Items

• Lease--Joseph Turner to Jonas Phillips (1780)
  Joseph Turner is Benjamin Chew's brother in law. Benjamin Chew and Elizabeth Oswald Chew acted as executors of Joseph Turner's estate. Margaret Oswald Smyth, sister of Elizabeth Oswald Chew, was a legatee of Thomas Turner's estate, and later an executor and heir of Joseph Turner's estate. As part of Joseph Turner's estate, Benjamin and Elizabeth Chew also became administrators of Elizabeth’s mother Mary Oswald's estate, as she had appointed her brother Joseph Turner as one of her executors.
• Lease for Wilton Plantation to William Rush and Joseph Williamson (1783)
  Margaret Oswald Smyth, sister of Elizabeth Oswald Chew, was a legatee of Thomas Turner's estate, and later an executor and heir of Joseph Turner's estate. She inherited Wilton Plantation, but was unable to maintain the property, forcing her to rent it to various tenants. After her marriage to Frederick Smyth, the couple petitioned for financial support from the estate through Benjamin and Elizabeth Chew. Their requests for money became so persistent that the case was brought into arbitration.
• Estate of Margaret Oswald Smyth--notes and opinions on the case
  Mentions of Margaret and Elizabeth receiving all of Wilton Plantation in Passayunk but no mention of enslaved people. One document mentions "chattel." Margaret Oswald Smyth, sister of Elizabeth Oswald Chew, was a legatee of Thomas Turner's estate, and later an executor and heir of Joseph Turner's estate. She inherited Wilton Plantation, but was unable to maintain the property, forcing her to rent it to various tenants. After her marriage to Frederick Smyth, the couple petitioned for financial support from the estate through Benjamin and Elizabeth Chew. Their requests for money became so persistent that the case was brought into arbitration. As part of Joseph Turner's estate, Benjamin and Elizabeth Chew also became administrators of Elizabeth’s mother Mary Oswald's estate, as she had appointed her brother Joseph Turner as one of her executors.
• Collection of correspondence from Samuel Chew (1693-1744) to Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) while studying abroad, 1743
  Collection of letters written to Benjamin Chew from his father Samuel Chew while he was studying in England. The letters are relatively short and mention topics like his mother's health, some updates about their plantations' crops, with a specific mention of Whitehall. 
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) correspondence; miscellaneous outgoing, 1780-1801, undated
  One letter mentions sending a letter and payment for shoes with his "Boy."
• Unknown correspondent to Benjamin Chew (1722-1810), 1773-1787, undated
  Mentions speaking with a servant
• Letter from Benjamin Chew to Margaret Oswald Smyth, 10 August, 1786
  Reference to estate management
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) accounts of Joseph Turner estate, 1783-1805
  Accounts and correspondence. Mentions payment for servant hair cut, linen for clothing, doctor visits.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) correspondence to Edward Tilghman (1713-1785), 1772-1804, n.d.
  Mentions Germantown
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) to Edward Tilghman (1713-1785) with responses, 1769-1772
  One letter mentions tobacco and plantations, possibly regarding potential crop trade potential with England.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Accounts: Items removed from Delaware & Maryland bonds & mortgages book (folder 9), 1770-1809
  Interesting material removed from bond book
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Accounts: Delaware & Maryland bonds & mortgages book - by name, with index, 1767-1809
  Periodic reference to payments made to enslaved men.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) bonds and agreements: William Denny Bond, 1791-1799
  Discusses taxes on Whitehall
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) bonds and agreements: Richard Bassett bond and related correspondence, 1788-1815
  Contains some correspondence related tp the estate of Benjamin Chew
• Items removed from Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Waste Book, 1783-1804, undated
  Mentions other plantations rented - Wilton Plantation for example. May not reference enslaved people.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Waste Book, 1783-1794
  Mentions other plantations rented - Wilton Plantation for example. May not reference enslaved people.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Accounts: Cash expended, 1777 - 1785
  Possible reference to names of enslaved people and names of enslavers.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Accounts: Cash expended, 1787
  Possible reference to names of enslaved people and names of enslavers.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Accounts: Cash expended, 1788
  Possible reference to names of enslaved people and names of enslavers.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Accounts: Cash expended, 1789
  Possible reference to names of enslaved people and names of enslavers.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Accounts: Cash expended, 1790
  Possible reference to names of enslaved people and names of enslavers.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Accounts: Cash expended, 1791
  Possible reference to names of enslaved people and names of enslavers.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Accounts: Cash expended, 1792
  Possible reference to names of enslaved people and names of enslavers.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Accounts: Cash expended, 1793
  Possible reference to names of enslaved people and names of enslavers.
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) Accounts: Cash expended, 1794
  Possible reference to names of enslaved people and names of enslavers.