{"value"=>"<p>Samuel D. Ingham, 1799-1860, was the secretary of treasury for Andrew Jackson. He married Deborah K. Hall and they had three children, Rebecca, 1823-1895, William, and Mary Louisa. Rebecca married George Hale, 1812-1888, and they had one son, Arthur. William Ingham married Catherine Keppele and they had three children, Jonathan, Thomas, and Mary.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Ingham family papers contain correspondence, legal papers, writings, family histories, memorabilia, and photographs from the Ingham family. The correspondence includes discussions about illnesses, travels, family matters (for both the Ingham's and Emerson's), and politics. There is a letter from famed astrologer, Carroll Righter, a distant cousin of the Ingham's. There are several compositions written by William Ingham, which were concerned with human nature, U.S. and European politics, and the natural world.</p> <p>A fair amount of William's business papers which concern his legal practice are present. These papers contain property accounts and inventories, tax assessments, contracts, and legal inquiries. There are other legal papers from the Inghams, including wills, accounts, and the purchases of burial plots. In addition, there is also a thorough family history that mostly focuses on the Hale family (Rebecca Ingham's husband's family), which was used for the application to join the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames.</p> <p>The memorabilia contains several published memorials of members of the Ingham family, a printed song written by John H. Ingham, a Bucks County Historical Society membership certificate, and copies of Samuel D. Ingham's obituary in the New York Herald. There are also several photographs of members of the Ingham family, including Tommy Ingham's class picture and two framed photographs, one of William and one of his wife Catherine Keppele Ingham.</p>"}