Pitcairn, John, Jr. (John Pitcairn, Jr.) (1841-1916)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1841 - 1916
Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from William Henry Benade to John Pitcairn, 1874-08-22
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Handwritten letter from William Henry Benade in Allegheny City, PA to John Pitcairn, Jr.
Benade has received Pitcairn’s letter of June 29th. With the Professor (R. L. Tafel) as their guide, they can’t help but have a good time, especially as Pitcairn will be able to able to offload some responsibility for M.Z. (Methustikos Zephuros, i.e., Walter C. Childs). If they found “bright inspiration” on the “shores of perfidious Albion,” Benade knows they have met with his friends Mr. Warren and Mr....
Dates:
1874-08-22
Letter from William Henry Benade to John Pitcairn, 1874-07-08
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Handwritten letter from William Henry Benade in Allegheny City, PA to John Pitcairn, Jr.
Benade has received Pitcairn’s letter of June 8th. He hears Pitcairn and Childs have arrived in Paris and are now being “initiated into the mysteries of the French tongue.” He is not surprised that they were unsuccessful in converting the Bishop, though he is surprised the Bishop didn’t carry them all the way to Rome. Benade discusses the curious “consular experience” they had with the man Smith- he...
Dates:
1874-07-08
Letter Seeking Contributions for the Construction of the Pittsburgh Society Church
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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A typed announcement “To the Members and Friends of the New Church” that the Pittsburgh Society has purchased a $14,000 lot on the corner of Isabella and Sandusky streets, Allegheny and has contracted for the construction of “a neat frame building, 30x60 feet, according to the plans drawn by Messrs. Drum & Kuhn, Architects, the cost of which is to be $3065.” The Acting Committee has purchased and secured a loan on 20 shares of the Penn Ave. Building and Loan Association to pay for the...
Dates:
1856 - 1916
Memoranda From 1874 Diary of John Pitcairn, 1874-01-12 - 1875-01-16
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Typed transcription of John Pitcairn Jr.'s diary, 1874. Covers travel through Europe including England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, etc. with Walter C. Childs. Names mentioned: Mr. (William Henry) Benade, Frank Ballou, Walter C. Childs, New Church Club, Mrs. Helen Rush, Robert (Pitcairn), Rev. Beatty, Maj. Negley, Imperial Refinery, Standard Oil Company, Vandergrift, Mrs. Bucklin, Dr. (Leonhardt) Tafel, St. Laurent (steamer), John Gillespy, Daniel Drew (steamer),...
Dates:
1874-01-12 - 1875-01-16
Memorandum from A. & S. Wilson to John Pitcairn, 1870-06-03
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Handwritten memorandum from A. & S. Wilson in Pittsburgh to John Pitcairn, Jr. 5 cent George Washington Stamp in upper left corner.
A. & S. Wilson will build a house for J Pitcairn in Shady Side. It will be the same at the house they built for Thomas Gamble, but with several alterations. $6,500 is still to be paid- $3,000 when the roof is on, and the rest when the house is finished. Pitcairn will furnish the plumbing, gas fittings, and mantles.
Names mentioned: Thomas Gamble
Places...
Dates:
1870-06-03
Notes by John Pitcairn on the Glorification of the Lord, 1873-02-08
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Handwritten notes by John Pitcairn, Jr. on “Steamer Belle Lee: Regular New Orleans and Memphis Packet” letterhead.
J Pitcairn had a conversation with Mr. Benade the previous night which helped him to understand the Doctrine of the Lord’s Glorification more clearly. Benade referenced a small treatise, which he thinks has only been published in England, in which Swedenborg says that the material of the Lord’s natural body dissipated in the tomb. Benade and Pitcairn discussed whether this...
Dates:
1873-02-08
Pamphlet on Officers and Committees of the General Convention 1868-1869, 1868
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Typed pamphlet listing officers, committees, and "Matters specially referred to standing committees" of the General Convention for 1868-1869.
Names mentioned: John C. Ager, James P. Baxter, William H. Benade, Mr. Boericke, Arthur O. Brickman, Glendy Burke, Edwin Burnham, Lyman S. Burnham, C. Louis Carriere, Horace P. Chandler, John C. Chatterton, William C. Church, G. Woolworth Colton, Rev. Willard G. Day, Rev. Samuel F. Dike, C. T. Dunham, Oliver Dyer, Oliver Eldridge, W. A. Fleck, Jabez...
Dates:
1868
Personal Correspondence, 1857 - 1916
Sub-Series
Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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This sub-series (Personal) consists of correspondence to/from John Pitcairn's immediate and extended family. As some of Pitcairn's extended family worked for him in various capacity, there may be some crossover with business correspondence.
Dates:
1857 - 1916
Printed Church Membership or Attendance List, 1876-06-19, 1877-11-05
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Printed list of Church members with locations. Purpose unclear, perhaps an attendance or membership record. The top of the first page is dated June 19, 1876, and the bottom of the second page is dated Nov. 5, 1877.
Names mentioned, in order, with locations: Rev. Wm. H. Benade (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Rev. J. R. Hibbard (Chicago, Ill.), Rev. N. C. Burnham (Lancaster, Pa.), Rev. J. P. Stuart (Vineland, N. J.), Rev. Samuel Warren (Boston, Mass.), Rev. R. L. Tafel (London, Eng.), Rev. L. H. Tafel...
Dates:
1876-06-19; 1877-11-05