Items

• Joseph Lesley note, 1838
  A note concerning ground rent for a property on 3rd Street belonging to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society.
• Extracts from the will of Thomas Latimer, 1838
  Extracts from the will of Thomas Latimer that feature bequests to the Indigent Widow's Society.
• Extracts from the will of Beulah Sansom, 1837
  Extracts from the will of Beulah Sansom that feature bequests to the Indigent Widow's Society.
• Extracts from the will of Charles Smiedel, 1837
  Extracts from the will of Charles Smiedel that feature bequests to the Indigent Widow's Society.
• Andrew Joy property deed, 1834
  Documents concerning a property on Front Street, previously owned by Henry Rigby and later owned and leased out by Andrew Joy.
• Extracts from the will of John Grandom, 1828
  Extracts from the will of John Grandom that feature bequest to the Indigent Widow's Society.
• Extracts from the will of Robert Fielding, 1827
  Extracts from the will of Robert Fielding that feature bequest to the Indigent Widow's Society.
• Extracts from the will of Henry Rigby, 1823
  Extracts from the will of Henry Rigby that feature bequest to the Indigent Widow's Society.
• Extracts from the wills of Henry Rigby, Esther Waters, and Thomas Latimer, undated
  Extracts from three separate wills that feature bequests to the Indigent Widow's Society.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society special meeting minutes , 1839
  Special meeting concerning the death of Fanny Collins, a resident at the Society who died shortly after her admission. Her family had requested that her property be returned instead of being retained by the Society, which was a stipulation of the admission agreement. Due to her short tenure in the house, the managers decided to retain the admission payment while returning her personal belongings and on-hand cash to the family.
• Caleb Johnston letter to James Bayard, undated
  A letter announcing that the owners of the lot adjoining the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society house to the east were willing to sell it to the managers of the Society.
• A. Lardner letter to Samuel W. Lippencott, undated
  A letter concerning the two New Orleans municipal bonds owned by the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society.
• Caleb Johnson letter to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, undated
  A letter concerning the property adjoining the Society.
• Jane Duval Leiper Kane letter to Sarah W. Jones, undated
  A letter formerly accompanying a series a notes requested by the Sarah Jones, treasurer of the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society.
• Margaret Latimer letter to Sarah W. Jones, undated
  A noted formerly accompanying a donation of $100 made out to the Society.
• Jane Duval Leiper Kane letter to Sarah W. Jones, undated
  A note concerning a resolution for a loan to the building committee.
• William S. Hang letter, 1959
  A letter, barely legible, concerning Mary Rittenhouse, a resident at the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society.
• Report of James Bayard and Isaac C. Jones Jr. on the claim of John Notiman, 1862
  Report conducted in relation to a claim put forward by John Notman who helped design and oversee the construction of an addition to the Society. In the claim, Notman requested that the Society pay him $143 as part of a settlement for his work. The report found that there was no official contract made between Notman and the Society, and that the latter understood the work to be done pro bono. They also state that the statute of limitations barrs any claim made by Notman for reimbursement. The report recommended that the Society use that defense only if an exorbitant amount was requested, and suggested that a sum of seventy-five dollars be paid to Notman in order to settle the claim.
• Margaret E. Hodge letter to Sarah W. Jones, 1859
  A note, which accompanied another letter, from Margaret Hodge asking Isaac Jones for advice.
• John B. Chapman letter to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, 1858
  A letter concerning the estate of Abraham Miller which bequeathed to the Society $1000.
• Alexander Henny letter to Isaac C. Jones, Jr., 1857
  A letter concerning a shed built along the fence of a lot owned by the Indigent Widows' Society on Lombard Street. Includes a copy of a portion of meeting minutes concerning the same property.
• John Bohler letter to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, 1857
  A letter concerning a bequest of $2000 made to the Society as part of an estate.
• Margaret E. Hodge letter to Sarah W. Jones, 1856
  A letter concerning a payment of $75 made to the Society.
• R. Patterson letter to Jane Duval Leiper Kane, 1856
  A letter to J.D.L. Kane, secretary of the Indigent Widows' Society, concerning a donation made to the society.
• Jane Duval Leiper Kane letter to Sarah W. Jones, 1855
  A letter from Jane Kane, secretary of the Indigent Widows' Society, to a Mrs. Kane, treasurer. The former wishes the latter a speedy recovery from illness and requests that she return an entrance fee to one of the Society's residents.