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Start Over Repository Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Subject Poetry Year 1800 to 1849

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Allinson Family Papers, 1710-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:
5.5 linear ft. (13 boxes)
Abstract:
This collection spans more than two centuries and includes most notably members of the Allinson and Taylor families. There are also letters from Joseph Bonaparte, Sarah Moore Grimke, Julia Ward Howe and George Washington. Prominent material types include correspondence, diaries, financial, legal and property papers, maps, photographs and poetry. The richest subject veins are anti-slavery, including the Free Produce Association of Friends, the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia and settlement of land in New York.

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Anonymous commonplace books, 1750-1894 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.34 linear ft. (7 volumes)
Abstract:
This collection is comprised of seven volumes of anonymous commonplace books. The commonplace books tend to include poetry and religious extracts.

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John Fling commonplace book, 1786-1816 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:
The commonplace book of John Fling includes poetry and extracts arranged by topic. Some of the later extracts are signed by Hannah Fling.

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Tamar Roberts Matlack commonplace book, 1807-1823 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:
The commonplace book of Tamar Roberts Matlack includes testimonies concerning the following Quakers: Elisha Kirk, Ruth Walmsley, Mary Knight, Martha Parry, and Peter Yarnall. The commonplace book also includes poetry and excerpts concerning Elias Hicks.

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Deborah Fisher Wharton commonplace book, 1808-1814 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.02 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:
Deborah Fisher Wharton (1795-1888) was an American Quaker minister, suffragist, and social reformer, as well as one of the founders of Swarthmore College. Wharton's commonplace book volumes include poetry and prose.

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Jonathan Evans scrapbook, 1817

Extent:
0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:
The scrapbook of Jonathan Evans was originally used as an account book, circa 1775-1782, and was later used as a scrapbook. The volume includes newspaper clippings, which generally focus on poetry, philosophy, and politics, pasted in over the original financial records.

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