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Charles Evans papers

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Call Number:
MC.1006
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Charles Evans papers (HC.MC.1006), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:
1681-1860 (inclusive)
Creator:
Evans, Jonathan, 1759-1839
Abstract:
Jonathan Evans's papers, ca. 1818-38, shed light on the religious, doctrinal controversies, and differences arising among the members of the Society of Friends related to the preachings of Elias Hicks, Nicholas Brown, and Elisha Bates. There are also letters of the Cope and Evans families relating to the Hicksite Separation.

Charles Evans (1802-1879), the son of Jonathan and Hannah (Bacon) Evans, was born on December 25th, 1802, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Evans was a Quaker physician and was active in the Quaker community. He attended the 1827 meeting that planned the Orthodox/Hicksite seperation, and was an attendant physician at the Friends Asylum for many years. Evans was on the editorial committee of The Friend, and wrote conservative editiorials for the publication. In 1861, Evans visitied England and Ireland, a journey taken in part due to an affection of the throat. Evans married Mary Lownes Smith, the daughter of Robert Smith III, the first editor of The Friend, in 1836. They had no children. Charles Evans died on April 21st, 1879.

This collection primarily consists of correspondence to/from Evans's father, Jonathan Evans. Jonathan Evans was born in Philadephia, Pennsylvania in 1759, to Jonathan D. Evans and Hannah Walton. He married Hannah Bacon (1765-1829) on April 13th, 1786, in Philadelphia. They had seven children: William (1787-1867), Joseph (1789-1871), Mary (1791-1859), Hannah (1793-1865), Joel (1796-1865), Thomas (1798-1868), and Charles (1802-1879). Jonathan Evans died on February 8th, 1839 in Philadelphia.

This collection contains letters from multiple generations of the Evans family. The primary author and receipient is Jonathan Evans. Letters discuss day-to-day life as well as religious ideas. In addition to the correspondence, the collection includes a few essays and a journal. Essays are primarily religious in nature, while the journal describes traveling in America.

Original processing information unknown.

  • Cope-­Evans family papers, 1732-1911 (MC-1170)
  • Charles Evans Diary, 1861 (MC-975.01.23)
  • Stokes ­ Evans ­ Cope family papers, 1713­-1981 (MC-1116)

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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Collection Inventory

Bacon, David (Letters of), 1796-1806.
Box 1
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Letters from David Bacon in London to his daughter, son, and grand daughter

Bedford, Peter, 1836-1894.
Box 1
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Letter from Peter Bedford in London to Jonathan Evans in Philadelphia; article about Bedford in The Friend; 2 images of Bedford in his later years

Brown, Moses, 1820.
Box 1
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Letter from Moses Brown in Providence to Jonathan Evans in Philadelphia

Calhoun, Mary, 1803.
Box 1
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A testimony concerning the sale and freedom of Dublin, a Black man.

Cox, John, 1821-1830.
Box 1
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Letters from John Cox in Oxmead to Elizabeth Barton in Newtown

Edmundson, William, 1704 / 1834.
Box 1
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Facsimile of an original letter in the possession of James J. Fisher of Limmerick, Dublin, transcribed 1834

Evans, Charles Additions, papers re seperation of 1827, 1827-1845, 1872.
Box 1
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Letters and other documents pre-seperation and post-seperation, addressed primarily to Henry Cope

Evans, Jonathan (receipts), 1794-1814.
Box 1
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Receipts of Jonathan Evans for housing and supplies

Evans, Elizabeth, 1815-1861.
Box 1
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Extracts from sermons and letters by Elizabeth Evans

Evans family letters to and from others, including letters to David Bacon, 1789-1846.
Box 1
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Letters from members of the Evans family to numerous others

Evans family (miscellaneous letters), 1786-1867.
Box 1
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Letters and essays by members of the Evans family, as well as a photo of Thomas Evans

Evans family (memorials), 1800s.
Box 1
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Memorials and biographies of members of the Evans family who died in the 1800s

Evans, Hannah Bacon, 1784-1809.
Box 1
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Letters from Hannah Bacon Evans in Philadelphia, primarily to her husband, Jonathan Evans, and her daughter, Mary Evans

Evans, Jonathan, 1799-1838.
Box 1
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Letters from Jonathan Evans, primarily to his wife, Hannah Bacon Evans

Evans, Stephen, 1722.
Box 1
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Deed of Stephen Evans to David Stephen

Evans, Thomas and William, 1837-1857.
Box 1
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Photo of Thomas Evans and documents regarding Thomas and William Evans association with Friends Library

Evans, William (Miscellaneous letters), 1828-1866.
Box 1
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Letters from William Evans to his brother Thomas and his children. Additionally, there is an account of his final days by his daughter in-law, Hannah Bacon Evans

Evans, William (Letters to his wife, Elizabeth Barton Evans), 1824-1854.
Box 1
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Letters from William Evans to his wife, Elizabeth Barton Evans

Grellet, Rebecca, 1812-1817.
Box 1
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Letters from Rebecca Grellet to Mildred Ratcliff

Grellet, Stephen and Rebecca, 1821.
Box 1
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Letter from Stephen and Rebecca Grellet to Mildred Ratcliff

Gurney, Joseph John, 1837, undated.
Box 1
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Religious writings from Joseph John Gurney

Hicks, Elias, 1827 / 1873.
Box 1
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A copy of an interview with Elias Hicks done during a Yearly Meeting in Philadelphia

Howard, Luke, 1828-1925.
Box 2
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A letter from Luke Howard to Jonathan Evans (1828). Additionally, there is a note regarding Luke Howard and the scientific names of cloud types (1925).

Jenkins, Mehitable, 1784-1808.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters from Mehitable Jenkins to others, including Jonathan Evans

Jones, Rebecca, 1785-1791.
Box 2
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Letters from Rebecca Jones in Philadelphia to Joseph Williams in Dublin

Mifflin, Warner, 1792.
Box 2
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Letters from Warner Mifflin to Henry Drinker

Nantucket, 1826.
Box 2
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"Some account on the first settling of Nantucket" as well as some photocopied photographs

Peckover, Edmund, 1742-1744.
Box 1
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Journal of Edmund Peckover's travels in America

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1827.
Box 2
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Minutes of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, likely written by Thomas Evans

Ratcliff, Mildred, 1820-1838.
Box 2
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Portrait of Ratcliff, transcriptions of words spoken by Ratcliff, and letters to others, including Hannah and Jonathan Evans

Separation of 1827-1828, 1793-1830.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters and papers written by the Evans family and others surrounding the separation of 1827-1828

Storer, John, 1795.
Box 2
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An account of the illness and final days of John Storer

Sufferings of Friends, 1777-1820.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Sufferings of Friends in meetings around the Philadelphia area

Print, Suggest