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Sallie Satterthwaite commonplace book, Undated.

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Sallie Satterthwaite includes excerpts of poetry and prose, a copy of a "marriage letter," and a description of Girl's School Room at Westtown.

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

Shoemaker commonplace books, 1794-1839 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (4 volumes)
Abstract:: The commonplace books of the Shoemaker family include advice, reflections, excerpts of letters, prose, poetry, and excerpts organized by topic, including matrimony, happiness, pleasure, and character.

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

Sallie M. Taylor commonplace book, 1854-1856 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Sallie M. Taylor includes excerpts of poetry related to friendship, nature, and family, as well as quotations, a prayer card, and a poem copied for Taylor by" E.M.W."

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

Susanah Weston commonplace book, 1796

Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Susanah Weston includes an abstract of a letter from James Thornton, an account of a vision, excerpts of a Yearly Meeting of Ministers and Elders (1789), a letter from an Irish Friend to Catherine Payton, a prayer delivered at Hertford, and a testimony from the Monthly Meeting of Canterbury.

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

Margaretta Hinchman letterbooks, 1922-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.23 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Abstract:: Each volume of Margaretta Hinchman's letterbooks is organized alphabetically by the last name of the letter writer, and contains personal correspondence related to social events and social calls.

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

Caroline Cope Yarnall Hartshorne commonplace books, 1848-1868 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Caroline Cope Yarnall Hartshorne includes sketches, postcards, pressed flowers, and poems copied by various friends of Hartshorne, including M.A. Longstreth, S. Longstreth, Susan H. Lloyd, Hannah Whitall Smith, Alfred Cope, M. Newlin, Jane Edge, and Anna Hallowell. Poetry focuses on nature, religion, and friendship.

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

Mary Shakleton Leadbeater manuscripts, 1780-1826 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 linear ft. (2 boxes, 1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of a number of handwritten manuscript works by Mary Shakleton Leadbeater.

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

Mary Stout Martin letters to Mary Wister Logan, 1888-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Mary Stout Cowgill (1855-1938) married James Martin (b. 1852) in 1884 and lived most of her life in Delaware. Mary Wynne Wister (1847-1933) married Algernon S. Logan (1849-1925), a descendant of William Penn's secretary James Logan. They lived in Philadelphia and New Jersey. The Mary Stout Martin letters to Mary Wister Logan, 1888-1932, are mostly of a personal and routine nature, although some larger topics may also be addressed.

Held at: Stenton [Contact Us]

Elise Boulding Collected Papers, 1961-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.17 linear ft. (2 linear in.)
Abstract:

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Female Anti-Slavery Sewing Society records, 1852-1854 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.032 linear ft. (one book)
Abstract:: The Female Anti-Slavery Sewing Society's mission was to: "We organise ourselves a Sewing Society, for the purpose of relieving the sufferings of that class of our countrymen, who have fled from the oppression which they endured under the unjust laws of our country, and found a refuge in Canada." The minutes do not indicate location, founding or ending dates for the Society. The collection includes one book from 1852 - 1854 which begins with the mission of the society, and otherwise includes informal minutes, listings for material and financial donations given by memberships, and the number of people at each meeting.

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

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