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Tamar Roberts Matlack commonplace book, 1807-1823 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:
The commonplace book of Tamar Roberts Matlack includes testimonies concerning the following Quakers: Elisha Kirk, Ruth Walmsley, Mary Knight, Martha Parry, and Peter Yarnall. The commonplace book also includes poetry and excerpts concerning Elias Hicks.

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

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Shoemaker commonplace books, 1794-1839 (inclusive)

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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.

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

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Waln family commonplace books, 1814, undated

Extent:
0.06 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Abstract:
The Waln family's commonplace books, written by Joseph Waln, Richard Waln, and Sarah Waln, include poetry and prose related to sin, illness, and death.

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

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Daniel Wheeler commonplace book, 1832-1837 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)
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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.

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

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Caroline Cope Yarnall Hartshorne commonplace books, 1848-1868 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.1 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:
The commonplace book of Caroline Cope Yarnall Hartshorne includes sketches, postcards, pressed flowers, and poems copied by various friends of Hartshorne, including M.A. Longstreth, S. Longstreth, Susan H. Lloyd, Hannah Whitall Smith, Alfred Cope, M. Newlin, Jane Edge, and Anna Hallowell. Poetry focuses on nature, religion, and friendship.

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

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George R. Dearborn commonplace book, 1805-1806 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear feet (1 volume)
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George R. Dearborn was a supercargo on the ship Commerce and was in Mocha, Yemen in 1806. This commonplace book probably documents his voyage to Mocha, which likely started in Charleston, South Carolina, in February, 1805; and made stops in Antwerp in June and Batavia in November. The volume contains excerpts from readings, recipes, trivia, a dictionary of Arabic to English words, a diary entry, a list of ships leaving Mocha from 1805 to 1806, and a list of expenses incurred during the trip.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Margaret W. D. Campbell remembrance book, 1833-1844 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear_foot (1 volume)
Abstract:
This volume was given to Margaret W. D. Campbell in remembrance of T. C. in 1833. It is unclear what relationship Margaret had with T. or who gifted the volume. The volume consists of a decade's worth of contributions of poems, drawings, songs, and a dictionary of floral emblems by a number of people probably living in the Glasgow area of Scotland. Topics of contributions relate, primarily, to death and mourning, Scotland, music, and flowers.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Hannah Flinders recipe and commonplace book, 1802-1809 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
This volume contains 63 recipes and fifty-three pages of poems, verse, and grammar lessons written and compiled by Hannah Flinders in England between 1802 and 1809.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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