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Moore-Tyson family photographs, 1803-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:
.3 cubic ft. (1 box, stored with pa152: biddle family swarthmore college photographs)
Abstract:
The Moores and Tysons were Maryland Quaker families. Prominent family members include abolitionist Elisha Tyson, George Ellicott of Ellicott City, Maryland, and Swarthmore College founder Martha Ellicott Tyson.

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

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Moore-Tyson Family Papers, 1803-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
The Moore and Tysons were Maryland Quaker families. Robert Rowland Moore (1863-1934) was married in 1886 to Margaret Gittings Tyson (1859-1937). The collection contains secondary and genealogical information, photographs, diaries, and some miscellaneous papers descending in the Moore, Townsend, Ellicott, and Tyson families. It includes writings about Elisha Tyson and the Tyson family, a copybook and other material concerning Joseph Townsend, Mary Ellicott’s diary of a journey to State of Ohio (1819) with secondary material on Ellicott City and the Ellicott family, and Tabitha B. Rowland Moore’s diary and copybook (1805-1815).

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

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