Guide to the James Agnew Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

James Agnew Papers

Inclusive Dates

1796-1853

Bulk Dates

1803-1853

Call Number

RG 315

Creator(s)

Agnew, James, 1769-1855.

Quantity

0.50 cubic feet (10 folders)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

James Agnew was born in 1769 in Adams County, PA, of parents from Northern Ireland who were Covenanters (Reformed Presbyterian Church). Agnew served as an officer in the American Revolution and is referred to as Col. Agnew in his incoming correspondence. After the Revolution, Agnew lived the remainder of his life as a merchant at McConnellsburg in western Pennsylvania. He was the father of Samuel Agnew, a founder of the Presbyterian Historical Society and its first librarian.

Collection Overview

Record Group 315 consists of business correspondence largely with merchants in Baltimore and Philadelphia, bills, receipts, a bill of lading, and an inventory of stock. Also included are weather logs from 1820 to 1853 and shares of stock and proxies of the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike (1815). Three letters and a tract concern religious matters. Correspondents include John Fletcher, George Junkin and William A. McDowell, Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Missions.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: September 1992
Glenn Colliver, Assistant Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Personal Name Subject

Agnew, James, 1769-1855.

McDowell, William Anderson, 1789-1851.

Fletcher, John, 1791-1862.

Junkin, George, 1790-1868.

Corporate Subject

Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike.

Presbyterian Historical Society.

Topical Subject

Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--19th century.

Weather.

Genre-form

Financial records. aat

Business records. aat

Weather diaries. aat

Tracts (literary genre) aat

Personal Added Name

McDowell, William Anderson, 1789-1851.

Fletcher, John, 1791-1862.

Junkin, George, 1790-1868.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 315

1	2	Correspondence, 1803-1812
1	3	Correspondence, 1813-1820, 1843
1	4	Letters, Bills, and Receipts, 1796-1812; Bill of Lading, 1843
1	5	Shares of Stock and Proxies of the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike, 1815
1	6	Inventory of Goods; List of Court Judgments, 1823-1836
1	7	Daybook and Weather Log, 1820-1835
1	8	Weather Log, 1836-1851
1	9	Weather Log, 1851-1853
1	10	Religious Correspondence and a Tract, 1835, n.d.

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