Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Subject: Quakers -- Diaries / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1830">1830</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1834">1834</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Matlack Family papers, 1685-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: .75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection includes miscellaneous historical and genealogical documents of the Matlack and other Quaker families focused on the 18th and 19th centuries. Collection is notable for its variety of formats, including commonplace books, diaries, account books, correspondence, and poetry.

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Jones-Cadbury Family papers, ca. 1770-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:: 72 linear ft. (141 boxes and 8 packages, 6 tubes)
Abstract:: The Quaker families of Jones and Cadbury were interrelated with many other Quaker families in the United States and England. This collection provides a rich source of genealogical and historical information, not only on the Jones and Cadbury families, and especially Mary Hoxie Jones (1904-2003) and Emma Cadbury Jr. (1875-1965), but also, significantly, on the Warder family, as well as the Bartram, Brown, Carter, Foulke, Kaighn, Lowry, Mennell, Pearsall, Shinn, and Shipley families.

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Thomas Scantlebury diaries, 1771-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.33 linear ft. (13 volumes, 4 foldered, 5 total folders)
Abstract:: Thomas Scantlebury's diaries describe his life in Bristol, England, particularly meetings attended, visits among Friends, business related news, and social calls.

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Joshua Sharpless diaries, 1798, 1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Entries describe Sharpless's travel to, and time spent in, Cornplanter's village during 1798.

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Thomas Pim Cope diaries, 1800-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 linear ft. (11 volumes)
Abstract:: Cope was a Quaker merchant, founder of Cope family shipping business, and member of Philadelphia City Council and Pennsylvania legislature. His diary entries cover a variety of topics including weather, religious and personal reflection, business interests, family news, and discussions of international politics.

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Scattergood family papers, circa 1800-1876 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft.
Abstract:: Primarily the letters of the Quaker Scattergood family detailing daily life in the Philadelphia area and touching on issues of dress. There is a also a letter of Joseph Scattergood from Tunesassa, New York, telling of his work with Cornplanter's Native Americans. As well, there is a diary kept by Ann Sellers from 1853 to 1856 and a cookbook, circa 1800.

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Amy Fenimore diary, 1803-1840 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.042 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Amy Fenimore was a Quaker from Philadelphia. Her diary entries largely focus on prayers and religious reflection, and many describe Quaker meetings, and births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community. Entries during the years 1832-1833 discuss the Hicksite-Orthodox Quaker separation.

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John Shoemaker journals, 1805-1893 (inclusive) 1805-1815 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (4 volumes)
Abstract:: John Shoemaker was a Quaker minister. Shoemaker's journals detail his religious visits throughout North America. Entries generally describe travel between destinations, families that host Shoemaker and his companions throughout their travels, and descriptions of Quaker meetings attended and Quaker families visited.

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Updegraff Family papers, 1810-1929 (inclusive) 1810-1896 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.0 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Letters; diaries; genealogical material; land grants signed by Presidents John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, and Franklin Pierce; and other papers of the Updegraff family, mainly those of David B. Updegraff, which provide a picture of Quakerism in 19th-century Ohio.

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Susan Foulke diary, 1814-1840 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Susan Foulke was an Orthodox Quaker and a member of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Entries detail Susan's daily life and include prayers, religious reflection, descriptions of visits to friends and family in Philadelphia and Burlington, New Jersey, and births, deaths, and marriages within her family and the Quaker community.

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