Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Form: Commonplace books / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1832">1832</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Margaret White's commonplace books include poetry, prayers, and newspaper clippings.

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Extent:: 5.5 linear ft. (13 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection spans more than two centuries and includes most notably members of the Allinson and Taylor families. There are also letters from Joseph Bonaparte, Sarah Moore Grimke, Julia Ward Howe and George Washington. Prominent material types include correspondence, diaries, financial, legal and property papers, maps, photographs and poetry. The richest subject veins are anti-slavery, including the Free Produce Association of Friends, the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia and settlement of land in New York.

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Extent:: 0.35 linear ft. (6 volumes)
Abstract:: The Lloyd family commonplace books include extracts, poetry, and literary quotes.

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Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (4 volumes)
Abstract:: The commonplace books of the Shoemaker family include advice, reflections, excerpts of letters, prose, poetry, and excerpts organized by topic, including matrimony, happiness, pleasure, and character.

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Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Daniel Wheeler includes letters from Wheeler's children, an account of the last illness of Jane Wheeler, and a poem by his son, William Wheeler.

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