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Robert Hill papers, 1835-1845 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))
Abstract:
This collection includes wills and deeds of Robert Hill and pages from a family record which document the births and deaths of the Hill, Shaw, and Wright families.

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

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Gulielma M. Howland Collection, ca. 1700-1867 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.5 linear ft. ((7 boxes))
Abstract:
In these papers collected by Gulielma Howland are letters or other writings of such notable Quakers as George Dillwyn, Susanna Dillwyn, Samuel Emlen, John Fothergill,, Rebecca Grellet, Hannah Griffitts, Sarah Moore Grimke, Hill family, Margaret H. Hilles, James Logan, Margaret Hill Morris, Milcah Martha Moore, James and John Pemberton,, Daniel B. Smith, John Smith, Margaret H. Smith, Roberts Vaux, Daniel Wheeler and Thomas Wistar.

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

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Deeds and Documents, 1688-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.3 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:
This collection includes an assortment of legal documents, including deeds, marriage certificates, indentures, and leases.

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

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Shaw Family Papers, 1737-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
Accounts, correspondence, indentures, and family papers which relate to the descendents of Samuel Shaw (1710-1781), Quaker farmer of Richland, Pennsylvania, and related families including Hill, Heacock, Foulke, and Rawlings. Some of his descendents moved to Ohio and Indiana. Letters from family members in Ohio give details of daily life and customs of Quaker families and sense of the hardships endured on the frontier.

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