EXECUTORS' PEREMPTORY SALE. ESTATE OF MRS. HARRIET S. WATSON, DECEASED. THOMAS & SONS, AUCTIONEERS. LARGE & VALUABLE WHARF ON THE RIVER SCHUYLKILL AND CHESTNUT ST... ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, 1856... NO. 1 VALUABLE WHARF. ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND & WHARF SITUATE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHESTNUT ST., WEST SIDE OF BEACH STREET, AND EAST SIDE OF SCHUYLKILL RIVER; CONTAINING IN FRONT ON BEACH STREET AND ON THE RIVER SCHUYLKILL RESPECTIVELY... NO. 2 LOT, CHESTNUT ST. ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND SITUATE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHESTNUT STREET, 100 FEET WESTWARD OF ASHTON, OR SCHUYLKILL WATER STREET, CONTAINING IN FRONT ON CHESTNUT STREET 20 FEET AND IN DEPTH SOUTHWARD 117 FEET, INCLUDING PART OF A 10 FEET WIDE ALLEY, CALLED BUNTING'S ALLEY... LEVI MORRIS, CHARLES WILLIAMS, EXECUTORS./ M. THOMAS & SONS, PHILADA., SEPTEMBER, 1856. AUCTIONEERS, 67 & 69 SOUTH 4TH ST.
[Philadelphia]: Gustavus V. Town, Book and Job Printers, 1856. Elephant folio, 13" x 24". Printed with several sizes and styles of typesettings. Minor wear, Very Good.
Harriet Snowden Watson [c.1788-1856] was Joseph Watson's widow. Joseph [1784-1841], born into a Quaker family, was a Philadelphia lumber merchant, Alderman [1822-1823], Mayor of Philadelphia [1824-1828], and President of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company [1829-1841]. He was Mayor during Lafayette's farewell visit to the City. Harriet and Joseph married in 1815; they had no children. Harriet spent many years in Philadelphia but moved to Baltimore after her husband's death. [The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Joseph Watson (1784-1841) Papers, Collection 1873; Brey, Jane W.T.: A QUAKER SAGA, THE WATSONS OF STRAWBERRYHOWE… 1967, pp. 299-300.]
OCLC 82659385 [1-Lib. Co. Phila.] as of April 2018. Item #34864
Price: $375.00