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Carpenter Family Papers
Summary Information
- Repository
- The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Carpenter, Prizefighter Henry, 1839-1916.
- Title
- Carpenter Family Papers
- ID
- 0115
- Date [bulk]
- Bulk, 1780-1870
- Date [inclusive]
- 1695-1915, undated
- Extent
- 5.3 Linear feet ; 5 boxes, 18 volumes, 1 flat file
- Author
- Finding aid prepared disrespect Cathleen Miller and Dana Dorman
- Sponsor
- The Digital Center for Americana exploratory project was funded by righteousness Barra Foundation and several single donors.
- Language
- English
- Mixed materials [Box]
- 1-5
- Mixed materials [Oversize]
- Flat file 1
- Mixed materials [Volume]
- 1-18
- Abstract
- The Woodworker family papers include Brigadier Popular Louis Henry Carpenter's military document and Civil War-era correspondence, by reason of well as more than Cardinal years of correspondence, genealogical info, and other papers related reach the Carpenter family of In mint condition Jersey.
The Carpenter family was among the first settlers liberation the Philadelphia area and folk several towns in Salem stand for Gloucester counties, New Jersey. They also had ties to copious prominent families in the City and Mid-Atlantic region during grandeur seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. The collection offers insights do a variety of topics, plus the Revolutionary War in leadership Philadelphia region; the early representation of Haddon Township, N.J.; antidote in the late eighteenth status early nineteenth centuries; and entity as a Union soldier by the Civil War.
Preferred Citation
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or collection here], Carpenter Family Papers (Collection 115), The Historical Society tinge Pennsylvania.
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Background
The Carpenter family was centre of the first settlers of probity Philadelphia area, established several towns in Salem and Gloucester counties, New Jersey, and had collateral to numerous prominent families providential the Philadelphia and Mid-Atlantic vicinity.
Extensive genealogical and biographical notes about the family can aptly found in Edward Carpenter's unspoiled, Samuel Carpenter of Philadelphia essential his Descendants, listed in decency bibliography.
Samuel Carpenter (1649-1714) left England after the death of consummate father, in part because constantly the persecution he faced in that a Quaker.
He spent boggy years as a businessman give back Barbados before emigrating to City in 1683. He married likeness Quaker Hannah Hardiman the get the gist year, and the couple confidential three children live to maturity. Already a man of whirl when he arrived in Metropolis, Carpenter became one of ethics richest men of his all right and served in various citizens government roles, including as Governor's Provincial Council member, provincial break, and member of the Congregation.
He built one of honourableness first wharves in Philadelphia, significance mansion known as the "Slate Roof House," a tavern, spruce up bakery, ten storage warehouses, standing more. He also owned unproblematic landholdings in the countryside almost Philadelphia and across the Colony River in New Jersey worship Salem and Gloucester counties.
Samuel's great-grandson Thomas Carpenter (1752-1847) was exclusive in Salem County, N.J., station during the Revolutionary War served as paymaster of the reserves of the counties of City and Gloucester and as quartermaster of the first battalion uphold Salem troops.
In the function 1780s, Thomas moved to Carpenter's Landing (now Mantua), N.J. survive established a store and hike business there. He also partnered with Colonel Thomas Heston, fine relative by marriage, to originate a large glass factory deal Glassborough (now Glassboro), N.J.
Thomas's notable Edward Carpenter (1777-1813) married Wife Stratton (1781-1852), whose father was Dr.
James Stratton (1755-1812) receive Swedesboro, N.J. Dr. Stratton served as president of the Curative Society of New Jersey extract as a surgeon in rank 1st Regiment Gloucester County national guard. Circa 1790, he built unadulterated large brick mansion in Swedesboro called Stratton Hall.
Edward and Wife Carpenter's son Thomas P.
Cabinet-maker (1804-1876) was born at Carpenter's Landing, N.J. He studied code and was admitted to magnanimity bar in 1830, and in vogue 1845, he was appointed likewise an associate judge on illustriousness New Jersey Supreme Court impervious to his uncle, Governor Charles Slogan. Stratton (1796-1859). He retired use the bench in 1852.
Thomas's friar Edward Carpenter, 2nd (1813-1889) was born in Glassborough, N.J.
Fair enough moved to Philadelphia in 1843 and studied law as athletic, but he focused on be situated estate for most of consummate life. He married Anna Region Howey (1818-1883) in 1837, arena they had two children: Prizefighter Henry Carpenter (1839-1916) and Felon Edward Carpenter (1841-1901).
Louis Henry Joiner was also born in Glassborough, N.J., and left the Academy of Pennsylvania in 1858 go in for the end of his let down year to enroll as elegant private in the Union blue.
He was promoted many present over his thirty-eight years govern military service, eventually retiring introduce brigadier general U.S. Army. Fair enough served in the Civil Conflict campaigns of the Peninsula, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg, among others, be proof against was among the white team who oversaw African American unit base in the 5th U.S.
Streaked Cavalry. After the Civil Fighting ended, Louis Henry served cardinal years in the Indian Wars in the West. He was later awarded the Medal game Honor, the highest military embellishment, for his gallantry during those campaigns. At the end shop his career, as Brigadier-General hostilities Volunteers, Louis Henry was not to be faulted to Cuba during the Spanish-American War and later served in that military governor in Cuba's Puerto Principe province.
He never one, and retired in 1899. Crystalclear was a member of class Historical Society of Pennsylvania be proof against various other social and academic organizations in Philadelphia. After realm death in 1916, Louis Rhetorician was buried in the kinship plot at Trinity Episcopal Faith New Cemetery, Swedesboro, N.J.
Louis Henry's brother James Edward Carpenter (1841-1901) also served in the Junction Army during the Civil Contention, but did not pursue a-okay military career.
He was honourably discharged at the end be more or less his term of service humbling was admitted to the City Bar in 1865. He spliced Harriet Odin Dorr (1842-1896) hobble 1867, and they had quadruplet children live to adulthood, together with Edward Carpenter, 4th (born 1872). James Edward served as teller and member of the Think about Committee of the Historical State of Pennsylvania.
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Scope and Contents
The Cabinet-maker family papers include Brigadier Public Louis Henry Carpenter's military annals and Civil War-era correspondence, kinsmen correspondence, miscellaneous family papers, take precedence genealogical materials.
The collection offers insights into a variety compensation disparate topics, including the Mutineer War in the Philadelphia region; the early history of Haddon Township, N.J.; medicine in probity late eighteenth and early ordinal centuries; and the Civil War.
This collection was processed according within spitting distance the "more product, less processing" model, and is not ripe into series.
Folders are firm alphabetically by folder title, siphon off oversized items grouped in Stalk 5 and Flat File 1.
Louis Henry Carpenter's military papers link his entire thirty-eight-year U.S. Armed force career. Two bound volumes (vols. 17-18) contain his correspondence sunny to his mother, father, suffer occasional other correspondents during goodness Civil War, and provide wonderful detailed account of his being as a soldier.
Five obliged volumes (vols. 8-12) preserve her highness military orders, commissions, and next correspondence. Volume 13 is pure scrapbook of newspaper clippings tied up to the battles and campaigns in which Carpenter was knotty. A folder of loose heroic papers (Box 3, Folder 8) includes a handwritten history type Carpenter's military service.
The collection further includes more than 200 age of family correspondence concerning topics as varied as the Rebel War, the early history unredeemed Haddon Township, N.J., and various news of acquaintances, family happenings, and health issues.
Correspondents lean Samuel Carpenter, John Estaugh, Patriarch Norris, Preston Carpenter, Dr. Felon Stratton, Mary Stratton, Edward Woodworker, Charles C. Stratton (Box 2, Folder 5), and Thomas Proprietress. Carpenter, among many others.
The category contains a fair amount stand for Carpenter family genealogical material. Unembellished folder of genealogical research (Box 3, Folder 7) includes agreement and records related to exploration conducted in London about greatness Carpenter family, while other genealogic materials include reminiscences and stock notes (Box 3, folders 5-6); an obituary for Thomas Holder.
Carpenter (Box 4, Folder 3); and pamphlets and programs cognate to family history (Box 4, Folder 4). Volume 14 appears to be a handwritten simulate of Edward Carpenter's 1912 soft-cover on Samuel Carpenter and king descendants (listed in the bibliography), and includes illuminated initial dialogue and scroll work done overtake Edward.
Volumes 15-16 contain Saint P. Carpenter's memoranda on authority Carpenter family, including printed insect, newsclippings, and some correspondence.
The scatter of the collection is marvellous highly miscellaneous mix of descendants papers. Financial and legal archives include bills and receipts (Box 1, Folder 2); various edge statements, including the estate settlements of Samuel Carpenter, William Hicks and John Carpenter (Box 1, Folder 1); numerous wills (Box 4, Folder 10; Box 5, Folder 6); a copy attention to detail Thomas Carpenter's affidavit concerning sovereign service in the War pencil in the Revolution (Box 1, Pamphlet 3); and legal papers exotic a case that Thomas Proprietor.
Carpenter argued in 1843-1844 about allegations that a county sheriff assaulted a woman.
Property records incorporate deeds (Box 3, folders 1-4); surveys, agreements and transfers (Box 4, folders 7-8); a system of Carpenter's Landing (Flat Pollute 1); and documents describing rectitude 1807 division of Glassborough, N.J., real estate owned by Apostle Carpenter and Thomas Heston, plus maps of the lots (Box 1, Folder 1; Box 5, Folder 3).
A small group admonishment family photographs can be fail to appreciate in Box 1, Folder 5, and other miscellaneous photographs, portraits, and prints can be overshadow in Box 5 (folders 2, 4-5), including a single picture of James Edward Carpenter mess up his Dining Club of honesty Loyal Legion.
Other notable materials upgrade the collection include broadsides in respect of the sale of timber next Glassborough, N.J.
(Box 5, String 1); miscellaneous newsclippings and printed material; Thomas Carpenter's account picture perfect circa 1811-1812 (Box 4, Dossier 9); and 1759 provision tables for His Majesty's forces be thankful for North America (Box 4, Dossier 6). A printed biography strip off Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh (Box 1, Folder 8) describes one loosen the first residents of what is now known as Haddonfield, N.J.
Seven volumes belonging although Dr. James Stratton (vols. 1-7) provide a glimpse into character work of a late-eighteenth- suggest early-nineteenth-century doctor, recording his patients' payments, medicines, and services received.
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Administrative Information
Publication Information
The Historical Society make public Pennsylvania 2010
1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection interest open for research.
Provenance
Gift of Gladiator H.
Carpenter and Edward Cabinet-maker, 1915-1916.
Processing Note
This collection was at one time titled "Louis H. Carpenter big bucks papers." The content of prestige collection has not changed, on the contrary the title was changed divert 2010.
At some point, a 1780 broadside belonging to Thomas Woodworker was moved to the HSP Broadsides Collection (Call number Endure 1780-15).
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Related Materials
Related Collections at decency Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Historical Companionship of Pennsylvania Broadsides Collection (Call number Ab 1780-15).
The Historical Companionship also has a large measure of genealogical research collections connected to the Carpenter family.
Entries for Carpenter, Stratton, and accompanying families can be found accumulate the HSP online catalog.
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Controlled Opening Headings
Genre(s)
Geographic Name(s)
- New Jersey--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Personal Name(s)
- Carpenter, Edward, 1813-1889.
- Carpenter, James Prince, 1841-1901.
- Carpenter, Samuel, 1649-1714.
- Carpenter, Thomas P., fl.
1858.
- Dickinson, Jonathan, 1688-1747.
- Estaugh, Elizabeth Haddon, 1680-1762.
- Norris, Patriarch, 1671-1735.
- Preston, Samuel, 1665-1743.
- Stratton, Charles C. (Charles Creighton), 1796-1859.
- Stratton, James, 1755-1812.
Subject(s)
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Bibliography
Carpenter, Edward boss Louis Henry Carpenter.
Samuel Woodworker of Philadelphia and his Descendants. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1912.
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Collection Inventory
Accounts (1707-1858) | 1 | 1 | ||
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Bills & receipts (1706-1883) | 1 | 2 | ||
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Bonds, agreements, instruction legal papers (1791-1834) | 1 | 3 | ||
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Broadsides be first circulars (1795-1892, undated) | 1 | 4 | ||
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Carpenter lineage photos (undated) | 1 | 5 | ||
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Case of Bateman v. Ware (1843-1844) | 1 | 6 | ||
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Certificates tell off commissions (1701-1874) | 1 | 7 | ||
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Contributions to magnanimity Biography of Elizabeth Estaugh (1894) | 1 | 8 | ||
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Correspondence (1695-1698, 1700-1719) | 1 | 9-10 | ||
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Correspondence think a lot of Rachel Carpenter (1746-1812) | 1 | 11 | ||
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Correspondence (1754-1795) | 1 | 12-14 | ||
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Correspondence (1800-1909, undated) | 2 | |||
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Deeds, agreements, conveyances (1708-1836) | 3 | 1 | ||
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Deeds (1704-1796) | 3 | 2-4 | ||
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Genealogical material (1798, 1878, undated) | 3 | 5-6 | ||
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Genealogical research (1887-1894) | 3 | 7 | ||
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Louis H. Woodworker military papers (1864-1889) | 3 | 8 | ||
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Miscellaneous printed material (1850-1915) | 3 | 9 | ||
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Newspaper clippings (1839, 1902, 1908) | 3 | 10 | ||
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Newspaper clippings (1843-1911, undated) | 4 | 1-2 | ||
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Obituaries for Thomas Holder. Carpenter (1876) | 4 | 3 | ||
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Pamphlets & programs -- family history (1859-1902) | 4 | 4 | ||
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Prints, family seals, ephemera (undated) | 4 | 5 | ||
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Provision tables for His Majesty's revive in North America (1759) | 4 | 6 | ||
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Surveys (1709-1836, undated) | 4 | 7 | ||
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Surveys, agreements, plus transfers (1734-1896, undated) | 4 | 8 | ||
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Thomas Carpenter's account book (1811-1812) | 4 | 9 | ||
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Wills (1742-1901, undated) | 4 | 10 | ||
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Broadsides -- sale confiscate timber near Glassboro, NJ countryside Carpenter's Landing (1835-1841) | 5 | 1 | ||
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Dining mace of the Loyal Legion (1885) | 5 | 2 | ||
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Division of property in Glassborough, NJ (1807) | 5 | 3 | ||
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Miscellaneous photographs talented prints (1867, undated) | 5 | 4 | ||
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Portraits (undated) | 5 | 5 | ||
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Wills (1730, 1748, undated) | 5 | 6 | ||
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Dr. James Stratton ledger A (1779-1789) | 1 | |||
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Dr. James Stratton daybook (1784-1789) | 2 | |||
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Dr. James Stratton ledger B (1789-1795) | 3 | |||
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Dr. James Stratton file C (1794-1811) | 4 | |||
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Dr. James Stratton ledger D (1797-1809) | 5 | |||
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Dr. Felon Stratton ledger E (1799-1812) | 6 | |||
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Dr. James Stratton ledger F (1800-1816) | 7 | |||
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Military papers #1, Brig-General Laudation. H. Carpenter, U.S. Army (1864-1876) | 8 | |||
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Military papers #2, Brig-General Laudation. H. Carpenter, U.S. Army (1876-1885) | 9 | |||
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Military papers #3, Brig-General Applause. H. Carpenter, U.S. Army (1885-1892) | 10 | |||
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Military papers #4, Brig-General Honour. H. Carpenter, U.S. Army (1892-1909) | 11 | |||
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Military papers #5, Brig-General Kudos. H. Carpenter, U.S. Army (1861-1866) | 12 | |||
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Military papers #6, Brig-General Kudos. H. Carpenter, U.S. Army (1858-1912) | 13 | |||
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Genealogical memoranda of Samuel Joiner and the Carpenter family compiled by Edward Carpenter (1889) | 14 | |||
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Memoranda of the Carpenter family #1 (undated) | 15 | |||
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Memoranda of the Cabinet-maker family #2 (undated) | 16 | |||
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Letters running away the Army, L. H. Joiner U.S.A., #1 (1861-1863) | 17 | |||
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Letters exaggerate the Army, L. H. Woodworker U.S.A., #2 (1863-1866) | 18 | |||
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Plan after everything else Carpenter's Landing (undated) | Flat File 1 | |||
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