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Guide to the Burd-Shippen Family Papers, 1717-1898 DAR.1966.01

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Title
Papers of the Burd-Shippen family, 1717-1898, Burd-Shippen family papers, 1717-1898
Subject
Burd, Edward, 1751-1833, Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848, Shippen, Edward, ca. 1703-1781, Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806, Burd, Elizabeth Shippen, Burd, James, 1726-1793, Burd, Sarah Shippen, 1731-1784, Arnold, Margaret Shippen, 1760-1804, Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801, Hubley, James Burd, Walker, Lewis Burd, 1855-1903, Burd family, Shippen family, Hubley family, Donaldson family, Walker family, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court., Pennsylvania--History, Pennsylvania--Politics and government, Lancaster (Pa.)--History, Carlisle (Pa.)--History, Harrisburg (Pa.)--History, Philadelphia (Pa.)--History, Shippensburg (Pa.)--History
Description
The majority of the collection includes the personal correspondence and business records of Edward Burd and, his relative, Edward Shippen IV. The business papers include legal documents such as deeds and indentured servant lists, business records in the form of invoices and receipts, and correspondence concerning debts and legal matters. The papers also relate to members of the Burd and Shippen families such as Sarah Shippen Burd, Elizabeth Burd, Edward Shippen Burd, James Burd, and James Burd Hubley. The collection contains the papers of Lewis Burd Walker, an amateur historian and family genealogist. Included in Lewis Burd Walker's papers are transcriptions of the wills of Margaret Shippen Arnold and Benedict Arnold. Walker also provides transcriptions of letters written by Margaret Shippen Arnold to family and friends., Papers of the Burd-Shippen Family, 1717-1898, DAR 1966:01, Darlington Memorial Library, University of Pittsburgh., Purchased by the University of Pittsburgh from Emily Driscoll, a manuscript dealer, with Autographs and Manuscripts in New York City, 1966., The Shippen family traces their lineage back to Edward Shippen I (1639-1712), a Quaker who moved to Philadelphia from Boston in 1693. Edward Shippen I's great-great-grandson, Edward Shippen III (1703-1781), had three children: Edward Shippen IV (1729-1806), Sarah Shippen (1731-1784), and Joseph Shippen (1732-1810). Edward Shippen IV, a wealthy and prominent lawyer in Philadelphia, held multiple public offices by royal appointment. He fathered six surviving children, including Elizabeth Shippen (1754-1828) and Margaret "Peggy" Shippen (1760-1804). During the American Revolution, Edward Shippen IV lost his appointments, yet managed to keep his family financially afloat by remaining politically neutral. Both of his daughters married American revolutionaries. Elizabeth married her cousin, Edward Burd (1751-1833), while her younger sister, Peggy, married Benedict Arnold. Sarah Shippen married James Burd (1726-1793) in 1748. A Scotsman by birth, James Burd commanded Fort Augusta during the French and Indian War, rising to prominence afterwards as a merchant and colonial magistrate. Their son, Edward Burd (1750/51-1833), served as a major in the Revolutionary War. Following the war, he was prothonotoray and later justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Edward Burd was a friend and business associate to his uncle and father-in-law, Edward Shippen IV. Edward Burd wrote Neddie Burd's Reading Letter, a history of the Berks County bar. Elizabeth Shippen and Edward Burd had one son, Edward Shippen Burd (1779-1848). He married watercolorist Eliza Howard Simms (1793-1860) and resided in Philadelphia, where he worked as an attorney specializing in property law. Edward Shippen Burd was also involved in real estate and business ventures, including the Philadelphia Arcade and the Philadelphia Ice Company. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society, and, with his wife, donated extensively to philanthropic projects, particularly St. Stephens Church and the Protestant Episcopal Hospital of Philadelphia. The Burd-Shippens are related to the Hubley and Walker families. Edward Burd Hubley, (1792-1856) a lawyer from Reading, Pennsylvania, served the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses as a representative from Pennsylvania. He later became a canal commissioner of Pennsylvania and then a commissioner of Cherokee affairs., Finding aid Available in repository and on Internet; Folder level control; http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-dar196601
Contributor
Burd family., Shippen family., University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1717-1898
Type
Collection, Judges-Personal papers-Pennsylvania., Family papers-Pennsylvania., Correspondence-Pennsylvania.
Format
1.5
Identifier
oclc:ocm31531712, oclc:31531712, pitt:US-PPiU-dar196601
Language
eng
Relation
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-dar196601
Coverage
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Lancaster (Pa.), Carlisle (Pa.), Harrisburg (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Shippensburg (Pa.)
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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