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Series 1. Samuel Chew (1693-1744), 1724-1753, undated, (Boxes 1-2)A. AccountsSamuel Chew's account book lists debts owed by individuals in chronological order, with notationsregarding the volumes where details of the account were listed. In the credit column of the accountbook, the line items indicate how debts were paid. Some forms of payment include tobacco, silver,cash, other people’s accounts, chickens, beans, snakeroot, and exchange of work.Account Book(1728-1734)[volume in box]Box 1B. CorrespondenceThough there is only a scant amount of material remaining to illuminate the life and work of SamuelChew, his correspondence provides some insight into his political affiliations and his personalrelationships. A significant portion of this subseries is made up of correspondence with politicalfigures, including Governor George Thomas, Richard Peters, and John and Thomas Penn. SamuelChew wrote to them about various political appointments he held and legal cases with which he wasinvolved. Thomas and John Penn allude to Samuel Chew's involvement in the suit against LordBaltimore to settle the boundary dispute, but no substantive information is conveyed in these letters.There are also discussions in these letters about Samuel Chew's disagreements with the Quakerdoctrines of nonviolence, and of the advertisement he had published that stated his case. Of a morepersonal nature are letters from Samuel Chew’s son Benjamin, who discusses his travel to London tocomplete his legal studies at the Middle Temple. Benjamin writes about his studies and classmates,the state of his health and living situation, as well as political and social events.William Allen to Samuel Chew(1739)Benjamin Chew to Samuel Chew[re: Jethro Tull'ssystem of seedsowing]Box 2ff. 1(1741-1743)Box 2ff. 2Samuel Chew to Joseph Adams(1743)Box 2ff. 3Samuel Chew to Richard Peters(1738-1743)Box 2ff. 4Samuel Chew and NicholasRidgely to George Thomas(n.d.)Box 2ff. 5John and Thomas Penn toSamuel Chew(1739-1743,n.d.)Box 2ff. 6George Thomas to Samuel Chew(1738-1744,n.d.)Box 2ff. 7[re: WilliamHenderson case]
C. EstatesPrimarily consisting of account records, the most notable item in this subseries is a bookletcontaining the inventory of Mary Chew’s estate at the time of her death in 1747. In addition todescribing in detail the clothing and household goods owned by Mary Chew, the inventory containsdescriptions of the slaves held by the Chew family. The inventory includes information on fifty-twoslaves, with dollar values assigned to each, some of whom were noted to be children, infirm, orotherwise less valuable.Settlement of Mary Chew (d.1747) estate(1745-1747)Box 2ff. 8Settlement of Samuel Chew estate(1729-1753)Box 2ff. 9D. LegalThese papers originate primarily from Samuel Chew’s appointment as the prothonotary of KentCounty, with the exception of the survey materials, which are comprised of a warrant to conduct asurvey of land in Kent County owned by Samuel Chew and Peter Galloway and the survey itself.Court costs(1737-1739)Box 2ff. 10Land surveys(1733-1741)Box 2ff. 11Summonses(1736-1739)Box 2ff. 12E. ReligionThe materials in this subseries provide a clear perspective on Samuel Chew’s religious and politicalviews. After some quarrels with the Duck Creek Meeting over his support of military action againstenemy nations, Samuel Chew was excommunicated by the meeting. His excommunication wasdeclared after two speeches he delivered in front of the Grand Jury regarding the ways that militaryand retaliatory actions can be justified within the Christian faith. Chew’s ―Advertisement against theQuakers‖ is a direct response to actions taken against him, and contains harsh invectivescondemning what he saw as the hypocrisy of the Friends:― once Established & Confirmed we too often find that those very People who have contendedfor Liberty of Conscience & Universal Toleration soon become more clear sighted & plainlydiscover the necessity of Uniformity in matters of Religion arrogate to themselves a Right toprescribe to others and even assume a power of Exclusion from Gods Mercy those who differ fromthem in opinion .having grown Rich & powerful and forgetting that they were once a Poordespised Remnant the despised People of God ‖ (1742).Advertisement against theQuakers(1742)Box 2ff. 13
Consolation under the loss offriends(n.d.)Box 2ff. 14Draft letter on religion(n.d.)Box 2ff. 15Prayer book(n.d.)Box 2ff. 16Speeches to the Grand Jury(1741-1742)Box 2ff. 17Thought on religion imperfect(1724)Box 2ff. 18
Series 2. Benjamin Chew (1722-1810), 1659-1819, undated, (Boxes 3-45)A. AccountsThese materials include receipts for household goods such as fabric, wood, and grain; receipts foritems included in his daughters’ dowries; subscriptions to newspapers; purchases of law books;checks and checkbooks from several bank accounts; receipts for payments received on bonds, loans,and debts; payments for stock certificates, taxes, pew rent, and charitable contributions; and severalaccount books, which record transactions with individuals and banks by name or chronologically.This subseries documents accounts with family members and overseers of Chew’s plantations. Alsoincluded here are receipts for purchases and sales of slaves, the purchase of slaves’ clothing,payments related to Chew’s slaves’ work on ships, and wages paid to servants.Miscellaneous A(1755, 1799)Box 3ff 1Josiah Baldwin(1801)Box 3ff 2Bank of Columbia(1801)Box 3ff 3Bank of North Americacheckbooks(1785-1809)Box 3ff 4-8Bank of North America checks(1790-1809)Box 3ff 9-18Bank of North Americatransaction records(1792-1798)Box 3ff 19Bank of Pennsylvania checkbooks (1796-1810)Box 3ff 20-26Bank of Pennsylvania checks(1794-1809)Box 4ff 1-6Bank of Pennsylvania transactionrecords(1796)Box 4ff 7Bank of the United Statescheckbooks(1792-1812)Box 4ff 8-13Bank of the United States checks(1792-1812)Box 4ff 14-23Bank of the United Statestransaction records(1793-1798)Box 4ff 24Banks – Miscellaneoustransaction records(1785-1809,undated)Box 4ff 25French [Battell](1754)Box 4ff 26John Bedford(1798-1799)Box 4ff 27James Bellack(1781)Box 4ff 28Clement Biddle(1801)Box 4ff 29David Breintnall(1799)Box 4ff 30Sarah Bristoll(1798)Box 4ff 31Nicholas Brooks(undated)Box 4ff 32
Thomas Brown(1799)Box 4ff 33James Bucknall(1744)Box 4ff 34Joseph Burden(1799)Box 4ff 35Isaac Carty(1784)Box 4ff 36Case & Baldwin(1799)Box 4ff 37Cash expended(1804-1806)Box 4ff 38-40Cash expended(1777-1803)Box 5ff 1-18Checks – Miscellaneous(1785-1790)Box 5ff 19Benjamin Chew, Jr.(1790-1805,undated)Box 5ff 20John Chew(1746-1762)Box 5ff 21Samuel Chew(1790-1804)Box 5ff 22Thomas Child(1772)Box 5ff 23City of Washington(1803)Box 5ff 24John Clayton(1754-1756)Box 5ff 25Josiah & Samuel Coates(1782)Box 5ff 26William Compton(1790)Box 5ff 27John Cottringer(1754-1758)Box 5ff 28Simon Desmond(1799)Box 5ff 29Samuel & John Dickinson –invoice of law books purchased(1753)Box 5ff 30Miscellaneous C-D(1772-1797)Box 5ff 31Dowry for Elizabeth (Betsey)Chew Tilghman(1772-1776,undated)Box 5ff 32Dowry for Mary Chew Wilcocks(1763-1774)Box 5ff 33Dowry for Sophia Chew Phillips(1796-1798,undated)Box 5ff 34Cornelius Empson(1748)Box 5ff 35Evans & Roberts Corders(1799)Box 5ff 36John Faris [Faries] - Bill of Salefor Five Negroes(1752)Box 6ff 1[re: shoes forfamily, servants andBox 6slaves; house onLetitia Court]ff 2George Felker(1779-1801)
John Field(1793)Box 6ff 3James Gallagher [and Sons](1793-1807)Box 6ff 4Charles Green(1780, undated)Box 6ff 5Silvanus Grove(1756)Box 6ff 6George Guest(1778-1789)Box 6ff 7Miscellaneous F-G(1748-1799)Box 6ff 8Miscellaneous H-K(1747-1799)Box 6ff 9Land sale – adjacent to Chewproperty (newspaper ad)(undated)Box 6ff 10Loans (miscellaneous)(1765-1806,undated)Box 6ff 11John Lodon - George Harding(Negro) on Frigate Philadelphia(1800)Box 6ff 12Samuel McCall(1745-1790)Box 6ff 13William McLaws(1799)Box 6ff 14Alexander Miller(1799)Box 6ff 15Miscellaneous(1779-1804,undated)Box 6ff 16Benjamin W. Morris(1799)Box 6ff 17Philip Nicklin(1794-1804,undated)Box 6ff 18Notes on accounts(1780-1804,undated)Box 6ff 19Thomas [& Eliza] Parker(1799, undated)Box 6ff 20Philadelphia Dispensary(1799)Box 6ff 21Philadelphia Prison - NegroGeorge(1800)Box 6ff 22William Phillips(1747)Box 6ff 23J. Polk(1799)Box 6ff 24Ann Powell(1799)Box 6ff 25Miscellaneous L-P(1752-1801,undated)Box 6ff 26Dr. Charles Ridgely(1763-1782)Box 6ff 27St. Peter’s Church(1799, undated)Box 6ff 28[re: Estate of J.Gallagher]
John Smith(1793)Box 6ff 29John Stephens(1790-1791)Box 6ff 30Stocks(1766, undated)Box 6ff 31Taxes & Duties(1791-1800)Box 6ff 32James Tilghman(1783-1786)Box 6ff 33Peter Torbert(1780)Box 6ff 34United States Loan Office –Pennsylvania(1801)Box 6ff 35Mary Ware(1749-1752)Box 6ff 36William Ware(1746-1748)Box 6ff 37Joseph Wharton(1774-1782,undated)Box 6ff 38Miscellaneous R-W(1747-1804,undated)Box 6ff 39Third party receipts(1739-1799,undated)Box 6ff 40Account book and papers filedwithin(1761-1807,undated)Box 6ff 41Account book – by name(undated)Box 6ff 42Bank of North America book(1803-1810)Box 7Aff 1Bank of North America book(1785-1803)Box 7Aff 2Items removed from Bank ofNorth America book (folder 2)(1792)Box 7Aff 3Bank of Pennsylvania book(1809-1810)Box 7Aff 4Bank of Pennsylvania book(1784-1809)Box 7Aff 5Items removed from Bank ofPennsylvania book (folder 5)(1792-1810)Box 7Aff 6Bank of the United States book(1806-1811)Box 7Aff 7Bank of the United States book(1792-1806)Box 7Aff 8Delaware & Maryland bonds &mortgages book – by name, withindex(1767-1809)Box 7Aff 9
Items removed from Delaware &Maryland bonds & mortgagesbook (folder 9)(1770-1809)Box 7Aff 10Waste Book(1783-1794)Box 7Aff 11Items removed from Waste Book(folder 11)(1783-1804,undated)Box 7Aff 12Receipt book(1770-1809)This item’scontents have beentranscribed andposted as a .pdf fileon Cliveden’swebsite.Box 7BB. Bonds and agreementsBenjamin Chew lent a great deal of money to friends, family, and business associates over the courseof his life; many of the documents in this subseries trace those loans and the payments received onthe money lent, including receipts and correspondence related to the payment of bonds. In additionto financial agreements, this subseries includes a copartnership agreement between Chew, Franklin,and others to deal in pot ash, agreements for rentals and land purchases, an agreement for the sale ofwheat, agreements for the production of farm goods, and an indenture of a slave named George.Agreement between WilliamAllen, Benjamin Franklin,Benjamin Chew, James Coultas(1756)Box 8ff 1Agreement between BenjaminChew, Richard Bassett, JamesSykes, and Joshua Fisher(1788)Box 8ff 2John Armstrong bond(1779-1793,undated)Box 8ff 3Box 8ff 4[somecorrespondencerelated to the estateof Benjamin Chew]Richard Bassett bond and relatedcorrespondence(1788-1815)French Battell and CorneliusEmpson bond(1751)Box 8ff 5Risdon Bishop bond(1782-1799)Box 8ff 6Blank bond(1780)Box 8ff 7Bonds & Mortgages –alphabetical list(1777)Box 8ff 8Isaac Carty bond(1782)Box 8ff 9
Benjamin Chew bond with HughRoberts(1782)Box 8ff 10James Coffee to Allen and Turner (1773)Box 8ff 11Thomas Collins bond(1780)Box 8ff 12Thomas Comerford bond(1795)Box 8ff 13William Denny bond(1791-1799)Box 8ff 14James Emerson bond(1793)Box 8ff 15John Garrigues note(1764)Box 8ff 16Lawrence Garrits indenture Negro boy George(1762)Box 8ff 17Joshua Gilpin(1792)Box 8ff 18James Greenfield bond(1782)Box 8ff 19Thomas Keith bond(1798)Box 8ff 20John Lee bond (John Wrightestate)(1777-1790)Box 8ff 21George Meade bond(1791-1795)Box 8ff 22Samuel Meredith (and GeorgeClymer) bond(1791-1801)Box 8ff 23Miscellaneous bond and notes(1766-1805,undated)Box 8ff 24Miscellaneous deeds(1788, undated)Box 8ff 25Benjamin Noxon bond andmortgage(1770-1801,undated)Box 8ff 26John Patton and Peter Grubb Jr.bond(1785)Box 8ff 27Richard Penn Jr. bond(1767)Box 8ff 28Richard Peters bond(1768-1828,undated)Box 8ff 29George Pierce bond(1787)Box 8ff 30Andrew Reed and Charles Pettitbond(1761-1766)Box 8ff 31Rental agreement betweenBenjamin Chew and ReubenTaylor(1752)Box 8ff 32Charles Ridgely bond(1763-1783)Box 8ff 33[re: taxes onWhitehall][17 year indentureof George to L.Garrits]
Henry Ridgely bond(1774-1782)Box 8ff 34Sales agreement with JohnBrown, Robert Morris(1781-1782)Box 8ff 35John Starke note(1786)Box 8ff 36James Sterling bond(1782)Box 8ff 37George Stevenson bond(1783-1794)Box 8ff 38John Thompson to JosephTurner(1765)Box 8ff 39Mary Ware bond and agreement(1750-1752)Box 8ff 40George Weiss note(1775)Box 8ff 41Wharton & Greives(1790-1792)Box 8ff 42Joseph Wharton bond andmortgage(1782-1787)Box 8ff 43Benjamin Wilcocks agreement assignment of Negro David'sindenture(1803)Box 8ff 44Joseph Williamson bond(1799)Box 8ff 45Willing and Francis bonds(1804)Box 8ff 46John Lambert Wilmer bond(1779-1792)Box 8ff 47C. CorrespondenceThe material in this subseries creates a clear picture of Benjamin Chew’s relationships with his familyand friends, and provides insight into his political views as well as the connections he had with thePenn family and other public figures. Benjamin Chew corresponded with judges, lawyers,merchants, and politicians as part of his legal work, and as the chief justice of Pennsylvania; theseletters highlight the central role he played in the political culture of Colonial Pennsylvania. WilliamAllen wrote to Chew about legal and political affairs and discussed the iron works in New Jersey thathe co-owned with Benjamin Chew's brother in law, Joseph Turner. Henry Bouquet detailed thestrategies and tactics employed by the King's forces during the Indian War in 1764-1765. Lettersfrom Thomas Penn reflect Chew’s involvement in negotiating treaties with the Indian nations inPennsylvania, and his work on the Pennsylvania/Maryland boundary commission. Thomas Pennrelayed news about matters important to the Colonial government of Pennsylvania, such as therepeal of the Stamp Act, the arrival of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to complete the boundarysurvey, Indian affairs, and the possible introduction of paper money.Benjamin Chew's correspondence is particularly rich during the period of 1777-1778, when he washeld as a prisoner at the Union Forge in New Jersey with John Penn. These letters not only describehis separation from his family, but also discuss the state of the nation during the Revolution.Benjamin Chew’s correspondence with political and military figures hints at his ambivalence aboutthe war and discusses the roles of his associates in carrying out military actions. Letters from hiswife, Elizabeth Oswald Chew, document the attempts made by his children to visit him at Union
Forge, provide updates about the health and welfare of the family, and relay Elizabeth's concernsabout Benjamin's comfort and health.Correspondence between Benjamin Chew and his son Benjamin Jr. is particularly informative.Throughout these letters, father and son write about legal matters, including Benjamin Jr.’s studies atthe Middle Temple in London and the Chews’ representation of the Penn family. The two alsodiscuss their opinions of British and Colonial politics. Many of the letters dwell on family andbusiness affairs—the illnesses and deaths that took place during the elder Benjamin’s absence, thedisappointing harvests on various plantations, purchases of land, and news about how the waraffected the city. These letters reflect Benjamin Chew Jr.’s role as his father’s agent in landtransactions and plantation operations, and offer limited details about the Chews' slaves—andreminders of the persistence of northern slavery in the early republic.In one letter, Benjamin Chew Jr. relates a story about some of the Chew slaves who escaped:―Ned arrived here in Search of Mr. Bennet Chew’s Negroes. he came up by Permission from Col.Duff .he obtained most of the Negroes & has sent some of them to their Plantation, His Fortunewas not single, your Man Aaron that went off from my Uncle Samls Tired of his Frolick camevoluntarily & solicited for his Return to his Master—he was immediately upon my Applicationdischarged from the Service in which he was employed and ordered into my possession, he nowwaits an Opportunity of going down—Will, I fear has made his Escape to some other Country butthe Hardships he must experience from a different Way of living than that in your Employ, willsufficiently furnish his Ingratitude‖ (January 19, 1778).In another letter, Benjamin Chew Jr. informs his father about the details of settling his uncle JohnChew’s estate: ―I found it absolutely necessary to return to this Place which I did last Evening andtomorrow sell off the Remains of any poor Uncle John’s Remnants . I have fortunately succeededin providing Homes for all but 7 or 8 of the Black People—a Task indeed of the most conflictingDifficulty—I have I believe succeeded in giving the poor Creatures as much Satisfaction as theycould have, under a disappointment in not having their Freedom bequeathed to them—theygenerally thank me for what I have done for them—the Stock of all kinds I have also sold exceptwhat is necessary to retain to secure the Crops‖ (November 15, 1809).Discussions about the Chew family's slaves appear elsewhere in the correspondence. In 1804,Joseph, a slave on one of the Chews' farms in Kent County, Maryland, wrote to Benjamin Chewasking to be hired out so that he could be closer to his wife, who had been transferred toBaltimore. Correspondence with various overseers provides information about plantation operationsand the treatment of slaves. One overseer, William Pearce, wrote to Chew in 1807 about TomMiller, who had run away from one of the Chews' plantations in Kent County, Maryland. Pearceexpressed concern that other slaves would follow Miller's example if he was allowed to escape. Afew weeks later, Pearce wrote again to let Chew know that Miller had been caught and seemed to beon good behavior since receiving "a slight chastisement." Other correspondents who were involvedin farming and plantation operations include Kensey Johns, George Ford, and Edward Tilghman.Their letters focus primarily on the mundane aspects of farming, such as crop yield, expenses, andweather.Joseph Adame to Benjamin Chew (1747)Box 9ff 1Andrew Allen to Benjamin ChewBox 9ff 2(1761-1763)
James Allen to Benjamin Chew(1763-1764)Box 9ff 3William Allen to Benjamin Chew(1763-1764)Box 9ff 4Stephen Alston to Benjamin Chew (1781)Box 9ff 5John Armstrong to BenjaminChew(1772-1793)Box 9ff 6David Barclay to Benjamin Chew(1786-1787)Box 9ff 7[David,] John & Robert Barclay &(1773-1788)Co. to Benjamin ChewBox 9ff 8Robert Barclay to Benjamin Chew (1792-1793)Box 9ff 9Richard Bassett to Benjamin Chew (1789, undated)Box 9ff 10James Battle to Benjamin Chew(1807)Box 9ff 11William Bayard to Benjamin Chew (1773)Box 9ff 12David Bell to Benjamin Chew(1780)Box 9ff 13John Bell to Benjamin Chew(1768)Box 9ff 14J. Bellack to Benjamin Chew(1803)Box 9ff 15Anthony Benezet to BenjaminChew(undated)Box 9ff 16Mr. Benson to Benjamin Chew(undated)Box 9ff 17James Biddle to Benjamin Chew(1786-1788)Box 9ff 18Henry Bilkerton to BenjaminChew(1755)Box 9ff 19Ephraim Blaine to Benjamin Chew (1777, undated)Box 9ff 20Phineas Bond to Benjamin Chew(1744)Box 9ff 21Phineas Bond, Jr. to BenjaminChew(1771)Box 9ff 22Thomas Bond to Benjamin Chew(1753-1786)Box 9ff 23Henry Bouquet to Benjamin Chew (1764-1765)Box 9ff 24Edw[in] Burd to Benjamin Chew(1806)Box 9ff 25James Calder to Benjamin Chew(1754)Box 9ff 26Robert Callender to BenjaminChew(1763)Box 9ff 27James Chalmers to BenjaminChew(1792)Box 9ff 28Daniel Chambers to BenjaminChew(1793)Box 9ff 29[re: judiciary plan]
Benjamin Chew to John Adlumand William Montgomery(1796)Box 9ff 30Benjamin Chew to Andrew Allen(1762-1763)Box 9ff 31Benjamin Chew to John Allen(1760)Box 9ff 32Benjamin Chew to William Allen(1763)Box 9ff 33Benjamin Chew to JohnArmstrong(1784-1793)Box 9ff 34Benjamin Chew to Antony Bacon (1747)Box 9ff 35Benjamin Chew to AbrahamBailey, Humphrey Hill &Cadwalader Evans(1790)Box 9ff 36Benjamin Chew to James Biddle(1787-1788)Box 9ff 37Benjamin Chew to Phineas Bond,Jr.(undated)Box 9ff 38Benjamin Chew to ColonelChamberlain(1777)Box 9ff 39Benjamin Chew to Ann Chew(1744)Box 9ff 40Benjamin Chew to ElizabethOswald Chew(1777-1778)Box 9ff 41Benjamin Chew to Samuel Chew(brother)(1743-1799,undated)Box 9ff 42Benjamin Chew to Samuel Chew(father)(1743, undated)Box 9ff 43Benjamin Chew to Sophia Chew(1799, undated)Box 9ff 44Benjamin Chew to John Cochran(1777)Box 9ff 45Benjamin Chew to Mr. Cook(undated)Box 9ff 46Benjamin Chew to William Coxe,Jr.(1786)Box 9ff 47Benjamin Chew to Robert Edward(1771)FellBox 9ff 48Benjamin Chew to William Fisher (1766)Box 9ff 49Benjamin Chew to Sarah FrisbyBox 9ff 50(1800)
Benjamin Chew to CharlesGoldsborough(1747)Box 9ff 51Benjamin Chew to Silvanus Grove (1783)Box 9ff 52Benjamin Chew to ColonelHaldimand(1765)Box 9ff 53Benjamin Chew to Mr. Hamilton(1758)Box 9ff 54Benjamin Chew to Robert Hare(1780)Box 9ff 55Benjamin Chew to Jared Ingersoll (1797)Box 9ff 56Benjamin Chew to Kensey Johns(1799)Box 9ff 57Benjamin Chew to TheodoreMaurice(1783)Box 9ff 58Benjamin Chew to Robert Morris(1778)Box 9ff 59Benjamin Chew to James Muir,John Wilson, and Joseph Coulter(1784)Box 9ff 60Benjamin Chew to Philip Nicklin(undated)Box 9ff 61Benjamin Chew to Henry WardPearce(1784)Box 9ff 62Benjamin Chew to Thomas Penn(1748-1770,undated)Box 9ff 63Benjamin Chew to Richard Peters (1777)Box 9ff 64Benjamin Chew to Plu & Kearney (1748)Box 9ff 65Benjamin Chew to CaptainProvost(1765)Box 9ff 66Benjamin Chew to Andrew Read(1765)Box 9ff 67Benjamin Chew to James Read(1744)Box 9ff 68Benjamin Chew to Joseph Reed(1743)Box 9ff 69
Benjamin Chew to Joseph Reed Jr. (1767)Box 9ff 70Benjamin Chew to [Thomas]Ringgold[1744]Box 9ff 71Benjamin Chew to CharlesThompson(1777)Box 9ff 72Benjamin Chew to Edward(1769-1772)Tilghman (d. 1785) with responsesBox 9ff 73Benjamin Chew to Ned Tilghman(1772-1804,undated)Box 9ff 74Benjamin Chew to TenchTilghman(1777-1778)Box 9ff 75Benjamin Chew to Joseph Turner(1777)Box 9ff 76Benjamin Chew to unknowncorrespondent(1801-1803,undated)Box 9ff 77Benjamin Chew to Nicholas VanDyke(1800)Box 9ff 78Benjamin Chew and John Penn to(1777-1778)Continental Board of WarBox 10ff 1Benjamin Chew and John Penn to(1777)Governor LivingstonBox 10ff 2Benjamin Chew and John Penn to(1777)General George WashingtonBox 10ff 3Benjamin Chew Jr. to BenjaminChew(1800-1809)Box 10ff 4Benjamin Chew Jr. to BenjaminChew(1792-1798)Box 10ff 5Benjamin Chew Jr. to BenjaminChew(1782-1789)Box 10ff 6Benjamin Chew Jr. to BenjaminChew(1777-1778)Box 10ff 7Benjamin Chew Jr. to BenjaminChew(undated)Box 10ff 8Elizabeth Oswald Chew (andchildren) to Benjamin Chew(1768-1789,undated)Box 10ff 9[Henrietta Chew] to BenjaminChew(1801)Box 10ff 10John Chew to Benjamin Chew(1778-1806)Box 10ff 11
Katherine [Banning] Chew toBenjamin Chew(undated)Box 10ff 12Samuel Chew (1737-1809) toBenjamin Chew(1773-1806)Box 10ff 13Samuel Chew (1693-1744) toBenjamin Chew(1743)Box 10ff 14[Sarah] Chew to Benjamin Chew(1801)Box 10ff 15John Clayton Jr. to BenjaminChew(1759)Box 10ff 16Joseph Cochran to BenjaminChew(1777)Box 10ff 17Charles de Krafft to BenjaminChew(1797)Box 10ff 18William Denny to Benjamin Chew (1757)Box 10ff 19John Dickinson to BenjaminChew(1782)Box 10ff 20Charles Dilly to Benjamin Chew(1788)Box 10ff 21Manlove Emerson to BenjaminChew(1793)Box 10ff 22Robert Edward Fell to BenjaminChew(1771)Box 10ff 23James Fisher and Son to Benjamin(1788)ChewBox 10ff 24George Ford to Benjamin ChewBox 10ff 25Walter Franklin to Benjamin Chew (1772-1779)Box 10ff 26Sarah Frisby to Benjamin Chew(1800, undated)Box 10ff 27M. Furman to Benjamin Chew(1777-1778)Box 10ff 28James Gallagher [and Sons] toBenjamin Chew(1801-1805,undated)Box 10ff 29Ann Galloway to Benjamin Chew(undated)Box 10ff 30John Galloway to Benjamin Chew (1747-1795)Box 10ff 31Samuel Galloway to BenjaminChewBox 10ff 32Silvanus Grove to Benjamin Chew (1756, 1785)Box 10ff 33A. Hamilton to Benjamin Chew(1793)Box 10ff 34James Hamilton to BenjaminChew(1778)Box 10ff 35(1793)(1749, undated)
JG Howard to Benjamin Chew(1809)Box 10ff 36Humfrey to Benjamin Chew(1793)Box 10ff 37Jonathan Jarrilld to BenjaminChew(1800)Box 10ff 38Kensey Johns to Benjamin Chew(1749-1799)Box 10ff 39Joseph (slave) to BenjaminChew(1804)Box 10ff 40John Kantum to Benjamin Chew(1801)Box 10ff 41E. Lawrence to Benjamin Chew(1788)Box 11ff 1Moses Levy to Benjamin Chew(1801)Box 11ff 2Abraham Lewis to BenjaminChew(1794)Box 11ff 3Liancourt to Benjamin Chew(1795-1796)Box 11ff 4William Livingston to BenjaminChew and John Penn(1777-1778)Box 11ff 5Thomas Lowrey to John Penn and(1778)Benjamin ChewBox 11ff 6John March to Benjamin Chew(1790)Box 11ff 7Jasper McCall to Benjamin Chew(1747)Box 11ff 8John McPherson to BenjaminChew(1791)Box 11ff 9William Moore to Benjamin Chew (1769)Box 11ff 10Robert Morris to Benjamin Chew(1778)Box 11ff 11Henry Nichols to Benjamin Chew (1791)Box 11ff 12JW Nicholson to Benjamin Chew(1796)Box 11ff 13Thomas Nixon to Benjamin Chew (1759)Box 11ff 14Joseph Nourse to Benjamin Chew (1777)Box 11ff 15James Noxon to Benjamin Chew(1800)Box 11ff 16Captain Ourry to Benjamin Chew(1765-1774)Box 11ff 17James Parker to Benjamin Chew(1779)Box 11ff 18John Patton to Benjamin Chew(1778)Box 11ff 19Henry W. Pearce to BenjaminChew(1762, 1789)Box 11ff 20Box 11ff 21William Pearce to Benjamin Chew (1807)
Henry B. Pearson to BenjaminChew(undated)Box 11ff 22John Penn to Benjamin Chew([1778]-1784,undated)Box 11ff 23Juliana Penn to Benjamin Chew(1775)Box 11ff 24Richard Penn to Benjamin Chew(1769, undated)Box 11ff 25Thomas Penn to Benjamin Chew(1756-1772)Box 11ff 26Richard Peters to Benjamin Chew (1757-1787)Box 11ff 27Sophia Philips to Benjamin Chew(1798)Box 11ff 28Joseph Potts to Benjamin Chew(1801)Box 11ff 29George Read to Benjamin Chew(1760)Box 11ff 30Samuel Reeve to Benjamin Chew(1744)Box 11ff 31Henry Ridgely to Benjamin Chew(1773)Box 11ff 32Thomas Ringgold to BenjaminChew(1743)Box 11ff 33Philip and Daniel Shults toBenjamin Chew(1801)Box 11ff 34Christopher Smith to BenjaminChew et al(1780, 1791)Box 11ff 35Daniel Smith to Benjamin Chew(1785)Box 11ff 36George Smith to Benjamin Chew(1793)Box 11ff 37J. Steele to Benjamin Chew(1801)Box 11ff 38John Stevens to Benjamin Chew(1778)Box 11ff 39Charles Stewart to Benjamin Chew(1777-1796,undated)Box 11ff 40John Stow to Benjamin Chew(1792)Box 11ff 41Hubert Tarin to Benjamin Chew[with response](1787)Box 11ff 42George Thomas to BenjaminChew(1747)Box 11ff 43Adam Thompson to BenjaminChew(1755)Box 11ff 44William Thompson to BenjaminChew(1774)Box 11ff 45
Edward Tilghman (d. 1785) toBenjamin Chew(1743-1775)Box 11ff 46Edward Tilghman Jr. ("Ned") (d.1815) to Benjamin Chew(1772-1807)Box 12ff 1James Tilghman to BenjaminChew(1749-1787)Box 12ff 2Tench Tilghman to BenjaminChew(1777-1778)Box 12ff 3William Till to Benjamin Chew(1757)Box 12ff 4Joseph Turner to Benjamin Chew(1761-1780)Box 12ff 5Unknown Correspondent toBenjamin Chew(1773-1787,undated)Box 12ff 6Nicholas Van Dyke to BenjaminChew(1800)Box 12ff 7Joseph Wharton to BenjaminChew(1781)Box 12ff 8Joseph Wharton Jr. to BenjaminChew(1772-1775)Box 12ff 9Alexander Wilcocks to BenjaminChew(1777, undated)Box 12ff 10E. Wistar Jr. to Benjamin Chew(1805)Box 12ff 11Joseph Woodall to BenjaminChew(1793)Box 12ff 12Abraham Wynkoop to BenjaminChew(1781-1782)Box 12ff 13Miscellaneous incoming(1770-1808,undated)Box 12ff 14Miscellaneous outgoing(1780-1801,undated)Box 12ff 15Third party correspondence(1735-1807,undated)Box 12ff 16D. EstateBenjamin Chew made several revisions to his will in the last ten years of his life, most due to hisdaughters being married or widowed. Several versions of his will and his notes from drafting themare filed here. Benjamin Chew, Jr. administered his father's estate from 1810 until his death in 1844.Inventories taken shortly after Benjamin Chew's death are included here, as are funeral lists and aday book and a ledger recording transactions from 1810-1819, the year that Elizabeth Chew,Benjamin Chew's widow, died. The day book records monies received and paid in chronological
order, including payments on bonds and debts and inheritance payments to family members. Theledger lists transactions chronologically within account and includes an alphabetical index in thefront of the volume. Accounts in stocks, lands, and cash, with individuals and businesses, andrelating to the Chew family's house on Third Street are represented.Receipts and other records created during Benjamin Chew, Jr.'s administration of the estate arefiled in Series IV, Family Estates. Benjamin Chew, Jr.'s notes sometimes include references to hisadministration of the estates of his brothers John and Samuel Chew, which took place during thesame time as the settlement of his father's estate.Estate Appraisal(1777-1783)Box 13ff 1Executorship of Elizabeth Chew& Benjamin Chew, Jr.(1810)Box 13ff 2Funeral(1810)Box 13ff 3Inventories & FirstAdministration Account(1810-1812)Box 13ff 4Power of Attorney - BenjaminChew, Jr.(1808)Box 13ff 5Wills(1799)Box 13ff 6Wills(1770-1789)Box 13ff 7Wills - Codicils(1801-1809,undated)Box 13ff 8Wills - Notes(1781-1807,undated)Box 13ff 9Day Book(1810-1819)Box 14Ledger(1810-1819)Box 15E. Legal and PoliticalThis subseries contains materials related to Benjamin Chew’s legal and political work, including hisappointments to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Assembly of Lower Counties, and theProvincial Council, as well as his positions as attorney general for Pennsylvania, recorder of wills,register general for Pennsylvania and the Three Lower Counties, and president of the High Court ofErrors and Appeals. There are materials related to the registry of Chew’s slaves, various estate cases,land disputes, the conflict between Britain and the Colonies, purchases of weapons for KentCounty, and Benjamin Chew’s confinement with John Penn during the Revolutionary War.Document types include a docket from the Supreme Court, case notes and documents related tocases, legal forms and court documents,
Series 1. Samuel Chew (1693-1744), 1724-1753, undated, (Boxes 1-2) A. Accounts Samuel Chew's account book lists debts owed by individuals in chronological order, with notations regarding the volumes where details of the account were listed. In the credit column of the account bo
