Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1795">1795</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1799">1799</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Richard Hockley letterbook, 1737-1742, 1965-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (1 volume, 1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the single letterbook of Richard Hockley and contains business correspondence. The majority of letters in the volume are written by Richard Hockley on his travels for the business interests of Thomas Hyam, a London merchant. Letters are written from a variety of locations, including Barbados, Charleston, South Carolina, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Rebecca Jones letterbook, 1797-1805 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.12 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Rebecca Jones's letterbook includes her personal correspondence with Leonard Snowdon. Letters describe meetings Jones attended, discussions of the abolition of slavery, and news of friends and family. Included in the volume is a brief account of Jones's convincement.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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Other Certificates, 1682-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear ft. (2 folders)
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Susan Morton Tatum collection, 1714-1961 (bulk 19th century) (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection contains correspondence, genealogical information, portraits, and other objects relating to the Tatum, Mickle, Whitall, Wright, and Lewis families.

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Thomas Willis papers, 1792-1859 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.005 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains a letter by Thomas Willis and a transcribed account of an earlier event.

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Deeds and Documents, 1688-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.3 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection includes an assortment of legal documents, including deeds, marriage certificates, indentures, and leases.

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