Box 4
Container
Contains 24 Results:
Benjamin Franklin's receipt for buying wine from John Wister, 1756
File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1756
Last will and testament of William Wister (1804-1881) with record of death, photograph of William Wister
File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1816 - 2010
Record of transfer of share in the Library Company of Philadelphia from John Bowyer Brooke to John Wister (1776-1862) , 1808-06-24
File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1808-06-24
Transfer of one share in Library Company of Philadelphia from Bowyer Brooke to John Wister to William Rotch Wister, 1808, 1889
File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1808, 1889
Portraits of Dr. Owen Jones Wister (1825-1896)
File — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1816 - 2010
Photographs of William Rotch Wister (1827-1911), 1863, 1902
File — Box: 4, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1863, 1902
Portrait photograph of John Wister (1829-1900)
File — Box: 4, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1816 - 2010
Correspondence to Mrs. Walter Stokes, handwritten poem, "The Wister Bride", 1843
File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1843
Biographical material on Owen Wister (1860-1938)
File — Box: 4, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1816 - 2010
Stock ownership certificate, 125 shares in the Gibbs Land Company owned by Mary Eustis Wister, 1892
File — Box: 4, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1892