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

Mary Kite commonplace book, 1831-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Mary Kite includes extracts from her diary, correspondence, and an account of a religious visit to North Carolina. Diary entries concern family news, as well as Kite's attendance at Quaker meetings and social events.

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Bettle family correspondence, 1825-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection contains the personal correspondence of Elizabeth, Mary, and Samuel Bettle.

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Janney family papers, 1800-1870 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (6 folders)
Abstract:: This collection contains Janney family papers, and includes family correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial records, legal papers, maps, and photographs.

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Morris/Engle Family Papers, 1820-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Although the central figure in this collection is the Philadelphia Quaker businessman and philanthropist, T. Wistar Brown (1826-1916), it also includes materials relating to his father Moses Brown, mother Mary Wistar Brown, and wife Mary Farnum Brown, along with other members of the Brown family. Among the papers are correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks and deeds.

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Caspar Wistar Morris Scrapbook, 1825-1843 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains letters, speeches, and articles between 1825 and 1843. The materials were cut from newspaper articles and bound together. Some of the newspapers include the National Intelligencer, Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, and Commercial Advertiser.

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Henry H. Albertson collection, 1826-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: .75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Includes letters, many of which are by and to William Hodgson (1804-1878). All or most of the letter writers are Friends; a number of them are British Friends. Topics often include visits to other Friends, attending Meeting, health, religious or philosophical reflections, and because of the period of writing, often refer openly or obliquely to the Wilbur-Gurney controversy.

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Thomas Wistar Brown papers, 1701-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (1 box, 13 volumes)
Abstract:

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Cope-Evans Family papers, 1732-1911 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.25 linear ft. (9 boxes, 3 volumes)
Abstract:: Letters (with accompanying poetry, acrostics, drawings, clippings, etc.), marriage certificates, photographs, friendship book, estate related papers, account books, and computer disks. Primarily letters of the closely related Quaker families of Cope and Evans of Germantown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); other families include Brown, Drinker, and Haines.

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Robert B. Haines, III collection, 1793-1834 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection consists almost entirely of autograph letters, signed, mostly addressed to Reuben Haines, 1793-1834, about one-third addressed to him personally, the other two-thirds addressed to him as Corresponding Secretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The writers of the latter were scientists, scholars, and statesmen from all over the world, including John James Audubon, 1785-1851, Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, Rembrandt Peale, 1778-1860, and many others.

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Rankin Family papers, 1804-1894 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The case of James Rankin, a loyalist during the American Revolution, whose estate was confiscated and sold. Rankin's heirs sued for restitution and won.

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