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

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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Richard T. Cadbury collection, 1780-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 document box)
Abstract:: Letters of English and American Friends written at the end of the 18th century on topics relating to travel in the ministry in England and the northeastern United States, Friends, and health. Almost all the letters are directed to Quaker minister, James Thornton.

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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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Mahlon Day papers, 1787-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: The Mahlon Day papers center on the West Indies journals kept by Day on his spiritual trip with Joseph John Gurney in 1839-1840, and his letters which touch on a range of topics from religious to political to business to family.

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Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent records, 1765-1956 (inclusive) 1838-1956 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection includes various documents relating to the The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian descent, including business correspondence (chiefly on financial matters), treasurer's accounts and reports, receipts, bills, inventories, trustees minutes. Also a printed copy of will of Samuel Emlen and deed to land in Warminster, Bucks Co., 1765 (recorded 17[8]7).

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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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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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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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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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Perot Family papers, 1684-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: A history across several generations of Quaker brewers beginning with Anthony Morris in the 17th century. As well, there is genealogical and biographical information on the Perot, Marshall, Morris, Gomey, Siter, Powell, and Wilcox families.

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