Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Custodial History
- Scope and Content
- Other Descriptive Data
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Benjamin Chew papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Benjamin Chew papers
- Dates
- 1766-1770
- Identifier
- 1923.1000
- Creator
- Chew, Benjamin
- Size
-
2 items :
Document signed; Document
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright may be retained by the creators of items, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law, unless otherwise noted.
Preferred Citation
Please cite this collection as Benjamin Chew papers (Chicago History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.
Acquisition Information
Gunther Estate, Purchase M1923.1000
Custodial History
Purchase from Gunther Estate, 1923.
Scope and Content
Philadelphia. Record of probate of will of Nathan Bewley, copy of will attached, includes impressed seal of Pennsylvania (1766 May 7, Document signed, 4 pages). A list of Chew's twenty enslaved people at Whitehall, listed by name, gender, and age; a list of Chew's ten enslaved people who have been "put out from Whitehall to service," by name and wages accrued by Chew [Pa.] (1770 March 2, Document, 2 pages).
Other Descriptive Data
The Benjamin Chew papers are part of Chicago History Museum's alphabetically arranged Small Manuscripts collections.