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Caspar Wistar was a Philadelphia merchant and brass button maker who began a Salem County, N.J., glassworks in 1739. The collection includes glassworks account book, continued by son, Richard, 1743-1769; and an account book of the estate of Caspar's wife, Catherine Wistar, 1787-1789. In addit...
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| Collection: | Wistar Family Papers |
| Collection Number: | 0727 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | German |
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Materials Separated from the Resource: Caspar Wistar's letterbook, 1733-1737, and incoming letters, 1732-1754, were formerly part of this collection and have been removed to Series I of the Morris family papers (Collection 2000B). |
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1 item ; 2 boxes |
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Caspar Wistar was a Philadelphia merchant and brass button maker who began a Salem County, N.J., glassworks in 1739.
The collection includes glassworks account book, continued by son, Richard, 1743-1769; and an account book of the estate of Caspar's wife, Catherine Wistar, 1787-1789. In addition, there is miscellaneous family and personal correspondence, mainly to Caspar Wistar's grandson, Thomas Wistar, Philadelphia merchant, 1783-1848, and from: Thomas' brother Dr. Caspar, Jr., while traveling in England and studying medicine in Edinburgh, 1783-1784, and concerning the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, 1798; his wife Mary Waln Wister courtship letters, 1783-1787; and other relatives.
All Caspar Wistar material in German. |