A GUIDE TO THE DOUGLAS E. BRINTON COLLECTION

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1 A GUIDE TO THE DOUGLAS E. BRINTON COLLECTION Project funded by PHMC, 1990 Pamela C. Powell, photo archivist

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I. Introduction and biographical sketch of Douglas E. Brinton Part II. Inventory of glass plate negatives in the Chester County Historical Society Collection Part III. Index to the photographs

3 INTRODUCTION This guide has been created to interpret and provide quick access to the photographic collection of Douglas E. Brinton. About the project: The Douglas Brinton photographic collection was donated to the Society in January 8, 1948 by Brinton's wife, Mrs. Hettie Brinton, and son, Henry L. Brinton. The collection consisted of a box of 420 glass plate negatives which was accompanied by notes identifying some of the plates, as well as some miscellaneous original prints. The Society staff placed the negatives in kraft paper envelopes noting identifications when known. About 50% of the material was unidentified. These negatives were then dispersed into the general glass plate negative holdings by subject. In 1976 interest was taken in the glass plate negatives when 300 of the views were printed using modern photographic materials. These prints and negatives were not easily accessible to researchers since there was no inventory or index describing them. The Society was very grateful to receive a local history grant from the PHMC in order to bring together the Douglas Brinton Collection as a meaningful whole and to research and describe it. The original order of the material was impossible to recreate since neither Henry Brinton nor former CCHS staff were able to provide any information on its arrangement. Therefore, an arrangement was imposed on the material, by numbering the negatives in the order that they were removed from the storage containers. Reference copy prints were placed in albums in order by negative number. Additional reference prints were made for the remaining negatives. Access to the material is gained through the index and inventory listings in this guide. Accompanying Brinton's negatives is an original publication list that he issued in The Society did not receive all of the 1706 views listed in that publication, but by the same token, the CCHS collection includes many views not listed in the 1901 publication. CCHS holdings have been noted on the publication list by negative numbers in the margin adjacent to each view. Reference prints that have been identified as belonging to the 1901 publication listing, have received a large rectangular label with Douglas Brinton's original caption. Photographs with small labels bear descriptions supplied by the photo archivist. Also in the Society's collection are 142 of Douglas Brinton's original prints which were sold to the general public. These prints were received from many different donors. The original prints have been cataloged according to Brinton's series listings. The catalog records can be found in this guide as well as in the library's card catalog.

4 DOUGLAS E. BRINTON ( ) Douglas Brinton & the Oxford Press Douglas E. Brinton was part of a family of journalists that was to span three generations and to record current events in the southern portion of Chester County, Pennsylvania. At the time of his birth in 1859, his father, Henry L. Brinton, was working as an assistant editor at the American Republican in West Chester. Henry Brinton traveled from his Westtown home throughout the county regularly as part of his job, and he recognized the need for a printing establishment in the southern end of Chester County. In 1861, the family moved to Oxford, Pennsylvania, and Henry Brinton opened a job printing plant that served the southern Chester County, eastern Maryland and northern Delaware region. By 1866 Henry Brinton founded the Oxford Press with an initial subscription of 250 individuals at a cost of $2 per year for the weekly newspaper. Described as "an independent paper devoted to news, literature and agriculture," The Oxford Press presented national and local news, legal notices, obituaries, marriages, proverbs, medical advice, poetry, humor, and a variety of features all in four pages. The newspaper had immediate popularity, with subscribers in communities surrounding Oxford such as Kennett Square, West Grove, Avondale, Hopewell, New London, Coleraine in Lancaster County, as well as Rising Sun and Port Deposit in Maryland. He purchased a cylinder printing press in 1868 and built his own Oxford Press building in In 1870, after Brinton went into partnership with George D. Hayes, the Oxford Press was published through the firm of Hayes & Brinton. Hayes was an entrepreneur who had entered into brief partnerships with Oxford photographers J.B. Gibson in 1867 and with Alexander McCormick in Douglas Brinton attended the Hofwyl Academy in Kennett Square which was operated by Rev. A.S. Vaughan, a Presbyterian minister of upstanding character. In 1876 he started an apprenticeship with his father, as a typesetter receiving his board, a new suit of clothes and a sum of money each year. In 1879 he began to try his hand at writing short articles, and by 1881 he was a regular contributor to the Press writing under the pen-name of "Stray-straw". To gather stories for the column, Brinton interviewed old-timers in the community, and related their recollections. In 1890 Douglas Brinton, along with his friends, W. Taylor Wright and Frank Cox went to the Rocky Mountains to prospect for gold. But wealth was not fated for the friends, and Brinton found employment as assistant editor for the Salt Lake Times. Later in 1891, Douglas returned home. George D. Hayes sold his interest in the Oxford Press and on January 1, 1892, Douglas and his brother William entered into partnership and the firm was renamed H.L. Brinton & Sons. Also that year Brinton married Hettie Breading Hickman, a teacher at the Oxford Academy and the couple's first child was born. The Brintons had eight children, and son Henry Longfellow joined in the family newspaper tradition later becoming editor of the Daily Local News in West Chester. Henry Brinton retired from his editorial position in 1908 and the firm again changed its name to H. L. Brinton's Sons. The founding Brinton died in It was not until 1924 that Douglas Brinton bought out his brother's share in the newspaper and became sole editor and proprietor. Two great celebrations marked important stages in the development of the Oxford Press. In 1916 the Press celebrated its golden anniversary by publishing a facsimile edition of the first issue on February 14, 1866 which also included a three page section of photographs of Oxford in 1866 as compared in Another important anniversary for the Press was Douglas Brinton's 80th birthday in 1940 celebrating his contribution to the community. Outside Brinton's professional life, he was active as a Director of the Schools, a member of the Chester County Historical Society, and a member of the

5 Oxford Presbyterian Church. After an illness that confined Brinton to the Marshall Square Sanatarium in West Chester, he died in 1946 at the age of 86. He was buried in the Oxford Cemetery. Douglas Brinton & photography Along with Douglas Brinton's interest in journalism was his love of local history. It was through this interest that his avocation as a photographer began. In his frequent travels in , Brinton photographed historic sites of small communities in the tri-state area amassing a collection of over 1700 views. Brinton's approach to photography was similar to his approach to a news story. He photographed a site after careful research and background information was gathered. This background story is essential for understanding the context in which the photos were made. Brinton's photographs are not without merit for rendering of detail and clarity; however, it is the thoroughness of his historical documentation and his ability to record in photographs the interest of his generation in the colonial period, their religious heritage, and the tradition of home and family, that makes the collection valuable. In the age of the fin-de-siecle, America was in the process of establishing its own distinct cultural identity and history. The United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876 featured many exhibits focusing on the heritage as well as the industrial power of America. This exhibition did much to establish a positive sense of identity for the United States. This stimulus, combined with the influx of immigrants from many nations overseas, led to the establishment of community historical societies and other organizations that would preserve and perpetuate local history. Brinton's photographs were part of the drive to establish this historical context for the Oxford area community. Brinton systematically photographed landmarks of significance from the colonial and revolutionary period in the tri-state area. He especially concentrated on communities outside large cities that had played a role in the revolutionary period. Examples of this are three series of views: "Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777", "Valley Forge Encampment, ", and " Movements of the British Army from Elk River Ferry to the Battle of Brandywine". In each of these series Brinton literally retraced the footsteps of Revolutionary and British forces and documented the roads, resting places, encampments, generals' headquarters and sites of military engagements. Each photograph is accompanied by a caption that sets up the historical context for the view. These efforts established a sense of history and community pride for the area in which Brinton lived and worked. Individual views or entire series were purchased by the public. Brinton had his own pre-printed grey mounts with the legend: "Brinton Photographic Collection of Revolutionary & other Historical Landmarks in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware by Douglas E. Brinton, Oxford, Penna." Brinton also documented areas of early settlement in the tri-state area. In "An Early Settler", he uses Roger Kirk as an example documenting the properties and enterprises of a colonial settler and his family. Roger Kirk, Sr. settled in East Nottingham Twp., Chester County in After the Mason- Dixon Line was drawn, Kirk's lands were found to be in Maryland. Brinton copied Kirk's original deed and photographed his original house in order to document this early pioneer. Brinton then traced the activities of Kirk's grandson who was a miller that served in the Continental army. He photographed Kirk's mill near Chrome and his commission papers for the Continental army. Of significance to the development of the tri-state area were the boundary surveys that drew the Mason-Dixon Line and the Circle of New Castle. These surveys established the tangent boundaries of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. Brinton systematically photographed the markers and

6 landmarks used in those surveys. While these photographs are not notable for their pictorial interest, the scholar can recognize the importance of boundaries in the building of communities and community identity. Also of interest to Brinton was the growth of the Presbyterian Church in early America. Brinton himself was a life-long member of the Oxford Presbyterian Church. He thoroughly documented the growth of Presbyterian congregations in the series: "Cradle of American Presbyterianism", "Faggs Manor, Pennsylvania", "West Nottingham, Maryland", "New London, Pennsylvania", "Chestnut Level, Pennsylvania", "Rock Presbyterian Church, Maryland" as well as individual views of churches included within other series. Depicted in his photographs are the churches, cemeteries, and historic trees associated with individual congregations. His captions to these photographs reveal that he did extensive research on founders, early ministers, and building construction. Included in Brinton's lengthy catalog of subjects are more generalized photographs that depict early inns & taverns, birthplaces of local dignitaries, historic trees, graves of notable people and beloved landmarks. Additional photographs in the Chester County Historical Society collection record everyday scenes of family life. Examples of his personal photographs includes views of neighborhood characters, portraits of family members, and family events such as Henry and Anna Brinton ready for the first day of school in Besides offering the photographs for sale to the general public, Brinton also received orders from commercial and academic buyers. Universities and colleges purchased sets of views, twenty of his photographs were used for Pennypacker's History of Pennsylvania, and others were published in Sunday editions of New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh papers. Brinton frequently lectured on topics of historical interest to local organizations and used his photographs to illustrate those lectures. Douglas Brinton made a valuable contribution to his community by sharing his knowledge of its history through his work as a journalist and publisher of the Oxford Press, as a lecturer, and as a photographer. Nearly a century after the photographs were taken, Douglas Brinton's views remain an important resource for researchers. Sources: Brinton, Douglas E., "Twentieth century photographic views of revolutionary, colonial and other historical landmarks outside of large cities in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware", Oxford, Pa., Pamphlet in CCHS Library collection. Daily Local News. [West Chester, Pa.] The Jeffersonian. [West Chester, Pa.] McKinstry, Edwin L. and Brinton, Henry L. "In honor of Douglas E. Brinton, On his 80th Birthday Anniversary". [1940] Pamphlet in CCHS Library collection. The Oxford Press. [Oxford, Pa.] The Philadelphia Inquirer. [Philadelphia, Pa.] 18 January Schoonover, Janetta Wright comp. & ed. The Brinton Genealogy. Trenton, N.J.: MacCrellish &

7 Quigley Company, n.d., pps. 378 & 569.

8 DOUGLAS E. BRINTON COLLECTION NEGATIVE INVENTORY Negative Print date Description Bradford H. Brinton, , son of Douglas E. Brinton Victorine E. Gibbons Hickman, mother-in-law of Douglas E. Brinton Group portrait of 2 men and 3 boys standing in a country lane Group portrait, 2 elderly women in rocking chairs, 2 women and 1 girl in yard under trees Group portrait, large group of men, women and children beside a house. (See also #6, 10, 192) Group portrait, 6 women, a boy & a girl taken in a yard beside a house. (See also #5, 10, 192) Cemetery, New London Presbyterian Church, New London Twp Unidentified church Bradford Brinton (far right) with friends. (See also #15, 353) Group portrait, men, women & children beside a house. (See also #5, 6, 192) Portrait of an elderly woman in a wheelchair and a young woman with a parasol Portrait of an elderly bearded man with a wooden leg, holding a walking stick standing by a road side Portrait of a farmer standing in a corn field Portrait of a tramp. (See also #363) Group portrait of women & children taken outdoors. (See also #9, 353)

9 Mt. Rocky Methodist Church, Elk Twp (See also #234) (see original print) Series: Oxford & Vicinity, Pa. # Mill Grove, Home of John J. Audubon, Audubon, Pa Series: Pa. in General # Log house with an elderly couple beside the porch Grave of Thomas Sharpe, d. 1785, Rock Presbyterian Cemetery, Maryland Portrait of an elderly man standing beside a well Brandywine Baptist Church (See also original print) Series: Delaware County, Pa. # Unidentified cemetery Copy photo of unidentified church covered with ivy West Nottingham Presbyterian Church, Cecil County, Maryland Middletown Presbyterian Church, Delaware Co., (See original print) Series: Delaware County, Pa. # Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County. Series: Penna. in General # Unidentified brick church with wooden bell tower, cemetery, pine trees Group portrait, children of Douglas E. Brinton. Standing Elizabeth C. Brinton, seated Henry Brinton, unidentified, Victorine Brinton Group portrait 3 women & 7 children standing before a barn Henry L. Brinton, Victorine, Elizabeth & Douglas E. Brinton walk in East Nottingham Twp. near Wickersham school.

10 Rock Presbyterian Church, Maryland (See also Neg. #316 & 318) Series: Rock Presbyterian Church # Rehoboth Presbyterian Church, Maryland, Series: Cradle of American Presbyterianism # Unidentified Church with large steeple. (See also #374) West Nottingham Academy, Maryland, Series: West Nottingham, Maryland # New London Presbyterian Cemetery, New London Twp. (see also #36) New London Presbyterian Cemetery, New London Twp. (see also #35) Unidentified Friends' meetinghouse & cemetery. (see also #38) Unidentified Friends' meetinghouse & cemetery. (see also #37) Monument erected by William Penn Society Photo of a china bowl Copy of plots of Nottingham Lots, (see original print) Series: Brick Meeting-house, Maryland # Copy of plots of Nottingham Lots Copy of surveys, Nottingham Lots, Copy of land draft, Nottingham Lots. (see original print) Homeville Friends Meeting, Upper Oxford Twp Copy of original document, Nottingham Lots Copy of Penn's Deed for the meetinghouse property, Photographed Series: Brick Meeting-house, Maryland #3

11 Copy of commission for land grant agreement, 1701, Nottingham Lots. (see original print) Copy of Land grant signed by John Penn, 1701 for use of meetinghouse & cemetery, West Nottingham, Maryland. Page Ditto, page Copy of survey of Cornelius Empson's Property, Nottingham Lots. (see original print) Copy of survey of William Brown's property, Nottingham Lots Copy of survey of Andrew Job's property, Nottingham Lots Copy of survey of Roger Kirk's property, (see original print) Copy of survey of James Brown's property, Nottingham Lots Copy of survey of Randel Janney's property, Nottingham Lots. (see original print) Copy of survey of Andrew Job's property, Nottingham Lots. (see original print) John Hilaman's home, East Nottingham Twp (See also #120 & 121) Mill operated by Capt. Roger Kirk, near Chrome, Pa., East Nottingham Twp. (Duplicate #310) Series: An Early Settler # New London Presbyterian Church & cemetery, New London Twp New London Presbyterian Cemetery, New London Twp. (see Neg. #349 duplicate) New London Presbyterian Cemetery, New London Twp New London Presbyterian Cemetery, New London Twp., (see original print) Series: New London, Pa. # New London Presbyterian Cemetery, New London Twp. (See

12 Neg. #351 duplicate) Graves of Robert & Dorothae Finney, New London Presbyterian Cemetery, New London Twp., Series: New London, Pa. # Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church, Sadsbury Twp., (see original print) Series: Penna. in General, # Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church, Sadsbury Twp., Series: Penna. in General, # Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church, Sadsbury Twp., 1900 Series: Penna. in General, # Birthplace of Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, Phoenixville Middle Octorara Cemetery, Lancaster County Graves of Thomas McClure & family Front view, Brick Meetinghouse, Maryland, Series: Brick Meeting-house, Maryland # Front view, Brick Meetinghouse, Maryland, Series: Brick Meeting-house, Maryland # Front view, Brick Meetinghouse, Maryland, (see Neg. #71 duplicate) Series: Brick Meeting-house, Maryland # Yard at Brick Meetinghouse, Maryland, Series: Brick Meeting-house, Maryland # Back view, Brick Meetinghouse, Maryland, Series: Brick Meeting-house, Maryland # Great oak and New London Cemetery, New London Twp., (see original print) Series: New London, Pa. # Tombstone of William McKean and wife, New London

13 Cemetery, New London Twp Series: New London, Pa. # Dwelling on Locust St., Oxford, Pa (see original print) Rock Springs Baptist Church, Lancaster County, Series: Penna. in General # Side view, Presbyterian Church, Chestnut Level, Lancaster County, Series: Chestnut Level, Pa. # Front view, Presbyterian Church, Chestnut Level, Lancaster County, Series: Chestnut Level, Pa. # Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County Witmer oak, Donegal Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Series: Penna. in General # Eastland Meetinghouse, Lancaster County, Series: Lower Lancaster County # Brown grist & saw mills near Goshen, Lancaster County. Series: Lower Lancaster County # Kirk Mills, Lancaster County Oak Hill Hotel, Lancaster County Washington' Headquarters, near Chadds Ford, Series: Battle of Brandywine, # View of house, outbuilding, and numerous beehives Birthplace of Robert Fulton, Lancaster County, PA (See also #449) Series: Fulton House, PA No Old Spring, Oxford, Pa., torn down ca Indian camp Birds eye view of Oxford, to the west, Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Birds eye view of Oxford, to the south, Looking south on

14 Third St. Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Birds eye view of Oxford, looking northeast, Looking northeast from third St., Locust St. at left. Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Birds eye view of Oxford, to the southwest, Intersection of Third & Locust Sts. (CCHS Copy Neg. #938) Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Residence of Douglas Brinton, 432 E. Market St., Oxford Residence of Douglas Brinton, 432 E. Market St., Oxford. Anna B. Brinton's & Henry L. Brinton's first day of school, ca Unidentified frame house with chickens in the yard Unidentified stucco & frame house. (See also Neg. #112 duplicate) Unidentified stucco & frame house with fence, side view Unidentified cluster of farm buildings, distant view Unidentified frame & shingle house Chrome Hotel, East Nottingham Twp.,operated by John Hilaman Ruins of small stone building on a hill side Unidentified frame house with outbuildings Unidentified stone house Mason-Dixon Line marker in a corn field A bit of road along Thunder Hill, New London, Pa. (see original print) Series: New London, Pa Unidentified grave marker Unidentified field with farm in background.

15 Unidentified farmhouse & barn with paddock Unidentified stucco & frame house. (see also Neg. #99 duplicate) Unidentified stone house, boy & dog in foreground, cows in field in background Dilworthtown at intersection of Concord, CCHS#1435 West Chester & Wilmington Roads, (see original print) Series: Battle of Brandywine # Unidentified house of serpentine stone Copy photograph of an unidentified mill, with house & outbuildings in background Unidentified residential street in a small town Unidentified stucco house with double chimneys. (See also #124) Dwellings on the south side of Market Street, Oxford, looking east toward Fifth Street. (See also #134) John Hilaman's residence, East Nottingham Twp. Man with the beard on the left is John Hilaman, woman with the child at center is Mrs. Hettie Brinton. The Brinton family would hire a team in the summer to visit Hilaman & eat watermelon. (see also #58 & #121) John Hilaman's residence, East Nottingham Twp. (see also #58 & #120) Unidentified stone house with picket fence, elaborate porch Unidentified stone barn Unidentified stucco house with double chimneys. (see also #118)

16 Cross roads in New London, looking north on Newark Road at junction of State Road or New London-West Grove Road Series: New London, Pennsylvania # Village street scene, stucco house with picket fence Unidentified cross roads with small stone house & illegible street sign. (Duplicate #128) ditto of above. (Duplicate #127) Unidentified frame structure, 2 men, with a horse and 2 wagons Unidentified body of water with a village on the far shore. Also visible is a boat house & 2 masted sailboat Unidentified view of a plowed field with a large house in the distance Birthplace of Thomas McKean, Chief Justice and First Governor of Pennsylvania New London, Pa. (see original print) Series: New London, Pennsylvania # Unidentified country lane and house Dwellings on the south side of Market Street, Oxford, looking east toward Fifth Street. (See also #119) Unidentified plank house with outbuildings, dinner bell, and various tools in the yard Unidentified brick & frame house with chicken yard Location & traces of old road that formerly extended from Thunder Hill & passed Dr. Alison's Academy, by a gnarled cherry tree on Robert A. Crowl's farm (see original print) Series: New London, Pennsylvania # Cemetery of St. John's Episcopalian Church, New London Twp Remains of old piers of Grubb's Landing in Delaware River, near Wilmington, where William Brinton his wife Ann Bagley & son William landed

17 from England, (see original print) [Series: Brintons in America] Unidentified farmlands & settlement Unidentified body of water Unidentified field surrounded by a fence, small graveyard in the distance Unidentified farmland Sconneltown Road, East Bradford Twp. (see original print) Series: Battle of Brandywine # Mason-Dixon Line marker Unidentified roadside view Chrome Hotel, Barrett's tavern, E. Nottingham Twp Unidentified house with 3 children in a hammock on the porch Dwelling on north east corner of Barnsely-Chrome Rd. (also known as Oxford-Calvert Rd.) and Election Rd., East Nottingham Twp Unidentified ruins of a log cabin Waynesborough, home of Anthony Wayne, Easttown Twp Unidentified ruin of stone & frame building Unidentified brick house & well Unidentified 3 story brick house with a man standing by the porch [Wilson Wright residence near Lombard, Maryland - formerly Donnelly's Tavern.] Duplicate # Close-up of 2 story porch with trellis cat in yard., Unidentified 2 story stone house, small boy sits on door step.

18 Probably Krause's Inn at Harrisville, Rising Sun, Maryland Unidentified 3 story stone house beside a country road Unidentified double stone arch bridge with houses behind the trees in background Turkey Point Lighthouse, Cecil Co., Maryland. Shows lighthouse, outbuildings, bell & unidentified man. (See also #166, 167) Goshen Friends Meeting, Hicksite, East Goshen Twp. (Duplicate #168) Unidentified stone building beside a stream Hockessin Friends Meeting house, Delaware. (Duplicate #165) Hockessin Friends Meeting house, Delaware. (Duplicate #164) Turkey Point Lighthouse, Cecil County, Maryland. (See also #161, 167) Turkey Point Lighthouse, Cecil County, Maryland. (See also #161, 166) Goshen Friends Meeting, East Goshen Twp (Duplicate #162) Haverford Friends Meeting, Delaware County, (Duplicate #170) Series: Delaware County, Pa. # Haverford Friends Meeting, Delaware County, (Duplicate #169) Series: Delaware County, Pa. # Unidentified stone and frame dwelling Close-up of datestone of above unidentified dwelling. Stone reads: V. Stubbs 1804, L.Stubbs 1872.

19 East Fallowfield Friends Meeting, Ercildoun Scene along Sandy Hollow road, where Lafayette was wounded. Birmingham Twp., Chester County, (See original print) (Duplicate #175) Series: Battle of Brandywine # Ditto of above. (Duplicate #174) Unidentified four horse hitch pulling a large log. (Duplicate #177) Ditto of above. (Duplicate #176) Unidentified house shrouded by trees Copy photo of will of William Brinton, Copy photo of estate inventory of William Brinton, Graves of David Wherry, 1800 & Margaret Wherry 1807, at Rock Presbyterian Church, Maryland Sharp's Graveyard, Rock Presbyterian Church, Maryland, Mendenhall Store, Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland (See also #184, 185, 186) Mendenhall Store, Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland (See also #183, 185, 186) Mendenhall Store, Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland (See also #183, 184, 186) Mendehnall Store, Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland (See also #183, 184, 186) House built by John Churchman in 1745, West Nottingham, Maryland, (see original print) Series: Brick Meeting-house, Maryland # Bellbank bridge, west of Homeville, Upper Oxford Twp.

20 (See original print) Ruins of mansion house at Pleasant Garden Forge, New London Twp. In the foreground is Pleasant Garden-Forge Bridge on the Big Elk Creek See: New London, Pa. #21, Unidentified 3 story brick house. Design in colored bricks: W Initial monument New Castle Circle, Series: Circle of New Castle # Unidentified group portrait, 6 women & 3 children. (See also #5, 6) General Howe's Headquarters, Birmingham Twp., Delaware County, (See original print) Series: Battle of Brandywine # Close-up of General Howe's Headquarters, Birmingham Twp., Delaware County, Series: Battle of Brandywine # Near duplicate of above Series: Battle of Brandywine # Duplicate of above. Series: Battle of Brandywine # Unidentified man working in his garden. (See also #198) More distant view of above. (See also#197) Lafayette's Headquarters, State Road, Chadds Ford, Pa., [Brandywine Battlefield State Park, Route 1, Chadds Ford] (see original print) Series: Battle of Brandywine # Osborn's hill occupied by General Howe, during Battle of Brandywine (See original print) Series: Battle of Brandywine # Mason-Dixon Line marker. Inscribed "P" Copy photo of 1763 survey by George Churchman of 40 acre plot for meetinghouse, Nottingham Lots.

21 Copy photo of return to the court for deedto land for building a meetinghouse, Nottingham Lots Copy photo of request for land grant for use of Friends' meeting, East Nottingham, Chester Co., Mill Cecil County, Maryland Webster White home, Calvert, Maryland Brick Meeting, Maryland. View of meetinghouse sheds Brick Meeting, Maryland. Side view of meetinghouse Brick Meeting, Maryland. Long view showing meetinghouse & sheds Brick Meeting, Maryland. Close view of meetinghouse Brick Meeting, Maryland. Back view of meetinghouse & sheds St. David's Protestant Episcopal Church, Radnor (See original print) (See also #213, 228, 229) Series: Historic St. Davids # St. David's Protestant Episcopal Church, Radnor (See original print) (See also #212, 228, 229) Series: Historic St. Davids # Mason-Dixon Line stone. Inscribed: MM Mason-Dixon Line stone. Inscribed: P Mason-Dixon Line stone. Inscribed: NNY [?]No 7, Mason-Dixon Line stone. Inscribed: M Mason-Dixon Line stone. Inscribed: M Mason-Dixon Line stone near Hickory Hill, Elk Twp. Inscribed: P Mason-Dixon Line stone near Hickory Hill, Elk Twp. Inscribed: M

22 Ruins of bridge supports (?), stone, brick & pipes Conowingo bridge across the Susquehanna River, between Cecil & Harford counties (See also: Negative #326, 404) Series: Maryland # Jefferis Ford, East branch of the Brandywine, E. Bradford Twp., (see original print) Series: Battle of Brandywine #7 224 Negative #224 has been withdrawn from the Douglas Brinton Collection Scene on Chester Road, East Goshen Twp, of skirmish during Battle of Brandywine,1900. (see original print) Series: Penna. in General # Cedarcroft, E. Marlboro Twp., Series: Kennett Square # Birthplace of Dr. Ebenezer Dickey, East Nottingham Twp., (see original print) Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # St. David's Protestant Episcopal Church, Easttown Twp., (See also #212, 213, 229) Series: Historic St. Davids # St. David's Protestant Episcopal Church, Easttown Twp., (See original print) (See also #212, 213, 228) Series: Historic St. Davids # Waynesborough, home of "Mad" Anthony Wayne, Easttown Twp Gibson's Mill, Elk Twp Gibson's House, Elk Twp Rock Presbyterian Cemetery at Lewisville, Elk Twp., Series: Rock Presbyterian Church, Maryland # Mt. Rocky Methodist Church, Elk Twp.,1900. (See also #16) (See original print) Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. #35

23 Mt. Rocky public School, Elk Twp Welsh Tract Baptist Church, New Castle Co., Delaware, Series: Delaware in General # London Tract Baptist Church, London Britain Twp., (Duplicate #244) Series: Penna. in General # Unidentified monument with canons, gateway & house in background. Date on monument,1777. [Indian marker at London Tract Baptist, London Britain Twp.] Welsh Tract Baptist Church, New Castle County, Delaware, (See also #236, 237) Series: Delaware in General # D Cemetery London Tract Baptist Church, London Britain Twp., (See also #236, 237, 239) [Is this a duplicate #241?] Cemetery London Tract Baptist Church, London Britain Twp., Unidentified view of a meadow with a horse grazing and an iron bridge in the background Welsh Tract Baptist Church, New Castle County, Delaware, Series: Delaware in General # London Tract Baptist church, London Britain Twp., Side view shows cemetery. (Duplicate #237) Series: Penna. in General # New London Hotel, New London Twp Copy photo of Oxford in Birds-eye view of Market Street looking west toward 5 th St. (See original print) Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. #22.

24 Copy photo of Oxford in Birds-eye view of Market St. between 3 rd & Lincoln. Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Birthplace of Dr. John Miller Dickey, Oxford, Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Copy photo of Oxford in Birds-eye view looking north, intersection of 3 rd & Pine Sts. Building at left is the Octorara Hotel, right Oxford Hotel. Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Copy photo of Oxford in Birds-eye view looking SW, intersection of 3 rd & Locust Sts. Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Copy photo of Oxford in Birds-eye view looking north on 3 rd St, with Pine St. in the background. Oxford Presbyterian Church and Octorara Hotel are shown. Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Copy photo of Oxford in Birds-eye view looking south east diagonally from Market & 3 rd toward Broad & 4th St. (See original print) Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Birds-eye view of Oxford, View north. Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Oxford Presbyterian Church and oak tree, Oxford, Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Unidentified plank house, man & woman standing beside the 1990 fence. Labeled: Dawson House Great tulip poplar tree on J.M.C. Dickey's property, Hopewell Road. Struck by lightening copy photo of earlier view. Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Birds-eye view of Oxford in View NW, shows Oxford Presbyterian Church. Series: Oxford & vicinity, Pa. # Oxford Presbyterian Church, ca

25 D Oxford Presbyterian Church, ca (Duplicate #258) New Garden Friends Meeting, New Garden Twp., Series: Movements of the British Army from Elk River ferry to Battle of Brandywine # Faggs Manor Cemetery, Londonderry Twp (See original print) View of road by Faggs Manor Presbyterian Church, Londonderry Twp. (see original print) Series: Faggs Manor Presbyterian Church Copy photo of list of inhabitants of Faggs Manor in Assessment of inhabitants for a proposal to make Faggs Manor a township D Hammer & Trowel Inn, Toughkenamon, New Garden Twp., (Duplicate #265) Series: Penna. in General # Hammer & Trowel Inn, Toughkenamon, New 1990 Garden Twp., (Duplicate #264) Series: Penna. in General # , 1990 Stone house on the west side of Jefferis Ford, occupied by Emmor Jefferis at the time of the Battle of Brandywine. Wilmington merchants stored & lost liquor when Cornwallis division passed by East Bradford Twp. (See original print) Series: Battle of Brandywine # Caleb Pusey's house, Upland, Delaware County, Side view. Series: Chester, Pa. # Caleb Pusey's house, Upland, Delaware County, Front View. Series: Chester, Pa. # Copy photo of marriage certificate of John & Mary White, (see original print)

26 Copy photo of marriage certificate of John& Sarah White, Stump of chestnut tree from which two British spies were hung, Port Kennedy Pa., Montgomery County (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Washington Lane, Valley Forge, (See original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Mt. Misery & Mt. Joy, Valley Forge, (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Unidentified school or church Entrenchments, Valley Forge, (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Ruins of outpost near where Washington's army crossed the Schuylkill river, June 18, Photo (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Mt. Joy & Mt. Misery from field containing John Waterman's grave, (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Where Washington crossed the Schuylkill River, June 18, Photo (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Portion of Fort Huntington, near Valley Forge, (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Portion of Fort Huntington, near Valley Forge, (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Portion of Fort Washington near Valley Forge, (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment #19

27 Marker at Gulph Mills with inscription, Montgomery County (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Ruins at Gulph Mills, near Valley Forge, Montgomery County (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # View of road that leads from Gulph Mills to King of Prussia, Montgomery County. (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Portion of woods where there are several hut holes made by Von Steuben's cavalrymen. On Todd farm near Port Kennedy, (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # General Knox's headquarters, on farm of E. J. Matthews, Tredyffrin Twp., (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # General Huntington's quarters, near Port Kennedy, (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # King of Prussia Inn, Penna., (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Out this road went the continentals to Valley Forge. Photo (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # General Muhlenberg's headquarters, on Edwin Moore farm near Port Kennedy, Pa.,1900. (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge. Front & side views, Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Copy photo of Washington oak on Todd farm near Port Kennedy. (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment #3

28 Captain John Waterman's grave on Todd farm, near Port Kennedy, (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Captain John Waterman's grave on Todd farm near Port Kennedy, Closer view. (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Lafayette's Headquarters, near Valley Forge. Home of Harry R. Wilson, Tredyffrin Twp., (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Zook House, near Port Kennedy, Series: Valley Forge Encampment # General Potter's Headquarters on Thomas R. Walker's farm, near Valley Forge, (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Headquarters of General William Alexander, Lord Sterling, near Valley Forge, (See original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # General Varnam's headquarters on William Stephens' farm, near Valley Forge, (see original print) Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Daniel Defoe's chair from his study, owned by Hannah Griffith. (see original print - PH5/Box 4) Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge. Front view, Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge. Front & side view, Series: Valley Forge Encampment # Nottingham Presbyterian Church, torn down 1900, West Nottingham, Maryland Rear of Birmingham Meetinghouse and graveyard, Birmingham Twp., (see original print) Series: Battle of Brandywine #13

29 Birmingham Meetinghouse, front & side view, Birmingham Twp. (see original print) Series: Battle of Brandywine # Unidentified portrait of man in overalls leaning on a fence Copy photo of the Commission of Roger Kirk, April 15, 1776, of West Nottingham. Series: An Early Settler # Copy photo of Governor Thomas Mifflin's commission appointing James Morrison, Jeremiah Brown, & Roger Kirk to lay out a road known as the "Christeen". Dated April 13, Series: Penna. in General # Log house occupied by Roger Kirk, near 1990 North East Creek, below West Nottingham, Maryland. Photo Series: An Early Settler # Old mill once operated by Capt. Roger Kirk,near Chrome, Pa., (Duplicate #54) Series: An Early Settler # Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County Pequea Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, View from road shows back of building. Series: Penna. in General # Pequea Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Front view. (copy photo?) Series: Penna. in General # Little Britain Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County. Series: Lower Lancaster County # St. Mary Protestant Episcopal Church, northeast Maryland Rock Presbyterian Church, Maryland, View from road shows the "rock" in the foreground. (see also #318) Series: Rock Presbyterian Church # Unidentified brick house. [In envelope marked Rock Presbyterian Church, Maryland.]

30 Rock Presbyterian Church, Maryland, (see also #316) Series: Rock Presbyterian Church # Cemetery, Rock Presbyterian Church, Maryland Tomb of Rev. James McGraw, D.D. in West Nottingham Presbyterian Cemetery, Maryland, Series: West Nottingham, Maryland # Rock Springs Hotel, Cecil County, Maryland D, 1990 Copy photograph of marriage certificate of Henry Hollingsworth and Lydia Akinson, Duplicate of # Strode's Mill, East Bradford Twp., Series: Battle of Brandywine # Tombs of James & Mary Latta, Chestnut Level cemetery, Lancaster County, Series: Chestnut Level, Pa. # Conowingo Bridge, across the Susquehanna River between Cecil & Harford Counties, Maryland, (Duplicate #222 & 404) Series: Maryland # Where General Lafayette crossed the Susquehanna River on their way toyorktown, Virginia. Maryland, Series: Bald Friar, Maryland # Gilbert family graves, Maryland William Lewis Gilbert's grave marker. Maryland Ruins of log cabin, Cecil County, Maryland Stones marking Cecil County survey, Maryland Stones marking Cecil County survey, Maryland. Inscribed: MM Stones marking Cecil County survey, Maryland. Inscribed: MM/No.7/1791

31 Fairhill, Maryland. Distant view of settlement Wilson Wright residence near Lombard, Maryland, formerly Donnelly's tavern. View of crossroads, house, stable & paddock Copy photograph of deed given by Sheriff Stone, who sold the Fulton plantation Feb. -5, 1772 to Joseph Swift. photo Series: Fulton House, Pa. # Copy photograph of draft of Fulton plantation by George Churchman, Photo Series: Fulton House, Pa. # Copy photograph of page of the mortgage given by Robert & Mary Fulton to William West, Samuel Purviance & Joseph Swift, November 29, Photo Series: Fulton House, Pa. # Duplicate of # Copy photograph of original painting by Benjamin West of Robert Fulton Birthplace of Dr. David Ramsay, East Drumore Twp., Lancaster County Unidentified large 2 story brick meetinghouse with sheds behind Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church & cemetery, Series: Chestnut Level, Pa. # X-Keys Hotel, Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland, Series: Brick Meeting-house, Maryland # Portrait of 3 children. Standing, Sarah Brinton, seated left to right, Elizabeth & Anna Brinton Copy photograph of engraving of the Oxford Female Seminary. Photo (see original print) Series: Oxford & Vicinity # Duplicate #346, better plate Unidentified graveyard. Inscription on stone: In memory of M.

32 Sara HHNley [sic] departed this life July 30, 1760 aged 42 years New London Presbyterian Cemetery, New London Twp. (duplicate #61) New London Presbyterian Cemetery, New London Twp New London Presbyterian Cemetery, New London Twp. (duplicate #64) New London Presbyterian Church, New London Twp Portrait of Bradford H. Brinton, son of Douglas E. & Hettie Breading Hickman. (See also #9, 15) Unidentified view of lane and two young women Unidentified view of old gravestones under a grove of trees. Brick house obscured in the background Copy photograph of an earlier photo of an unidentified church made of brick with a three story steeple Unidentified group of gravestones under a grove of trees Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Snow Hill, Maryland. Series: Cradle of Am. Presbyterianism No Unidentified church with steeple and stained glass windows Copy photograph of earlier photo of an unidentified brick church with ornate steeple Unidentified view of two gravestones surrounded by an ornate iron fence at the rear of a church building. [Faggs Manor?] Unidentified view of a house at the end of a country lane autumn. [Labeled: Penn Shade house] Unidentified portrait of an old man wearing soiled overalls, cap, holding a stick. (See also #14) 364 L Little Britain Friends Meeting house at Penn Hill, Lancaster County. Series: Lower Lancaster, No.6.

33 365 L Cromwells of Maryland Burying Ground Series: Cromwells of Maryland, No L Rev. W.G. Cairnes, Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church. 367 L Copy photo of earlier photograph of John Little Mill, n.p. 368 L Unidentified cemetery with frame houses and buildings in background. 369 L Unidentified frame building 370 L Unidentified stone arch bridge 371 L Spring house on James Ramsey's farm. Site of Faggs Manor Classical School, Londonderry Twp. [Ramsey's School] (see original print) Series: Penna. in General No L Drumore Friends Meeting. Photo GPN absent Series: Lower Lancaster County, Pa. 373 L Unidentified Church 374 L Unidentified Church (See also #33) 375 L Copy of woodcut by Benjamin Chandlee It represents taxation without representation. Original woodcut owned by D. E. Brinton. Series: Brick Meeting-house No L Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church Lancaster County. No print Labeled: Interior view along west wall of cemetery. 377 L Copy of sampler. Labeled: Cromwells of Maryland. No print Series: Cromwells of Maryland 378 L Unidentified landscape showing trees No print and wooden fence along a country road. 379 No Print Old Concord Friends' Meeting, Delaware County. 380 No Print Old Drawyers Presbyterian Church, Delaware. Copy photo. Series: Delaware in General #12.

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