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Crofton and Shubrick family correspondence
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1205
Abstract:
The Crofton and Shubrick families were descendants of a prominent French American diplomat and businessman, Victor Marie du Pont (1767-1827), and represent middle-class American women in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Two generations of women married military men who were stationed across the world. This collection spans three generations of women (Julia du Pont Shubrick, Gabrielle Josephine Shubrick Crofton, and Julia du Pont Crofton Walcutt) from these families and contains correspondence regarding everyday life.
Dates:
1852-1898
Eleuthera du Pont invitation
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1256
Abstract:
Eleuthera du Pont Smith (1806-1876) was the daughter of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) and Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont (1775-1828). This collection contains an invitation she received to attend the Lafayette Ball in Philadelphia in 1824.
Dates:
1824 September
Gabrielle Josephine Crofton diaries
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1767
Abstract:
Gabrielle Crofton (1873-1952) was the daughter of Gabrielle Josephine Shubrick (1835-1894) and Robert Erskine Anderson Crofton (1834-1898), and the great-granddaughter of Victor Marie du Pont (1767-1827), a prominent French American diplomat and businessman. The collection consists of two diaries, dating from 1917 to 1926, and reflect the leisured life of a middle-class, unmarried woman in the first quarter of the twentieth century United States.
Dates:
1917-1926
Gabrielle Josephine Shubrick Crofton papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1313
Abstract:
Gabrielle Shubrick Crofton (1835-1894) was the daughter of Irvine Shubrick (1797-1849) and Julia du Pont (1806-1882), and the wife of Colonel Robert Crofton (1834-1898). His military service meant the family moved to where he was stationed. The papers consist primarily of correspondence between Crofton and her husband and mother, including an eight-year span living in army posts in the Dakota Territory.
Dates:
1822-1872
Margaretta du Pont Coleman papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2027
Abstract:
The Margaretta E. "Meta" du Pont Coleman Papers primarily consist of family correspondence collected by Meta Coleman.
Dates:
1852-1915
Pheobe George Bradford diary (microfilm)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1012
Abstract:
This collection consists of a microfilm of volume twenty-four of the diary of Phoebe George Bradford (1794-1840), a native of Cecil County, Maryland, and resident of Wilmington, Delaware. The diaries contain descriptions of social doings and daily activities, opinions on family matters and religion, and occasional references to national matters and local happenings.
Dates:
1839
Phoebe George Bradford diaries (microfilm)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0689
Abstract:
This collection consists of a microfilm volumes one and two of the diaries of Phoebe George Bradford (1794-1840), a native of Cecil County, Maryland, and resident of Wilmington, Delaware. The diaries contain descriptions of social doings and daily activities, opinions on family matters and religion, and occasional references to national matters and local happenings.
Dates:
1832-1839
Phoebe George Bradford diaries (microfilm)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0964
Abstract:
This collection consists of microfilms of volumes 1, 6-10, 15, 16, and 24 of the diaries of Phoebe George Bradford (1794-1840), a native of Cecil County, Maryland, and resident of Wilmington, Delaware. The diaries contain descriptions of social doings and daily activities, opinions on family matters and religion, and occasional references to national matters and local happenings.
Dates:
1832-1837
Phoebe George Bradford diaries (photocopy)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1164
Abstract:
This collection consists of photocopies of volumes 7-10, 15, 16, and 24 of the diaries of Phoebe George Bradford (1794-1840), a native of Cecil County, Maryland, and resident of Wilmington, Delaware. The diaries contain descriptions of social doings and daily activities, opinions on family matters and religion, and occasional references to national matters and local happenings.
Dates:
1833-1839
Shubrick and Crofton family papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1325
Abstract:
The Crofton and Shubrick families were descendants of a prominent French American diplomat and businessman, Victor Marie du Pont (1767-1827), and represent middle-class American women in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This collection primarily consists of the papers of Gabrielle Josephine Crofton (1873-1952) and Mary Ethel Crofton Hunt (1875-1962), daughters of Gabrielle Shubrick Crofton (1835-1894) and Robert E.A. Crofton (1834-1898). It includes diaries, autograph book, notebook, and letters.
Dates:
1824-1941
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