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William Reckitt papers, 1756-1831 (inclusive)

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.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (6 folders.))

Abstract:

This collection includes photographic copies of letters regarding his travels in the ministry, family birth certificates, and a list of ship stores. Also included is a letter from John Pemberton, relating family news and giving an account of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

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Notes concerning the Rotch family papers, 1789-1906 (inclusive)

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.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))

Abstract:

This collection includes typescript and photostatic copies of letters and maps from the Rotch family papers, which were lent to Friends Historical Library for microfilming. Also included are a typescript copy of a 1906 editorial mentioning the Rotch family, and a clipping regarding Paul Cuffee.

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Borton-Williams family legal papers, 1845-1911 (inclusive)

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.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (4 folders.))

Abstract:

This collection includes legal papers of the Borton and Williams families. Among those are maps and blueprints of property in New Jersey, deeds, bonds, and wills.

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John Whiting Severall Book and Papers, 1679-1695 (bulk) (bulk) 1679-1695, 1955 (inclusive)

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.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))

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This collection contains a bound volume of manuscript essays by early English Quaker John Whiting, most written during his imprisonment for failing to pay tithes. These essays include accounts of his confinement, testimonies on tiths, and accounts of Mary Whiting and of William Penn. Also included is typescript of a 1955 article written for the Journal of the Friends Historical Society by Frederick B. Tolles which describes the contents and significance of the volume.

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Vipont-Brown-Crowley Family Papers, 1802-1993 (inclusive)

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.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (14 items (10 folders)))

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The Vipont, Brown, and Crowley families were active Quakers in England and were particularly involved in Mount Street Monthly Meeting.

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Ruth Chambers Biddle genealogical research papers, 1920-1933 (inclusive)

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.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))

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Includes correspondence, 1927-1928, concerning genealogical research, a bound volume with her genealogical research notes, including information on the Yarnall, Pennell, and Cope families, and loose notes.

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Collection of Buckingham Monthly Meeting papers (copies), 1727-1829 (inclusive)

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.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (5 folders.))

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This collection consists of copies of papers relating to Buckingham Monthly Meeting, handed down through the Watson family. Included are accounts of the meeting by John Watson (1740-1817) and by Samuel Preston written to John Watson (1774-1864). Also included are memorials of prominent members of Buckingham Monthly Meeting, the most extensive of which refer to Jacob Holcombe, John Scarbrough, Oliver Paxson, and Phebe Ely.

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Mary Birckhead papers, 1959-1991-1985-1991 (bulk)

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.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))

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Includes: Her drawings and writings, 1959-1991, including a publication entitled Tide Pools.

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Atkinson family scrapbook, 1804, 1835-ca. 1935 (inclusive)

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))

Abstract:

Includes Westtown mensuration book, 1835, with newspaper clippings glued in, 1889-1893 & n.d. Also assorted newspaper clippings concerning the Twining, Atkinson, and Smith families, the Carlisle Indian School, Quakers in Bucks County (Pa.), Bucks County history, the Molloy family, and Friends' schools. Obituaries of note in this folder are Isaiah Quinby, 1716-1807; Eleanor Mabel Malloy, 1883-1908; Miranda Doan Baker, d. 1900; Mary B. Stradling, d. 1899; Abram R. Vail, d. 1899; Marcie A. Warner, d. 1914; Sarah Heston, b. 1800. The third folder contains a collection of poems clipped from newspapers, 1872-1916 and n.d., and a letter from Benjamin Smith to Esther Smith, 1804.

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Joseph Foulke correspondence, 1839-1861 (inclusive)

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (9 items (1 folder)))

Abstract:

Includes his correspondence with family members and one letter from William Chandler, 1839-1861. Topics covered are family matters, Quaker meetings, politics, and almanacs.

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