Joshua Bertram Lippincott

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The following are in University of Delaware Library's Special Collections Department Biddle Family Papers 1766 - 1943 (bulk dates 1870-1927) Manuscript Collection Number: 327 Accessioned: Gift of Barry and Sue Moyerman, 1972. Extent: 8 linear ft. and oversize. Content: Correspondence, photographs, receipts, bank books, wills and deeds. Access: The collection is open for research. Processed: 1995 - 1996 by J. Andrew Armacost and Jennifer Paul.

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   Series II.  The Lippincott and Wharton Families           Includes material of the Wharton and Lippincott families related to Nicholas

         Biddle and his wife Sarah Lippincott Biddle (gen. chart 3)

Series II.1. George Mifflin Wharton (1806-1870) 2

    37   Receipt, 1858

         One receipt for improvements at the Orphans Asylum.

Series II.2. J. Ballinger Lippincott (1813-1886)

         Grandfather of Sarah L. Biddle  (gen. chart 3)

38 Correspondence, 1826-1828

         Two letters addressed to his aunt Susan Ballinger

1826 Aug 23 J.B. Lippincott to Susan Ballinger

         1828 Apr 20    J.B. Lippincott          to   Susan Ballinger

39 Architectural agreement, 1867

         Agreement between Joshua B. Lippincott and the builder John Ketcham to erect a

              dwelling on the west side of 19th Street fronting on Rittenhouse Square,

              based on designs of the architectural firm Sloan and Hutton.  The

              agreement includes detailed description of materials and specifications to

              be employed by Ketcham and the document is signed by him at the end. 

              Demolished in 1972, the structure once stood at 204 S. 19 Street, on the

              west side of Rittenhouse Square.  It is listed on the Historic American

              Buildings Survey as PA-1515.

Series II.3. J. Bertram Lippincott (1857-1940)

         Father of Sarah L. Biddle and father-in-law Nicholas Biddle (gen. chart 3)

Correspondence and papers

    40   1900-1908

         Correspondence from the London publishing house of Sampson, Low, Marsden,

              and Co. relative to an agreement to publish Lippincott's Dictionary in

              Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries.  Correspondents include

              Horace Howard Furness (1833-1912), the noted Shakespearian scholar. 

1900 Feb 20 Joseph P. Remington to J.B. Lippincott

              Jun 20          Sampson, Low,       to   J.B. Lippincott

         1903 Dec 24          William Forse Scott to   J.B. Lippincott

Series II. The Lippincott and Wharton Families (cont'd)

         Series II.3.  J. Bertram Lippincott (cont'd) 2

40 Correspondence (cont'd)

         1904 Aug 26         JW                  to   J.B. Lippincott

              n.d.           H.J. Rhetl          to   J.B. Lippincott

         1905 Jun 6          Eli Townsend        to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jun 15         Eli Townsend        to   J.B. Lippincott

         1907 Dec 6          Horace H Furness    to   J.B. Lippincott

         1908 Jan 7          H.J. Rhetl          to   J.B. Lippincott

41 1910 and 1912

         1910 Feb 15         J.B. Lippincott     to   

              Aug 22         William C. Prichett to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 3          E.S. Lurpin         to   J.B. Lippincott

         1912 Jan 27         A.L. Wharton        to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 8          mother              to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 11         JWL                 to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 18         Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 16         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 23         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 25         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 30         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 1          JWL                 to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 11         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

42 1913

              Jan 13         Joe [Lippincott]    to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jan 27         Joe [Lippincott]    to   J.B. Lippincott

              Mar 27         E.S. Lurpin         to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jun 26         Joe [Lippincott]    to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jun 27         Bertram Lippincott  to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 7          Elizabeth Shuyler Mills to    J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 21         Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 23         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 24         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 29         Elizabeth [S Mills] to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 29         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 31         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 26         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 28         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Oct 1          Bertram Lippincott  to   mother

43 1914 Jan 11 E.S. L[urpin] to J.B. Lippincott

              Apr 24         E.S. L[urpin]            to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 9          Joey [Joanna Wharton]    to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 14         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 23         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 28         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 29         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 30         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 10         Sarah [Lippincott]       to   Joanna

              Aug 12         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 16         Joe [Lippincott]         to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 19         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 20         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 24         Mary Wallace             to   Joanna

              Aug 2?         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 1          Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 3          Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 13         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

44 1915 Jul 8 Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 14         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 8          Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 17         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 19         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 31         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 1          Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 24         Joe [Lippincott]         to   J.B. Lippincott

              n.d.           Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

45 1916-1917 Nov 9, 1917 letter includes a photograph of Joanna W. Biddle
1916 Jun 10 Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott

              Jun 16         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 28         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 6          Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 3          Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 5          Edward P. Gosling        to   J.B. Lippincott

              Nov 9          Henry R. Coxe            to   J.B. Lippincott

Series II. The Lippincott and Wharton Families (cont'd)

         Series II.3.  J. Bertram Lippincott (cont'd) 2

         Correspondence (cont'd)

    45   1917 Sep 7          Joey [Wharton]        to   J.B. Lippincott

              Nov 9          Sarah L. Biddle       to   J.B. Lippincott

              Mar 29         Kobam Mftg. Co.       to   J.B. Lippincott

46 1918 Jan 19 Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott

              Jan 26         Joey [Wharton]        to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jun 28         E.P. Gosling          to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 11         Joey [Wharton]        to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 12         Joey [Wharton]        to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 14         Joey [Wharton]        to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 6          Joey [Wharton]        to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 12         [Nicholas Biddle?]    to   J.B. Lippincott

              Oct 25         Joe [Lippincott]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Oct 28         Ephraim Lederer       to   J.B. Lippincott

              Nov 5          Joe [Lippincott]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Nov 6          Ephraim Lederer       to   J.B. Lippincott

47 1919 Jan 12 Bertram [Lippincott] to J.B. Lippincott

              Jan 28         Albante W. Laiylsme   to   J.B. Lippincott

              Feb 5          Ephraim Lederer       to   J.B. Lippincott

              Feb 7          J.B. Lippincott       to   Ephraim Lederer

              Apr 23         G. Elmer Messmore     to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 28         Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 12         Joey [Wharton]        to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 27         Joey [Wharton]        to   J.B. Lippincott 

         Series II.  The Lippincott and Wharton Families (cont'd)

         Series II.3.  J. Bertram Lippincott (cont'd) 2

         Correspondence (cont'd)

    48   1920  Correspondents include Thomas Alden Shields (1885-1931)

              Jan 30         Sallie                   to   J.B. Lippincott

              Apr 5          J. Feldman               to   J.B. Lippincott

              Mar 12         Thomas A. Shields        to   J.B. Lippincott

              Mar 19         Thomas A. Shields        to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 17         Joey [Joanna Wharton]    to J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 19         [Joanna Wharton]         to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 4          Susan L. Pemberton       to   Joanna Wharton

              Aug 6          Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 10         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 10         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 12         JWL [Joanna Wharton]     to  J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 31         Joey [Wharton]           to   J.B. Lippincott

              Nov 18         G.V. Newton/M.R.Clute    to J.B. Lippincott

49 1921 May 25 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 8     Pete                to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 4     Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 23    Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 24    Sallie              to   J.B. Lippincott

              Sep 8    Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Dec 29    Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              n.m. 11   Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              n.d.      Pete                to   J.B. Lippincott

50 1922 Also includes J. Bertram Lippincott real estate assessments for 1922

              Feb 11         Joe [Lippincott]    to   J.B. Lippincott

              Feb 16         Joe [Lippincott]    to   J.B. Lippincott

              Feb 19         Joe [Lippincott]    to   J.B. Lippincott

              Feb 19         Joe [Lippincott]    to   J.B. Lippincott

              Feb 24         Joe [Lippincott]    to   J.B. Lippincott

              Mar 4          Joe [Lippincott]    to   J.B. Lippincott

              Jul 31         Joey [Joanna Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 1          Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 8          Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug ?          Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

 Series II. The Lippincott and Wharton Families (cont'd)

         Series II.3.  J. Bertram Lippincott (cont'd) 2

         Correspondence (cont'd)

    51   1923-1925  Also contains real estate assessments for 1923 and 1924

         1923 Aug 22         JWL [Joanna Wharton] to  J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 27         Joey [Wharton]       to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 28         Joey [Wharton]       to   J.B. Lippincott

1924 Jan 14 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott

              Jan 17         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 2          Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 8          [Joanna Wharton]    to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 31         Sallie              to   Joanna W. Lippincott

1925 Jul 24 Joey [Wharton] to J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 1          Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 11         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

              Aug 12         Joey [Wharton]      to   J.B. Lippincott

Correspondence, n.d.

    52   Cards, correspondence and a page of calculations from Joanna Wharton

         Lippincott to J. Bertram Lippincott (8 items)

53 Joanna Wharton Lippincott to J. Bertram Lippincott (18 items)

         Partially dated letters, July - August, most written on Jamestown, RI, stationery  

54 Cards from Joanna W. Lippincott to J. Bertram Lippincott (24 items)
55 Joanna Wharton Lippincott to J. Bertram Lippincott (9 items)

         Jul - Sep [1920s?], written on Jamestown, RI, stationery 

GEDCOM Note

Category:Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Category:Publishers Category: J.B. Lippincott and Company

Biography

Pennsylvania, NotablesJoshua was born in 1857. He is the son of Joshua Lippincott and Josephine Craige.
Joshua Bertram, B.A., Publisher of Philadelphia; born 1857 August 24; graduate Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia, 1873; University of Pennsylvania one year, class of 1878; Hon. B.A. 1907; entered father's publishing house, 1875; Vice-President since 1886 J. B. Lippincott Company;succeeded brother Craige as President, 1911; President Hibernia Mine Railroad; Vice-President Wharton Steel Company; Director Farmers and Mechanics National Bank; Trustee University of Pennsylvania; Director Mercantile Library, American Academy of Music; Member Geographical Society of Philadelphia; Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Union League, Art, University, Franklin Inn and Poor Richard Clubs; married 1885April 21, Joanna Wharton, of Philadelphia, daughter of Joseph Whartonand Anna (Lovering) Wharton.

Children:

1. Joseph Wharton, born 1887 February 28.
2. Marianna, born 1890 September 09.
3. Sarah, born 1894 July 14.
4. Bertram, born 1897 October 18. He died in 1940 and is interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. <ref>Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 04 April 2020), memorial page for Joshua Bertram Lippincott (24 Aug 1857–19 Jan 1940), 21871, citing Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave.</ref>

Sources

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• Colonial Families of the United States, page 369.*"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6Y2-WY4 : accessed 4 April 2020), J Bertram Lippencott, Philadelphia Ward 7, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 160, sheet 2B, line 94, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1618; FHL microfilm 1,821,618.