Form: Correspondence / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1831">1831</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Correspondence, 1656-1974, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.0080 linear ft.
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of correspondence from various Quakers.

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

Jane Bettle correspondence, 1813-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Jane Bettle.

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

William Frost correspondence, 1809, 1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the handwritten letter (1809) between William Frost and Samuel Jenkins, and two letters between Thomas E. Drake and C.E.H. Whitlock concerning the sale of the original William Frost letter.

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

Howell family correspondence, 1818-1847 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the correspondence of the Howell family. Letters are between family members, Elizabeth and Israel Howell and their children, and relate family matters.

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

Ladd family correspondence, 1809-1841 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the correspondence of the Ladd family. Letters describe Quaker meetings; traveling to other meetings such as those in Philadelphia, New York, Indiana, Missouri, and Rhode Island; health, family, and numerous Friends; and some discussion of business.

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

Hoskins family letterbook, 1729-1864 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the single volume letterbook of the Hoskins family. The primary correspondents in the volume are members of the Hoskins family, though quite a number of the letters are directed to Benjamin H. Warder. Most of the letters were written in the 18th century, but some are from the 19th century. A number of them are religious in nature, while others deal with service in the ministry or visiting Friends, and some deal with states of health and mortality. The letters cover a broad range of topics, including, but not limited to Quakers and trade in Barbados, outbreaks of small pox, the opening of Native American schools, and the Orthodox-Hicksite separation. Some prominent letter writers include: Martha Allinson, George Dillwyn, Thomas Evans, Rebecca Jones, James Mott, Elizabeth Robson, Charity Rotch, John Warder, Nicholas Waln, and Daniel Wheeler.

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

Wing family correspondence, 1827-1832

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of a single folder of the personal correspondence of the Wing family.

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

Richard Reave Wood papers, 1687-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: .05 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: This collection contains the papers of Richard Reave Wood.

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

Clendenon Family Papers, 1789-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection contains correspondence, journals, and other papers of the Robert and Elizabeth Clendenon family who served as Quaker missionaries to the Native Americans in Tunesassa, Cattaraugus County, New York, in 1812-1816 and were early settlers of Ceres, McKean County, Pennsylvania. Of special note are the diary and correspondence of Robert Clendenon. The bulk of the correspondence was received by Lydia Clendenon Chevalier and includes two letters dictated by Jacob Johnson, a member of the Seneca tribe whom she met at Tunesassa. Other letters provide insight into the lives of her unmarried sisters who struggled to make a living as teachers. The letters mention family events, Quaker and anti-slavery concerns. Also included are research material and writing compiled by Dorothy Godfrey Wayman in preparation for her articles on the Clendenon and Chevalier families.

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

Roberts Family Correspondence, 1815-1922, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.832 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: This collections contains materials belonging to the Roberts Family from 1815-1922. The bulk of this collections consists of correspondence with Elizabeth T. Roberts.

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

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