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What follows is a list of Early American Middle Atlantic records from the manuscript holdings in the Department of Special Collections, University Libraries of Notre Dame.
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REBECCA CADWALADER DICKINSON RECEIPT BOOK. 1788-1821. 1 vol., 11 x 17 cm.., 98 leaves, with 99 pages of entries in various hands; 21 additional manuscripts. A receipt book, with attendant loose manuscripts, of Rebecca Cadwalader Dickinson (1746-1821) of Philadelphia and Trenton, New Jersey. Rebecca Cadwalader was a daughter of the prominent physician Dr. Thomas Cadwalader, and second wife (m. 1804) of General Philemon Dickinson, commander of the New Jersey militia in the Revolution and later (1790-93) U.S senator. The book includes receipts for cash purchases made by Rebecca Cadwalader over some thirty years; many are for firewood, bought along the Delaware wharves; others are for corn or oats. There are also receipts for tax payments made by Cadwalader on a property in Philadelphia's Middle Ward. Individual entries may be in Cadwalader's hand or in the hand of the seller, though they are typically signed by the latter. MSN/EA 2101-1 to MSN/EA 2101-4; MSN/EA 2101-5-B.
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DUNNING MCNAIR LAND DEED. 1806. 1 document. A deed of sale recording the transfer of two parcels of land from Oliver Ormsby to Dunning and Anne McNair, for the sum of $1400. The parcels are located on Front Street in the borough of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. With endorsements by McNair, by a judge of the county Court of Common Pleas, and by the county recorder. MSN/EA 2100-1-F2.
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