Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1850">1850</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1899">1899</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Collins Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) Records, 1814-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear ft. (6 volumes)
Abstract:: Records of Collins Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), 1828-1851. Includes: Minutes 1828-1850, women's minutes, 1828-1851, Register 1814-1832 (includes Eden Monthly Meeting), and births & deaths, 1829-32.

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

New Scotland Preparative Meeting Records, 1837-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Records of New Scotland Preparative Meeting, 1837-1851. Includes men's minutes, 1837-1851.

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

Mekeel Family papers, 1824-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Correspondence of Quaker Mekeel family members and relatives in New York state, Ohio, and elsewhere, 1824-1851. Predominant among them are Arthur Mekeel (1826-1850), Caleb Mekeel (1743-1859), Isaac Mekeel (1823-1844), Joshua Mekeel (b. 1795), and Phebe Quinby Mekeel (1800-1861).

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

Adelaide Horatio Seymour Spencer commonplace book, 1848-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A volume comprising excerpts from the works read by Adelaide Horatio Seymour during the years from 1848 to 1851 providing a record of her reading interests with many contemporary titles included.

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

Archer family account books and notebooks, 1797-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection (1797-1851) contains notebooks kept by three members of the Archer family, a prominent and politically active family of medical doctors based in Harford County, Maryland. The first file contains John Archer Jr.'s notes on materia medica lectures delivered by Benjamin Barton and given at the University of Pennsylvania in 1797 and 1798. A commonplace book (1830-1832) maintained by Henry Wilson Archer, which contains excerpts mostly from history books and poems is the second file. Also included in the collection is an account book (1841-1851) wherein the wheat purchases of Robert Harris Archer were recorded.

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

Mary Kite commonplace book, 1831-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Mary Kite includes extracts from her diary, correspondence, and an account of a religious visit to North Carolina. Diary entries concern family news, as well as Kite's attendance at Quaker meetings and social events.

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

Samuel L. Fox compositions, 1851

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains five compositions written by Samuel L. Fox.

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

Thomas W. Jones compositions, 1851

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains five compositions written by Thomas W. Jones.

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

Henry Sharpless sketchbooks, 1850-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection contains two sketchbooks created by Henry Sharpless after his time at Haverford.

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

Daniel Wadsworth Coit Letters, 1819-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of photostatic copies of the letters (1815-1828, 1844-1851) by American banker Daniel Wadsworth Coit to his family in Connecticut--from Lima, Peru, and various cities in Europe, and from the Western United States, Mexico, and San Francisco, California. This collection is also available online at Digital PUL.

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

John Mott papers, 1822-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (7 folders.))
Abstract:: Contains transcriptions of John Mott's letters to family and friends and journals, probably compiled to circulate in manuscript form. Also some original letters from John Mott to his family. Mott wrote extensively on his religious views, particularly on Quaker testimony and the issues of the Hicksite separation, as well as the conflicts within Genesee Yearly Meeting which led to the separation of Congregational (Progressive) Friends. Of special interest is a draft of responses to queries dated 1851 which refers to a discipline recently adopted by Friends.

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

Peekskill Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) Records, 1816-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Records of Peekskill Preparative Meeting, 1816-1851. Includes women's minutes, 1816-51.

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

Ernest Cushing Richardson Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Documents, 1380-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 boxes and 23 items
Abstract:: The Ernest Cushing Richardson Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Documents consists of medieval and renaissance documents and manuscripts collected by Ernest Cushing Richardson, an American librarian and author. Of principal interest are some 350 documents (deeds, bonds, contracts, investitures, wills, and other legal documents), chiefly dating from 1380 to 1550 and written in Milan, Alessandria, Brescia, Cremona, Lodi, and other northern Italian cities.

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

David Brainerd Updegraff letter, 1851-06-30

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: Letter describing Updegraff's experiences at Haverford College.

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

Henry Hale G. Sharpless passport, 1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:

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

Jane Bettle correspondence, 1813-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Jane Bettle.

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

John Forsyth Collection, 1802-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of John Forsyth, senator from Georgia and secretary of state under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

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

Notebook of Furman David Holme, 1850

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 notebook; 112 pages)
Abstract:

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Benjamin Ladd letterbook, 1809-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This volume includes Benjamin Ladd's personal correspondence. Includes letters written by Ladd to his wife Elizabeth Ladd, sister Isabella Ladd, Phillip Price, Jonathon Taylor, John Whitchall, Abner Winder, Daniel Quinby, Christopher Healy, Deborah Cook, and Thomas Tucker. Also includes letters written to Benjamin Ladd from Stephen Grellet.

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

Order book, 1848-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A volume comprising orders taken by an unknown Philadelphia sign-painting company spanning the years 1848-1850. Small sketches depicting the painted signage are drawn by some of the orders.

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

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