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Start Over Repository Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Subject Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Place Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History

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Sansom Perot papers, 1842-1872 (inclusive)

Extent:
.15 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:
This collection is comprised of the correspondence, financial records, and legal records of Sansom Perot Morris. The collection includes hand drawn maps of property, copies of Sansom Perot's will, loose financial documents, rent contracts, deeds, and correspondence.

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Thomas Evans papers, 1704-1868 (inclusive) 1823-1859 (bulk)

Extent:
.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:
This collection contains over 240 mainly incoming manuscript letters addressed to Thomas Evans, a Philadelphia druggist, author, editor, Orthodox Quaker minister of Philadelphia and, in 1833, one the founders of Haverford College. The letters, 1823-1859, contain material on his very active role in the Society of Friends and the problems of religious doctrine before and during the Hicksite and Wilburite schisms within the Quaker faith. The collection also includes papers and legal documents from Evans' role as trustee for multiple Quaker estates.

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