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Cope Family Papers, 1792-1877 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Abstract:

The Cope family was a Quaker family of Chester County and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore, Maryland. The collection contains family correspondence, genealogical papers and legal papers, a journal (1823) of Ann (Shoemaker) Janney, and other papers of the Cope and related Shoemaker, Yarnell, and Janney families. Individuals represented include Mahlon Day, Joseph John Gurney, and John Janney.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Mahlon Day papers, 1787-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:

1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)

Abstract:

The Mahlon Day papers center on the West Indies journals kept by Day on his spiritual trip with Joseph John Gurney in 1839-1840, and his letters which touch on a range of topics from religious to political to business to family.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Mahlon Day collection of publications, 1821-1852 (inclusive)

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (26 items (1 folder)))

Abstract:

Religious tracts and reprints and children's books with some manuscript inscriptions, published and sold by Mahlon Day, a New York Orthodox Quaker.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]