records indicate that the Carpenter family was very promi- nent in public affairs, drawing deeds, wills, and other legal documents, set- tling estates of Decedents, etc. Emanuel, the eldest of Heinrich's family, was the most prominent of that generation. He was nicknamed " Manny the law-giver

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Genealogy Letters Marriage records Stocks Wills Search Terms: Aoelian Hall Carnegie Hall Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence Deeds Ephrata Cloister Family records Finding aids Genealogy Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia Letters Manuscript groups Marriage records Metropolitan Opera

. Edward’s son, Dickinson Gorsuch, was wounded and taken to the farm of Levi Pownall, where the Pownall family nursed him back to health. Historically, this event challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and is considered a precursor to the Civil War. The collection contains 2 distinct series: documents and