Manuscript Group 53 REAH FRAZER PAPERS 1739 -1879 (bulk 1821-56) 10.5 cu. ft.
Correspondence, legal papers, and accounts of Reah Frazer (b. 1804, d. 1856),
prominent attorney and for many years a major political figure in Lancaster County,
including business and family papers of his father, William Clark Frazer(b. 1776/7,d.
1838), Lancaster attorney and supreme court judge in the Territory of Wisconsin,
1836-38, and his grandfather, William Frazer (b. 1753, d. 1817), Revolutionary
War veteran and justice of the peace in Newcastle County, Delaware. Featured are:
numerous legal papers and accounts concerning slaves and freedmen
legal papers pertaining to a case involving the Schuylkill Navigation Company, 1847
political correspondence and other items relating especially to the 1840 elections
five letters from Simon Cameron, 1853
a memorandum from S. C. Stambaugh to James Buchanan, 1835
Personal Papers, 1775-1879 and undated. (9 boxes) {#53m.1}
Legal Papers, 1739-1871 and undated. (12 boxes) {#53m.2}
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