Title

Biddle Family papers

Identifier

1792

Type

Collection

Creator

Biddle family

Date Created

1683/1954

Spatial Coverage

Philadelphia (Pa.)

POINT (39.9500 -75.1500)

Extent

28 boxes and 10 volumes

28 boxes and 10 volumes

Language

English

Format

Correspondence

Photographs

Ephemera

Description

These papers document the personal, professional and social life of the Biddle family
over a 237 year period. Influential in many aspects of Philadelphia business and society,
the family was very large and mixed with several other Philadelphia families. The Rush,
Williams and Brock families all contribute correspondence, financial and legal documents to this collection. These families became a part of the larger Biddle family through marriage.

Subject

Family life - Pennsylvania - 19th century

Business transactions - 19th century

Upper class families - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - social life and customs

United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783

Women's education

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

Access Rights

This collection is open to researchers.

Rights

This collection is made available online for non-commercial, educational, and research uses. For more information, please contact Rights and Reproductions as rnr@hsp.org. Please note that rights assessment and appropriate use of materials is the responsibility of the person using this material.

Bibliographic Citation

Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Biddle Family Papers (Collection 1792), The
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Source

https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/findingaid1792biddle.pdf

Relation

Biddle Family Papers (Collection 2146)