Manuscript Group 63
GROSS FAMILY PAPERS
1805-1918
.16 cu. ft.
Legal papers, accounts, correspondence, etc., pertaining chiefly to the various
business activities of David Gross of Winfield, Union County. Items include:
a deed of transfer for a title of an improvement in lime kilns, including
the right of manufacturing it, 1876
letters patent for an improvement in the art of preserving apples, beets,
sweet potatoes, etc.
articles of agreement in regard to the sale of unmined iron ore
releases for Gross from suits, claims, etc., in connection with the administration
of estates
account book of Michael Moser, 1823-33
account book of Jacob Gross for his children, 1857-78
receipts, promissory notes, and bills, 1858-1900, mainly for David Gross
and relating to such matters as the administration of estates and purchases
made at the store of Gross & Baley in Winfield
statement of lumber taken from the Smith & Gross tract, 1880-82
correspondence of the Centre County Times and of its editor, T.
Benton Ulrich, 1887-88
correspondence involving Amos Gross, David Gross, Walter Lilly, and Samuel
B. Wolfe, 1904-18