Manuscript Group 119 STACKHOUSE FAMILY PAPERS 1797-1819, 1861-1922 .25 cu. ft.
Miscellaneous items concerning members of the Stackhouse family of Bucks County,
including typescript essay (incomplete) relating the career of Thomas Stackhouse
(d. 1744), Bucks County landholder, surveyor, and member of the Pennsylvania Provincial
Assembly; two copies of a published photograph of John R. Stackhouse, and commissions
for him as a justice of the peace in Bristol Township, Bucks County, 1885, 1890;
notice informing Amos Howell of his liability to military duty signed by Joseph
Stackhouse, assessor of Bristol Township, Bucks County, 1862; letters to Joseph
Stackhouse from James Welch of Company I, Colonel Wistar's California Regiment,
from Adamstown, Maryland, 1861, describing picket duty, Christmas at the camp,
and other matters; and ledger, 1797-1819, relating to cash, clothing, grain, farm
animals, etc.
General Files, 1797-1819, 1861-1922. (13 items) {#119m.1}
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