Items

• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society petition to the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Philadelphia, 1851
  A petition concerning the sale of property bequeathed, indirectly, to the Society in the will of Henry Rigby.
• Elizabeth Phile Stott last will and testament notice, 1850
  A notice concerning the delay in the payment of the bequests of the estate of Elizabeth Phile Stott.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society receipt of real estate tax, 1851
  A receipt for taxes paid to Augustus C. Leidy, tax collector, for property owned by the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society at 149 North 3rd Street.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society receipt of mortgage payment, 1851
  A note concerning the payment of $400 towards a $2000 mortgage.
• Orphans' Court of Philadelphia County notice for the estate of Peter A. Blenon, 1851
  A notice for the filing of an audit concerning the estate of Peter A. Blenon.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society ground rent note, 1851
  A note that accompanied a check of $2000 that was used towards the principal of a ground rent.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bond and mortgage note, 1850
  A note related to a transfer of bond and mortgage.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society resolution concerning will of Babel Wohlleben, 1850
  A resolution concerning the estate of Babel Wohlleben, a Swiss native who spent the final years of her life at the Indigent Widows and Single women's Society.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society receipt of ground rent and bond, 1850
  A receipt concerning property titles to ground rent and a bond of Samuel Bechtold worth $2000.
• Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company agreement, 1850
  A copy of an agreement sent to creditors of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company concerning the extension of payment of past-due common loans and funding of arrears of interest.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bill for plumbing, 1850
  A bill for plumbing work done at the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society by C.H. Canby and Sons.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bill for repairs, 1849
  A bill for various structural repairs made at the Society.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bill for general building maintenance, 1849
  Includes bills for brick, carpentry, and plumbing work done at the Society.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society receipt of ground rent, 1849
  A half of a year's ground rent for property at 149 North 3rd St. The Society owned a slew of properties across Philadelphia, many obtained through bequest, which provided an important source of income.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bill for cooking ranges, 1849
  A bill for a series of cooking ranges purchased by the Indigent Widows' Society from Morris, Tasker, and Morris.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society anonymous donation note, 1847
  A note that accompanied a $100 donation to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society. The Society publicly thanked the anonymous donor in a newspaper, the clipping of which is attached to the original note.
• Elizabeth Phile Stott last will and testament notice, 1849
  A notice from the executors of the will of Elizabeth Phile Stott concerning the discharge of bequests.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society copy of a power of attorney authorization letter, 1849
  A copy of a power of attorney authorization letter that makes Hannah Jones, treasurer of the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, the legal representative of the Society in order to enter the satisfaction of a transferred mortgage.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society receipt of payment, 1845-1849
  Receipts of interest payments generated by New Orleans municipal bonds owned by the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society.
• Copy of indemnifying bond to the executors of Thomas W. Goldtrap, 1848
  A copy of an indemnity bond relating to a bequest made by Thomas W. Goldtrap to the Indigent Widows' and Single Widows' Society.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society statement of money received, 1848
  A statement for eighteen coupons and interest owed to the Society.
• Extract from Green B. Duncan letter to Herman Cope, 1848
  An extract from correspondence between Green B. Duncan and Herman Cope regarding a payment of interest received by the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society for its two New Orleans municipal bonds.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society receipt of ground rent, 1848
  A receipt of ground rent for a property at 149 North 3rd Street. The property was bequeathed to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society by Mary McCrea.
• Hannah Tumey acquittance and receipt, 1847
  Summary of a settlement between Hannah Tumey, a resident of the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, and the Society itself, which owed Tumey forty dollars.
• Hannah Tumey bill for board, 1847
  A bill for Hannah Tumey's board at the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society.