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Description
Peter Kean wrote from Philadelphia, PA to John Kean, his son, addressed to the Brothers Peugnat, New York. Peter had just arrived in Philadelphia and told John to keep working hard at his studies and gave him the names of people to visit.
People Included: Tom Biddle, Biddle Family, Sarah Sabina Kean, Lady Mary Watts, Dr. Watts, Beverly Robinson, William (Robinson?), Mrs. Jay, Cox Family
Author/Creator
Peter Philip James Kean (1788-1828)
Recipient
John Kean (1814-1895)
Creation Date
2-3-1828
Document Type
Manuscript
Location
Philadelphia, PA
Inventory Location
Bay 1, Column 2, LHC Series 3
Recommended Citation
Kean, Peter P.. Peter Kean to John Kean, February 3, 1828. Manuscript. From Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University, Liberty Hall Collection 1820s. https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1820s/101
Rights
This collection is open to the public for research use. Copyright remains with Kean University. Credit this material. Personal photographs may be made for research purposes. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Lynette Zimmerman, Executive Director at the Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall at lzimmerm@kean.edu.
Publishing Repository
Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University
Collection
The Liberty Hall Collection consists of the correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and other manuscript material of the Livingston and Kean families, dated from 1739-1847. The bulk of the collection is related to Susan Livingston Kean Niemcewicz (1759-1833). The Livingston and Kean families frequently corresponded and held accounts with other wealthy, prominent, colonial and early American families in New Jersey, especially Elizabeth-Town, Philadelphia, New York City, upstate New York, England, France, and Poland. A small portion of the collection includes correspondence with early Virginia families, unrelated to the Livingston and Kean families. The collection includes second hand accounts of enslaved people who were owned by the Kean and other families, offering a glimpse into their forced work and places of residence.