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Patience Hunn Jenkins Papers, 1841-1860 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
Patience Hunn Jenkins (1805-1884) was a Quaker minister of Camden Monthly Meeting, Delaware. The collection contains journals, a letter book, and miscellaneous correspondence reflecting her life in the ministry and social concerns. Her brother, John Hunn (1818-1894) with whom she was very close, was a major participant in the Underground Railroad.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Lewis-Garrigues collection of family papers, 1753-1840 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (11 folders.))
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This collection centers on the correspodence and family history of the Garrigues family and the Price family, to whom the former were linked with the marriage of Edward Garrigues and Margaret Price. The correspondence, received by Edward Garrigues, is from many prominent Quaker ministers, including Isaac Hicks as he travelled with his cousin, Elias Hicks. Other correspondents include Rebecca Jones, Sarah Scattergood, Stephen Grellet, Charity Cook, Deborah Darby, and Martha Routh. The letters relate the travels of these ministers to meetings in both Europe and the United States, and their thoughts on spirituality.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Tyler Arboretum papers relating to Quakers, 1656-1828 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
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This collection includes photocopies of papers in the Tyler Arboretum Library that relate to Quakers. Included is a list of public Friends, verses of Job Scott, and minutes from Chester Monthly Meeting of Friends.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Some account of the journeys of Thomas and Elizabeth Robson of Liverpool upon the Continent and elsewhere in 1823-1845, 1823-1909 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 v.))
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Bound collection of 29 ALsS, plus 3 typewritten items. Includes a genealogical chart of the Robson family and a summary account of a journey to the Continent in 1831, in part a transcription of the original journal. Also includes silhouettes of members of the Crewdson and Robson families.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Stephen Grellet travel papers, 1800-1813 (bulk)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))
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The collection contains travel minutes for Stephen Grellet's ministry in 1800-1805 in the northeastern U.S., a copy of Stephen Grellet's account of the religious conversion of a Swede who was called upon to preach to pirates, and the original and a manuscript copy of Grellet's religious epistle dated 24, 6mo, 1813, to New York Monthly Meeting, sent from Morlaix, France.

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Richard Price correspondence with John Watson, 1826-1867-1826-1848 (bulk) (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (12 folders.))
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Richard Price's letters to fellow Hicksite Quaker John Watson provide a rich account of the Hicksite-Orthodox Separation with references and comments on many of the personalities involved: Elias Hicks, William Wharton, Jonathan Evans, as well as visiting Quaker ministers including George Truman, Lucretia Mott, Ann Jones, Mary and Susan Cox, and Martha Smith. Price also wrote a detailed account of the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1848. The collection contains a small number of other correspondents including Benjamin Hanna who described the split in Ohio Yearly Meeting.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Pemberton Manuscripts, 1756-1812 (inclusive)

Extent:
.5 linear ft. (1 box)
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The collection contains primarily family correspondence of the three Pemberton brothers -- Israel, James, and John, prominent members of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia who were exiled to Virginia during the Revolutionary War for their pacifism. It also includes a small number of correspondence from Edward Stabler and Alexander White, an account on the life of James Pemberton, and the will of his wife, Phebe Lewis Pemberton. Topics include the Pembertons' exile to Winchester, Va., with other Quakers during the Revolution as conscientious objectors, Quaker ministers, the disposition of the estate of Anthony Benezet, and Quaker concerns especially pacifism.

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Howland-Shearman Family Correspondence, 1800-1916 (inclusive) 1832-1899 (bulk)

Extent:
1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
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The collection is composed of correspondence of the family of David Sands Shearman and his wife, Hepsa Hathaway Howland Shearman of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Poughkeepsie, New York. The Shearman and Howlands were prominent New England Quaker merchant and whaling families, intertwined by business and marriage. Much of the correspondence is directed to Hepsa, largely from her children who pursued a range of careers. Early correspondence is with her husband Captain David Sands Shearman, her siblings, and his relations and contains business and family information from New Bedford, MA, and Poughkeepsie, NY.

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Anna S. Palmer Collected Papers, circa 1840-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:
.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
Family and Quaker papers collected by Anna S. Palmer (1881-1973), a member of Falls Monthly Meeting. Included is a manuscript volume containing copies of letters, genealogical information, and memorials concerning John Simpson (1739-1811), Quaker minister; collected postcards of Quaker meeting houses; and other miscellaneous Quaker manuscripts.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Friends Historical Library collection of journals, 1676-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:
10 linear ft.
Abstract:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College has a large collection of Journals, the broad term which is also used to refer to diaries and daybooks. This inventory lists journals in Friends Historical Library, including those catalogued individually in MSS 003, Journal Collection, as well as volumes which are part of a larger collections and journals available in the Library on microfilm.

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