PA State Archives - MG-98 - Scope and Content Note

Manuscript Group 98
ORBISON FAMILY PAPERS
1750-1902
7 cubic feet

These are the papers of William Orbison (b. 1777 d. 1857), Huntingdon lawyer, founder of Orbisonia, president of the Huntingdon Bank and also of the Huntingdon Academy; of Ellen Matilda Orbison Harris (b. 1816 d. 1902), daughter of William Orbison, wife of Dr. John Harris (d. 1881), and secretary of the Philadelphia Ladies' Aid Society, an organization devoted to the relief of soldiers during the Civil War; and of William A. Thompson (d. ca. 1805), Huntingdon attorney, associated with William Orbison. Dr. John Harris, son of James Harris and grandson of James Dunlop, co-founders of Bellefonte, served as U. S. consul at Venice, Italy, 1870-1881.

PAPERS OF WILLIAM A. THOMPSON

Miscellaneous Papers, 1801-1805, undated. (8 folders) {#98m.1} [Description]

PAPERS OF WILLIAM ORBISON

Personal Papers, 1806-1857. (14 folders) {#98m.2} [Description]
Business Correspondence, 1777-1847. (76 folders) {#98m.3} [Description]
Papers Pertaining to the Cox-Barton-Binney-Sievens Family Connections, 1768-1851. (8 folders) {#98m.4} [Description]
Papers of the Cromwell and Smith Families, 1786-1845. (13 folders) {#98m.5} [Description]
Papers of the Huntingdon Bank, 1813-1851. (42 folders) {#98m.6} [Description]
Miscellaneous Legal Papers, 1750-1845. (60 folders) {#98m.7} [Description]
Papers of the Huntingdon Academy, 1823-1848. (4 folders) {#98m.8} [Description]
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1796-1809. (2 folders) {#98m.9}
Miscellaneous Papers, Legal, Business, and Personal, 1765, 1804-1830, undated. (9 folders) {#98m.10}
Accounts and Receipts, 1809-1840. (7 folders) {#98m.11}

PAPERS OF ELLEN MATILDA ORBISON HARRIS

Personal Correspondence, 1816-1902. (36 folders) {#98m.12} [Description]
Papers of the Philadelphia Ladies' Aid Society, 1861-1865. (43 folders) {#98m.13} [Description]
"The Petroleum Age," 1883-1887, 1897. (4 folders) {#98m.14}

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