Hossinger Papers

The James Hossinger papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, estate papers, receipts, and bills of this resident of late nineteenth-century Newark, Delaware. Hossinger was either a signatory or a witness for the majority of legal documents included in the collection. The earliest document in the collection is a 1790 indenture between John Stockton and David Clark for a parcel of land located in White Clay Creek Hundred. The estates represented in the collection were either held in trust by Hossinger or ones in which he acted as executor, including the estate of his father Joseph.. Also included in the collection is a scrapbook containing news clippings, published poems, obituaries, and wedding announcements.