Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Form: Correspondence / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1860">1860</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1864">1864</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Richard Mead Atwater papers, 1862-1922 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: Richard Mead Atwater (1844-1922) was the son of Stephen Atwater and Mary Weaver, both of whom were Quaker. This collection is comprised of Atwater's diary, 1862; letters concerning Brown University; club memberships and letters concerning the memberships and autobiographical remarks written in 1917 as well as an earlier biographical sketch.

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

Bacon Family papers, 1800-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 linear ft. (16 boxes and 1 volume)
Abstract:: Correspondence, diaries and photographs relating to the 20th- century Quakers Edith Farquhar Bacon and Francis Rogers Bacon, their families, forbears, friends and colleagues.

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

Moses Brown papers, 1815-1911 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Correspondence, legal, land and estate papers (wills, powers of attorney, deeds, mortgages, bonds, etc.), account book, manuscript book, and other papers of the Quaker Brown family of Philadelphia and New Hampshire.

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

E. Newbold Cooper / Margaret Hawkins collection, 1820s-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 linear ft. (5 boxes, 6 volumes)
Abstract:: Represents, in large measure, the Cooper and Wills families of E. Newbold Cooper and the Green, Hawkins, and Sharpless families of Margaret Hawkins.

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

Morris Wistar Wood Collection, 1716-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: 18 linear ft. (36 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of related Quaker families including Collins, Cresson, Emlen, Morris, Wistar and Wood, consisting of travel letters, diaries, notebooks and photographs. Principals in the collection are Horatio C. Wood, Annabella Cresson Wood, Morris Wistar Wood, Caleb Cresson and Charles Wood.

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George W. Taylor letterbooks, 1852-1868 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft. (2 volumes, 1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of two volumes of the letterbooks of convinced Quaker George W. Taylor, which contain business correspondence.

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John Greenleaf Whittier letterbook, 1842-1873 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and editor, as well as an involved abolitionist. He was a delegate to the Anti-Slavery Society in 1833, a member of the State Legislature in 1835, founded the antislavery Liberty party in 1840, and ran for Congress in 1842. Topics covered in Whittier's letterbook include news of health and family, as well as discussions of contributions to "The Non-Slaveholder" and discussions of English Friends.

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Charles Wood correspondence, 1862-1869 (bulk) 1862-1928 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.16 linear ft. (8 volumes, 1 folder)
Abstract:: Charles Wood was born a Quaker and later became a Presbyterian minister. This collection is comprised of eight volumes of his compiled correspondence. Each volume contains personal correspondence from family and friends related to Wood's education, news of his family, and discussions of social outings and cricket.

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

Rachel Scattergood commonplace books, 1856-1894 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: The commonplace books of Rachel Scattergood include extracts of poetry, prose, correspondence, and quotations.

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Richard Jones letter, 1861

Extent:: 0.005 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains a letter written by Richard Jones.

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