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Start Over Repository Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Place Chester County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources Place Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources Year 1892

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Lydia Jones Sharpless Hunn Papers, 1881-1908 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:
Lydia Jones Sharpless Hunn (1818-1911) was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Orthodox Quaker. The collection contains diaries (1881-1908), reminiscences (1893), and other family papers.

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Charles Palmer Papers, 1829-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:
Charles Palmer (1863-1966) was a Quaker teacher, lawyer, and real estate broker from Chester, Pennsylvania. The collection includes family correspondence, including that of Palmer as a student at Swarthmore College, diaries of Palmer's father, Lewis Palmer (1837-1917), mother, Hannah H. Palmer (1836-1917), and other family members in Chester and Delaware counties, Pa., account books, business and legal papers, essays, poetry, clippings, memorabilia, and other papers. Includes material relating to Lewis Palmer's book, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John and Mary Palmer (1875), and to Quaker affairs, especially work for prohibition.

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