Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Subject: Quakers -- History - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Benjamin Ladd letterbook, 1809-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This volume includes Benjamin Ladd's personal correspondence. Includes letters written by Ladd to his wife Elizabeth Ladd, sister Isabella Ladd, Phillip Price, Jonathon Taylor, John Whitchall, Abner Winder, Daniel Quinby, Christopher Healy, Deborah Cook, and Thomas Tucker. Also includes letters written to Benjamin Ladd from Stephen Grellet.

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Samuel Buckley Morris letterbooks, 1815-1842 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Samuel Buckley Morris was a Philadelphia area Quaker and one of the founders of Haverford College. This collection contains two volumes of his letterbooks. The first volume contains business correspondence; the second volume contains both business and personal correspondence.

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Sharpless family letterbook, 1883

Extent:: 0.12 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The personal correspondence included in the Sharpless family letterbook acted as a circulating "family letter," and was added to by each family member with the goal of assembling the letters at the end of the year and binding them together for the use of future generations. Letters generally provide news of each letter writer, as well as comments on past letters. Letter writers include Susanna F. Sharpless, Edith Sharpless, Thomas Sharpless, Elizabeth S. Smedley, Ann Sharpless, William Sharpless, and Susanna Sharpless.

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Henry Simmons letterbooks, 1797-1799, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Henry Simmons, who belonged to the Middletown Monthly Meeting, spent a year with the Seneca near Cornplanter's village along with Halliday Jackson and Joel Swayne. There, the group of missionaries set up a school and model farm. Simmons's letterbooks are comprised of business and government correspondence related to his work with various Indigenous nations.

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Mary Ann Lloyd letterbook, 1832-1840 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The letterbook of Mary Ann Lloyd includes correspondence between Daniel Wheeler and his daughter Jane Wheeler, as well as a copy of a letter from Daniel Wheeler to Elias Yarnall, dated 1840.

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Elizabeth Allinson commonplace book, 1820 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Elizabeth Allinson includes reflections upon the death of George Dillwyn, poetry, sketch of Martha Cooper Allinson, quotes and extracts, Quaker testimonies, and obituaries for Abigail Barker, Sybil Allinson, and Susanna Bigg.

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Sarah Wistar Cope commonplace books, 1824

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of two volumes of the commonplace books of Sarah Wistar Cope. The first volume includes extracts on moral and religious topics, poetry, and pressed leaves. The second volume includes a memorandum of a religious visit to New York, extracts, and an "account of Joseph Hoag's family."

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George Dillwyn commonplace book, Undated

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: George Dillwyn was a Quaker minister, and his commonplace book includes poetry, short stories, hymns, extracts from letters and meeting minutes, and quotes from famous authors such as Shakespeare, Milton, and Chaucer. The majority of the volume is composed of lists of extracts organized by topic, including topics such as: anger, affectation, old age, ambition, abstinence, religion, books, revenge, praise, sincerity, death, and temperance.

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Mary Flowers commonplace book, 1757-1761 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Mary Flowers includes copied letters, the account of the convincement (conversion to Quakerism) of Jane Hoskins, elegies, testimonies, extracts of meeting minutes left by Thomas Brown, and extracts from speeches.

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Miranda Gibbons commonplace book, Undated

Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Miranda Gibbons contains poetry, extracts, a memorandum for Henry G. Williams, and extracts from speeches.

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