Box 3

Scope and Contents: Contains correspondence of William Smith Hobart, son of Robert E. Hobart, Jr., dated in 1862 while he was a Union Army officer. Includes a letter to Smith from Lieutenant J.T. Potts, enclosed with a bible that was made by Sergeant C.W. Winthrop while he was a Confederate prisoner in Richmond, Virginia. Potts also discusses Winthrop's treatment there by Captain C.E. Chichester (1834-1898). Other letters from Smith to his wife Sarah in September and October describe religious services for his...

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Undated list of the valuation of books and other items to be distributed to William A. and Thomas D. Smith, and Henrietta W. and Anna Hobart, from their grandmother's estate.

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Contains poems and verses collected by various members of the Hobart and Smith families, dated 1772-1818. Some are undated.

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Contains letters of Polly Hobart, Henrietta Hobart, and others, dated 1770-1872. One letter from James Field to a Captain Payne in 1770 was left with Mrs. Hobart, probably Hannah Hobart (1732-1804?), excusing her from quartering an officer at her house. An undated letter to another Mrs. Hobart from Isabella James inquires about any family papers she may have dating back to the American Revolution; James published a biography of Thomas Potts, Jr., in 1874.

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Contains papers of assorted Hobart family members, including the will of Mary Hobart, several death notices, testimonies of approbation from Mrs. Bazley's Academy to Sarah P. Hobart (1817-1882), and a railroad freight receipt, dated 1810-1872. Several items are undated

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Contains a typescript of the 1874 Daily Pottstown Ledger article on the Hobart family history.

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Letter from Christopher Knauer of East Nantmeal Township, Pennsylvania, dated 1794, to Potts & Hobart, disputing Knauer was trying to "harbor" or hire any of their servants.

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Contains correspondence of E. Potts, John Potts, and Lizzy Potts, dated 1828-1871. E. Potts, possibly Elizabeth, wrote to Joanna Hobart, wife of Nathaniel P. Hobart, from Washington, D.C., regarding family and social news, including the wedding of John Adams II (1803-1834), the son of President John Quincy Adams, to Mary Catherine Hellen. John Potts wrote to an unnamed uncle about a legal dispute over family property.

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Contains legal records of members of the Potts family and their associates, dated 1737-1846. Includes a bill of sale to Thomas Potts for a horse, and a bond to his son, iron master John Potts (1710-1768), as well as a memorandum of agreement between Anna Nutt (later Potts) to pay Ellis Ellis for improvements on his plantation, for which she was to receive half of the harvest.

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Contains a power of attorney from Philadelphia merchant Townsend White to Thomas Pratt to recover debts in Bermuda, dated 1764, and a letter from Pratt to an unknown family member, dated 1788.

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Contains correspondence of several members of the Rutter family, dated 1851-1941.

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Undated letter from Eliza M. Smith to her daughter, Henrietta (1814-1873), regarding a dress she was sending to her and family news.

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Contains correspondence from Robert Hobart Smith to his uncle Robert E. Hobart (1768-1826) and other family members, dated 1793-1832. Topics include bank releases related to assignation, a sale of books, and taxes of land in Virginia owned by Smith's father.

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Contains correspondence from Philadelphia attorney Thomas D. Smith to his sister Henrietta W. Smith Hobart (1814-1873), and brother William A. Smith (1809-1887), dated 1832-1870. Topics include a solar eclipse, progress in his law career, romantic matters, news about family and friends, the failure of Philadelphia banks in 1842, and a trip he took to New York state and Canada in 1844. There is also an undated letter to his niece.

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Contains correspondence from Philadelphia physician William A. Smith (1809-1887) to his uncle Robert E. Hobart (1768-1826) regarding challenges to conducting trade through public auctions and possible repeal of taxes on private sales, dated 1825, and several obituaries of Smith, dated 1887.

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Contains a letter from William R. Smith (1787-1868), lawyer, author, and Wisconsin politician, to his daughter Henrietta (1814-1873), and verses he wrote and published, dated 1823-1862. Topics of the letter include news about family members; her brother Rudolph joined a government survey party to Native American lands.

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Contains bonds, obligations, and articles of agreement of various Pennsylvania residents, including collier William Jones, dated 1743-1784.

Scope and Contents: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of assorted people, including merchant Anthony Dugan, of Leghorn (Livorno), Italy, Reverend Stephen Tyng of Philadelphia, and Anna Pritchett of Detroit, Michigan, dated 1805-1846. Dugan's letter to Watson & Paul of Philadelphia, dated 1805, regards the Leghorn market for certain goods and the arrival of the ship Sally & Hetty, possibly owned by Robert E. Hobart, Jr. or another Hobart family member. There is also a letter to William White...

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Volume of bible verses copied in an unknown hand, dated 1792.

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Volume of financial transactions, including receipts, promissory notes, and assignment of bonds, as well as verses and poems, copied by Davis Radcliff in 1838.

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Ledger, possibly kept by English merchant William Armstrong in 1758, for voyages of the ships Phoenix, in partnership with George Kent, and the Britannia, to the West Indies and Western Europe, where sherry, tobacco, oil, sugar, and linens were traded. There is a partial index in the front of the volume.

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Contains estate papers, wills, and other legal documents, dated 1774-1822. Includes the will of William Hartley of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, appraisal of Hanover Township resident Herman Riegler's property, and an undated lists of goods.

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Contains an account of interest, dated 1753, and assorted undated accounts and a bill of lading to Lowes & Davis from Captain Hoffman of the ship Essex.

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Contains undated notes on legal issues and history in several unknown hands.

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Contains an 1814 announcement about attendance to meetings of the Society of Artists, and undated copies of "Information and direction to such persons as are inclined to America, more especially those related to the province of Pensilvania" by William Penn (1644-1718), and a biography of Colonel Clement Biddle (1740-1814).