Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 26 Jul 2010
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| 5 Nov 2012 | updated bio (MRC) |
| 17 Oct 2018 | dates corrected, rehoused (MS) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Biddle, Meta C. |
| Title: | Meta C. Biddle Account Book |
| Dates: | 1868-1878 |
| Quantity: | 1 volume |
| Abstract: | Account book of estate of Meta C. Biddle and trusts for Adele Biddle and Jane Biddle, all of Pennsylvania, probably Philadelphia, recording income from investments and expenses of each. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Meta Craig Biddle (1825-1913) was the eldest daughter of Nicholas and Jane Craig Biddle; she had two younger sisters, Adele (1828-1909) and Jane (1830-1915). Meta married her cousin, Lt. James Stokes Biddle (1818-1900) of Philadelphia, with whome she had three children: Nicholas (1850-1888), Jane Craig (1847-1922), and Meta Craig (1853-1934). According to the Philadelphia Social Register of 1904, the couple lived at 1714 Locust Street in Philadelphia.
[Sources: gravestone transcriptions from St. Peter's Churchyard at 4th and Pine St., Philadelphia, available online at http://www.yankeecemetery.com/st_peters Philadelphia.htm; The life and works of Thomas Sully 1783-1872 (Philadelphia:1921); researcher Connie Houchin.]
The Meta C. Biddle Account Book consists of one volume, an account book of estate of Meta C. Biddle and trusts for Adele Biddle and Jane Biddle, recording income from investments and expenses of each. The volume is handwritten and 144 pages.
Single bound volume.
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Persons
Biddle family.
Biddle, Adele, 1828-1909.
Biddle, Jane, 1830-1915.
Biddle, Meta C., 1825-1918.
Subjects
Administration of estates -- United States -- 19th century.
Places
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History.
Genres and Forms
Account books.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Meta C. Biddle Account Book,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1966.
Financial records
| Financial records | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Account book 1868-1878 | ||||||||||