for the presentation celebration.
PENN CELEBRATION, 1932
To mark the 250th anniversary of Penn’s arrival at Philadelphia, massive celebrations were planned for the City of Philadelphia. Pageants, parades, medals, statues, a stamp in honor of Penn, historical markers, and hookups with European states as part of a radio address, were all part of the celebration.
Box 60—PENN CELEBRATION, 1932
File 1—Commemoration Act, 06/11/31, later declared unconstitutional, correspondence
File 2—General Committee–correspondence
File 3—Program Committee minutes
File 4—Correspondence, 1931
File 5—Correspondence, 1932
File 6—Programs (Tentative)
File 7—Program Committee—minutes, correspondence
File 8—Program Committee Correspondence
File 9—Program proofs
File 10–Play, convention hall, etc
File 11–Suggestions for play, pageants, etc.
File 12–”Thou, Philadelphia”(Pageant Play), scenery, cast
File 13–Mead Trial, 1670—recreation, part of celebration
File 14–Chief War Eagle—notes, correspondence
Box 61—PENN CELEBRATION, 1932
File 1—Proposed statue of Penn–newsclippings
File 2—Penn medal—newsclippings, correspondence
File 3—Penn stamp—newsclippings, correspondence
File 4—Penn Stamp, first day issue—newsclippings, correspondence
File 5—Summary report of work in England by Frances Dorrance
File 6—Penn Lecture, Media, October 28, 1932
File 7—International radio hookup–correspondence
File 8—European speeches—proposed speeches by European leaders
File 9—Newsclippings, part 1
File 10–Newsclippings, part 2 (All October 1932)
File 11–Myers dispute—newsclippings (over money remaining from celebration)
File 12–Myers speech on Penn—notes, printed speech
File 13–Penn/Indian Land Treaty Sale–notes
Penn Papers
This group of papers was separated out of the main collection in 1959 when the collection was given to the Chester County Historical Society. It was not part of the original manuscript. The papers give the story of how the project was conceived and how the research was done. Brochures, which were used to solicit donations and lists of subscribers, are in abundance. Myers also, through a series of folders, writes out his goals and plans. He has copies of letters he sent to individuals who had private libraries. He spent many years in England doing the research, and the folders resulting from that research are in this part of the collection.
Box 62—PENN PAPERS—PROPOSAL
File 1—Proposed plan of publication for the Complete Works of Penn– drafts of proposed circular to subscribers
File 2—Correspondence to Fund subscribers, 1910, A-F
File 3—Correspondence to Fund subscribers, 1910, G-M
File 4—Correspondence to Fund subscribers, 1910, N-Z
File 5—Subscriber Lists and amounts given
File 6—William Bancroft, major contributor–correspondence
File 7—Contributors and possible contributors—correspondence and lists
File 8—Endorsements of project–letters
File 9—English endorsements—letters, printed matter
Box 63—PENN PAPERS–RESEARCH
File 1—Instructions to copyists and abbreviations used in research (moved from Volume 95, gray boxes)
File 2—Penn’s Biography, pages from printed sources, c. 17th and 18th c
File 3—Portraits to be photographed–correspondence
File 4—Penn documents to the USA from England–correspondence
File 5—Penn heirlooms–catalogue
File 6—Values of Penn documents owned by Myers—note cards
File 7—Penn & Descendants, Auction, 1916—notes, catalogue, sales
receipts
File 8—Weather conditions at Penn’s birth—notes, correspondence
File 9—Wyeth mural of Penn—printed matter
File 10–Penn sale, Lancaster, PA—receipts for items purchased, 1935
File 11–Stoke Pogis Church—printed matter
File 12–Penn items for sale—collection of various letters and items
File 13–William Penn book reviews—written by other authors
File 14–Chew Penn papers—items for sale
File 15–Comments on Penn by George Truman—journal with writings
about Penn by Truman
File 1—Variant First Editions of William Penn Works—research notes
pasted to sheets
File 2—Penn’s Life in Brief by John Aubrey—notes and photostats
File 3—The calendar—notes and printed matter
File 4—Watermarks, Penn letters–tracings
File 5—Rubbings from original leather bindings from Penn period
File 6—Visits to Duke of Devonshire, 1911–correspondence
File 7—Gloucester—notes and correspondence
File 8—Thomas Billing of Sutton, Gloucestershire–notes
File 9—Blenheim, Duke of Marlborough, Penn letters—notes and correspondence
File 10—Brighton—notes, copied Penn letters
File 11—Sources of Manuscripts, State papers—organized notes bound by
ACM
File 12—Penn manuscripts in private collections–correspondence
File 13—Bristol—research notes, correspondence
File 14—BritishMuseum—disorganized notes and call slips
File 15—Britain–Plan of Research—notes, outlining plan of research
File 1—Cambridge–correspondence
File 2—Church Registers–correspondence
File 3—College of Arms, London—scanty notes
File 4—Early Quaker printing—methodical detailed notes pasted to
sheets
File 5—London Quaker Printers–Giles and Elizabeth Calvert—notes
pasted to sheets
File 6—London Quaker Printers–Benjamin Clark—notes pasted to sheets
File 7—London Quaker Printers–Thomas Cooke—notes pasted to sheets
File 8—London Quaker Printers–Hawkins, Hogkins, Guillen –notes pasted
to sheets
File 9—London Quaker Printer–Thomas Northcott—notes pasted to sheets
File 10–London Quaker Printers–Raylton, Raworth, James—notes pasted
to sheets
File 11–London Quaker Printers–Saunders, Scot, Skeat—notes pasted to
sheets
File 12–London Quaker Printers–Sowle–Includes catalogue of Penn’s
works, 1681 in writing of Sowle—notes pasted to sheets
File 13–London Quaker Printers, miscellaneous—notes printed to sheets
File 14–Early printers and publishers of Friends books, 1844—printed matter
File 1—Philadelphia Quaker Printers—notes pasted to sheets
File 2—Philadelphia Quaker Printers, William Bradford, first PA printer– notes
File 3—Philadelphia Quaker Printer–Reymier Jansen—notes pasted on sheets
File 4—Philadelphia Quaker Printers–Samuel Keimer, possible imposter— notes pasted on sheets
File 5—Philadelphia Quaker Printer–Aquila Rose—notes pasted on sheets
File 6—Penn’s letters or manuscripts—notes, letters, some printed matter
File 7—Penn’s letters to be checked, American Philosophical Society– notes
File 8—Philadelphia, things to do
File 9—Penn’s copy of Visscher Map—notes, correspondence
File 10–Justice Papers in private hands—notes, correspondence
File 12–Penn’s jurors, c 1670—notes pasted to sheets
File 13–Penn research, notes by years—notes printed to sheets
File 14–Friends sufferings—extracts from Minutes
File 15–Early Pennsylvania, Friends who died—notes, printed matter
File 16–Penn–Maps shown to King in Council—notes pasted to sheets
File 17–Mark Swarner, Secretary to Penn and Fox—notes, some
photostats
File 18–John Bowne MSS c 1670–notes
File 19–Penn Manuscripts at Haverford—notes, photostats
File 20–Place names, England—extensive, organized notes pasted to sheets
File 21–Letter to John F Lewis, 1912
File 1—Unorganized Penn notes
File 2—Progress of Penn Collection—form letters
File 3—Penn Autographs—auction receipts
File 4—Penn Descendants—miscellaneous notes
File 5—Penn Descendants–Thomas Penn-Gaskell–notes
File 6—Penn Descendants—Skillern—notes, family chart
File 7—Penn Descendants–Lady Constance Milnes-Gaskell—notes, American reception
File 8—Penn Descendants–Gaskell-Hall—notes, letters, family charts
File 9—Penn-Evans-Denson-Myers Papers, receipts for papers
purchased
File 10–Denson correspondence
File 1—Penn letter, 1703
File 2—Penn items at Henkel auction, 1930—letters, catalogue
File 3—Richard Penn Collection—notes, correspondence
File 4—FulhamPalace—scanty notes
File 5—Guildhall, London—disorganized notes
File 6—Holker Hall—organized notes, printed matter
File 7—House of Lords—scanty notes
File 8—Jordans–postcards
File 9—London–to do—lists of places and records to be checked
File 10—Thomas Fairman House–engraving
File 11—Oxford—notes copies from Oxford library
File 12—Oxford–Thomas Loe–converted Penn to Quakerism— correspondence, notes
File 13—Somerset House—list of items to be checked
File 14—SionCollege, London—correspondence
File 15—Sotheby’s—London—items up for auction
File 16—Wells—paper written on Wells
File 17—Complaints to Lord Keepers, 1684-1694. Answers to Bill of
Complaints, 1705—extensive, detailed notes. Some extracts
from court records
File 18—Colonial Office Records, 1680-81—extracts of records
File 19—John Blackwell, Governor of PA 1688-89—notes and correspondence
File 20—PennsylvaniaCastle, Portrait of Penn—printed matter
File 1—Whitehall—scanty notes
File 2—Pepys Diary and References to Penn—extracts by date
File 3—Friends Reference Library, Devonshire House, London—
correspondence, printed matter
File 4—Friends Library at Devonshire House, part 1 (from notebook of ACM), mixture of correspondence, notes, printed matter
File 5—Friends Library at Devonshire House, part 2 (from notebook of
ACM), mixture of correspondence, notes, printed matter
File 6—English Quaker Records at Historical Society of Pennsylvania and
SwarthmoreCollege—detailed lists
File 1—Chicago Historical Society, 1927—copy of letter found, newsclippings
File 2—Harrisburg Materials, 1910—detailed notes
File 3—Land Office—Harrisburg—detailed notes
File 4—Penn’s first land warrants—organized notes
File 5—Proprietary papers, Land Office, Harrisburg—photostats
File 6—Proprietary papers, Land Office, Harrisburg–photostats
File 7—Proprietary papers, John Lewis Collection, Morstein in West
Whiteland–photostats
File 8—Minutes of Provincial Council (see also oversized files)–photostats
Box 71—PENN PAPERS–SOCIETY OF FREE TRADERS
This box contains information about the Society of Free Traders, the First Purchasers, 1681. The first part is an alphabetical indexing of all the purchasers in alpha files.
File 1—First Purchasers Accounting—notes
File 2—First Purchasers, A-B, 1681—notes pasted to sheets
File 3—First Purchasers, C-D, 1681—notes pasted to sheets
File 4—First Purchasers, E-G, 1681—notes pasted to sheets
File 5—First Purchasers, H-K, 1681—notes pasted to sheets
File 6—First Purchasers, L-M, 1681—notes pasted to sheets
File 7—First Purchasers, N-P, 1681—notes pasted to sheets
File 8—First Purchasers, Q-S, 1681—notes pasted to sheets
File 9—First Purchasers, T-Z, 1681—notes pasted to sheets
File 1—Earliest land sales—notes
File 2—Alpha listing of subscribers, 1682—note cards
File 3—Sketches and descriptions of purchasers—notes pasted to sheets
File 4—Biographical notes on Penn and purchasers from other authors—
notes pasted to sheets
File 5—Penn’s letter to the Free Society of Traders—notes pasted to sheets
File 6—Pennsylvania Land Company in England and their efforts to promote the sale of land in Pennsylvania—miscellaneous notes
Box 73—PENN PAPERS–PENN AND OTHER COLONIES
These boxes contain information about Penn or his representatives outside of Pennsylvania. They include:
File 1—Massachusetts—notes pasted to sheets
File 2—Maryland—notes and printed matter
File 3—Maryland—names and places, A-B—notes pasted to sheets
File 4—Maryland—names and places, C-D—notes pasted to sheets
File 5—Maryland—names and places, E-H—notes pasted to sheets
File 6—Maryland—names and places, J-M—notes pasted to sheets
File 7—Maryland—names and places, N-S—notes pasted to sheets
File 8—Maryland—names and places, T—notes pasted to sheets
File 9—Maryland—names and places, V-Z—notes pasted to sheets
File 1—WestRiver—names include Thomas Taylor, William Richardson
Thomas Hook, Samuel Galaway—notes
File 2—Monacy—notes pasted to sheets
File 3—General New England—notes pasted to sheets
File 4—New Hampshire—scanty notes
File 5—New Jersey—general—notes
File 6 & 7—New Jersey—Edward Byllange—notes pasted on sheets,
correspondence, printed matter
File 8—Burlington land documents—notes and printed matter
File 9—West New Jersey–notes
File 10–East New Jersey—printed matter
Box 75—PENN PAPERS–PENN AND OTHER COLONIES
File 1—New Jersey—names and places, A-B—notes pasted to sheets
File 2—New Jersey—names and places, C-D—notes pasted to sheets File 3—New Jersey—names and places, E-H—notes pasted to sheets
File 4—New Jersey—names and places, I-M—notes pasted to sheets
File 5—New Jersey—names and places, N-R—notes pasted to sheets
File 6—New Jersey—names and places, S-Z—notes pasted to sheets
File 7—New Jersey—general notes pasted to sheets
File 8—New Jersey—Concessions and Agreements—notes
File 9—New Jersey—Ft Nassau, 1624—notes
File 10—New Jersey—Princeton/Trenton—notes, lists, photostats
File 11—New Jersey—Salem—scanty notes
File 12—New York—trips of Penn 1682,1683—scanty notes
File 13—New York—names and places, A-B—notes pasted to sheets
File 14—New York—names and places, C-F—notes pasted to sheets
File 15—New York—names and places, G-P—notes pasted to sheets
File 16—New York—names and places, Q-Z—notes pasted to sheets
Box 76—PENN PAPERS—PENN AND OTHER COLONIES
File 1—Rhode Island—notes pasted to sheets
File 2—Virginia—notes pasted to sheets
File 3—West Indies—notes pasted to sheets
The remainder of this box contains most of the smaller topics about Penn, collected by ACM.
File 4—Penn in the Hall of Fame—correspondence, printed matter
File 5—Penn Bibliography—printed matter
Files 6 and 7– Penn portraits, Engravings and pictures of Penn and family
File 8—William Penn film
File 9—Large collection of clippings about Penn, some mounted to cards
File 1—Birthday celebration, 1931—printed matter, notes, proclamation
File 2—Birthday celebrations, 1932-39—printed matter, notes, proclamations
File 3—Birthday celebrations, 1940-43—printed matter, notes, proclamations
File 4—Birthday celebration, 1944—printed matter, notes, proclamation
File 5—Birthday celebration, 1945-55—printed matter, notes, proclamation
File 6—Lecture on Penn, 1921, Wyoming Historical Society—speech
File 7—Lecture on Penn, 1932, Chester—note cards
File 8—Radio Address on Penn, 1934, speech, record
File 9—Lecture tour, 1944—clippings
File 10—Lantern Slide Lectures—notes pasted to sheets
File 11—Lectures, found of PA, Salutations from Penn—notes
File 12—Lecture—First Decade—notes
File 13—Lecture—Penn Half-Dutch?—notes
File 14—Lecture—CCHS, 1929—notes
File 15—General lecture flyers
Large collection of miscellaneous pamphlets on some phase of Penn and
his life
BOOKS:
Large collection of old books, which were either written by Penn, or were the property of Penn or members of his family or descendants. (Part of the ACM book collection)
DOCTOR OF PHYSICK, Robert Fludd, 1659
THE TRYAL OF THOMAS EARL OF STRAFFORD, John
Rushworth, 1680
NOVUS ORBIS, FEU DESCRIPTIONIS INDIAE OCCIDENTALLIS,
Joanne deLaet, 1633
HISTORIARIUM NOSTRI TEMPORIS, Jacobum Van Maers, 1618
A LEARNED COMMENDATION OF THE POLITQIE LAWS OF
ENGLAND, Fortescue Knight, 1573
THE COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIAN DETECTED AND THE REAL QUAKER JUSTIFIED. William Penn, 1674
LIFE AND DEATH OF SIR MATTHEW HALE, Gilbert Burnett,
1682
IN REFLECTION AND MAXIMS RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF HUMANE LIFE, W. T. , 1705
A DISCOVERIE OF CERTAINE ERRORS, Ralph Brook, 1723
A VIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL DEISTICAL WRITERS, John
Leland, 1754
HISTORY OF THE MEDICINAL CLASS OF ’77, J. M. Anders, 1902
HISTORIC MARKERS
As a member of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission in Harrisburg from 1924-1927, Myers was the leader in marking historic sights throughout the state. He researched various areas and sought funding from local organizations to join in marking the site with the Commission. The six boxes which follow, are the sites marked in alphabetical order. If extensive research was done on a particular topic, a note exists directing the reader to the location of that research.
Box 79—HISTORIC MARKERS: BLUE ANCHOR INN—FT SHIRLEY
File 1—Blue Anchor Inn, Philadelphia, 1932
Was marked as part of the 250th anniversary of the landing of
William Penn in 1682. The Inn served Penn and the other
passengers on the WELCOME when they arrived in 1682
a. Newsclippings
b. Correspondence
c. Design options
More research on this Inn is found in the boxes on Philadelphia
File 2—Bushy Run Battlefield, 1925
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Correspondence
d. Research sources
File 3—Martin Chartier (Last Home of), LancasterCounty, 1925
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Correspondence
d. Notes for deed
e. Speech of ACM at the dedication
See also boxes on Indian Traders, Martin Chartier
File 4—ConestogaIndianTown, LancasterCounty, 1924
For further research, see boxes on Indians, ConestogaIndianTown
File 5—Thomas Cresap House, YorkCounty, 1924
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
For further research, see boxes on early Pennsylvania Leaders
File 6—Essex House (Home of Robert Wade), Chester, Delaware County,
1932. Wade was the earliest Quaker settler on other side of Delaware River in 1676. Penn stayed with him October 28, 1682
Part of the 250th anniversary celebration of William Penn, 1932
a. Programs
b. Clippings
c. Copies of speeches given at the dedication
d. Design possibilities
e. Correspondence
See also files on early Pennsylvania
File 7—First Friends Meeting House, 124 S Front St, Philadelphia, 1932
Part of 250th anniversary celebration of William Penn, 1932
(In addition to being a House of Worship, the building also held an
early session of the Pennsylvania Assembly and Philadelphia
County Courts)
a. Designs
b. Correspondence
File 8—Enoch Flower, Philadelphia, 1933 (First Pennsylvania Schoolmaster)
a. Newsclippings
b. Art jury proceedings
c. Story of Flower and bronze tablet
File 9—FortHalifax, DauphinCounty, 1926 (Part of chain built during
French and Indian Wars)
File 10–Forts Halifax and Shirley, 1926. Sponsorship of the marking of
these forts by the Society of Pennsylvania Women in New York
a. Correspondence
File 11–FortLittleton, FultonCounty, 1924
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Limited research notes
d. Photostat warrant of 1670 of Ft Littleton
File 12–FortNecessity, FayetteCounty, 1926
(Built and commanded in 1754 by Lt Col George Washington)
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Correspondence
File 13–FortShirley, HuntingdonCounty, 1926
a. Programs
b. Clippings
c. Correspondence
Box 80—HISTORIC MARKERS: GT MINQUAS TRAIL–LEASER
File 1—Great Minquas Indian Trail, ChesterCounty, 1925
a. Programs
b. Correspondence
File 2—Great Minquas Indian Trail, RoseValley, DelawareCounty, 1926
a. Programs
b. Correspondence
See also the boxes on Indians
File 3—Thomas Holmes, Surveyor to William Penn, Philadelphia, 1928
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Research for marker
d. Correspondence
See also boxes on Pennsylvania Leaders, Holmes/Crispin
File 4—House of Defense (Court House),Chester, Delaware County, 1932
Part of 250th anniversary of William Penn Celebration, 1932
Site of first Pennsylvania Assembly
a. Marker design
b. Correspondence
File 5—Indian Hannah, ChesterCounty, 1925
Marks her birthplace in ChesterCounty
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Speech of ACM at unveiling
d. Map
e. Correspondence
See also boxes on Indians, Indian Hannah
File 6—Indian Walk, Edelman’s Mill, NorthamptonCounty, 1925
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Correspondence
See also boxes on Indians
File 7—Indian Walk, HockendauquaIndianTown, NorthamptonCounty,
1925
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Correspondence
See also boxes on Indians/Indian Towns
File 8—Indian Walk, Luncheon Place, BucksCounty, 1925
a. Programs
b. Address of Fackenthal
c. Correspondence
See also boxes on Indians
File 9—Indian Walk, Gallows Hill, BucksCounty, 1925
a. Programs
b. Correspondence
File 10–KittanningIndianTown, ArmstrongCounty, 1925
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Fisher’s address at dedication
d. Correspondence
See also boxes on Indians/Indian Towns
File 11–Frederick Leaser, Allentown, 1928
(With his farm team, Leaser hauled the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to Allentown in 1777 to conceal it)
Box 81—HISTORIC MARKERS–MINGUANNAN –PLAYWICKY
File 1—MinguannanIndianTown, ChesterCounty, 1924
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Correspondence
d. Topographic map
See also boxes on Indians/Indian Towns
File 2—OkehockingIndianTown, ChesterCounty, 1924
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Correspondence
See also boxes on Indians/Indian Towns
File 3—Queonemysing Indian Town, Delaware County, 1924
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Correspondence
See also boxes on Indians/Indian Towns
File 4—PassayunkIndianTown, 1924
a. Newsclippings
b. Correspondence
See also boxes on Indians/Indian Towns
File 5—Francis Daniel Pastorius, Founder of Germantown, 1924
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Designs
d. Correspondence
See also boxes on Pennsylvania Leaders
File 6—Penn Bronze Markers, 1932
Part of 250th celebration of William Penn in 1932–common information
a. Newsclippings
b. Correspondence
File 7—Gulielma Maria Penn, Penn’s first wife, Philadelphia, 1932
Part of 250th celebration of William Penn in 1932
a. Design of tablet
b. Art jury approval
File 8—Hannah Penn, Philadelphia, 1926
(SE Corner 2nd and Samson St, Site of Slate Roof House)
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Correspondence
File 9—John Penn’s House–242 S Third St, Philadelphia, 1932
(grandson of William Penn, last Colonial Governor of Pennsylvania)
Part of 250th celebration of William Penn in 1932
a. Designs
b. Correspondence
File 10–William Penn’s First House, 18-20 Front Street, Philadelphia, 1932
Part of 250th celebration of William Penn in 1932
a. Newsclippings
b. Designs
c. Art jury approval
d. Correspondence
File 11–William Penn, Northernmost Visit in Pennsylvania, 50 Miles from
Falls of Schuykill to Monacy, BerksCounty, 1926
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Topographic maps
d. Correspondence
See also boxes on Penn for research notes
File 12–William Penn, Slate Roof House, Philadelphia, 1924
Home of Penn and Family on second visit, 1699-1701
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Designs
File 13– PlaywickyIndianTown, 1925, BucksCounty
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Deeds
d. Correspondence
See also boxes on Indians/Indian Towns
Box 84—HISTORIC MARKERS: SHIPPENSBURG—HIGHWAY MARKERS
File 1–Shippensburg (OldFrontierTown), CumberlandCounty, 1925
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Correspondence
d. Designs
See also early Pennsylvania for research notes
File 2—Stargazers Stone, ChesterCounty, 1908
a. Program
b. Newsclippings
File 3—John Steelman, AdamsCounty, 1924
(First settler west of Susquehanna)
a. Programs
b. Newsclippings
c. Speech of ACM at dedication
d. Response to removal of marker in 1941
e. Correspondence
See also boxes on Indians/ Indian Traders
File 4—Steyning Manor, ChesterCounty, 1926
(Gift given to daughter of William Penn)
a. Programs
b. Clippings
c. Correspondence
d. Speech of ACM at dedication
File 5—Proposed Historic Markers, never erected
File 6–Highway Markers
a. Specifications
b. Designs
INDIANS
The subject of Indians represents a large segment in the Collection of Albert Cook Myers. In trying to trace all the movements of William Penn, Myers came in contact with Indian chiefs and their dealing with Penn. This led to a great interest in Indians, where he searched out their customs, their relationships with settlers, and their life in general.
In 1924, Myers was appointed to the Pennsylvania Historical Commission. He spearheaded a movement to seek out and mark historical sites in Pennsylvania. His earlier research became the basis of his new task and new information was discovered.
This collection on Indians is divided into several sections: Indian Traders, IndianTowns, Indian Walking Purchase, Indian Hanna, and general subject areas on Indians. Because research on Indians also appears in the gray boxes of the Penn Collection, reference is made to these boxes and what is contained within them.
Box 83—INDIANS–INDIAN TRADERS
File 1—Peter Bizaillion–French Huguenot Indian Trader, 1664-1742. Also
served as interpreter. Said to have been the original owner of the Downingtown log cabin—extensive research with notes pasted to sheets
File 2—Edmund Cartlidge–settled in LancasterCounty and traded with the
Delaware Indians for additional land along Conestoga Creek. He was greatly involved in Indian trade, particularly in the Transallegheny region—extensive research with notes pasted to sheets
File 4—Martin Chartier–French Canadian who lived among the Indians,
eventually settling in LancasterCounty—extensive research with
notes pasted to sheets
Box 82—INDIANS–INDIAN TRADERS
File 1—James and John Hendricks–Indian Traders in LancasterCounty–
extensive research with notes pasted to sheets
File 2—James Le Tort–French immigrant—extensive research with notes
pasted to sheets
File 3-10–John Steelman–first settler in Adams County, many notes on his life in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland—extensive research notes in ACM order, majority pasted to sheets, note cards, correspondence
Box 83—INDIANS–INDIANTOWNS, A-F
File 1—BuckinghamIndianTown–Bucks County—scanty notes
File 2—Catmoonchick Indian town, West Whiteland, ChesterCounty— scanty notes
File 3—ConestogaIndianTown–LancasterCounty—extensive research with notes pasted to sheets
File 4-10–Ft Susquehanna, IndianTown Fort of 1670
a. Location, Landis theory—detailed notes pasted to sheets
b. Fort itself, 1670—detailed notes pasted to sheets
c. Location research(5 files)—detailed and extensive research pasted to sheets, some correspondence
d. Surveyors—detailed and extensive research pasted to sheets
Box 86—INDIANS–INDIANTOWNS, H-P
Files 1-2–HokendauguaIndianTown, NorthamptonCounty, (File 1 has detailed and extensive notes pasted to sheets; second file
has many photostats of deeds and maps)
File 3—KittanningIndianTown–Armstrong County (also includes research
on battle fought here during French and Indian War)notes
File 4—KushkushkingIndianTown, near Slippery Rock—scanty notes
File 5—MingoRunIndianTown, near Royersford—detailed notes, many
pasted to sheets
File 6—MinguannamIndianTown, ChesterCounty—extensive, detailed, notes pasted to sheets
File 7—OkechockingIndianTown, ChesterCounty—loose notes
File 8—Queoneomysing Indian Town, Delaware County—-extensive,
detailed notes pasted to sheets
File 9—PassayunkIndianTown, Philadelphia—detailed notes pasted to sheets
See also boxes on Philadelphia and oversized files
Box 87—INDIANS–INDIANTOWNS, P
Files 1-2–PequeaIndianTown, LancasterCounty—extensive, detailed
notes pasted to sheets
Files 3-6–Perkasie Indian Town, Bucks County. Also includes notes on Perkasie Manor. One folder contains copies of deeds and maps
See also oversized files
a. First draft of manuscript of proposed book on small notepaper
b. Second draft of manuscript on notebook paper
c. Planned illustrations
d. Appendix–LOST DEED OF 1680
e. Tracts of land on the East Side of Neshaminy Creek-
-Stackhouse, Dilworth, Hayhurts, Thatcher, Scarborough, Waln
f. Tracts of land on the West Side of Neshaminy Creek–Bennett
Hayhurst, Taylor, Dracott
g. Miscellaneous tracts around the Creek
settlers from them who bought the land around Playwicky
i. Maps
j. Correspondence for publication, 1953-55.
k. Plate for Playwicky Map
Box 97 Gray Boxes– Playwicky
File 1–MiddletownTownship–Notes of earliest settlers on Neshaminy
Creek
a. James Dilworth
b. Richard Thatcher
File 2–Settlers
a. Thomas Stackhouse
b. Nicholas Waln
c. John Scarborough
File 3–Settlers
a. Edmund Bennett
b. John Town
c. Robert Heaton, his will
File 4–Philip Dracott
File 5–Settlers
a. Elizabeth Walmsley, widow
b. Christopher Taylor
c. IsraelTaylor
File 6–Settlers
a. John Griffith
b. James Carter
File 7–Van Artsdalen and views of Playwicky
File 8–Playwicky town location and Playwicky press releases
File 9–a. Proposed marker for Playwicky
b. Previous attempts to locate Playwicky
c. Meaning of the name of Playwicky
d. Spelling of Playwicky
File 10-a. William Markhan
b. Thomas Holme
c. Thomas Fairman
d. Playwicky Tamany’s Town
e. Thomas Revell
f. White Oak by path to the Indian town of Playwicky, 1682
File 11-a. John Watson, surveyor on location of white oak
b. John Chapman
c. Francis Richardson
File 12-a. John Hampton
b. Cuthbert Hayhurst
File 13-a. Cuthbert Hayhurst, 1685, 2 mo 8, return
b. Widow Hayhurst
c. Warrant to William Hayhurst from William Penn, 1683, 5 mo 12
File 14–Cuthbert Hayhurst
Box 90—INDIANS–INDIANTOWNS, P—T
File 1–PochopochoIndianTown, NorthamptonCounty—scanty notes
File 2–ShackamaxonIndianTown, BurlingtonCounty—scanty notes
File 3–TulpehockenIndianTown, BerksCounty—detailed, extensive
notes pasted to sheets
Box 91—INDIANS–INDIAN WALKING PURCHASE
Six files relating to purchases and properties involved in the purchase—
Extensive and detailed and organized research, many pasted to sheets
INDIAN HANNAH, last of the Lenni Lenape Indians living in ChesterCounty.
Much of this research was done in preparation for a celebration sponsored by the Chester County Historical Society to mark the grave of Indian Hannah. The research done by Myers is very extensive. He tried to trace her family tree (difficult for Myers because Indian genealogy goes through the female rather than the male lines), trace every place she lived in Chester County through a series of “queries” he gave to family members, and secure any supporting evidence he could to document the life of Indian Hannah. Most of this research was completed in 1909. Once completed, Myers organized and pasted his notes to read as he wished.
Box 92—INDIANS–INDIAN HANNAH
File 1—General Research
b. Dilworth family queries
File 2—Notes for the speech he gave at dedication ceremonies of grave
marker, sponsored by the Chester County Historical Society, 1909.
File 3—Queries returned by the following people: Coates Coleman,
Marshall Swyane, Townsend Walter, L. C. Skelton, R. H. Walter, Edith Pennock, Gilbert Cope, Ellwood Green, Henry Harlan
File 4—Bibliography on Indians, Indians in general, query returned by Frank Lamborn
Box 93—INDIANS–INDIAN HANNAH
File 1—Families with whom Hannah lived–Harvey, Levis, Williamson,
Wickersham, Swayne, Pennock, Mercer, Hayes, Chamberlain;
Customs and traditions of Indians, especially Indian Hannah
File 2—List of families with whom Hannah lived, poems about Hannah,
transcription of County Poor List
File 3—Correspondence in 1909–recollections of Hannah for celebration in
1909 sponsored by Chester County Historical Society
Box 94—INDIANS—TOPICS, A-N
File 1—Conoy Indians, LancasterCounty—organized notes
Files 2-3– Delaware Indians—organized notes on various sub-topics
File 4—Great Minquas Indian Trail, research notes
File 5—Indians–Bucks County (includes address of SaraUnderhill, niece of ACM)
File 6—Indians–ChesterCounty—Kennett—scanty notes on the trial of
James Brown for assault of Indian woman, 1732
File 7—Indians—Chester County– London Grove—notes
File 8—Indians—ChesterCounty–Newlin (Burial Ground)—extensive, detailed notes pasted to sheets
File 9—Indians—Christianity–notes
File 10—Indians–Correspondence
File 11—Indians–Deeds (photostats)
File 12—Indians–General information and unorganized notes of ACM
File 13—Indians New Jersey—photostats of “Indian Interpreter” by James
Nevill, Penn Agent
File 14—Indians–New Jersey—extensive, detailed and organized notes
Pasted to sheets
File 15—Nanticokes—scanty notes
File 16—Newsclippings
Box 95—INDIANS—TOPICS, O-W
File 1—Orecton or BileIsland—scanty notes
File 2—Penn and Indians—extensive, detailed notes pasted to sheets
File 3—Philadelphia Indian Claims—primarily newspaper clippings
File 4—SpringCity (Peter’s Cave, fur trader)—correspondence, research, notes
File 5—Susquehanna Indians, Bibliography
File 6—Susquehanna Indians, Correspondence re bronze knife handle
File 7—Susquehanna Indians, knife handle found near Wrightsville, PA– notes
File 8—Susquehanna Indians– manuscript
File 9—Susquehanna Indians, Penn and Quakers—organized notes
File 10–TinicumIsland—scanty notes
File 11–WPA Federal Writers Project—copy of document
INDIAN SURVEY, ARCHAEOLOGICCAL SOCIETY
File 12–Pennsylvania Indian Survey, Cornplanter Study and Pennsylvania
Archaeological Society—notes, correspondence
File 13–Formation of Archaeological Society–correspondence
Box 96—INDIANS–PRINTED MATTER
THE PRESERVATION OF THE PREHISTORIC IMPLEMENTS OF THE TRIBE, 1921, Joseph Wigglesworth
c. PENNSYLVANIA ARCHAEOLOGIST, January, 1934 and April, 1935
d. SPANISH HILL, ITS PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE, Elsie Murray
Henry Mercer, 1895
Fackenthal, Jr., 1925
k. “Quakers and Indians”, S. Lucia Keim, 1932
l. “Our Indians of Early Delaware,” Anna Lincoln, 1932
Donald Cadzow, Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1936
January, 1929
Box 92 in Gray Boxes–INDIAN PLACE NAMES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. Order of all research and all labels done by ACM (sometimes hard to discern to present readers)
Files 1 & 2–Bibliography (label of ACM). This is not an alpha listing of
books but notes on many sources of information, both original
manuscripts and printed works about Indians
Files 3 & 4–Indian Places and Towns–Short descriptions by ACM in alpha
Order
File 5–a. Indian Creek Names
b. Indian House or Wigwams
c. Indian Servants or Slaves
d. Manners and Customs
e. Indian Dictionary
f. Indians and rum
g. Indian trails
File 6–Indian Interpreters
File 7–a. Indian traders
b. Articles of trade
c. Lindestrom MSS
Files 8 & 9–AmesackanFalls, Elk River, IronMountain, parts 1 and 2.
Box 93 in Gray Boxes
A chronological account of all transactions with the Indians with the earliest references in 1630. Folders are marked with the years contained within them. All references are noted. The final folder has printed matter collected by ACM to round out these references.
Box 94 in Gray Boxes
Indian Deeds in chronological order from 1682-1684. Many of the files contain photostats of the deeds themselves.
Box 95 in Gray Boxes
Indian Deeds in chronological order from 1685-1717. Many of the files contain photostats of the deeds themselves.
Indian Chief Names in alphabetical order, A-M, with notes on each
Box 96 in Gray Boxes
Indian Chief Names in alphabetical order, N-Z, with notes on each
VALLEY FORGE
Myers served on the Commission of Valley Forge during most of its formative years, 1924-1936. During this time, he was directly involved in researching and determining the exact location of the forge burned by the British, expanding the lands of Valley Forge Park, studying and helping in the restoration of Washington’s headquarters, studying maps of the encampments, and generally becoming an expert on most subjects of Valley Forge. One of his greatest undertakings was the large celebration of 1928, which celebrated the 150th anniversary of the French alliance with the United States. Pageants, speeches, other organizations, all became a part of the massive celebration.
Box 97—VALLEY FORGE–FORGES AND THE ORIGINAL FORGE
File 1—English forges–photostats
File 2—Forge design—copies from books
File 3—Hay Creek Forge, BerksCounty (proposal to move this forge to
Valley Forge and place where original burned by British–opposed
by ACM)—notes, correspondence
File 4—Mt Joy or Valley Forge, 1757-1765–notes
File 5—Reports on dams and furnaces at Valley Forge, includes
Pennypackers objections to Mt Joy site along with Koch report and
ACM comments—all evidence to support positions included in file
File 6—Supporting evidence for report on dams and furnaces at Valley
Forge—maps, notes, photostats
File 7—Restoration of Forges–newsclippings
File 8—Traveling forges—scanty notes
File 9—MSS True Valley Forge
Box 98–VALLEY FORGE– 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF FRENCH ALLIANCE, MAY, 1928
File 1—Subscriptions to the celebration May 5, 1928
File 2—Identification badges
File 3—Research for the celebration—organized notes pasted on sheets
File 4–Newsclippings of the event
File 5—Correspondence re celebration
File 6—Preparations–papers
File 7—Celebration, May 5, 1928, includes play CATO
File 8—Flag over headquarters—detailed, organized notes pasted to sheets
Box 99—VALLEY FORGE–WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS, OWNERSHIP AND RESTORATION
File 1—Potts Family—organized notes
File 2—Isaac Potts –extensive, organized notes
File 3—David Potts—extensive organized notes
File 4—Joseph Potts—extensive, organized notes
File 5—John Potts—very detailed notes
File 6—Deborah Hewes—extensive, detailed notes pasted to sheets
File 7—Col William Dewees, Jr—extensive, detailed notes, pasted to sheets
File 8—Washington’s headquarters—views–photostats
File 9—Washington’s headquarters—restoration—notes and correspondence
File 10–Washington prayer myth–notes
File 11–Washington’s Marquee at Valley Forge—scanty notes
File 12–Washington and the army, supplies—extensive, detailed notes
Box 100—VALLEY FORGE–RESEARCH
File 1—Historic References, date order—note cards
File 2—”Valley Forge Notes” ACM, 1927-28—organized notes pasted to
sheets
File 3—Miscellaneous data, includes last page of orderly book
File 4—Roads and Bridges—General—notes, some photostats
File 5—FlatlandFordBridge—photostats
File 6—Gulph Road, 1926-1929—newsclippings, correspondence
File 7—Sullivan’s Bridge—scanty notes
File 8—Valley Creek—scanty notes
File 9—Duportail Marker—mixture of materials, including programs of events held there
File 10–Medicine–Dr. Bodo Otto, Chief Surgeon in Charge of Hospitals at
Valley Forge—speech text
File 11–Cannon at Valley Forge–maps
File 12–Fortifications, cantonments, huts, at Valley Forge—notes, diagrams, reports
File 13–Maps–Wm Stevens, Varnum’s Headquarters–tracings
File 14–Maps–William Davis, Map of Valley Forge Camp of 1777-78—
detailed notes pasted to sheets
File 15–Maps–James Parker, Map of Valley Forge Camp of 1777-78—
detailed notes pasted to sheets
File 16–Valley Forge–Condition of Army—scanty notes
File 17–Statues and Memorials at Valley Forge—scanty notes
Box 101–VALLEY FORGE– COMMISSION
File 1—Comprehensive Plan, 1920-21–report
File 2—Misc Newsclippings
File 3—Legislative History of Valley Forge, 1924–report
File 4—Commission Correspondence, 1927-28
File 5—Commission Correspondence, 1929, 1930, 1931
File 6—Fourteenth Report, 1926—typed copy
File 7—Valley Forge Meetings, 1928-29
File 8—Valley Forge Meetings, 1930-1931
File 9—Joint Meeting–FairmontPark Commission, April 28, 1931
File 10–Valley Forge Meetings, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935
File 11–Valley ForgePark Notes, 1931-1935
File 12–Land Acquisitions and Landscaping, c 1928–reports
File 13–Memorial Chapel vs. Park Expansion, c 1928—reports, newsclippings, correspondence
File 14–Hoover’s Visit, 1931–program
File 15–”Hot Dogs” at Valley Forge, 1935-36–newsclippings
Box–102—VALLEY FORGE–PRINTED MATTER
a. THE VALLEY FORGE GUIDE, W. Herbert Burk, 1921
b. THE VALLEY FORGE GUIDE, W. Herbert Burk, 1928
c. ORATION AT VALLEY FORGE, Henry Armitt Brown, 1926
d. ORATION AT VALLEY FORGE, Henry Armitt Brown, 1911
e. VALLEY FORGE AND THE FRENCH ALLIANCE, Rev. W Herbert
Burl, 1928
g. THE FEU DE JOYE May 6, 1778, John Baer Stoudt, 1928
h. LANCASTERCOUNTY AND VALLEY FORGE (DURING THE
REVOLUTION), H Frank Eshleman, 1928
i. VALLEY FORGE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, 1879
j. VALLEY FORGE, Frank Taylor, 1922
k. ADDRESS OF ISAAC PENNYPACKER, June 7, 1930
l. WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE, ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO,
Theo. W Bean, 1876
m. VALLEYFORGEPARK, Gilbert Jones, 1939
n. PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE, “Letters of More than Local Interest”
July, 1916
o. THE AMERICAN WESTMINISTER, W. Herbert Burk, 1923
p. THE PERKIOMEN REGION, “From Brandywine Through The
Perkiomen Region to Valley Forge, 1777”, October, 1927
q. PERSONAL RELICS OF BARON VON STEUBEN, sale, 1929
r. MEADOW FOREST AND STREAM FOR PLAY PROFIT AND PURE
WATER. Report by Park and Public Reservations Committee, 1928
s. VALLEY FORGE, President Hoover’s Visit, 1931
t. REPORTS OF THE COMMISSIONS
Valley Forge park Commission for the years 1894, 1896, 1900
Report of Commission, 1904
Reports of Valley Forge Park Commissions, 1902, 1904, 1906
Report of Valley ForgePark Commission, 1906
Report of Valley ForgePark Commission, 1908
Report of Valley Forge Park Commission, 1910, (hardback & soft)
Report of Valley ForgePark Commission, 1912
Report of Valley ForgePark Commission, 1914
Eleventh Biennial Report of Valley ForgePark Commission, 1916
Twelfth Biennial Report of Valley ForgePark Commission, 1919
Thirteenth Biennial Report of Valley ForgePark Commission, 1921
Reports of Valley Forge Park Commission, 1921-27
Report of Valley ForgePark Commission, 1927-1929
Report of Valley ForgePark Commission, 1931-1935
Oversized files on Valley Forge:
1. Modern Maps of Valley Forge, 1907
2. Blueprint, 1930–”Plan Showing Location, Area, and Property Owners in the Townships of Schuykill and Tredyffrin.”
3. Commission Map, 1918
4. Blueprint, 1928–”Preliminary Study of Park Extension of Valley Forge”
5. Diagrammatic Suggestions for Extension of Valley Forge Park, 1928
6. Birds Eye View, 1928
7. Reference Sketches of Valley Forge and Vicinity, 1928
8. Preliminary Plans for Development of Revolutionary Campground, 1927
9. Development Study of Revolutionary Campground, 1919
10.Plan of Valley ForgePark Reservation, 1931
11. Blueprint, 1930, Valley ForgePark and Vicinity
12. Blueprint and Excavation Results, Upper Forge, 1930
13. Drawing and sketch of Upper Forge, 1930
14. Photostats of title papers to Upper Forge Tract at Valley Forge (small copies in file)
15. Revolutionary Map from Clements Collection, Ann Arbor, Michael (Gorman Map)
16. George Washington Tent at Valley Forge
17. Photostat of Valley Forge Orderly Book
18. Thomas-Potts James Papers, Valley Forge, photostats
19. Valley Forge, Rockland Forges, 1805, photostats, 3 copies
20. Hessian Maps from Library of Congress, Photostat, Renvoy (some parts greatly enlarged)
21. General Duportail Map, Photostats
22. Spy Map, Clinton Papers, photostats, some enlargement
23. Valley ForgeTown, photostats
24. William Davis Map, at CornellUniversity, enlargements, photostats
PENNSBURY
Early attempts to do anything about the restoration of Penn’s manor house in Pennsylvania, all failed. The scene changed in 1930 when the Warner Company, involved in quarrying nearby, donated the land, which became the original PennsburyPark. Once the site belonged to the state, the state investigated what it would take to rebuild Pennsbury. As part of his work on the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, Myers was placed in the position of one of the directors of research and was part of the planning committee for the restoration of Penn’s House. Excavations were undertaken, along with extensive research of written materials to ascertain exact construction designs, materials, and furnishings.
Labor was difficult to secure, because America was in the midst of a great depression and state funding was often uncertain. Help appeared in the form of CWA workers for clerical help and excavation labor. These funds also dried up and the project had to finally turn to private funding.
Myers did not see the completion of the project. He withdrew in 1936, when money was no longer available for his salary. He was convinced that the house, which eventually opened to the public, was one of the “biggest monstrosities ever put on the taxpayer.”
The first series of boxes were set up by ACM himself. His plan was to go through all the writings of Penn and copy out in date order, every reference he could find connected to Pennsbury. Secondly, he made a list of topics, filed them alphabetically, and usually put the historic references into the folders. Thus, Myers had a system which double checked every possible subject–one by date order and one by subject. Most of these folders contain very limited amounts of information.
Box 103—PENNSBURY–A-D
The first file in this collection contains all the references in date order.
The remaining files contain the following subjects:
Adams, Joseph, agricultural methods
Banister, barge, barn, bees, Biddle, Sarah
Blacks, boards, bread, brewhouses, bricks, bricklayers
Bridge, building, builder (contriver), Burgess, Anthony
Calow, John, carpenters, carpenter tools, carts
Ceiling heights, cellar, cherry trees, chimney, cider
Claypoole’s lot in Philadelphia, cleared land
Closet (governor’s), clothes, coach
Cook, Arthur, corn, country scenes
Court yards, covets, cranberries
Dairy, Dearborn, Hugh
Distilling, doors, draughts, Dummer, Robert
Box 104—PENNSBURY–E-M
Included are the following subjects:
English grass, entry, events at Pennsbury
Farm implements, fences, fertilizer, fields–hay dust
Fishing, the Flat, food, foundation, furniture and furnishings
Gardens, Governor’s gardens, Great garden on Delaware River Garden wall, gardens in England, gardens and gardening (early)
Garretts, gates, glass, graft, gravel, Griscom, Andrew
Grounds of Pennsbury, Great Hall, gun of William Penn
Hardware, Hawkins, hazelnuts, herbs, Holt, Ben, houses
Husbandry—farming
Indian fields, Indians at Pennsbury, Islands at Pennsbury
Jackson, Ephraim
Kitchen, kitchen garden, knob
Labor conditions, lady’s house near Pennsbury, (Martha Durant)
Landing, lane, larders, lean-to, lime, livestock, Lord Cornbury’s visit
Martin, John, middle story of house, Milan oven, mill, money
Moldings
Box 105—PENNSBURY–N-Z
Includes the following subjects:
Net for fishing, nursery for fruit trees
Orchards–fruit trees, out-houses—shed
Park, parlor(best), pasture, Pennsbury—name
Pennsbury House–The Great House, plastering, plowing
Plumbers, the Point, poplar trees on the Delaware River, porches
Posts, painter, privy, Prothero, Evan
Quickset—haws
Rails and banisters, risening, roofs, rooms–general, roses
Salading, Salter, Hannah, saw-mill, servants, shade, shingles
Side saddle, sloop, Smith, John, Sotcher, John
Spouts, staircase, swamp in Philadelphia
Taylor, James, terrace, turned work
Vegetables, vineyards
Wainscoat, Walker, Joseph, walks, wallfront of Pennsbury
Walnut trees on Delaware River front, wash house
Wells and pump, wheat, wheelwright, windows, wine, Wood, Peter
Woods–miscellaneous trees
Box 106–PENNSBURY—RESTORATION
File 1—Donation of Pennsbury by Warner Company–photostats
File 2—Report of the Institute of Architects—notes and architects
File 3—Maps of Pennsbury
File 4—Correspondence of Committee, 1933-34
File 5—Correspondence of Committee, 1935
File 6—Removal of caretaker’s house—plans—see also oversized files
File 7—Reconstruction sketches
File 8—”The Monstrosity”—letter of Myers
File 9—Expense accounts
File 10–Newsclippings re Pennsbury
File 11–Pennsbury research–notes
File 12–Miscellaneous notes, not in order
File 13–Catalogues seeking sources of items to furnish Pennsbury
Box 107—PENNSBURY– GARDEN RECONSTRUCTION
File 1–Garden books bibliography—loose notes
The files of the following gardening books usually contain only copies of the title page and sometimes the contents page
File 2—John Worlidge, SYSTEMA AGRICULTURAE
File 3—Moses Cook, THE MANNER OF RAISING, ORDERING AND
IMPROVING FOREST AND FRUIT-TREES
File 4—Leonard Meager, ENGLISH GARDENER
File 5—Sir Hugh Platt, THE GARDEN OF EDEN
File 6—Nicolas Bonnefons, FRENCH GARDENER (trans by John Evelyn)
File 7—William Hughes, THE FLOWER GARDENER
File 8—Charles Cotton, THE PLANTERS MANUAL
File 9—John Evelyn, KALENCLARIUM HORTENSE, OR THE
GARDENER’S ALMANAC
File 10–A PAPERBACK OF DUTCH DRAUGHTS
File 11–THE COUNTRY-MANS RECREATION, OR THE ART OF
PLANTING, GRAFTING, AND GARDENING, London, 1640
File 12–Walter Blith, THE ENGLISH IMPROVER, London, 1649
File 13–John Smith, ENGLAND’S IMPROVEMENT REVISED, London,
1670
File 14–Penn’s Gardens
File 15–Markam
File 16–Correspondence seeking gardening books
File 17–Gardening books owned by Penn
File 18–Comparable Houses
File 19–Misc Notes, not in any order or theme
File 20–Further research needed
File 21–Architectual books—note cards
File 22–Printed material re Pennsbury
POST MAGAZINE, Septmber 26, 1953
Gray Box 48–Pennsbury
File 1–Pennsbury Brew House
Files 2-3-4–Research notes of ACM re Pennsbury
File 5–The desk of Penn, Pa History Club pilgrimage to Pennsbury,
account of Pennsbury from HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY BY
William Buck.
File 6–Restoration of Pennsbury
File 7– Subheadings of topics:
Penn’s earmarks of cattle
Penn’s horses
Penn’s saddlery and harness
Penn’s coaches
Smithshop
Penn’s hounds
Forestry
Gardening
File 8–Ralph Smith, Gardener
File 9–James Reid, Gardener
File 10–Hugh Sharp, gardener, William Watson, coachman, Henry Gibbs,
carpenter
File 11–John Sotcher, Steward
File 12–Mary Lofty, housekeeper (later Mrs. Sotcher), Penn’s Negroes
File 13–Other servants at Pennsbury
File 14–Penn’s Mill and Miller
Oversized file–Pennsbury
Series of blueprints showing all the items found during excavations
Series of blueprints for movement of caretakers house
Series of drawing showing possible reconstruction of Pennsbury
Collection of photostats re Pennsbury
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, PA
Myers was very active in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania from the late 1800’s until 1936. When he started his massive work on Penn, the Society gave him an office space, and the invitation to examine their records.
As an active member at the beginning of the twentieth century, Myers was instrumental in organizing the Pennsylvania History Club, a club within the greater Society. To become a member, generally you had to have published in the historical field and be a male. They held meetings to discuss many topics and organized “pilgrimages” to most of the historic sites within a 50 mile radius of Philadelphia.
Box 108—HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA
Pennsylvania History Club
File 1—Correspondence 1905-07
File 2—Correspondence 1908-1910, Collection of HSP
File 3—Minutes of PA History Club, 1905-1906
File 4—Minutes of PA History Club, 1907-1908
File 5—Minutes PA History Club, 1909-1910
File 6—Minutes PA History Club, 1911-1916 (These minutes are somewhat sparse since Myers spent much of these years in England researching his Penn works.)
File 7—History Club Organization—suggestions, correspondence
File 8—Pilgrimages—notices of meetings and pilgrimages
File 9—Publications, Meetings and Suggestions
Box 109—HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA
These files deal with the connection between the Historical Society and the PA Federation of Historical Societies. These topics include:
File 1—Connection between the Federation and the PA History Club– correspondence
File 2—A Survey on CountyRecords, c 1911
File 3—Preservation of records, c 1911—notes and report
The remaining group of files deals with the Historical Society itself. These topics include:
File 4—HSP information—largely printed matter
File 5—Nead papers to HSP–correspondence
File 6—HSP support of Penn Works–resolutions
File 7—HSP general correspondence
File 8—HSP officers and elections
File 9—HSP Constitution and by-laws—statement of purpose
File 10–MC Master Dinner, 1913—program, invitations
File 11–Centennial celebration of HSP, 1924—newsclippings, correspondence
Box 110—HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA
The last part of this collection contains publications of HSP or the PA History Club. Included:
ORDINANCES OF 1787 (1856)
FORMAL OPENING OF NEW FIREPROOF BUILDING OF HISTORICAL
SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1910
PUBLICATIONS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY CLUB, 1909
DISCOURSE ON THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW HALL MARCH 11,
1872 OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1872
THE RIGHT USE OF HISTORY, 1856
PAINTINGS AND OTHER OBJECTS OF INTEREST BELONGING TO
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1872
REPORT UPON THE ORIGIN, CONSTITUTION, AND PRESENT
STATUS OF FUNDS AND TRUSTS OF THE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1913
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA
THE PENNSYLVANIA FEDERATION OF HISTORICAL SOCIETIES,
FIFTH MEETING, 1910
PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION, Harrisburg, 1924-1936
Myers served on this commission, spearheading the movement to mark historical sites in the state. Toward the end of his tenure, he was actively involved in the excavation, research, and restoration of Pennsbury. His work on historic markers is described elsewhere in this catalogue.
Box 111—PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Topics included in this collection:
File 1–Mss for the Fourth Report, 1926
File 2–Correspondence 1924-27
File 3–Correspondence, 1932-1936
File 4–Minutes 1924-27
File 5–Minutes 1932-35
Correspondence of Myers with Commission members:
File 6—Dr. George Becht
File 7—Mrs. Frank Black
File 8—Donald Cadzow
File 9—Dr. Gearhart
File 10–Francis Haas
File 11–Col Henry Paxson
File 12–Col Henry Shoemaker
Box 112—PA FEDERATION OF HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
The Pennsylvania Historical Commission worked closely (often many of the same people were in both) with the Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies. They often jointly sponsored seminars and conventions. Topics in this box include:
File 1—The Federation 1932-33—reports and notes, correspondence
File 2—Correspondence and minutes
File 3—Cornplanter Indian Committee–report
File 4—Needs of history—report
File 5—Biographical Records Committee–correspondence
File 6—Committee on the Preservation of PA Antiquities—reports, correspondence
Publications include:
Mss for Sixth Report
YEAR BOOK FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA FEDERATIION OF HISTORICAL SOCIETIES for 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931
REPORTS OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION OF PENNSYLVANIA,
First Report, 1915, Second Report, 1918, Third Report, 1922,
Fourth Report, 1926, Fifth Report, 1931, Sixth Report, 1937
Other publications include:
THREE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN SOMERSET COUNTY, PA, 1939
Pennsylvania, 1947, a Survey.
Box 114–Correspondence with Edward R Turner, American Historian, 1904-1915
BOOKS BY ALBERT COOK MYERS
Box 115–WALTER WHARTON LAND SURVEYS (1955)
File 1—Correspondence re publication
File 2—Typed manuscript
File 3—Earlier drafts of manuscript
File 4—Proofs of book
File 5—Wharton House in New Castle
Photostats of original land survey in oversized file
Box 116–SALLY WISTAR’S JOURNAL (1902)
File 1—Copyrights–correspondence
File 2—Sales Brochures
File 3—Journal entries from Pemberton and Taylor papers, HSP
File 4—Publisher–Ferris and Leach
File 5—Typed manuscript
File 6—Book Reviews
File 7—Notes, part 1 (also includes some notes on Hannah Logan) in ACM order
File 8—Notes, part 2 (also includes some notes on Hannah Logan) in ACM order
File 9—Notes of ACM, correspondence about book
Box 117–HANNAH LOGAN’S COURTSHIP (1902)
File 1—Typed MSS and notes, part 1
File 2—Typed MSS, part 2
File 3—Notes in ACM order
File 4—Notes in ACM order
Box 118–HANNAH LOGAN’S COURTSHIP (1902)
File 1—Notes in ACM order
File 2—Correspondence/ Notes on illustrations
File 3—Sources of Pictures and Signatures
File 4—John Smith’s Diary/Bibliography
File 5—Book Reviews
Box 119–IRISH QUAKER IMMIGRATION TO PENNSYLVANIA, (1902)
File 1—Subscriptions, flyer
File 2—Publisher–New Era Printing–correspondence
File 3—Illustrations
File 4—Research notes on families in book
File 5—Sharp Family (ChesterCounty)
File 6—Book Reviews, 1902
Box 120–IRISH QUAKER IMMIGRATION TO PENNSYLVANIA (1902)
File 1—MSS, handwritten
File 2—MSS, typed
File 3—Research notes on families in book
File 4—Research notes on families in book
Boxes 121 and 122–Additional Research for IRISH QUAKER IMMIGRATION. This research was conducted during various trips to Ireland after the publication of the book in 1902. The initial additional research was conducted in 1912, especially the minutes from Ballyhagen Meeting 1673-1693. Other records were loaned to Devonshire House in London, where Myers was staying. This research was conducted in 1915. All of the various researches were later assembled during the 1930’s. Following the example of Myers, all of it is still in folders marked with letters of the alphabet. As he did not put all the families together, neither are they all together now. The earlier research tends to have been pasted on white paper, the later research on yellow paper.
Box 121—IRISH QUAKER IMMIGRATION TO PENNSYLVANIA—ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON NAMES FROM A-O
File 1—Names, A-B
File 2—Names, C
File 3—Names, D-E
File 4—Names, F-G
File 5—Names, H
File 6—Names, I-L
File 7—Names, M-O
Box 122—IRISH QUAKER IMMIGRATION TO PENNSYLVANIA—ADDITIONAL
RESEARCH ON NAMES FROM P-Z
File 1—Names, P-R
File 2—Names, S
File 3—Names, T-Z
File 4—“Additional research”—unsorted notes of ACM
File 5—Anthony Sharp Papers as transcribed by his brother-in-law John Crabb”, Dublin, 1720 and contained in a vault at Friends Meeting House in Dublin, copied in October, 1912 by Myers.
File 6—Copies of minutes from the Dublin Meeting, c. 1685-1690.
Box 123–ENGLISH QUAKER ARRIVALS AT PHILADELPHIA (1905)
Contains individual note cards of immigrants from England, listed by the County and Meeting in England
Box 124—ENGLISH QUAKER ARRIVALS AT PHILADELPHIA (1905)
File 1—Handwritten manuscript
File 2—Bibliography and note cards
File 3—Introduction—all notes
a. General Historical Account of Rise of Quakers in England
b. Religious prototypes–Anabaptists, Seekers, etc
c. Distributions of early Quakers in England
d. Fox Followers
e. Persecutions
File 4—Immigration
a. Causes of emigration
b. Ways and means of emigration
File 5—Voyage
a. Preparations
b. Ports of Embarkation
c. Passports, Customs House
d. Ship supplies, personal effects
e. Ships
f. Ships and shipping
g. Owners of ships
Box 125—ENGLISH QUAKER ARRIVALS AT PHILADELPHIA (1905)
File 1—English Quakers by County, B-D
File 2—English Quakers by County, E-W
File 3—English Quakers by County, Yorkshire—notes, some printed matter
File 4—Settlement in Colonies—notes, some printed matter
Gray Boxes: ENGLISH QUAKER IMMIGRATIONS
Alphabetical information on the families included in his book. See also the Irish families, Welsh, Swedish and non-Quaker families in the gray boxes
Box 126-127–NARRATIVES OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA, WESTERN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE (1912)
Written by Myers, this book was part of a series done by the American Historical Association, in connection with the Carnegie Foundation. Myers’ work was primarily as an editor on the journals and diaries
Box 126—NARRATIVES OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA, WESTERN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE (1912)
File 1—Notes—ACM order
File 2—Notes and footnotes
File 3 & 4–Handwritten manuscript for book
Box 127—NARRATIVES OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA, WESTERN NEW
JERSEY AND DELAWARE (1912)
File 1—Notebooks of ACM containing information on journals, diaries and
place names, used for determining sources of material to be included in the book
File 2—Collections of Pennsylvania History—printed matter
File 3—Pennsylvania Journals and Diaries of the 18th Century
a. Bibliography of available journals and diaries
b. Diary of Benjamin Hunt—printed matter
c. Diary of Richard Barnard, East Marlborough, 1774-92 (extracts)
d. Diary of Jonah Dixon, 1769—typed copy
File 4—Journals and Diaries of the 19th Century (includes George Wilson of AdamsCounty)—some printed matter
File 5—MSS Early Narratives–handwritten
File 6—Whithall Diary, transcript–typed
File 7—Joseph Kirkbride Diary, transcript–typed
File 8—Correspondence
File 9—Brochures and reviews, 1912
Box 128–WILLIAM PENN, HIS OWN ACCOUNT OF THE LENNI LENAPE OR DELAWARE INDIANS, 1683 (1937)
File 1—Contains research notes—ACM order
File 2—Mss—typed and handwritten
File 3—Illustrations and Appendix
COURT OF NEWCASTLE, 1668-1699, Volume II, (Notes)(1935)
File 4—Correspondence, some photostats, reviews
Box 129–BOY WASHINGTON, AGED 16, HIS OWN ACCOUNT OF AN IROQUOIS INDIAN DANCE (1932)
File 1—Radio address
File 2—Research Notes and part of handwritten mss
File 3 & 4–MSS—typed and other part of written mss
File 5—Cover
File 6—Copyright and reviews
File 7—Subscription lists (also includes subscriptions for Young William Penn)
Box 130–YOUNG WILLIAM PENN (1937)
File 1—Penn’s appearance and characteristics—detailed, organized notes pasted to sheets
File 2,3,4,5–Research notes—as organized by ACM
File 6—MSS–handwritten
File 7—Advertisements and reviews
File 8—Kelsey Book on Penn–plan
Box 131—MEMORIAL EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS BY THOMAS SULLY,
April 9,1922-May 10,1922
Six files of research on the portraits used in the exhibition, organized by ACM
One copy of Exhibition Catalogue
KIDNAPPED KITTY (never published)
While growing up in AdamsCounty, Albert Cook Myers heard stories from his Aunt Mary Cook about a free black family who was snatched from their home on Bear Mountain and were returned to Virginia to slavery. Apparently Mrs. Maddox inherited the slaves, moved to Pennsylvania and freed the slaves. When a nephew became involved, he felt the property was still his and arranged for the kidnapping in 1845.
Kitty Payne and her three children were not returned to the Maddox farm. Pending court action, Payne and her children were incarcerated because Maddox could not post the $1000 bond. Payne was eventually freed by a Virginia Court and returned to AdamsCounty.
Meanwhile, the perpetrators of the crime, particularly Thomas Finnegan, were arrested and tried. They were eventually found guilty.
Cook spent much of his life researching and researching again, all the aspects of this story. He spent time not only in AdamsCounty, but did much research in Virginia among the records and farms, trying to recreate the story.
In addition to the Paynes’ gaining freedom, another servant of Maddox, Jim Green, was also freed. He eventually was tried for murder (unrelated to the case of kidnapping) and was executed, all duly recorded in these files.
No attempt has been based to remove the many pieces of duplicate research done over many years. What has been done, is that the material has been put together by subject categories.
Box 132—“KIDNAPPED KITTY”–THE KIDNAPPING AND RESIDENTS OF BEARMOUNTAIN
File 1–Kidnapping
File 2–Kitty’s Home, Bear Mountain
File 3–Kitty Payne
File 4–Payne Family
File 5–Physical characteristics of site of kidnapping
Residents of Bear Mountain
File 6–Freed
File 7–Griest
File 8–Nathan
File 9–Wright
File 10–Ellis
File 11–Cook
File 12–Cooper
File 13–Charles Burton, artist
File 14–Bostick
File 15–Steer
File 16–Freeman
File 17–Unsorted notes
Box 133—“KIDNAPPED KITTY”–COURT CASES
Kitty Payne Case:
File 1–Rappahonnock County, VA
File 2–Zeb Turner, Payne’s Virginia lawyer
File 3–Court case
File 4–Capture of kidnapper, Tom Finnegan
Files 5 & 6–Finnegan Trial-1845-46
File 7–Eastern Penitentiary, 1846
File 8–Pardon of Finnegan by Governor, 1848
Box 134—“KIDNAPPED KITTY”–PENNSYLVANIA COURT PARTICIPANTS
File 1—Blocher of Bendersville
File 2—Edward Buehler, Deputy Attorney General
File 3—James Cooper, Gettysburg lawyer
File 4—Court House, Gettysburg
File 5—Joel Danner, Gettysburg Lawyer and Justice of Peace
File 6—Daniel Durkee, judge in case of Thomas Finnegan
File 7—Indian Quarry, Fairfield, AdamsCounty
File 8—William Irvine, judge
File 9—Maria Furnace
File 10–Mc Clellan, Gettysburg
File 11–Charles Myers Hotel, Gettysburg
File 12–Dr. Isaac Parrish
File 13–Ben Roberts
File 14–Thomas Scattergood, Warden Eastern Penitentiary
File 15–Henry Schriever, Justice of Peace, Gettysburg
File 16–Benjamin Schiver, Sheriff
File 17–Smyser (lawyer)–depositions taken
File 18–Thaddeus Stevens
File 19–James Wilson, Justice of the Peace
Box 134—“KIDNAPPED KITTY”– VIRGINIA CONNECTIONS
File 1–Beverly /Brooke Tract
File 2–Charles Burgess Tract
File 3–Coon/Maddox
File 4–Corder
File 5–Corder Family
File 6–Thomas Deatherage, Justice of Peace, 1845
File 7–Roger Dixon
File 8–Field Plantation (Norvell)
File 9–Valley View–Gibson
File 10–Gordon
File 11–Hillary (Withers)
File 12–Huntley Region
File 13–Little Washington, VA
Box 135—“KIDNAPPED KITTY”—VIRGINIA CONNECTIONS
File 1—Lord Fairfax Tract
File 2—Maddox Tracts
File 3—Maps–Maddox tracts
File 4—Maddox, Withers, Corder, Turner
File 5—Marlow (Withers)
File 6—William Menefee, Clerk of Court, 1845
File 7—Horatio Gates Moffett
File 8—Nelson–”Walnut Farm”
File 9—Porter
File 10–Rappahannock/Farquier Counties Baptists
File 11–Roberts
File 12–Aunt Mary Stewart, ex-slave of Field
File 13–Nolen
File 14–James French Strother, Attorney
File 15–Tate
File 16–Franklin Turner, Justice of Peace
File 17–Turner letters
File 18–Virginia Research–Court House
File 19–William Walden, Sheriff
File 20–Warrenton, FarquierCounty
File 21–Withers
Withers “Burned House Tract”
Box 136—“KIDNAPPED KITTY”–PAYNE AND DESCENDANTS
File 1–Multiple drafts of beginning chapters of manuscript
Files 2 & 3–Research–setting up the story
Box 137—“KIDNAPPED KITTY”—PAYNE DESCENDANTS, ELIZA JANE PAYNE
Eliza Jane Payne (daughter)
File 1–1847–worked for Hays family
File 2–letters
File 3–worked for Rebecca Campbell, 1869
File 4–autograph album
File 5–Caswell Farm, Ohio, domestic servant
File 6–RaisinValley Seminary
File 7–Hunt/Green, friend at seminary
File 8–Norris Morey
File 9–Martha Jones Reed
File 10–Thomas White
File 11–Narrative of kidnapping (c. 1880)
File 12–Return visit to Pennsylvania, 1883
File 13–Kansas
File 14–Hurd Family, Abilene
File 15–Eisenhower letters (inquiring knowledge of Eliza Jane Payne)
Box 138—“KIDNAPPED KITTY”—PAYNE DESCENDANTS
File 1–Henson
File 2–Brian/Stewart
File 3–Brian (second husband of Kitty Payne)
File 4–Mary Payne Jackson (one of children kidnapped)
File 5–Arthur James Payne (one of children kidnapped)
File 6–Payne/Jackson Cemetery plot, Detroit, KS
File 7–Gandy
File 8–Queries to descendants of Kitty Payne
Box 139—“KIDNAPPED KITTY”–JIM GREEN
Families connected with Jim Green
File 1–Warner
File 2–Coley
File 3–Coley/Woods/ Green
File 4–Heller
File 5–Sowers
File 6–Tuckey
File 7–Sanders
File 8–Misc families
File 9–Murder of Mares
File 10–Capture of Jim Green
File 11–McCollum–chaplain at execution
File 12–Drs. Henry Caufman and Edward Mumma
File 13–Inquest
File 14–Execution, AdamsCounty Prison
File 15–Unconnected notes
File 16–Connection with Cook’s Mill
File 17–Mares Family
File 18–Jim Green Tract
File 19–Sheriff John Scott
File 20–Mc Conanghy
File 21–Judge Fisher
File 22–B & O Railroad (“Point of Rocks”)
GENEALOGY
Found In this collection, is an accumulation of searches by Myers that is not part of another subject. The lettered folders contain scant information on a variety of families. The individual folders are all that are contained on a certain family and different in completeness. Alphabetical folders contain scanty information on a single family, often just a letter.
Names included in this collection:
Box 140—GENEALOGY—A-B
File 1—Bibliography of ACM
File 2—“A”
File 3—Audenreid
File 4—Aydelotte
File 5—“B”
File 6—Baker
File 7—Bancroft
File 8—Bomberger
File 9—Brundsen, John
Box 141—GENEALOGY—C-D
File 1—“C”
File 2—Carver, John
File 3—Charnock
File 4—Coate
File 5—Cope, Gilbert
File 6—“D”
File 7—Dodge, Alan
File 8—Douglas, Sadie
File 9—DuPont
Box 142—GENEALOGY—F-H
File 1—”F”
File 2—Faucett
File 3—Ferree
File 4—Fleming
File 5—Fryburg
File 6—“G”
File 7—Garrett Estate Settlement
File 8 & 9—Garrett
File 10—Garrett, Charles
File 11—Glover
File 12—Gregg, Dixon Houghton
File 13—“H”
File 14—Hanna
File 15—Herchelroth (Herglerode)
File 16—Highley, George Norman (also includes Tucker notes)
File 17—Hipple
File 18—Hughes, Hanna
File 19—Hoopes, Killough
Box 143—GENEALOGY—J-M
File 1—“J”
File 2—Janney, Samuel
File 3—Johnson
File 4—Jones, Louis E
File 5—“K”
File 6—Keith, John
File 7—Knight, Giles
File 8—Knittle, Walter
File 9—“L”
File 10—Longshore
File 11—“M”
File 12—Maxwell
File 13—“MC”
File 14—McClintock-Wilson
File 15—Millard
File 16—Montgomery
File 17—Moon
Box 144—GENEALOGY—N-S
File 1—“N”
File 2—“O”
File 3—Orr
File 4—“P”
File 5—Pierce, Jacob
File 6—Potts
File 7—Price
File 8—Provost
File 9—Pyle
File 10—“R”
File 11—Roake
File 12—Roberts, Marian
File 13—Rowan, Andrew
File 14—“S”
File 15—Schaeffer–Garrett
File 16—Shelley
File 17—Skiles-Stewart
File 18—Steel
File 19—Struthers
Box 145—GENEALOGY—T-V
File 1—“T”
Files 2-5–Taylor, Bayard
File 6—Taylor, Newell
File 7—Taylor, Robert
File 8—Thornborough
File 9—“U”
File 10—Von Graffenried
File 11—Von Helmont, F. M.
File 12—Van Sant
File 13—Vestal
Box 146—GENEALOGY—W-Z
File 1—“W”
File 2—Waln
File 3—Webb
File 4—Weiker
File5—Wickersham
File 6—Wistar
File 7—Woodward
File 8—Worley
File 9—Worthington
File 10—Wright (Peter & Sons), Philadelphia
File 11—Wynne
File 12—“Y”
File 13—Yong/Young
ADAMSCOUNTY
As the birthplace of Myers, this part of the collection contains much information about AdamsCounty and his family. He explored the genealogy of both the Myers and Cook families as well as most of the other major families of AdamsCounty. Because members of his family were millers, a history of mills seemed to emerge in his research. He also became very interested in the Meeting Houses of Adams County, did much research, and gave several lectures. Some of this research ended up in his pamphlet on the history of Warrington Meeting.
Because it was the birthplace of Myers, he made many repeated trips to visit and study. Notes from all these trips were not necessarily filed in the same files under the same headings. An attempt to put all his information has not been made; rather most of this material is in the order left by Myers. Some folders are duplications, but are found in completely different boxes, just as Myers left them. He never found the time to collate all his information into one whole.
Some of his material focuses on families, others on tracts of land. The focus is not always totally clear until working with all the notes. The researcher needs to be aware of its organization to effectively use these materials. They should also be used in conjunction with the Cook/Myers family papers, as many of the topics spill over into the other.
Box 147—ADAMS COUNTY—HUNTINGTONTOWNSHIP–COX FAMILY
Primarily on the Cox family and its offshoots, including those who went to the Carolinas
Box 148–ADAMS COUNTY–LANDHOLDERS
Names include these landowners:
Jacob Koch, Lehman, McCauslin, McGrail, McGrew, Meals, Morton, Pidgeon, Rice, Routsong, Schlosser, Slaybaugh, Taylor, Thomas, Wahley, Stafford Tract, Wickersham Tract
Land areas include:
“AdamsCounty”, Big Hill
Grave Inscriptions Wenksville and Mt Tabor Grove
Big Hill property owners of Graft and Hewitt, Opposum Creek
Box 149–ADAMS COUNTY–LANDHOLDERS
Names include these landowners:
John Albert, Arnold, Beals, George Crowell, Deardorff, Hafer, Gardner (SUNSET MEMORIES), Godfrey, Guise (Meals),
Kennedy, Kenworthy, Marsden, Miller, Pilkington, Pearson, Penrose, Plank
Box 150–ADAMS COUNTY–LANDHOLDERS
Names include these landowners:
Robinett, Snowden, Spealman, Stock, Studebaker, Taylor, Thornburgh, Townsend-Wickersham, Van Scoyoc, Wales, Weidner, White, Wiest
Other subjects included:
Log mill, York Co Historical Society
AdamsCounty Historical Society,
Taxables Adams County, 1762.
Box 151–ADAMS COUNTY–LANDHOLDERS
Names include these landowners:
John Wright II. John Wright (Aspers), John Wright and Elizabeth Pidgeon, Charles Tyson Tract, Charles S Wright
Black sisters of Floradale, John Wright III
Mountain ViewSchool
Pine Grove Furance, Vance Tracts,
Fisher–Hoopes–Eppley of Floradale, John Lawrence Tract
Hammond, Dicks (Crum Creek Forge), Matthews Family Newspapers articles–Early Adams County Families
Box 152–ADAMSCOUNTY
Files Include:
Early AdamsCounty
Samuel Blunston’s Land License book, 1732-1735 (transcribed), West Side of Susquehanna River)
Early roads of AdamsCounty
Early York and AdamsCounty
Adams CountySequa-Centennial, YorkCounty
Box 153–ADAMS COUNTY–GETTYSBURG
Files include:
History of Gettysburg
Old State Road, 1830, Gettysburg, GETTYSBURG TIMES
Old Gettysburg, Gettysburg Jail
Gettysburg Court House, GETTYSBURG COMPILER, 1861-1904
Misc notes on Gettysburg
Box 154—ADAMSCOUNTY–YORK SPRINGS AND ITS FAMILIES
Topics and names include:
Bibliography and topics of York Springs, York Springs
Families of York Springs (usually one page on a family name)
Birth register of Dr. Pearson, Milton Adams, Beitman, Bonner,
Brandon, Day, Diller, Emment, Everett, Falkner, Griffith-Falkner Fickel, Fickes, Funk, Harmon, Howe, Hutton, Johns, Leer,
LeRew, Metcalfe, Michael Miller, Myers, Mc Creery, Neely, Sheaffer, Wilson, Ziegler
Land tracts:
William Griffith Tract, Tom West Tract
Dixon, Benjamin Loan, Joseph Latshaw
Misc unorganized notes
Box 155—ADAMSCOUNTY–YORK SPRINGS LANDHOLDERS BY LOTS
Topics include:
Early maps, Huntington taxables
Historical sketches of York Springs, Borough Council Records
York Springs Officials, 1874-1888, Court Records, Lots 1 & 2 William Grove collection of deeds
Names of lots include:
Isaac Sadler, Peter Fleck, Jacob Myers, Neely
Pilkington-Stephens-Gardner lot, Sarah Gallatin, John Day
Misc lots, Jacob Beales, Shultz House, Grove, House
George Gardner, John and Sarah Myers, Lot 5
Dr. Henry Caufman, Samuel Cook
Harris-Rosborough-Richey-Leer, Richard Proctor
Stephen Speakman, William Fickel, Dr. William Steward
Jacob Jones, Dr Daniel Sheffer Lot, Upper Hotel
‘Whitehall” Lower Hotel, Sulphur Springs Hotel
John Fickes–owner Sulphur Springs Hotel, Old Shop
York Springs Items:
STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER, 1840-1842
Carlisle-Baltimore Pike, BusheyCemetery Inscriptions
SunnysideCemetery, LutheranChurch & Cemetery
MethodistChurch, Presbyterian
Episcopal with grave inscriptions copied, Funk’s Graveyard
Box 156—ADAMS COUNTY–MENALLENTOWNSHIP
Tracts of land surrounding Jesse Cook’s Mill
Topics and Names include (order of ACM):
Bateman, Bracken, Emanuel Brown, Campers, Cashman
Jesse Cook Mill Tract, William Cort, George Cooley
Garretson Tract, Hewitt, Hutton, Joyce, Kemper, Kennedy-Brough Lewis (The Great Robber), Mickel, Morrison, Pagano, Alice Powers Rex, Rocky GroveSchool, Schools, Taylor, Edith Wickersham Wright
Box 157—ADAMSCOUNTY—MILLS
Henry Rohrach, 1837—1841, Manheim Twp on Codorus Creek
John Nace Still House, 1841-1842, W Manheim Twp
Kindig’s Mill, 1842-1854, W Manheim Twp on Furance Creek, branch of
Codorus
George Sherman, 1854-1857, Mary Ann Farnace, W Manheim Twp
Solomon Myers Farm, 1857-1859, W Manheim Twp
Forney and Bougher Farm, 1859-1861, Conewago Twp,
Solomon Myers as miller
Ebersoll Mill
John Kindig’s Mill
Kitzmiller’s Mill (scene of murder of Dudley Digges)
Box 158—ADAMSCOUNTY—MILLS
Nunemaker’s Mill, 1861-1862, Liberty Twp on Tom’s Creek
Jamison’s Mill, 1862-1863, Monacy Creek, Carroll Co., MD
Witherow’s Mill, 1863-1865, Marsh Creek, Cumberland Twp
Clark’s Mill, 1865-1868, Federal Co., MD on Tom’s Creek
Bricker’s Mill, 1868-1869, Opossum Creek, Butler Twp
Dick’s Mill, 1869-1873. Clear Springs, Franklin Twp, branch of Beaver
Creek
Wolford’s Mill, 1875-1877, Bermudian Creek, Latimer Twp
Power’s Mill, 1878-1880, Bermudian Creek, Latimer Twp
Anthony Deardorf Farm, 1880-1881, Huntington Twp
McAllister Mill
Amanda Homan
Box 159—ADAMS COUNTY–MENALLENTOWNSHIP
Topics include:
Peters Tract
Joseph Dixon-Casper Schneer Tract
Menallen township
Census of 1830, Census of 1850
Adams Co., Warrant Map
Box 160—ADAMS COUNTY–BENDERSVILLE
Information, primarily by family name, which includes:
Baldwin, Bear, Bender, Blackburn, Bowen, Broough
Cline, Crum, Delap, Eppleman, Eldon, Fissel
Harris, Hewitt, Houck, House
William Morrison papers
Misc properties (some unrecorded deeds copied out by ACM)
Misc original deeds on many properties.
Box 161—ADAMS COUNTY–BENDERSVILLE
Miscellaneous lots and families:
Bendersville trip, 1939
Bendersville trip, 1941
Ram Pike Hill
Wilson Diary (part of manuscript), Negotiations to transcribe Wilson Diary, Extracts of ACM of diary in 1899, Transcription of Wilson Diary. Diary covers years 1829-1871.
Box 162–ADAMS COUNTYNAMES, A-E
Names include:
Ailels, Atherton
Brindley, Mary Cook Brougher–1950, Joshua Brown, Bream Cadwallder, Carr, Carson, Chronister, Clark, Cleaver, Comer, Cookson
Day, Edmundson (Correspondence and many members of family), England, Ewing, Fraser
Box 163–ADAMS COUNTYNAMES, G-O
Names include:
Garretson, Griffith, Gwinn, Hussey
Jenkins, John, Leach, Lennod
Molineaux, Morthland, Myers, McMillan, Nesbit, Osburn
Box 164–ADAMS COUNTYNAMES, P-Z
Names include:
Pettit, Stout, Travello-Penrose, Underwood, Updegraft, Vale, Walker, Weaver, Weigle, Welsh, Wickersham
Other topics include:
WarringtonTwpLand Warrant Drafts
19th century maps, early York Co landholders
Black Ridge, Barrens, Carrolsburg, Hanover
Indiantown 1738, Underground RR in AdamsCounty
Box 165–MEETINGS HOUSES OF ADAMSCOUNTY
Included:
Record sources
Huntington Meeting House
Menallen Meeting House
Newbury Meeting House
Warrington Meeting House, Warrington Records (microfilmed)
Box 166–NOTEBOOKS OF ACM AND NOTES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
Further Research: Harrisburg, York Co., Lancaster Co., Annapolis, MD, WashingtonDC
Notebooks, mostly copied by ACM:
Index to tombstone inscriptions:
Friends Graveyards of York and AdamsCounty, 1897
John Walker’s Grave Digging Accounts, 1822-1847 (1897) Warrington Friends Graveyard Inscriptions, (1897)
Wildasin Graveyard Inscriptions (1897)
Newbury Inscriptions (1897)
BendersvilleCemetery, Menallen Grave Yard, (1897) Notebook of 1898 of ACM which includes:
Copy of minutes of Newark or Kenneth Monthly Meeting 1686- 1690
Copy of first ten pages of Margaret Cook’s Journal
Copy of the Diary of Benjamin Walker of Warrington, 1780-1786
COOK/MYERS FAMILY
Albert Cook Myers spent much of his life researching the branches of the Cook and Myers family. This led him into researching many sub families. The searches occurred at different times in his life, and often, little attempt was made to integrate the information with earlier found information. No attempt was made to organize these notes. The file folder heading reflects the ones used by Myers in his searches. General topics and family names appear in this catalogue.
Cook Family
Box 167—ALBERT COOK
Rev Albert Cook, brother of Sara Cook Myers, missionary to China from 1872-79. File folder headings include:
Graduation from Millersburg
Letters to his mother, 1875, 76, 77
Letters to his sister Sallie, 1872-73
Letters to his sister Sallie, 1874-75
Letters to his sister Sallie, 1876-1878
Reconstruction of his life by ACM
Notes from Albert Cook’s diary
Family letters
Marriage to Amelia Benshoff
Extracts from Albert Cook Diary, 1872-79
Death-1930
Ruth Jacobs (daughter)
Harry Cook (son)
Anna Cook Hoover (daughter of Harry Cook)
Box 168—COOK FAMILY
Various members of the Cook Family
Allen M Cook, letters
Cook (Peter, Samuel, Jesse)
Cook (Peter/Samuel), Jesse Cook
Jesse Cook, son of Peter
Samuel Cook (son of Jesse and Mary (Wierman) Cook)
Samuel Cook Tract, Doe Run
Samuel Cook, son of Jesse
Tyson Family
Cook
Elisha Cook
Rebecca Cook Griest
Hayes of Chesire, England
Merrick
Taylor Pedigree
Robert Taylor
Rutter
Massey
Box 169—COOK IN ENGLAND AND CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Cook Family in England and UwchlanTownship
West Chester and UwchlanTownship
UwchlanTownship
Phipps in Uwchlan
Joseph Phipps
Chesire, England
Cook–England
Cook Family, London Grove, Eleanor Cook Fincher (widow of Peter), Arrival in PA
Eleanor Cook Tract
Uwchlan township–other tracts:
Heald, Cox, Cook, Pugh, Alison, Helsley, Maxwell
Box 170—GRIFFITH/CRAIG FAMILIES
Griffith
Griffith Drafts
Griffith Charts
Griffith
James Griffith, 1802-1892
William Griffith, d. February 26, 1889
Oliver Griffith–Griffith narrative
Ruth Partmess
Griffith–Daniel Smyser
Esther Davis
William Craig
Mary Craig
John Simmons
Delaplaine
Clark
Some family charts
Box 171–HINSHAW
Hinshaw Family
Jacob Hinshaw m Rebecca Mackey, 1735
Hinshaw
Hinshaw Family charts
Willliam Wade Hinshaw
Box 172—HINSHAW/MARSH
Jesse Hinshaw m Abigail Marshall, 1745
Aboslem Hinshaw m Rebecca Haddock, 1748
William Hinshaw
Thomas Hinshaw
Col George Hinshaw (Winston-SalemNC)
Marsh, includes pedigree charts
Joshua Marsh
John Marsh
Peter Marsh
Mackey
Marshall (Marshill)
Sweethen
Box 173—JESSE COOK FAMILY
Jesse Cook Estate (grandfather of ACM)
Sydney Evans m. Isaac Cook
Estate of Jesse Cook, 1855
Guardianship papers for minor children of Jesse Cook
Cook’s Mill
Family records
Cook’s mill, 1839-1855
Ruth Cook, widow, Cook’s Mill, 1855-1865
Ruth Cook, widow, Bendersville, 1865-1867
Ruth Cook, MenallenTownship, 1867-1877
Ruth Cook’s letters to son Albert in China, 1874-1878
Arthur Cook papers
Bendersville school
Box 174—JESSE COOK FAMILY
Jesse and Ruth (McMillan) Cook
Ellis (son)
Mary Cook Hardy (daughter)
Elmira Jane (daughter)
T Elwood (child of Elmira)
George M (son)
Jesse Kersey (son)
McGrail (wife of George (son)
George (son)
Ben Hardy’s cyclone, February 4, 1880
Ardella (daughter Elmira Jane)
J Wilbert Cook
Fisher (Mrs Florence Peterson)
Box 175– WRIGHT AND TYSON FAMILIES
Center Mills, Adams Co.,
E Belle Griest Weidener
Thomas Cook, hatter, near Wierman
Thomas E Cook Farm
AdamsCounty Information
Menallen Twp Deeds
Possum Creek Manor
Smith–part of Vance tract
Jesse Griest farm
Wright
Isaac Wright
Joel Wright
William Wright, Jr (fulling miller)
Samuel Wright (shoemaker)
Samuel Wright (son of Samuel and Gertrude)
Thomas Wright (saddler)
Benjamin Wright
William Wright, Jr
Thomas H Wright
Samuel Wright (son of John and Elizabeth)
John Wright (miller)
Farquahar (Maryland)
Tyson
Box 176–HEALD
Heald
Samuel Heald
Samuel Heald
Thomas Heald
Jane Heald m. William Way; in 1749 marries Isaac Widdos
Dunbabin—Widdos
Francis Stanfield
Houses of Francis Stanfield and Thomas Pearson
Fincher
Francis Fincher
Fincher Family charts
Box 177–WAY
Askew
Aspell–Way
William Way m Mary Bennett 1755
Rebecca Way, daughter of William and Mary
Phebe Way m William Shepherd
William Shepherd tracts
Joseph Way
William Way
Mary Way m Henry Cook, 1796
Joshua Way
Jones
Unsorted Way notes
Garrettson-Heald
Miller-Garret
Cumberland Co Indian Paths
George Croghan
Garrettson
Solomon Shepherd–Faruhar
Dunnings Creek Meeting, Bedford Co., PA
Mc Creary-Shepherd
Shepherd (Shepperd)–Somerset Co
Bedford Co researches
Box 178–HENRY COOK FAMILY
Henry Cook
Sarah (Cook) Griffith, daughter of Henry and Mary (Way) Cook
Henry Cook
Cook
Josiah Cook, son of Henry and Mary (Way) Cook
Henry Cook, son of Jesse and Mary (Wierman) Cook
Henry W Cook, son of Henry and Mary (Way) Cook
Henry and son Jesse Cook in LatimoreTownship, Huntington Meeting House
Jane (Cook) Wright, daughter of Henry and Mary (Way ) Cook
William H Wright–Falkner–Harvey
William Wright m Jane Cook
Curtis E Cook
HENRY COOK FAMILY BIBLE, part of family bible collection
Box 179–GRIEST FAMILY AND MILLS
Cyrus Griest, 1803-1869
Griest
Willing Griest, Sr.
Willing Griest, Jr.
John Griest
John Griest, Sr & Jr., lands
Joel Griest, 1825, ciphering book and book of maps
Account books: (Part of Myers book collection)
1819,1821-1827, 1829-1834, 1834, 1840, 1841-1854
David Griest account books, 1810, 1813-1819, 1818
Daniel Griest account books, 1787-1795,
Account books, 1818-1821
Account books
Box 180–WIERMAN FAMILY
Family chart
Dutch Bible of William, 1598
William Wierman I
Lundy
Henry Wierman I
Henry Wierman II
Naomi Wierman m Dr. Daniel Sheffer
Wierman Family Notes
John Wierman, Esq, son of Henry I
Box 181—WIERMAN FAMILY
Wierman Family
William II Tract
Todd m Hannah Wierman
Harmon Wierman
School, Wierman’s Mill
John, son of Nicholas and Lydia (Griest)
Nicholas, son of Nicholas and Jane (Underwood)
Wierman, correspondence and drawings of dwellings of Wiermans
Wierman Family
Joel and Lydia Lundy
Conrad, son of Nicholas and Mary (Bender)
Benjamin, son of Nicholas and Mary (Bender)
Nicholas, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Wierman), m. Mary
Maude Wierman Family
Nicholas Wierman
Wierman Family
Issac Wierman
Wierman/Heikes/Wolfe (connection to Thomas Wolfe, novelist)
Box 182—WIERMAN FAMILY
Notebook of ACM
Hans Wierman of Salford, Montgomery, Co
Several Wierman branches
Harry Hallman Tract
Dr. George Berner Tract
Horning
Subdivisions, Wierman Tract
William Wierman I Tract, drafts by Curtis Seifert
Descriptions of William Wierman I Tract
William Wierman I Tract, drawings by Fred Gorman
William Wierman I Tract, maps
William Wierman I Tract
Paul Fried/Grator Tract
Joseph Detwiler Tract
John Jacob Tract
Kobb, 1774, 100 a.
Sprogel Tract–Leonard Smith
Jacob Uiptegraf Tract
John Detweiler Tract
Nicholas Hick Tract and Yellis Kolb, 1774
Dirk Johnson Tract
Wierman Tract
Box 183—WIERMAN FAMILY
William Wierman in Skippack C.1723?-1737
William moves to Adams Co., 1737
William in Germantown, c.1717? 1720-1723?
William I Tract
William, Von Bebbes Tract (?) c1723-c.1737
Henry Wierman Tract
Wierman Family
William Wierman, Huntington Twp
William Wierman, special adjacent tract
Main William Wierman Tract
Wierman Family
General William Wierman Wright
Correspondence–Maude Wierman Kennedy
Wierman notes
James Wierman and Ruth Somers
Some family charts
Books:
Account books for Wierman Mill (part of Myers book collection)
Box 184–COOK FAMILY AND COOK REUNIONS
Isaac, son of Peter, emigrant, 1713
Wilson
Charity Cook, Quaker Minister
Cook Family in America by ACM c. 1898
Thomas Cook, son of Peter and Eleanor (Norman) Cook
John Cook
Other Cook Families
Jacob Cook, son of Thomas and Mary (Underwood) Cook
Cook Notes
Cook Correspondence and Reunion Correspondence
Cook Family Notes
Box 185–WILLIAM H COOKE PAPERS
Dr. William H Cook and Family, Carlisle
Mary Cook m Zachariah Reed
Nathaniel Pope Tract, New GardenTownship, ChesterCounty
Dr. Isaac Cook
William H Cooke Papers (photostats)
Persifor Cooke
Cooke
Brougher
William Wright, nurseryman
Bucher
Box 186–COOK/POPE/LUNDY
Map of Tyson properties
William R Cooke, son of John
Pope
Samuel Pope
John Pope
Richard Pope
Walker Cook
John Wierman I, son of William and Gertrude
Nicholas Wierman, son of William
Nicholas Wierman, son of John
John Wierman, son of William
War Record–General William Wierman Wright
Jesse Cook (son of Isaac) of Huntington township
York Research
Isaac Cook, son of Jesse and Mary (Wierman)
Misc Cooks
Box 187—WORLEY FAMILY
Worley Family chart
Correspondence of ACM with Francis Worley
Worley Correspondence and Worley Nursery
Worley, includes campaign poster for Francis Worley, state representative
Box 188–SPROGELL/BROMWELL
Sprogell Family Chart
Harry E Sprogell
Lukens Family, maternal side of Sprogell
Bromwell–extracts from English documents
Bromwell
Jenkins
Jones
Box 189–BENNETT FAMILY
Bennett of Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
Willliam Bennett, son of Edward and Sarah (Stanfield)
Joseph Bennett of Kennett Square
Yeatman/Garrett/Schaeffner family charts
Bennett accounts from Philip Taylor account books
Edward Bennett Tract, Thornbury township
Bennett Bible—part of family bible collection
John Bennett, brother of Edward of Birmingham Township
Bennett
Edward Bennett
Sarah Bennett m Thomas Yeatman, daughter of Edward and Sarah
(Stanfield)
Bennett Pedigrees
Edward Bennett
John Bennett
Edward Bennett, Jr., son of Edward & Sarah (Stanfield)
Joseph Bennett, Newberry Township, York Co
Esther Bennett, daughter of Edward and Margery (Willis) m. Moses Waite
Joshua Bennett
Jacob Bennett, son of Edward and Margery (Willis)
Rebecca Bennett Rankin
Box 190—WAY FAMILY
Notebook of ACM
Mary Way, wife of William
William Way, woolcomber of Chichester (Marcus Hook), died 09.16.1711
Edward Way m Jane Heald
Way, Wiltshire, England
William and Mary (Bennett) Way
William Way, mariner
Robert Way
Nathaniel Way
John Way
Robert Way Tract–Kennett Twp, later Pennsbury
Caleb Way
Way
Samuel Way
David Way, son of Samuel, to Bedford Co
Samuel Way, son of Edward and Jane (Heald)
Jane Way
Naomi Way
Way-Misc
Martha Way m. Thomas Millson, 1750
Kennett township land owners
Henry Pierce Tract, Kennett twp, later Pennsbury
Francis Smith Tract, Kennett twp, later Pennsbury
Box 191–COOK, PRIMARILY PETER COOK
Peter Cook II
Sarah (Gilpin) Cook, wife of Peter Cook II
Peter Cook
Peter Cook, Jr, son of Peter and Sarah (Gilpin) Cook
Peter Cook, Jr, son of Peter, emigrant 1713
Peter Cook Tract in London Grove Twp, ChesterCounty
Cook, Warrington Monthly Meeting Records, York CO
Peter Cook Tract, Warrington Twp, York Co
Peter Cook Farm, Warrington Twp
Hannah Cook Nevitt, daughter of Peter and Sarah Gilpin
North Carolina Cooks from Peter I
Flat Rock where Peter Cook Jr was found dead
Box 192–MCMILLAN FAMILY
McMillan Homestead, York
McMillan
Tyson
McMillan Charts
Thomas McMillan, son of John and Jane (Boyd)
William McMillan
Transcripts of McMillan Family Papers
Jacob McMillan, 3 holograph papers
Elizabeth McMillan, daughter of Thomas and Deborah (Marsh m. Jacob Smith
Whinery
Box 193–MCMILLAN
Thomas McMillan
George McMillan
McMillan account book, c 1825 (part of Myers book collection)
McMillan account book, c 1760 (part of Myers book collection)
Smith Bell McMillan (3 folders)
Chart of McMillan by ACM, 1896 showing first and second generations to America
Correspondence
Box 194—MCMILLAN FAMILY
Family Bible, McMillan/Cook Families—part of family bible collection
school cipher/copy book of Joseph McMillan, c.1840
William Mc Millan
Joanna McMillan, widow, daughter of Wm and Mary Craig, married Wm Griffith & John McMillan
Enos McMillan
Ann (McMillan) Leach
Cyrus McMillan
George McMillan of Baltimore
George McMillan (clock)
Box 195–COOKS
Isaac Pyle–recollections of Cooks
Brewer
George Cook
Grandmother Cook removal from farm, 1877
Cook farm summers (ACM) 1879-1885
Louise Mauck, cousin of Sara Myers through Cook line (collection of letters)
Sara Cook Myers teaching records: (part of Myers book collection)
Teacher’s Monthly Reports, 1865
Teacher’s Monthly Reports, 1865-1871, Latimore Township, Adams, Co:
Original Minutes of School Board, Latimore township,
1862-1873
Teacher’s Monthly Report for Plainfield or SwampSchool, l Latimore, 1868-1874
Boxes 196, 197, 198–Text of Cook family genealogical charts put together by Alan Cook in 1904. Cook tried to produce a family newspaper, which folded after the second issue. All of the entries are tied to index cards, which are also in the collection.
Box 199–MORRIS LLEWELLYN COOKE
3 files of letters, Christmas cards
Articles about him in various government positions
Four pamphlets, written under his direction, as director of various governmental agencies
Box 200–EARLY RESEARCH NOTES OF ACM 1895-1900 ON COOK/MYERS FAMILY
Collection of over 25 notebooks from this 5 year period containing references to family members
Box 201–MYERS/TONER/RUNKLE FAMILY
Runkle Family
John Lorenzo Rohrbaugh (1838-1926)
Runkle I
Milhern
Runkle II
Translation of German Bible, 1770 (Runkle)
Myers Family address, 1952
John Myers and descendants
Myers/Toner Family
Myers Family Records
Fisher/Toner Family
Book: Runkle Bible, part of family bible collection
Box 202–MYERS FAMILY
Wildasin Graveyard Inscriptions
Family Tree-Runkle/Markle
Thomas Runkle, c 1775-1853
Battle of North Point, 1812, John Myers
John Myers, War of 1812, monument, newsclippings
War of 1812, Myers
Commander Metzger, commander of Myers
Box 203–MYERS FAMILY
Eli Myers, 1816-1894(3 files)
Jacob Myers, son of John and brother of Solomon
Family papers of Aaron Frank
Harnish
Jacob Harnish
Susan Myers m. William Mowery
Sarah Myers Harnish, Nov 12, 1811-January 22, 1867
Mowery, Harnish, Bixler
Solomon Myers, wife Elizabeth Toner
Elizabeth Toner Myers
Myers
Books: School books of Daniel Myers, son of Eli, first cousin of John Myers(part of Myers book collection)
Box 204—TONER FAMILY
Dunner, Tanner
James Toner, son of Patrick and Catherine (Fisher) Toner
John Toner, saddler, BaltimoreMD
Charles Toner, SeattleWashington
John Toner
Mary Toner, daughter of Patrick and Catherine (Fisher) m. Adam Miller
Toner data–miscellaneous
Elizabeth Toner, daughter of John and Elmira (Will) m. John Wilhiar
Shedd
John Toner, son of John and Elmira (Will)
J. Cooper Toner
Ann Toner, daughter of John and Elmira (Will) m. Daniel Ruff
Patrick Toner
Will, Wintrode, Toner
Matthew Tag
Dayly
Mundorff
Melsheimer, 1790-1814
Box 205—MYERS FAMILY
Levi T Myers
Mary Catherine Myers m. James Felix
Sarah Myers, daughter of Solomon
Gruesen
Susan Myers M. John Dull
Jacob Myers, 1850-1928) 2 files
Annie Myers m. Joseph E Wierman
Elizabeth Amanda Myers m. Walter Detter
Detter
Box 206—MYERS FAMILY
Heikes
Walter
Riegel
Fisher
Michael Fisher tombstone
Myers, Lawyer, Bachman
Conrad
Lahr
Fisher-Lahr
Houck
Smeeck, Smick
Walters
Joshua Marshall m Elizabeth, daughter of Michael Myers and Elizabeth ( Fisher)
Misc notes
Fuhrman
Fisher-Walter
Schwartzbach
Box 207—MYERS FAMILY
Aunt Polly Matthias
Mary Ann Fisher, wife of Joseph & daughter Michael Fisher
Fisher Revolutionary Service
Fisher
Bailey Family
Bailey
Heider
John Moyer
David Myers (weaver), brother John Myers
Bixler
Myers (Moyer)
Box 208—MYERS FAMILY
Myers of Juniata and BerksCounty
John Myers
Nicholas Myers
Laver
Michael Myers
Christian Myers
Myers notes
John Myers, War of 1812, m Catherine Runkle
John Myers Farm
John Brodbeck (John Myers carpenter)
Correspondence
Christian Stover Tract
Box 209–THOMAN–BAUMAN FAMILIES
Thoman
Wolf Thoman
Harvey Firestone (Thoman, Flickinger)
Thoman
Thoman
Henry Thoman
Jacob Thoman Tract, LancasterCounty
Henry Bauman
Templeman
Ephrata Baumans
Henry Bauman Tract
Darr (Derr)
Dubbs
Henry Bauman I
Henry Bauman II
Box 210–THOMAN-BOLLINGER
Jacob Thoman tract, Hinkletown, Lancaster Co
Thoman
Bollinger
Thoman-Schriver, Geyer, Mc Dermad
Thoman-Flickinger
Box 211–JOHN TONER MYERS
Engagement and wedding to Sarah A Cook
John Myers–1850-1937
John Myers Biography
50th and 60th Wedding Anniversary
Correspondence
Death, John Myers, 1937
Books: Family history, book from Harvey Firestone (inscribed to John Myers)
Box 212–SARAH COOK MYERS
Sarah Cook as teacher
Sarah Cook as teacher (9 years)
Sarah Cook
Sarah Cook meets Lincoln at Gettysburg, 1863
Birthdays of the 1930’s
Box 213–COOK/MYERS FAMILY
John Myers and Sarah Cook Marriage Certificate
John Myers Family annals, York Springs, 1873
John Myers Family annals, York Springs, 1874
ACM Registration of Birth
John Myers Family annals, York Springs, 1876-1877
John Myers Family annals, York Springs, 1878
John Myers Family, 1879
John Myers Family annals, 1880-1884
John Myers Family annals, York Springs, 1885-1887
John Myers Family annals, 1887-1888
ACM boyhood memories
John Myers Family Quaker Membership
Box 214–COOK/MYERS FAMILY
Name of Albert
ACM ancestry
Biography of ACM
Autobiography of ACM
Physical characteristics of ACM
Early papers of ACM
Membership in historical societies
Box 215–COOK/MYERS FAMILY
John Myers Family–”The Farm”
John Myers Family–Butter and Menallen Farmers Association
Pre-college education of ACM, 1880-1894
Teachers of ACM
FairmontPublic School, 1888-1889
FriendsSchool, MenallenTownship, 1890
John Myers Family, Dillsburg
DillsburgHigh School
Dillsburg
Box 216–COOK/MYERS FAMILY
School papers of ACM (written by him)
MartinAcademy catalogues
MartinAcademy, 1892-1894
Myers family moves to Kennett Square
MartinAcademy–Myers girls
Kennett Square
Box 217–COOK/MYERS FAMILY, ACM
Biography of Albert Cook Myers (includes Who’s Who)
Birthday Celebrations
Various wills
Box 218–COOK/MYERS FAMILY, E MAE MYERS
Letters, c. 19267-1934
Mae Myers, 1950-1952
School teacher at Friends Select
Death Notices and Funeral
Estate
1933 Friends Select issue dedicated to E Mae Myers
Plate block of picture
Box 219–COOK/MYERS FAMILY, GEORGIACOOKMYERSUNDERHILL
Schooling
GeorgeSchool, 1894-1896
Correspondence c 1900
Letters, 1907-08
Activities c 1900-1910
Married life and death in 1926
Box 220–COOK/MYERS FAMILY, UNDERHILL GENEOLOGY
Dr. Benjamin Mott Underhill
Underhill Genealogy
SarahPearsonUnderhill
Hunt
Pell
Hickman-Coggins
Howard Truman
WilliamUnderhill
Box 221–COOK/MYERS FAMILY, J. TRUMANUNDERHILL
“Ancestry of JamesTrumanUnderhill”
TrumanUnderhill
Items given to Swarthmore
Vilsoet Family (marries J Truman Underhill)
Correspondence
Box 222–COOK/MYERS FAMILY, SARAHGILPINUNDERHILL
SarahGilpinUnderhill
Schooling
Correspondence of Sarah and Truman
SarahUnderhill m. John Nafe
Box 223–COOK/MYERS FAMILY, EDITH COOK MYERS DUDMAN
Edith Cook Myers
Correspondence
Edith Myers Dudman
Henderson Dudman
Book: Family Bible of John and Sarah Cook Myers, part of family Bible collection
Box 224–QUAKER MAGAZINE CORRESPONDENCE, c.1920. Myers was one of original founders of the magazine.
Box 225–SWARTHMORECOLLEGE
File 1–Pres Aydelotte letters
File 2–Kirk Brown
File 3–Wharton Club
File 4–Friends Historical Library
File 5–Quakerism Course
File 6–SwarthmoreCollege
Box 226–STATE OF DELAWARE
File 1–ACM Bibliography
File 2–ACM Notes on Delaware
File 3–SussexCounty
File 4–KentCounty
File 5–NewcastleCounty
File 6–Fort At Newcastle, 1682
File 7–Historical Society of Delaware
File 8–FortChristiana
File 9–Historic Markers
File 10–Lewes
File 11–Wilmington
File 12–Hans Peterson Indian Purchase, 1670’s
File 13–Correspondence
File 14–Deeds and Papers re Wilmington, given to ACM in 1936 by Chandler
Pamphlet: Delaware Tercentenary, 1938
Box 227–INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL CONGRESS, 1913, LONDON
Papers relating to appointment of ACM as representative of HSP to the Congress, along with programs, lists of attendees, souvenirs
Box 228–ROYALTY OF EUROPE
Coronation of 1911
Wedding of Elizabeth and Phillip, 1947
Swedish Royal Family–newspaper clippings
Box 229–SCOTCH-IRISH IN AMERICA
Notes of ACM
Publications:
THE IRISH SCOTS AND THE SCOTCH-IRISH, John Linehan, 1902
THE SCOTCH IRISH IN AMERICA, SECOND CONGRESS, 1890
THE SCOTCH IRISH IN AMERICA, SIXTH CONGRESS, 1894
ANNUAL MEETINGS OF PENNSYLVANIA SCOTCH-IRISH SOCIETY, (fourth, 1893, fifth, 1894, sixth, 1895, seventh, 1896, eighth, 1897, ninth, 1898, tenth, 1899, eleventh, 1900, twelfth, 1902. fifteenth, 1904)
Box 230–AMERICAN HISTORY TEXTBOOK COMMITTEE, 1924
File 1– correspondence and textbook material
File 2–newsclippings over the controversy
File 3—reports
Publications: assorted samples and reports of reports on American History textbooks
Box 231–APPRENTICE FREE LIBRARY
Printed Reports and information about the Centennial in 1920, including galley proofs for centennial publication
Box 232–ALBERT J EDMUNDS–PROFESSOR OF RELIGION (two boxes)
Collection of cards about world religion
Other printed material by Edmunds:
WHO’S A. J. EDMUNDS?
THE WORKING GOD
A DUET WITH OMAR
BUDDHIST AND CHRISTIAN GOSPELS
THE GHOST-STORY ATTESTED BY PETER AND PAUL
HISTORY SIMPLIFIED
Box 233—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES OF EDMUNDS
Box 234—MISCELLANEOUS ENGRAVINGS COLLECTED BY ACM
Box 235—SAMUEL PENNYPACKER
Newsclippings
Estate sale catalogues
Notes
ADDITIONAL ITEMS IN BOOK COLLECTION NOT PREVIOUSLY NOTED IN THIE CATALOGUE:
IF I WERE A COLLEGE STUDENT, Charles Thwing, 1902
“Observations in The Customary Use of Distilled Spiritous Liquors”, John Watson, 1810
“Dating of Old Houses”, Henry Mercer, 1924
NARRATIVE OF A VISIT TO THE WEST INDIES IN 1840-1841. George Truman, John Jackson, and Thomas Longstreth, 1844 (2 copies)
AN REGNI JACOBI, REGIS ANGL. Second Session of Parliament, 1606
DEN PHILOFOPHERENDEN BOER, 1677
“Ancestry of Dr Thomas Wynne”, by Richard Cook, 1904
OVERSIZED FILES
Drawer 1—
Documents re: Cook/Myers Family, including Thoman Family, family charts
Indian deeds
Indian Walking Purchase
Early Maps:
New Sweden, 1638-1655
Vischer map of New Netherland, c 1655
Lindstrom’s Map of New Sweden, 1655
Penn’s map of Pennsylvania
Lewis Evan’s map of Pennsylvania, 1749
John Harris from Thomas Holme’s map of Pennsylvania
Holme Map of Philadelphia
Holme map of Pennsylvania
Cotter, Matthew, Philadelphia, 1777
Provinces of New York and New Jersey, 1677
Reproduction of map Regni Mexicani
Frontiers of Northern Colonies and Boundary between Indians, 1768
British colonies, 1675
Map of Pennsylvania, 1902
Copy map of Pennsylvania, 1770
British colonies, 1755
Early Schuykill–Philadelphia
Map of Philadelphia, 1750
Data for proposed map of Philadelphia as Penn knew it
Cutler Resurvey of Neshaminy Creek, 1703
Passayunk
Early PhiladelphiaCounty
Slate Roof House
Old State House
Upland (Chester) 1682
Playwicky, Deeds
Kinessing Indian town
Nittabaconck–Falls of Schuykill River
Umbilicamence (Farmarstown)
Wrightstown
NorthamptonCounty
MorelandTownship, BucksCounty
Servants township
World War I posters (includes invitation for Liberty Sing, War Service Poster,
Welcome home to the 28th Division
Drawer 2
Perkasie
Early maps
Boundary dispute–Penn vs. Baltimore
Southern ChesterCounty
Mason-Dixon Line
Faggs Manor
Okhocking Indian town
VincentTownship
Nottingham
Edgmont Road
Letter of Ben Franklin, May 9, 1761
Early NJ Papers
ACM Lecture posters, 1932
Early Pennsylvania and New Jersey Coin collection
Letters of William Dillwyn
Burlington-Smith Papers
Letitia Penn of MountJoy
Contents of Stoke House
Valley Forge
Drawer 3–
William Wharton Land Surveys, photostats
Crispin Family Papers
Governor Fisher’s Family
Early LancasterCounty
Map of Underground Railroad
Tulpehocken Indian town
Steelman Memorial plans
Maps, primarily used at Jamestown Exhibit, 1907
Indian, Linguistic patterns
Presbyterian Church in PA
Episcopal Church in PA
Scotch-Irish 1720-1760
Indian Treaties
Dunkers, German Baptist Brethern, 1720
Baptist, Colonial PA
Mennonite Settlements
Dutch Reformed
New Castle, DE as of 1682
Drafts of Settlement Maps, 1660, 1690, 1715
Friends Meeting Houses
Silouette Collection
Maps of DelawareCounty
John Cutler’s ResurveyBucksCounty
Stoke, Sunbury, Conestoga Manors
Thomas Cresap, YorkCounty
New Castle, De, Court Minutes
Henry Wierman Tract
Jesse Cook. Ruth McMillan Marriage Certificate
Steyning Manor
Drawer 4—PENN FAMILY PAPERS
In 1921, an auctioneer contacted Myers about a collection of Penn papers, which he had up for sale. Myers did not buy the papers, but Herbert Engart of New York City, brought the papers to Philadelphia for Myers to have photostatted. It is unknown who purchased the papers, but a large effort was undertaken to have all the papers copied in a three day period. John F. Lewis paid for the copies.
The papers are from various members of the Penn family in the 19th century, living in England. They include letters, court cases, and deeds.
Also in the Penn Family papers are letters from John Penn to his brother Thomas Penn, letters from Hannah Penn to her son Thomas in England, all from the mid-18th century.
Other papers in this collection are from the Penn-Gaskell-Skillern families and are a mix of various kinds of documents.
Other documents in this collection include:
Provincial Council Minutes from first and second visits of Penn
Original List of First Purchasers
Prints of Penn and family
Numbered and signed prints of Cuthbert Alley, battle of Ft Mifflin, Mt Vernon, Gilbert Stuart and William Penn.
Another set of prints in this drawer, include one of PennsylvaniaHospital and the port of Philadelphia.
Drawer 5—
Early Western PA–Maps–Indians
Ft.Bedford, CumberlandCounty
Manor of Marke, YorkCounty
Early West side of Susquehanna River
Pennsbury—blue prints of articles found during excavations, drawings of house, blueprints of property, removal of caretaker house, large sketch of proposed reconstructed house
Maps:
Charlestown, 1715
Carolinas, 1672
Map of PA, n.d.
LancasterCounty, 1905
Pennsylvania, 1681
Copy Ben Franklin Diary from HuntingtonMuseum, one letter
PARTS OF THE COLLECTION WHICH REMAIN UNCATALOGUED:
Books used by Pennock
“Autograph letters”
Herbert Hoover
Dupont magazine articles
George Washington—primarily printed matter
Eisenhower—printed matter
Lincoln—primarily printed matter
Receipts and Accounts of Forepaugh and Hood, merchants of Philadelphia
Seals
ACM secretaries
Men of History—alpha listing
Personalities—alpha listing
Unsorted correspondence
Topographic maps
Box of YORK SPRINGS COMET, newspapers of 1870’s and 1880’s
PERTAINING TO THE LIFE OF ALBERT COOK MYERS
School books—MartinAcademy and Swarthmore
Items from the walls of ACM
Childhood relics
Bibliography of ACM, written by ACM
Court Presentation of 1911
Address books
Scrapbooks
Diaries
Family Correspondence
Annals, 1898-1950 (put together by ACM to recreate his life)
Biography (put together by ACM)
Who’s Who
80th Birthday
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