Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Form: travel literature - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (4 volumes)
Abstract:: John Shoemaker was a Quaker minister. Shoemaker's journals detail his religious visits throughout North America. Entries generally describe travel between destinations, families that host Shoemaker and his companions throughout their travels, and descriptions of Quaker meetings attended and Quaker families visited.

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Extent:: 0.66 linear ft. (20 volumes)
Abstract:: Joseph Walton's diary entries focus on his various religious visits in the United States, and include details about his travel, attendance at meetings, descriptions of the communities he visited, discussions concerning the status of free African Americans, and issues surrounding voting, as well as descriptions of his time among Seneca and Onondaga reservations in New York.

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Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Samuel J. Gummere's manuscripts detail his time traveling through Iowa's prairies, and include both poetry and prose.

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Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: William Dillwyn was a Philadelphia Quaker abolitionist who was tutored under Anthony Benezet. Entries describe Dillwyn's travels from his home in Burlington, New Jersey, to Charleston, South Carolina, including lists of things to pack, the voyage, and the weather. Later entries describe Dillwyn's time in South Carolina, visits with Friends, business, and Quaker meetings.

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Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Diary entries record Samuel Emlen Jr.'s journey into Maryland, and describes visits with Friends there, as well as social calls with friends and family, and Quaker meetings.

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Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Rachel Wilson was a Quaker minister who made a religious visit to the British colonies in North America in 1768, and attended the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in the fall of 1769, where she addressed John Woolman. The diary of Rachel Wilson's religious visit to New England and Charleston, South Carolina, from England. Entries describe her travels, Quaker families visited, and meetings attended.

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Extent:: 0.29 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of two volumes of the manuscripts of the letters of Philip Tidyman's travel throughout New England and Canada from his home in Charleston, South Carolina. The collection also includes correspondence, transcribed letters, and typed notes related to the manuscripts.

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