Real property surveys, 1741-1831, [n.d.]

Mss.649.962.Sh6m

Date: n.d. | Size: 0.25 Linear feet, 59 items
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Abstract

These are maps of various pieces of property in the Southwark division of Philadelphia which belonged to certain members of the Shippen family. They include maps taken, in part, from Philadelphia City records, as well as up-to-the-minute surveys done when the property was sold or subdivided. There are names of purchasers in some cases, showing which lots were acquired. There are also drawings of tracts of lands near roads or water and of estates of persons other than the Shippens.

Background note

The Shippen family had a long history of involvement in Philadelphia politics, business, medicine, and science. They owned much property south of the old section of the city of Philadelphia.

Collection Information

Physical description

59 items.

Provenance

Purchased from Carmen Valentino ($1620.00) and accessioned, 12/29/1983 (1983 1686m).

Indexing Terms


Corporate Name(s)

  • Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Family Name(s)

  • Duché, Anthony, -- fl. 1775.
  • Hills, John, -- fl. 1777?-1817.
  • Shippen family

Genre(s)

  • Maps.
  • Surveys (land).

Geographic Name(s)

  • Camden County (N.J.) -- Maps.

Personal Name(s)

  • Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848
  • Coombs, D.
  • Duché, John
  • Flower, John
  • Flower, William G.
  • Garrigues, Mary
  • Graeme, John
  • Groves, D.
  • Howell, Reading, 1743-1827
  • McCall, Lawrence
  • McGoffin, John
  • Morris, Israel, 1741-1806
  • Morris, Samuel, 1734-1812
  • Scull, William
  • Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806
  • Shippen, Joseph, 1706-1793
  • Shippen, William, 1712-1801

Subject(s)

  • Church buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Maps.
  • Real property -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Maps.


Detailed Inventory

1 Plan of subdivision recorded with release of Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, Philadelphia, Second Street to Delaware River
1 August 17411 map, 27.5 x 36.5 cm
2 Partition of land belonging to Duche, Knowles, Parham, and Cox
16 August 17441 map, 30.5 x 48 cm
3 Partition of land of Arkton(?) and wife, and Samuel Wheeler
3 September 17501 map, 30.5 x 48.5 cm
4 Partition of the Shippen estate on South S[treet]
11 October 17561 map, 33 x 49.5 cm
5 Scull, William.
Lot of Dr. William Shippen on east side of Shippen's Lane
18 August 17621 map, 20.5 x 33.5 cm
6 Land on the Delaware River fronting League Island
22 July 17691 map, 30 x 40 cm
7 Mary Garrigue's estate [on Queen Street]
17731 map, 35.4 x 52.5 cm
8 Partition of N. Pryors estate
11 March 17741 map, 20.4 x 34.2 cm
9 Hills, John (surveyor).
Plan of 64 acres . . . called Solitude, the property of Samuel and Israel Morris
17881 map, 38.5 x 84 cm
10 Road to be opened from Grays Ferry
3 November 17921 map, 38.4 x 31.3 cm
11 Duché, John.
Survey of the property of John Duche
14 November 17941 map, 22.4 x 19.4 cm
12 Lands of Bankson estate, May Road, Turner's Lane, and Moyamensing Road
5 November 17951 map, 30.5 x 48.5 cm
13 Hardie's property, Pass[yunk] Road and Oak Street
17991 map, 25.6 x 21.3 cm

Colored.

14 Lot covering square in Philadelphia between Fourth and Fifth Streets and Shippen Street
4 August 18021 map, 40 x 34 cm
15 Plots on Shippens Lane: Plots on Catharine Street
6 October 18151 map, 31 x 47 cm

On the reverse is: Drafts of plots, n.d.

16 Groves, D..
The lots on the south side of Cedar Street [with names of Edward, William, and Joseph Shippen as owners]
18161 map, 19 x 53 cm

Colored.

17 Groves, D..
Lots on south side of Cedar Street with names of Edward, William, and Joseph Shippen as owners
Circa 18161 map, 25 x 38.5 cm

Colored.

18 Survey of "late Dr. Shippen's estate"
28 April 18251 map, 20 x 24.8 cm
19 Coombs, D..
Tracts fronting on the Delaware River
17 May 1831 - 21 May 18311 map, 42.3 x 36.3 cm
20 Draft of a survey
n.d.1 map, 26.8 x 38.3 cm

Related material: See also #42.

21 Draft of a survey
n.d.1 map, 17.2 x 38.6 cm

Related material: See also #43.

22 Draft of city lots
n.d.1 map, 37.4 x 52.8 cm

Related material: See also #57.

23 Division of land between Fifth and Seventh Streets on Shippen Street
n.d.1 map, 30.5 x 48 cm
24 Drafts of plots
n.d.1 map, 31 x 47 cm

Related material: See also #15.

25 Estate of William G. Flower, Christian Street, and Passyunk Road
n.d.1 map, 30.5 x 48.5 cm

Related material: See also #51.

26 Federal Street and Buck Road area
n.d.1 map, 21.6 x 27.2 cm

Related material: Joins with item #28.

27 Land near Little Holland Creek
n.d.1 map, 25.7 x 37.2 cm

Related material: See also #41.

28 Land on the road to Gray's Ferry
n.d.1 map, 21 x 54 cm

Related material: Joins with item #26.

29 Lots on German Street
20 July 17741 map, 25.7 x 40.6 cm
30 Lots on Queen and Catharine Streets
n.d.1 map, 35.4 x 52.5 cm

Related material: See also #7.

31 Lots sold by Francis Moore
n.d.1 map, 19.5 x 21.7 cm
32 Gray's Ferry Road area
n.d.1 map, 26.4 x 42 cm
33 Lands patent to Lawrence McCall and John Graeme
n.d.1 map, 23.3 x 25.3 cm
34 Lots between Shippen and South Streets
n.d.1 map, 31.8 x 39.3 cm
35 Lots between Swanson and Moyamensing Streets
n.d.1 map, 18.5 x 25.6 cm
36 Lots on Fitzwater and Passyunk Road
n.d.1 map, 23.2 x 43.3 cm

Related material: See also #37.

37 Lots on Fitzwater and Passyunk Road
n.d.1 map, 23.2 x 43.3 cm

Related material: See also #37.

38 Some Passyunk Road lots
n.d.1 map, 31.3 x 38.5 cm
39 Some property of Anthony Duche
n.d.1 map, 31 x 40 cm
40 Penrose partition, Catharine Street
n.d.1 map, 24.6 x 38.6 cm
41 Unidentified land
n.d.1 map, 25.7 x 37.2 cm

Related material: See also #27.

42 Unidentified property
n.d.1 map, 30 x 40 cm

Related material: See also #6.

43 Meadow on Hall Creek bought by A. Noble
n.d.1 map, 17.2 x 38.6 cm

Related material: See also #21.

44 Mifflin's partition, Second and Front Streets
n.d.1 map, 26.8 x 38.3 cm

Related material: See also #20.

45 Old Swedes Church area
n.d.1 map, 27 x 33.5 cm
46 Partition of Anthony Duche's estate
n.d.1 map, 30.5 x 49 cm

Related material: See also #58.

47 Partition of estate of John Inglis; Christian Street and Passyunk Road
n.d.1 map, 24 x 54.5 cm
48 Partition of Penrose and Hulbert and others, and Mariott's lands, Passyunk and Moyamensing Roads
n.d.1 map, 30.5 x 46 cm
49 Property at Fifth and "Plumb" Streets
n.d.1 map, 31 x 21.2 cm
50 Plan of ground belonging to the Heirs of John Flower, No. 1 Property of William G. Flower
n.d.1 map, 38.5 x 48 cm
51 Rough draft of city plots
n.d.1 map, 30.5 x 48.5 cm

Related material: See also #25.

52 Rough draft of city plots
n.d.1 map, 30.5 x 48 cm

Related material: See also #2.

53 Shippen Street, centered between Cedar and "Plumb"
n.d.1 map, 24.5 x 39.3 cm
54 Shippen Street frontage from Penn Street to George Street
n.d.1 map, 33 x 63.5 cm
55 Southwark, generally, with Delaware River
n.d.1 map, 55 x 46 cm
56 Survey of various properties
n.d.1 map, 21.5 x 37.9 cm
57 Ten lots granted by Edward S. Burd to John McGoffin
n.d.1 map, 37.4 x 52.8 cm

Related material: See also #22.

58 Two small outlines of plots
n.d.1 map, 30.5 x 49 cm

Related material: See also #46.

59 Lots near Cedar and Seventh Streets
n.d.1 map, 31.8 x 38.5 cm