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Title: [Clement B. Webster, with horse, on Stouton farm, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts Clement B. Webster, attired in a suit, hat and coat, holding the reigns of a horse on the farm behind Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, owned by the Webster family since 1805. A muddy path leads to crude, wooden outbuildings in the distance., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Modern reference print #23 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.61]

Title: [Clement B. Webster looking at a portrait of Benjamin Harrison]
Description: Depicts the photographer's brother, Clement Biddle Webster, looking at a print of the twenty-third president of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, posted on the overmantel in an unidentified home. Possibly one of the Webster family homes on Penn Street, which were located at the intersection of Harrison Street in Frankford., Modern reference print #15 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.129]

Title: [Bertha T. and Clement B. Webster near the smokehouse, Mount Equity, Pennsdale, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the photographer's brother, Clement B. Webster, with his wife, Bertha T. Webster, near the smokehouse on the property of Mount Equity in Pennsdale, Pa. Bertha is attired in a striped dress, standing against the shed with a tennis racket in hand. Clement sits at her feet, resting his elbow on a pumpkin. The photographer's aunt, Hannah Mary S. Taylor, rented Mount Equity from her son-in-law's family during the summer months of 1889 and 1890., A small stone section of Mount Equity, known as "The Cottage," was constructed near the Wolf Run House in Pennsdale, Pa. ca. 1810 by Mercy Ellis after the death of her husband, William Ellis. After her death in 1848, her children used the cottage primarily during the summer months. Her son Charles Ellis built a stone addition to the house in 1861 and a rear kitchen wing was added by the family in 1882. It was around this time that the enlarged house shed its name as "The Cottage," and was known as Mount Equity. The property is now home to a Buddhist Monastery, Mt. Equity Zendo Jihoji., Modern reference print #30 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.69]

Title: [John H. Webster, Sr., with his five sons, on the porch of Stouton, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the five sons of John Hambleton Webster, standing in ascending age order from left to right behind their seated father near the front entrance of Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, owned by the Webster family since 1805. From left to right: Clement B. Webster, John H. Webster, Jr., Howard Webster, George S. Webster, and Albert Webster., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.62]

Title: [Group with tennis rackets on lawn of Mount Equity, Pennsdale, Pa.]
Description: Double exposure depicting a group posing with tennis rackets on a lawn and a horse-drawn buggy on a dirt path. The group, including the photographer's brother, Clement B. Webster, and his wife, Bertha T. Webster, is more prominent in the photograph. Includes a young man, possibly Walter S. Taylor, lying in the grass. Behind him an unidentified woman sits in a chair. A little girl stands between Clement and Bertha. Depicts the group on the property of Mount Equity in Pennsdale, Pa, rented by the photographer's aunt, Hannah Mary S. Taylor, during the summer months of 1890 and 1891., A small stone section of Mount Equity, known as "The Cottage," was constructed near the Wolf Run House in Pennsdale, Pa. ca. 1810 by Mercy Ellis after the death of her husband, William Ellis. After her death in 1848, her children used the cottage primarily during the summer months. Her son Charles Ellis built a stone addition to the house in 1861 and a rear kitchen wing was added by the family in 1882. It was around this time that the enlarged house shed its name as "The Cottage," and was known as Mount Equity. The property is now home to a Buddhist Monastery, Mt. Equity Zendo Jihoji., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.95]

Title: [John H. Webster, Sr., with his five sons, on the porch of Stouton, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the five sons of John Hambleton Webster, standing in descending age order from left to right behind their seated father near the front entrance of Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, owned by the Webster family since 1805. From left to right: Albert Webster, George S. Webster, Howard Webster, John H. Webster, Jr. and Clement B. Webster., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.63]

Title: [Residence, with Webster family portraits on porch]
Description: Exterior views of an unidentified two story residence, with a colonnaded front porch. Architectural images depict the front facade of the house, focusing on the porch and the hammock hanging from two large trees in the front yard. A detail of a shuttered shed window behind the house is also included. Some of the images show Webster family members sitting on the front porch, including the photographer's wife, Jane Lownes Webster, his brothers, Clement B., George S., and Howard Webster, Bertha T. Webster, and many children sitting in the hammock., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.77-79, P.9501.99-100, P.9501.104, P.9501.115]

Title: [Group standing near tennis net on Stouton lawn, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts two couples and a young woman standing near a tennis net on Stouton's property. Includes from right to left: the photographer, John H. Webster next to his wife, Jane L. Webster. The woman who stands next to Jane, behind the net, is probably one of her sisters, Hannah or Minnie Lownes. Next to Hannah or Minnie is Bertha T. Webster, who is looking at her husband Clement B. Webster. Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, was owned by the Webster family since 1805., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Modern reference print #18 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.98]

Title: [Group on hammock on Stouton lawn, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: The photographer's wife, Jane L. Webster, sits in a hammock with a young woman, possibly one of her sisters, Minnie or Hannah Lownes. Jane's husband, the photographer, sits in a rocking chair behind them. Clement B. and Bertha T. Webster sit in the grass in front of the hammock. A camera rests on the folds of Bertha's dress between her and Clement. The photographer's mother, Lydia S. Webster, looks down at the group from her rocking chair on the porch of Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, owned by the Webster family since 1805., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Modern reference print #16 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.70]

Title: [Webster family portraits on side porch of 4834 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: The Webster family stands on the side porch of 4834 Penn Street in Frankford, the home of the photographer's parents, Lydia S. and John H. Webster, Sr. Identified Webster family members from left to right include: George Smedley, Mary Smedley, Anna Dutton, Clement Biddle, Lydia Smedley, Horace Dutton, Bertha Taylor, Howard, and Jane Lownes. The children standing in the front row are either the photographer's children or his brother Clement's children., Modern reference print #20 available for P.9501.71 and #21 for P.9501.72 in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.71 & 72]

Title: [John H. Webster, Sr., with his five sons and grandson, on the porch of Stouton, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the five sons and grandson of John Hambleton Webster, standing near the front entrance of Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, owned by the Webster family since 1805. From left to right: George S. Webster, Howard Webster, Clement B. Webster, John H. Webster, Sr., Albert Webster, and John H. Webster, Jr. Horace D. Webster, son of Albert Webster, stands in front of Clement., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.64]

Title: [Webster family portrait at Stouton, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the photographer's family standing in front of his parent's home, Stouton, at Kensington and Indiana Avenues, their residence before they moved to 4834 Penn Street. Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, was inhabited by the Webster family beginning in 1805. Includes the following family members, from left to right: the photographer, John H. Webster, Jr.; George S. Webster; Howard Webster; a toddler, probably Maurice A. Webster; Mary H. Anderson; Albert Webster; Anna D. Webster; Horace D. Webster; Mary S. Webster; Clement B. Webster; Mabel C. Webster; Lydia S. Webster; and John H. Webster, Sr., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Modern reference print #25 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.97]

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