Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1750">1750</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1754">1754</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Stokes-Evans-Cope Family papers, 1713-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.25 linear ft. (6 boxes, 5 volumes, 1 tube)
Abstract:: Correspondence, diaries, legal and business papers, artifacts, printed volumes, scrapbook, account books, marriage certificates, deeds, photographs and photo-album, computer disks, typed transcripts and various misc. papers. Papers are chiefly of the related Quaker families of Stokes, Evans, Cope and Wistar of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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Evans family papers, 1752-1958 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.75 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: Included in this collection from the Quaker Evans family spanning two centuries (mid-18th-mid-20th), are the journals and diaries of Charles Evans (1870-1958), as well as genealogical and other information on the Bacon, Barton, Carter, Cope, Harlan, Jackson, Rhoads, Shoemaker and Warrington families

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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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Anna Wharton Wood collection, 1741-1853 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 document box)
Abstract:: The collection of Quaker Anna Wharton Wood includes letters of several 18th century Friends, a petition by English Friends, epistles, testimonies, and other miscellaneous items.

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Morris Wistar Wood Collection, 1716-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: 18 linear ft. (36 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of related Quaker families including Collins, Cresson, Emlen, Morris, Wistar and Wood, consisting of travel letters, diaries, notebooks and photographs. Principals in the collection are Horatio C. Wood, Annabella Cresson Wood, Morris Wistar Wood, Caleb Cresson and Charles Wood.

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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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Deborah Haines commonplace book, 1753

Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Deborah Haines includes poetry, short stories, and hymns, all religious in nature.

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Joseph S. Elkinton collection, 1731-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: .75 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: A collection of various materials including papers of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers (1794-1846), a writer on antislavery topics, and miscellaneous Quaker documents, as well as some relating to the Institute for Colored Youth (now Cheyney University).

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Amelia Mott Gummere papers, 1681-1961 (inclusive) 1899-1937 (bulk)

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (5 document boxes)
Abstract:: Amelia Mott Gummere (1859-1937) was a noted writer on Quaker subjects. Her published works include The Quaker: a Study in Costume, 1901; The Journal and Essays of John Woolman, 1922; Witchcraft and Quakerism, 1908; and several other works. She was editor of the Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association and President of the John Woolman Association.

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Morris Family papers, 1715-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.8 linear ft. (14 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of two prominent Philadelphia Quaker families, Morris and Sansom, spanning more than two centuries, from the colonial period into the 20th century. Topics include cultural and religious life and social and economic development.

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