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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.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Joseph M. Downing photograph album, 1865

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:
This album contains 22 photographs, including the Haverford College class of 1865, portraits of infants and women (unidentified), an image of Haverford College, a group of men carrying guns, and a painting with farm animals in it.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Letter to C.C. Wistar at Haverford College, 1865

Extent:
0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:
The collection contains a printout and a handwritten version of a letter sent by C.C. Wistar's mother to him whilst he was studying at Haverford College. The letter was written two days after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Elizabeth Cadwallader papers, 1835-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:
.25 linear ft. (9 folders)
Abstract:
This collection is comprised of the papers of Elizabeth Cadwallader Comfort, and include certificates of removal, clippings, correspondence, diaries, extracts, recipe books, wills, and miscellaneous items from various members of her family.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Dickinson Family Collection, 1790-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists chiefly of correspondence and documents from 1861-1862 when S. Meredith Dickinson was commissioned as a paymaster in the United States Navy, assigned to the U.S. sloop of war Dale.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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W. Atlee Burpee Jr. collection of Lincoln papers, 1861-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.0 linear feet
Abstract:
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until he was assassinated in April 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. The Burpee collection of Lincoln papers covers the time period between 1861 and 1865 and consists of thirty-four items.

Held at: Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department [Contact Us]

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Rodman-Rotch Family Papers, 1763-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:
The Rodman and Rotch families were New England Quakers. Samuel Rodman (1753-1835) married Elizabeth Rotch (1757-1856) in 1780. He was a successful Nantucket and New Bedford, Massachusetts, whaling merchant and clerk of New England Yearly Meeting. Elizabeth (Rotch) Rodman was a birthright member of the Society of Friends, also from a family involved in the whaling business, and active in philanthropic and reform causes. They had nine children. The Rodmans and Rotches were closely intertwined by marriage; three of the Rodman siblings married three of the Rotch siblings. The families also had links to Philadelphia and English mercantile families. The collection contains chiefly personal correspondence (1763-1865) of the extended Rodman and Rotch families, along with travel journals (1805, 1807, 1809) and a manuscript copy of an autobiographical memoir of William Rotch (1734-1828), the father of Elizabeth Rotch Rodman, and some related material. The families had links to Philadelphia...(see more)

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

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A. A. Fesquet drawings and notebooks, 1841-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.55 linear feet
Abstract:
Adolphe Amdée Fesquet was a French chemist and engineer, active during the second half of the 19th century. He attended the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in France and later moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a chemical engineer and became involved in translating various French technical books into English. The A. A. Fesquet drawings and notebooks, 1841-1865, consist of pencil and ink drawings annotated in French, notebooks and unbound notes, and two unlabeled portraits.

Held at: The Historical and Interpretive Collections of The Franklin Institute [Contact Us]

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Galway Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) Records, 1802-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (6 volumes)
Abstract:
Records of Galway Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) and its predecessor, 1802-1865. Includes: Minutes 1828-1865; women's minutes, 1802-1865; Ministers and Elders minutes, 1852-1862; Register, 1850-1861, Correspondence 1932-53.

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Allen Clapp Thomas photograph album, 1863-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:
.19 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:
This collection contains an album with photographs of Haverford College between 1863 and 1865. It contains images of buildings on Haverford's campus (Founder's Hall and Magill Library), portraits of faculty, and individual and group portraits of students from the classes of 1864 through 1868.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Allen Clapp Thomas valedictory essay, 1865

Extent:
0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:
The collection contains Allen C. Thomas' valedictory essay from 1865. It is written in response to the prompt "The Companionship of Books".

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Charles Tucker Abbott letter, 1865

Extent:
0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
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The collection contains a letter written by Chales T. Abbott to his parents about his time at Haverford in 1865.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Army register, 1861-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (42 leaves)
Abstract:
Army register of the United States Army Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 48th Company D of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania during the Civil War, 1861-1865.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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James H. Morrow Papers, 1842-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
James H. Morrow was a young physician with an extensive background in natural history and agriculture when Secretary of State Edward Everett appointed him to serve as agriculturist with the U.S. expedition to Japan, led by Commodore Matthew Perry, in February 1853. Included in the collection are Morrow's original autograph draft of his expedition journal (approx. 213 pp.), other expedition-related material, and a number of documents of biographical interest about Morrow.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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