Seeking Resident of Greater Philadelphia

[Rob Wick]

(04-22-2013 01:54 PM)historybuff22 Wrote:  Hello,

I am in need of someone living in the greater Philadelphia area to conduct some research on my behalf at the Philadelphia City Hall.

I have already obtained a copy of Lafayette Curry Baker's will who lived and died in Philadelphia on July 3, 1868. Upon receiving it, although there was a checklist of items that shows an inventory was present, I did not receive it. Also, I found a historical reference that Lafayette C. Baker filed a codicil to his will 3 days before he died. This was not found either. Thus, I need someone to examine the files to find these 2 items: Inventory List and Codicil. The master file is W-400-1868. I am hoping that these 2 items were miss-filed in a folder or envelope before or after the folder/envelope that Lafayette C. Baker's will was found in.

Thanks in advance.

Rick Brown
HistoryBuff.com
A Nonprofit Organization

Rick,

Several years ago I contacted them about Lafe's will and they never found anything. I've got some material that James O. Hall got from a researcher in Michigan, but I don't think there was anything relating to his will. Everton Conger supposedly sued Baker's heirs for the money he invested in Baker''s hotel venture but I never found evidence of a lawsuit outside of media reports. I would suggest trying to find a grad student at Temple or somewhere and hiring them to go through the files.

Have you seen this?

http://www.phila.gov/records//Archives/Archives.html

Best
Rob