Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1850">1850</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1854">1854</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Richard Reeve Wood and Nancy Morris Wood family papers, 1820-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (6 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection contains the materials of several generations of Quaker families in the United States. Prominently featured are Richard Reeve Wood and Nancy Morris Wood; Edward S. Wood, Richard's father; and Alexander Cooper and Mary Emma Stokes Wood, Richard's grandfather and grandmother. Richard attended several sessions of the League of Nations and participated in meetings leading to the formation of the United Nations in 1945.

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Joshua L. and Theodate L. Baily diaries, 1845-1916 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.32 linear ft. (43 volumes)
Abstract:: The diaries span the majority of Baily's adult life. As a young man, Baily was very involved in the Philadelphia community, and many of his early entries are related to the Philadelphia Historical Society, the Eromathean society, the Pennsylvania Prison Society, which advocated for the health and safety of incarcerated people and prison reform, The Philadelphia Society for Employment and Instruction of the Poor, and the Moyamensing House of Industry. In later entries, Baily is largely concerned with temperance efforts, prohibition, and city government. In old age, Baily's focus shifts to news of his family, and he increasingly records international affairs and political or military events, particularly in the years leading up to World War I. Two volumes, for the years 1879 and 1880, are the diaries of Theodate Lang Baily, the wife of Joshua Baily's. Her diaries largely focus on social calls and family news, as well as descriptions of her husband and children and their health.

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Lloyd family diaries, 1815-1873 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.125 linear ft. (6 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection includes a variety of diaries of the Lloyd family, including three anonymous diaries, one diary written by Mary Ann Lloyd, one by Sarah Lloyd, and one by Susan Lloyd. Diary entries are generally related to religion, Quaker meetings, and social calls. Some volumes includes extracts or poetry.

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Mordecai Matlack diaries, 1838-1887 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.166 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Abstract:: Mordecai Matlack was a Quaker farmer in the vicinity of Byberry Township, just outside of Philadelphia. The majority of his diary entries describe Quaker meetings, social calls, and daily farm work.

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Francis and Samuel Gummere papers, 1854-1937 (inclusive) 1854-1919 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection contains materials related to the life of Francis Barton Gummere (1855-1919) as well as his father, Samuel James Gummere (1811-1874).

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John S. Haines diary, 1839-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: John S. Haines's "Farm and Garden" diary entries detail the weather, farm work done each day, harvests, planting, and crops yielded. Entries also describe farm-related business, including the sale of crops and the purchasing of farm equipment.

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Robert Lindsey journal, 1850

Extent:: 0.0080 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Journal of Robert Lindsey's trip to visit Friends in Iowa. Entries describe the journey, including descriptions of the weather, travel by horse and wagon over the prairies, the dangerous crossing of the frozen Mississippi River, the history of the Quakers in Iowa, Quaker Meetings attended, and visits to various Iowa Quaker families.

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Rowland Greene journals, 1830-1857, 1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.7 linear ft. (10 volumes)
Abstract:: Rowland Greene was a Quaker minister from Rhode Island. His diary entries focus largely on religious visits Greene made throughout New England, as well as Quaker meetings he attended, social calls, family news, deaths within the Quaker community, and passages of religious reflection.

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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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George W. Taylor letterbooks, 1852-1868 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear ft. (2 volumes, 1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of two volumes of the letterbooks of convinced Quaker George W. Taylor, which contain business correspondence.

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