Organization: Society for the Relief of Free Negroes. / People: Penn, William, 1644-1718. / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1735">1735</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1739">1739</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Organization Society for the Relief of Free Negroes. People Penn, William, 1644-1718. Year 1735 to 1739

Extent:: 9.3 linear feet (; 19 boxes, 40 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection of papers that originated mostly from the Cox family of Oxmead, Burlington County, New Jersey, and the Parrish family of Maryland and Philadelphia, contains information on the religious, humanitarian, social, and economic influence of the Quakers in American life. Spanning two centuries from 1700 to 1900, the collection contains family and some business correspondence, personal and financial volumes, petitions, deeds, publications, prints and photographs, and materials from the Friends Association of Philadelphia.

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