The Shippen family was one of the most industrious and illustrious of Philadelphia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. They were active in government, the military, and in their various businesses: land acquisition and speculation, housebuilding, etc.
Edward Shippen was a merchant, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768.
The activities of Joseph Shippen, Jr., while with the army under Colonel Burd during the French and Indian war, are well documented in this collection.
Ca. 190 items; 10 volumes.
Presented by The Philip and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1952.
Only maps and scanned items are noted.
Abstract: Description of army and discussion of politics.
Access digital object:http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/text:2608
Physical & technical details: Oversized.