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Bye Family Papers, 1685-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
Contains papers of Quakers of Delaware and southern Chester County (Pa.), particularly members of the Bye, Jenkinson, Passmore, Speakman, and Smith families. The collection includes correspondence, business records, photographs, and memorabilia of E. Mortimer and Pusey Passmore Bye, Thomas Jenkinson, Thomas H. Speakman, and Nathaniel Smith. Also includes accounts of Phebe Thomas who died at the age of 104 in Chester County (Pa.) and had witnessed the Battle of Brandywine as a child.

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

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Smith family correspondence, 1852-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
Abstract:
The collection contains family correspondence, most received by Ebenezer R. Smith, a Quaker of New York State and Iowa. Of interest is an unsent letter to Orson Squire Fowler, phrenologist and radical author, in which Ebenezer Smith expresses interest in taking Fowler's courses in order to pursue a career as lecturer and phrenologist. Letters from his parents, Barak and Mary Smith, of Springdale, Iowa, and other relations mention farm life and family concerns.

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