Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1878">1878</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Class of 1880 records, 1878

Extent:: 0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection consists of a program for the cremation ceremony conducted by the Class of 1880 at the end of their sophomore year in 1878.

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

Hunt and Guild Families of New Jersey Collection, 1755-1878 (inclusive) 1755-1858 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.60 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of eighteenth and nineteenth-century correspondence, letters, and documents of the Hunt and Guild families of New Jersey.

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

Lydia Maria Child Collection, 1857-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs of the nineteenth-century American author and abolitionist Lydia Maria Francis Child.

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

MacMartin Family Correspondence, 1827-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists predominantly of nineteenth-century correspondence between members of the MacMartin family of New York and New Jersey.

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

Kneass family papers, 1835-1878

Extent:: 1.0 linear feet (; 3 boxes)
Abstract:: The Kneass family descended from Johan C. Kneass who was born in Germany in 1725; he died in Delaware County, Pennsylvania in 1801. Samuel Honeymann Kneass, one of Johan’s great-grandsons, was a Pennsylvania engineer involved with the railroads. His brother Strickland Kneass was the chief engineer and surveyor of the city of Philadelphia from 1855 to 1872. Samuel son, William Harris, was a civil engineer who married Amelia Prall Stryker in July 1863. The couple had three sons, but only Samuel Stryker Kneass, a Philadelphia physician educated at the University of Pennsylvania, lived to adulthood but never married. His brothers were Charles L. Kneass and Davis Stryker Kneass. The collection contains Samuel H. Kneass’s business correspondence, financial documents, correspondence, essays, speeches, his will, and various legal documents, as well as miscellaneous items. Also in the collection is the private correspondence of William Harris Kneass and his immediate family including letters...(see more)

Held at: Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Contact Us]

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.

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

Enoch Hoag letterbooks, 1870-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear ft. (16 volumes)
Abstract:: Letters to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington, letters to Indian Agents under the jurisdiction of Hoag, and letters characterized as "Individual letters" from 1870 to 1878.

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

Walter Robson journal, 1877-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.083 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Walter Robson's journal is entitled "Voyage to America and travels in the United States." Its entries describe Robson's departure from England and his voyages to and from the United States, including weather, accommodations, and fellow passengers. While in the United States, Robson traveled to various Friends and meetings in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Ohio, Chicago, Iowa, Indianapolis, Baltimore, North Carolina, and New York.

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

Emma C. Yarnall commonplace book, 1878

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (1 volume, 1 folder)
Abstract:: The commonplace book of Emma C. Yarnall includes quotations on religious subjects, excerpts of letters, and excerpts of poetry and literature.

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

James Curtis Booth Letters and Notes Collection, 1853-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 half hollinger box.)
Abstract:: A collection of letters and notes addressed to American chemist James Curtis Booth and his wife, Margaret Martinez Cardeza, regarding their marriage in 1853, in addition to two unrelated letters from 1869 and 1878.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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