Small Manuscript Collections, Irons Family Papers, Steamboat Frederica
Charles Irons is a volunteer at the Bowers Beach Maritime Museum. His father was one of the watermen of Bowers Beach. Irons grew up in the prime of maritime fishing at Bowers Beach. This is a collection of manifests and receipts for the Steamboat (Steamer) Frederica. The Frederica and Philadelphia Navigation Company owned and managed […]
Small Manuscript Collections, Eckles Papers, Civil War Correspondence
James N. Eckles served in the first Delaware Calvary unit as a private during the Civil War. He would later be discharged from the same unit as First Lieutenant in January of 1865. Lieutenant Eckles and the First Delaware Calvary served in the Battle of Westminster in Maryland, where they engaged a Confederate Calvary unit […]
Small Manuscript Collections, Peter Caverly Collection, Correspondence
Peter Caverly was born in Kent County, Delaware, in 1780. He lived in Dover and then moved to Wilmington in the early 1800s. In addition to being an esquire, Caverly held several titles throughout his lifetime. He worked as a cashier at Farmer’s Bank, served on the Committee of Safety in Wilmington, and served as […]
Small Manuscript Collections, Edmund Steiner Collection, Correspondence
Edmund Steiner was born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, on February 28, 1904, to Edward and Anna Meta (Mattie) Steiner. Edmund is one of four children, being the only son. In 1930, Edmund ended up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as an engineer for an electric corporation. He was a lodger in the home of Ellen T. Finch. […]
