Subject: Quakers -- Family relationships / Place: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1795">1795</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1799">1799</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Quakers -- Family relationships Place United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Year 1795 to 1799

Extent:: 6 linear ft. (10 boxes (and folder))
Abstract:: This collection contains manuscripts and other materials relating to the Whitson, Smedley, Fisher and other Quaker families of southeastern Pennsylvania. Along with commonplace books, correspondence, and photographs are a series of thematically arranged genealogical binders assembled by the donors. Of particular interest are the battlefield correspondence of Sam Smedley who was killed in the American Civil War and the journal of Esther Whitson, later Cope, who served as a nurse with the AFSC in Russia in the early 1920s

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

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (5 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of the Bunting and Haines families, and includes clippings, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and marriage certificates of the family. While the majority of materials focus on Samuel Bunting Haines, other members of the family are represented among the materials as well.

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

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