Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1828">1828</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

The Dyers of Providence, Rhode Island: Their drug, chemical and dyestuff businesses, 1803-1852 manuscript, 1803-1852 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (5 manuscript pages)
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Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Livezey-Laughlin Family Papers, 1746-1948, about 1763-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:: 13 linear ft. (26 boxes)
Abstract:: Papers of the Livezey and Laughlin families. Thomas Livezey (1723/4-1790) married Martha Knowles in 1748 at Abington Monthly Meeting. He was a miller and expanded the family property along the Wissahicken and Cresheim Creeks. Thomas Livezey's great granddaughter, Anna, married George Laughlin, and her son, Thomas, moved to Ohio. This collection includes correspondence and legal and financial papers of the Livezey and Laughlin families of Philadelphia and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and and later of Ohio.

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

Samuel Allinson papers, 1812-1856 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (5 items (3 folders)))
Abstract:: Correspondence and miscellaneous memorabilia, including a 1834 letter from brother William and Uncle (?) in Burlington regarding temperance and the potential purchase of land.

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

Mary Capper correspondence, 1816-1835 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
Abstract:: Transatlantic correspondence between Mary Capper and the Cadbury family in Philadelphia. Letters concern family and spiritual matters. Correspondents include Joel and Caroline Cadbury, and their daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Cadbury.

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

Fair Hill Boarding School records, 1815-1869 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))
Abstract:: This collection includes manuscripts relating to the establishment of Fair Hill Boarding School by the Baltimore Yearly Meeting. Included are documents concerning the purchase of land, distribution of the Fair Hill Fund, and lists of rules for Westtown and Nine Partners Boarding Schools. These materials reflect Quaker views of education and their objectives in the establishment of Quaker schools. Especially interesting is a letter from Ann King relating the efforts of Nine Partners School to maintain Quaker values. Other correspondents include John Ellicott, William Morsell, Caleb Bentley, and Whitson Canby.

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

Gest family papers, 1815-1980 [bulk 1815-1884] (bulk)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (4 folders.))
Abstract:: This collection includes letters and legal documents of the Gest family over several generations. The collection also includes genealogical information on the Gests, their ancestors the Dickinsons, and their descendants, the Pownalls. Notable among the correspondence is a letter from Philadelphia Western District Women's Meeting to Deborah West, Jr., reprimanding her for disunity, presumably with the Hicksites. Also included are wills of Joseph and Deborah Gest, and letters from John B. Gest and Elizabeth Pownall.

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

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

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (11 folders.))
Abstract:: 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]

Moore-Haines family papers, 1812-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (5 folders.))
Abstract:: This collection is composed of papers and correspondence of several generations of the Moore and Haines family. Included is genealogical data, correspondence between Lindley Moore and Abigail Mott Moore at Nine Partners and Abby's mother Ann Mott, recounting details of the Hicksote controversy, and letters written by Abby Moore to her daughter Mary H. Moore at Westtown School. An account of the life and death of Mary H. Moore is also included, as well as a letter from Lindley Moore to Elba Monthly Meeting, New York, attesting to the importance of silent worship and requesting permission to hold weekly meetings in a private home. Also included are letters between Emmor and Ann Mott Haines, from his father Reuben, and to other members of his family. Letters addressed to Alfred and Emily (Potter) Haines from members of their family describe London Yearly Meeting and impressions of English Friends. Another letter is written on a daily program from Friends Academy, dated 1863.

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

Kirk family correspondence, 1818-1833 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
Abstract:: This collection includes letters written by Thomas Kirk and his son Israel to their family in Pennsylvania as they moved first to Center Monthly Meeting in Ohio, and later to Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Ind. The letters relate to family and local news and business. Two letters refer to the growing division in the Society, as the Hicksite controversy reaches Ohio Yearly Meeting.

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

Collection of Amelia Alderson Opie papers, 1809-1853 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (15 folders.))
Abstract:: This collection includes letters and papers of Amelia Alderson Opie, written to various recepients and regarding personal news. Also included are several portraits and biographical sketches of the novelist.

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

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