Miscellaneous

Many pieces from Kennedy's collection are so random it was impossible to categorize them. These include plans of buildings, manuscripts, and poetry. Below is a list of these pieces:

K : 10 - 8 Watercolor miniature; 9.1 x 5.3 cm  
K : 8 - 118 Pencil/white wash drawing; 19 x 11.5 cm Jenny Lind, 1866.
K : 10 - 8 Watercolor miniature; 9.1 x 5.3 cm  
K ; 1 - 10.1 Watercolor; 14.2 x 15.7 cm Plan of Say Burial Ground
K : 1 - 10.2 Watercolor; 13.2 x 17.5 cm Monument Erected to Dr. Benjamin Say, 1813
K : 2 - 89 Watercolor; 17.2 x 26.4 cm Plan of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Depot.
K : 3 - 82 Watercolor/Lithograph; 16.3 x 29.7 cm Agricultural Building. Centennial Exhibition.
K : 3 - 83 Photographs: 1. 10 x 7.9 cm; 2. 10 x 7.9 cm; 3. 9.5 x 5.9 cm; 4. 9.5 x 5.9 cm 1. Agricultural Hall, 2. Horticultural Hall, 3. Avenue of the Republic, 4. Agricultural Hall
K : 3 - 87a   Floor plan of the Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Depot.
K : 3 - 89 Watercolor; 19 x 22.6 cm Annex to the Art Gallery (floor plan).
K : 5 - 78.2 Watercolor; 18.9 x 9.5 cm A Philadelphia Volunteer Fireman, 1847.
K : 9 - 11 Pencil sketch; 14.5 x 31.5 cm Proposed alteration of Mineral Spring Company.
K : 2 - 17.1 Watercolor; 11.1 x 25 cm Plan of the Basement of Hill’s Mansion.
K : 2 - 17.2 Watercolor; 11.1 x 25 cm Plan of the First Floor of the Hill’s Mansion.
K : 2 - 17.3 Watercolor; 11.1 x 25 cm Plan of the Second Floor of the Hill’s Mansion.
K : 5 - 56.2 Watercolor; 19.6 x 28.8 cm Plan of Saint Michael’s Old German Lutheran Church.
K : 6 - 73.2   Remarks on th Old Salem Methodist Church.
K : 10 - 13 Old photo reproduction; 7.1 x 13 cm Street scene sketched, November 25, 1879. K : 10 - 16 Watercolor / architectural drawing; 21.8 x 27.3 cm Unidentified floor plan.
K : 10 - 18 Watercolor / Architectural drawing; 21 x 32 cm Unidentified Ground Plan.
K : 10 - 38 Ink sketch; 18.4 x 30.3 cm 4 pieces of unidentified statuary.
K : 10 - 39 Pencil & ink sketch; 5.3 x 7.9 cm Scratching dog.
K : 10 - 45a Wash drawing; 18.4 x 30 cm Unidentified building.
K : 10 - 47   Notices of Philadelphia & New York, Stage, Steamboat & Railroad Lines, 1810 & 1841. Manuscript. On reverse: Reminiscence of meeting Daniel Webster, 1845. Manuscript.
K : 10 - 49c Printed Advertisement; 12.4 x 7.5 cm Kennedy’s Patented Window Mirror, Patented, July 20, 1875.
K : 10 - 50a   Manuscript itinerary of a trip taken in 1895 by Mrs. S.M. Elliot, Mr. & Mrs. George L. Knowles, and Miss Jessie S. Kennedy.
K : 10 - 50b   Manuscript. The European cities visited in 1893 by Mrs. S.M. Elliot, Miss Jessie S. Kennedy and Mr. Nathaniel Knowles.
K : 10 - 52a   Poem Memories of the Past by Finley Johnson.
K : 10 - 52b   Poem The Past by Annie Mott.
K : 10 - 53   Check the Bank of Pennsylvania, signed by Benjamin Say, 1811. (2) items. Check (Blank) Bank of the United States 183-. (1) item.
K : 10 - 54a   Souvenirs: the Centennial Exhibition; ticket of admission to St. George’s House, the Great Central Fair, 1864; ticket of admission to reception by City of Philadelphia to Gen. U.S. Grant, 1879; Signature of B. Franklin & two tickets for Western R.R. Company
K : 10 - 54b   (5) calling cards of David Kennedy.
K : 10 - 55   Misc. Folders (5). Sketches (various sizes) unmounted; mountains, seascapes, buildings, figures, statuary, etc. (66) pieces.
K : 10 - 56   Supplement to index; ms. entitled Dancing in the Barn, Philadelphia, December, 1892. A recollection of an incident which occurred 57 years ago. [1835.]
K : 10 - 57   Folder of title pages, etc. from Kennedy’s sketch books Reminiscences of the Past; A poem by H. Barratt. (12) items.
K : 10 - 58   Misc. Newspaper clippings. 6 pp. (Mounted).
K : 10 - 65   Printed article re. the illness of David J. Kennedy, January 23, 1898, Philadelphia Inquirer.
K : 13 57 ms. pp. Composition Book: F. No. 3. Memorandums, notes & descriptions of sketches, poems, etc.
K : 13 60 pp. Composition Book: D. No. 1. Remarks, newspaper clippings, etc.
K : 13 A. 1869, 15 pp.; B. 1870, 39 pp.; C. 1871; 52 pp. Memorandums & Sketches.
K : 13 62 pp. Sketch Book. No. 2 1863-1880. Rough pencil sketches; notes; remarks; references; poems.
K : 13 48 pp. Sketch Book No. 3 1877-1885. Rough pencil sketches; notes; remarks; references; poems.
K : 13 61 ms. pp. Composition Book: E. No. 2. Memorandums, notes & descriptions, of sketches, poems, etc. Contains Kennedy’s Autobiography.
K : 13 38 ms. pp. Composition Book: Index to Descriptions of sketches for Fourth Volume; memos, texts for sketches, poetry, etc.
K : 13 60 pp. Composition Book: D. No. 1. Remarks, newspaper clippings, etc.
K : 13 57 ms. pp. Composition Book: F. No. 3. Memorandums, notes & descriptions of sketches, poems, etc.
K : 13 40 pp. Memo/Sketch book. March 26, 1872.
Kennedy Collection, Box 14. Transferred from Reading Room. Wzz. 503. Newspaper clippings for my sketch book in 5 volumes.
Kennedy Collection, Box 15. Transferred from Reading Room. Wzz. 503. Descriptions of Pictures in Sketch Book Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, entitled Lights and Shades of Other Days. Reminiscences of the Past. By D.J. Kennedy. Vol. I. Philadelphia. 1876. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings.
K : I - 1 Watercolor; 20 x 32.5 cm Lights & Shades of Other Days. Reminiscences of the Past. (Frontispiece of Sketchbook, large size.)
K : II - 79 17.5 x 32 cm Printed Obituary of William Kennedy copied from the Gulph Weekly Mercury, October 29, 1874. Guelph, Ontario.
K : II - 82c 7.2 x 11 cm Invitation from the President and Managers of Philadelphia, Reading, & Pottsville R.R. Co., to attend opening of the road to Pottsville, January 11, 1842.
K : II - 82d   List of the names of Presidents of the Philadelphia & Reading R.R. Company Secretaries & Treasurers to 1893.
K : II - 117a Several small watercolors: 1. 4 x 14 cm, 2. 5.5 x 14 cm, 3. 5 x 11.5 cm 1. Band playing at the Presidents Birth Night, 1796; 2. People dancing at the Presidents Birth Night, 1796; 3. Presidents Birth Night, 1796 to Doctor Benjamin Say.
K : III - 46 Architectural drawing; 19 x 30.9 cm Plan of Solitude Mansion. Residence of Granville John Penn. Drawn May 12, 1879.
K : III - 53 Watercolor; 18.5 x 31 cm The Rialto House Landing Avenue. Sketched May 2, 1871. (Fairmount Park.)
K : V - 39b   Manuscript. Reminiscences of some of the Centennial building of 1876. Written, 1891.
K : II - 28a   Poem Solitude.
K : II - 67 Watercolor; 7.7 x 13 cm Thomas Say in a Trance, 1725.
K : II - 94 Watercolor; 19.5 x 35 cm Mouth of the Wissahickon, 1792. Copied by Kennedy from an old painting by Thomas Birch.
K : III - 62 Watercolor; 17.7 x 31 cm View from the top of Laurel Hill in 1800.
K : IV - 73 Watercolor; 17.5 x 31 cm Seal of William Penn.
K : V - 3 Watercolor; 13.5 x 15.5 cm Monument, Treaty Ground of William Penn. Sketched April 15, 1889.
K : V - 34a Drawing & description; 19.8 x 35.7 cm Penn Treaty Tree (diagram of location).
K : VI - 19 Lithograph; 21.7 x 34.7 cm T. Sinclair, Lithographer, Philadelphia. Arrival of Union Volunteer Troops from the Eastern States at Washington Street Wharf, Philadelphia on their way south.
K : VI - 20 Lithograph; 21.7 x 37.8 cm T. Sinclair, Lithographer, Philadelphia. Troops arriving at the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, and departure for the seat of the Southern Rebellion, 1861.
K : VI - 57 Architectural drawing; 23 x 29.2 cm Bell Rock Light House Revolving Machinery by William Kennedy.
K : VII - 46 Lithograph; 15 x 23 cm. (2) Photos of Philadelphia. & Reading R.R. Posters 1839 & 1840. 13.5 x 10.5 cm ea. Eastwick & Harrisons Improved Locomotive Engine by P.S. Duval, Lithographer, Philadelphia. Manuscript note in Kennedy’s hand reads, This Locomotive Engine Gowan & Marx Hauled the first Freight train over the Philadelphia & Reading R. road from Potts
K : VII - 49 Broadside; 45 x 35.5 cm; overall. Drawn & Printed by D.J. Kennedy, Phila. Drawing; 13.7 x 27.5 cm. of Black Rock Bridge & Tunnel, near Phoenixville for Advertisement of Freight Trains Philadelphia & Reading R.R. February 21, 1840.
K : VII - 54 Pencil sketch; 23 x 29.4 cm Culvert under River Drive at Girard Bridge.
K : VII - 61 & 61a (4) Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Return Excursion Tickets.  

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