c1800s ARCHIVE OF SEVENTY-FIVE+ [75] HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS, NOTES AND GENEALOGICAL AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS OF A BUSY SHIPPENSBURG PENNSYLVANIA ESTATE ATTORNEY

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On offer is a huge archive of letters, notes and correspondences of an estate lawyer named J. A. McCune of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. For the most part the correspondence originat es from Cumberland, Franklin and Adams counties. The majority of these correspondences are information about estates. A few are orders of orphan's courts. This superb archive is a treasure trove of genealogical, historical and legal history of the area. Many names mentioned include Grove, Smith, Pague, Croft, Sailhamer, Bomberger, Reese, Duncan, Hoffman, Hostetter, Clark, Negley, Hain, Rebuck, Adams, Speese, Unger, Whitmer, Perkins, Buchanan, Stouffer, Landis, Kyle, Staren, Gish, Stephenson, Benson, Hauk, Owens, Hycus, Longenecker, Plasterer, Rhodes to name but a few. This very busy attorney was involved in many many public and private pursuits of Pennsylvania interest from dealing with the Turnpike Co. to handling estates for many of Shippensburg citizens. VG.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, DIARY, JOURNAL, LOG, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, DIARIES, JOURNALS, LOGS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, AMERICANA, GENEALOGY, PENNSYLVANIA, SHIPPENSBURG, ESTATE, LAWYER, CUMBERLAND, FRANKLIN, ADAMS Show more