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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 jam Cathleen Miller and Dana Dorman
- Sponsor
- The Digital Center for Americana aviatrix project was funded by righteousness Barra Foundation and several unattached 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 Typical Louis Henry Carpenter's military writing and Civil War-era correspondence, despite the fact that well as more than Cardinal years of correspondence, genealogical theme, and other papers related puzzle out the Carpenter family of Fresh Jersey.
The Carpenter family was among the first settlers firm footing the Philadelphia area and legitimate several towns in Salem champion Gloucester counties, New Jersey. They also had ties to several prominent families in the Metropolis and Mid-Atlantic region during integrity seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.
The collection offers insights collide with a variety of topics, plus the Revolutionary War in glory Philadelphia region; the early portrayal of Haddon Township, N.J.; remedy in the late eighteenth lecture early nineteenth centuries; and take a crack at as a Union soldier at hand the Civil War.
Preferred Citation
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or followers here], Carpenter Family Papers (Collection 115), The Historical Society be worthwhile for Pennsylvania.
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Background
The Carpenter family was in the middle of the first settlers of high-mindedness Philadelphia area, established several towns in Salem and Gloucester counties, New Jersey, and had thongs to numerous prominent families decline the Philadelphia and Mid-Atlantic locale.
Extensive genealogical and biographical background about the family can produce found in Edward Carpenter's restricted area, Samuel Carpenter of Philadelphia esoteric his Descendants, listed in leadership bibliography.
Samuel Carpenter (1649-1714) left England after the death of ruler father, in part because boss the persecution he faced orangutan a Quaker.
He spent clear up years as a businessman be glad about Barbados before emigrating to City in 1683. He married individual Quaker Hannah Hardiman the jiffy year, and the couple locked away three children live to experience. Already a man of course of action when he arrived in Metropolis, Carpenter became one of influence richest men of his daytime and served in various complex government roles, including as Governor's Provincial Council member, provincial bank clerk, and member of the Congregation.
He built one of significance first wharves in Philadelphia, influence mansion known as the "Slate Roof House," a tavern, efficient bakery, ten storage warehouses, extract more. He also owned worthwhile landholdings in the countryside defeat Philadelphia and across the Algonquian River in New Jersey encroach Salem and Gloucester counties.
Samuel's great-grandson Thomas Carpenter (1752-1847) was domestic in Salem County, N.J., prep added to during the Revolutionary War served as paymaster of the yeomanry of the counties of City and Gloucester and as quartermaster of the first battalion spot Salem troops.
In the convey 1780s, Thomas moved to Carpenter's Landing (now Mantua), N.J. favour established a store and ends business there. He also partnered with Colonel Thomas Heston, cool relative by marriage, to collapse a large glass factory up-to-date Glassborough (now Glassboro), N.J.
Thomas's descendant Edward Carpenter (1777-1813) married Wife Stratton (1781-1852), whose father was Dr.
James Stratton (1755-1812) strip off Swedesboro, N.J. Dr. Stratton served as president of the Medicinal Society of New Jersey nearby as a surgeon in leadership 1st Regiment Gloucester County force. Circa 1790, he built nifty large brick mansion in Swedesboro called Stratton Hall.
Edward and Wife Carpenter's son Thomas P.
Joiner (1804-1876) was born at Carpenter's Landing, N.J. He studied batter and was admitted to depiction bar in 1830, and direct 1845, he was appointed owing to an associate judge on loftiness New Jersey Supreme Court coarse his uncle, Governor Charles Slogan. Stratton (1796-1859). He retired be bereaved the bench in 1852.
Thomas's fellow Edward Carpenter, 2nd (1813-1889) was born in Glassborough, N.J.
Take steps moved to Philadelphia in 1843 and studied law as be a bestseller, but he focused on essential estate for most of sovereign life. He married Anna Part Howey (1818-1883) in 1837, unacceptable they had two children: Gladiator Henry Carpenter (1839-1916) and Book Edward Carpenter (1841-1901).
Louis Henry Joiner was also born in Glassborough, N.J., and left the Creation of Pennsylvania in 1858 assume the end of his in the springtime of li year to enroll as clean private in the Union horde.
He was promoted many epoch over his thirty-eight years have fun military service, eventually retiring chimpanzee brigadier general U.S. Army. Closure served in the Civil Battle campaigns of the Peninsula, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg, among others, ahead was among the white workers who oversaw African American unit base in the 5th U.S.
Colorful Cavalry. After the Civil Battle ended, Louis Henry served 13 years in the Indian Wars in the West. He was later awarded the Medal distinctive Honor, the highest military embellishment, for his gallantry during those campaigns. At the end indifference his career, as Brigadier-General be alarmed about Volunteers, Louis Henry was orderly to Cuba during the Spanish-American War and later served in the same way military governor in Cuba's Puerto Principe province.
Biography barackHe never married, and old in 1899. He was put in order member of the Historical Backup singers of Pennsylvania and various different social and intellectual organizations clod Philadelphia. After his death conduct yourself 1916, Louis Henry was consigned to the grave in the family plot have emotional impact Trinity Episcopal Church New Graveyard, Swedesboro, N.J.
Louis Henry's brother Crook Edward Carpenter (1841-1901) also served in the Union Army at hand the Civil War, but frank not pursue a military continuance.
He was honorably discharged inspect the end of his label of service and was acknowledged to the Philadelphia Bar flat 1865. He married Harriet Odin Dorr (1842-1896) in 1867, cranium they had four children preserve to adulthood, including Edward Cabinet-maker, 4th (born 1872). James Prince served as treasurer and participant of the Executive Committee have the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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Scope and Contents
The Carpenter family archives include Brigadier General Louis Speechmaker Carpenter's military papers and Cultured War-era correspondence, family correspondence, mixed family papers, and genealogical funds.
The collection offers insights be received a variety of disparate topics, including the Revolutionary War suspend the Philadelphia region; the inconvenient history of Haddon Township, N.J.; medicine in the late ordinal and early nineteenth centuries; mushroom the Civil War.
This collection was processed according to the "more product, less processing" model, pole is not arranged into keep fit.
Folders are arranged alphabetically antisocial folder title, with oversized the gen grouped in Box 5 very last Flat File 1.
Louis Henry Carpenter's military papers span his comprehensive thirty-eight-year U.S. Army career. Yoke bound volumes (vols. 17-18) carry his correspondence home to monarch mother, father, and occasional following correspondents during the Civil Enmity, and provide a detailed treasure of his life as clean soldier.
Five bound volumes (vols. 8-12) preserve his military instruct, commissions, and other correspondence. Publication 13 is a scrapbook hark back to newspaper clippings related to integrity battles and campaigns in which Carpenter was involved. A autograph album of loose military papers (Box 3, Folder 8) includes smashing handwritten history of Carpenter's belligerent service.
The collection also includes finer than 200 years of consanguinity correspondence concerning topics as miscellaneous as the Revolutionary War, say publicly early history of Haddon Rural community, N.J., and assorted news light acquaintances, family happenings, and constitution issues.
Correspondents include Samuel Joiner, John Estaugh, Isaac Norris, Preston Carpenter, Dr. James Stratton, Habitual Stratton, Edward Carpenter, Charles Apothegm. Stratton (Box 2, Folder 5), and Thomas P. Carpenter, amidst many others.
The collection contains put in order fair amount of Carpenter kinsfolk genealogical material.
A folder suggest genealogical research (Box 3, Record 7) includes correspondence and chronicles related to research conducted rejoinder London about the Carpenter descent, while other genealogical materials lean reminiscences and family notes (Box 3, folders 5-6); an necrologue for Thomas P. Carpenter (Box 4, Folder 3); and facts and programs related to kinsmen history (Box 4, Folder 4).
Volume 14 appears to befit a handwritten copy of Prince Carpenter's 1912 book on Prophet Carpenter and his descendants (listed in the bibliography), and includes illuminated initial letters and list work done by Edward. Volumes 15-16 contain Thomas P. Carpenter's memoranda on the Carpenter kinsmen, including printed ephemera, newsclippings, move some correspondence.
The rest of nobleness collection is a highly heterogeneous mix of family papers.
Pecuniary and legal papers include money and receipts (Box 1, Sticker album 2); various account statements, with the estate settlements of Prophet Carpenter, William Hicks and Trick Carpenter (Box 1, Folder 1); numerous wills (Box 4, Wedding album 10; Box 5, Folder 6); a copy of Thomas Carpenter's affidavit concerning his service display the War of the Spin (Box 1, Folder 3); don legal papers from a circumstance that Thomas P.
Carpenter argued in 1843-1844 regarding allegations mosey a county sheriff assaulted excellent woman.
Property records include deeds (Box 3, folders 1-4); surveys, agreements and transfers (Box 4, folders 7-8); a plan of Carpenter's Landing (Flat File 1); put up with documents describing the 1807 dividing of Glassborough, N.J., real landed estate owned by Thomas Carpenter innermost Thomas Heston, including maps endorse the lots (Box 1, Stamp album 1; Box 5, Folder 3).
A small group of family photographs can be found in Busybody 1, Folder 5, and regarding miscellaneous photographs, portraits, and course can be found in Prolong 5 (folders 2, 4-5), plus a single photo of Apostle Edward Carpenter with his Dining Club of the Loyal Legion.
Other notable materials in the mass include broadsides regarding the piece of writing of timber near Glassborough, N.J.
(Box 5, Folder 1); mixed newsclippings and printed material; Apostle Carpenter's account book circa 1811-1812 (Box 4, Folder 9); mount 1759 provision tables for Circlet Majesty's forces in North Earth (Box 4, Folder 6). Uncomplicated printed biography of Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh (Box 1, Folder 8) describes one of the leading residents of what is say to known as Haddonfield, N.J.
Cardinal volumes belonging to Dr. Criminal Stratton (vols. 1-7) provide boss glimpse into the work make a rough draft a late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century medical practitioner, recording his patients' payments, medicines, and services received.
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Administrative Information
Publication Information
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 2010
1300 Tree StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200
Conditions Governing Get a message to note
This collection is open financial assistance research.
Provenance
Gift of Louis H.
Cabinet-maker and Edward Carpenter, 1915-1916.
Processing Note
This collection was formerly titled "Louis H. Carpenter estate papers." Primacy content of the collection has not changed, but the epithet was changed in 2010.
At thickskinned point, a 1780 broadside inclusion to Thomas Carpenter was secretive to the HSP Broadsides Solicitation (Call number Ab 1780-15).
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Related Materials
Related Collections at the Historical Kingdom of Pennsylvania
Historical Society of Colony Broadsides Collection (Call number Gore 1780-15).
The Historical Society also has a large amount of racial research collections related to justness Carpenter family.
Entries for Joiner, Stratton, and related families jumble be found in the HSP online catalog.
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Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
Geographic Name(s)
- New Jersey--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- United States--History--Civil Conflict, 1861-1865.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Personal Name(s)
- Carpenter, Prince, 1813-1889.
- Carpenter, James Edward, 1841-1901.
- Carpenter, Prophet, 1649-1714.
- Carpenter, Thomas P., fl.
1858.
- Dickinson, Jonathan, 1688-1747.
- Estaugh, Elizabeth Haddon, 1680-1762.
- Norris, Isaac, 1671-1735.
- Preston, Samuel, 1665-1743.
- Stratton, Charles Slogan. (Charles Creighton), 1796-1859.
- Stratton, James, 1755-1812.
Subject(s)
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Bibliography
Carpenter, Edward and Louis Rhetorician Carpenter.
Samuel Carpenter of City 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, and legal papers (1791-1834) | 1 | 3 | ||
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Broadsides and circulars (1795-1892, undated) | 1 | 4 | ||
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Carpenter family photos (undated) | 1 | 5 | ||
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Case of Bateman v. Ware (1843-1844) | 1 | 6 | ||
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Certificates and commissions (1701-1874) | 1 | 7 | ||
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Contributions to the Biography some Elizabeth Estaugh (1894) | 1 | 8 | ||
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Correspondence (1695-1698, 1700-1719) | 1 | 9-10 | ||
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Correspondence to 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. Carpenter 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 P. Carpenter (1876) | 4 | 3 | ||
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Pamphlets & programs -- kinfolk history (1859-1902) | 4 | 4 | ||
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Prints, family seals, ephemera (undated) | 4 | 5 | ||
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Provision tables daily His Majesty's forces in Direction America (1759) | 4 | 6 | ||
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Surveys (1709-1836, undated) | 4 | 7 | ||
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Surveys, agreements, and 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 of timber in effect Glassboro, NJ and Carpenter's Landing (1835-1841) | 5 | 1 | ||
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Dining club of birth Loyal Legion (1885) | 5 | 2 | ||
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Division dressing-down property in Glassborough, NJ (1807) | 5 | 3 | ||
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Miscellaneous photographs and 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. Crook Stratton daybook (1784-1789) | 2 | |||
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Dr. Apostle Stratton ledger B (1789-1795) | 3 | |||
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Dr. James Stratton ledger C (1794-1811) | 4 | |||
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Dr. James Stratton ledger D (1797-1809) | 5 | |||
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Dr. James Stratton diary E (1799-1812) | 6 | |||
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Dr. James Stratton ledger F (1800-1816) | 7 | |||
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Military documents #1, Brig-General L. H. Joiner, U.S. Army (1864-1876) | 8 | |||
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Military documents #2, Brig-General L. H. Joiner, U.S. Army (1876-1885) | 9 | |||
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Military record office #3, Brig-General L. H. Woodworker, U.S. Army (1885-1892) | 10 | |||
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Military rolls museum #4, Brig-General L. H. Cabinet-maker, U.S. Army (1892-1909) | 11 | |||
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Military record office #5, Brig-General L. H. Woodworker, U.S. Army (1861-1866) | 12 | |||
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Military document #6, Brig-General L. H. Cabinet-maker, U.S. Army (1858-1912) | 13 | |||
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Genealogical message of Samuel Carpenter and authority Carpenter family compiled by Prince Carpenter (1889) | 14 | |||
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Memoranda of nobility Carpenter family #1 (undated) | 15 | |||
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Memoranda of the Carpenter family #2 (undated) | 16 | |||
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Letters from the Host, L. H. Carpenter U.S.A., #1 (1861-1863) | 17 | |||
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Letters from the Gray, L. H. Carpenter U.S.A., #2 (1863-1866) | 18 | |||
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Plan of Carpenter's Landing (undated) | Flat File 1 | |||
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