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Matlack Family papers

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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Call Number:
MC.1120
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Matlack Family papers (HC.MC.1120), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Date:
1685-1900 (inclusive)
Creator:
Matlack family
Form:
Commonplace books
Abstract:
The collection includes miscellaneous historical and genealogical documents of the Matlack and other Quaker families focused on the 18th and 19th centuries. Collection is notable for its variety of formats, including commonplace books, diaries, account books, correspondence, and poetry.

The Matlacks were a Quaker family with deep roots in the Pennsylvania region. Asa Matlack (1783-1851) was the son of Reuben Matlack (1757-1808) and Elizabeth Coles. He married Tamar Matlack (1783-1850).

These papers include journals, diaries, account books, commonplace books, and poetry of the Matlack family, as well as other families (Roberts and Stackhouse, among others), plus three boxes of letters, genealogical materials, and other papers. Included among the papers is "Notes Taken from Samuel Spavold's Testimony," signed by Anthony Benezet (n.d.); a copy of George Keith's Journal of Travels...on the Continent of North America, printed in London, 1706; an announcement of a visit he will pay to Pennsylvania by Elias Hicks (n.d.); an account of the manner in which he met his wife [Phoebe Harrison or Alice Hodgson(?)], by Phineas Pemberton (n.d.); and a letter to Samuel Emlen, describing the death of John Woolman by Esther Tuke written in York, 10mo. 14, 1772. There is also a map of the Meetings within the Limits of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1897.

Original finding aid author unknown. Processed March, 2007.

See Collections 1106 and 1106A of T. Chalkley Matlack (1858-1945) of photographs and descriptions of Meeting houses along the east coast of the U.S. from New York to Virginia.

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Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
March, 2007
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

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

Collection Inventory

Anonymous.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Anonymous. 2 items.

A-B - Miscellaneous.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous letters, A-B (Attlee, Barber, Barton) 1824-95. 3 items.

C-D - Miscellaneous.
Box 1
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Miscellaneous letters, C-D. 6 items

Chester Preparative Meeting.
Box 1
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Chester Preparative Meeting. 14 items, 1776-1884.

Chester Monthly Meeting.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Chester Monthly Meeting. 56 items, 1807-1867.

Cooper, Elizabeth Roberts.
Box 1
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Cooper, Elizabeth Roberts, 1843- Letters to "Will." 13 items, 1895-1897.

Friends, Society of & F: Miscellaneous.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Friends, Society of. [2 accounts of first settlement of Gwynedd Meeting and Miscellaneous, 5 items, ca. l827-1848.

Gillingham, Tacie, 1853-1888.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Gillingham, Tacie (later Lippincott, etc.) Letters to Robert and Ann Roberts (Matlack) Stackhouse, 1863-1880. 135 items.

H - Miscelleneous.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

-Hanover Twp., description, especially of the village of Pemberton. [n.d.]

-Haddonfield Quarterly Mtg.: Report of joint committee on attendance, 3mo. 11, 1868.

-Hartshorn, Richard: Advice to his Children [copy, Feb. 25, 1775]

-Heritage, Mary: An account of what she desires to have of the goods in John Heritage's custody. 6mo. 29, 1709.

-Hicks, Elias: Announcement of visit he will pay to Penna. [n.d.]

-Invitations to Weddings, At Homes, Etc. 20 items, 1830-1861.

L - Miscellaneous.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous (L), [2 items.]

M - Miscellaneous.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous (M), [5 items.]

Matlack, Ann Roberts (later Stackhouse).
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Matlack, Ann Roberts (later Stackhouse), 1810-1893: 4 items, 1829-1834 and [n.d.]

Miscellaneous papers.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Matlack, Asa, 1783-1851: Miscellaneous papers, 1818-1851. 14 items.

Pieces copied.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Matlack, Asa, 1783-1851: Pieces copied by him, notably 5 items of John Hunt. 14 items.

Matlack, Reuben, 1757-1808 & 1793-1854.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

-Two undated items, one signed Anthony Benezet, entitled, "Notes Taken from Samuel Spavold's Testimony," and one unsigned, concerning Joshua Evans's beard.

-Account to Meeting House, for work, 1801-1804.

-Account to Meeting House, for work, [n.d.]

-Draft on Asa Matlack, 5mo. 28, 1817.

Matlack, Tamar (Roberts).
Box 1
Scope and Contents

2 letters, one to her from T. Roberts, beginning, "Dear Sister," and one from her to her daughter, Ann Roberts Matlack.

P&R - Miscellaneous.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

-Padby, Benjamin: A Warning to the People called Quakers.

-Pemberton, Phineas: Account of the manner in which he met his wife [Phoebe Harrison or Alice Hodgson(?)], plus other genealogical data.

-Pennypacker, James L. : Letter to Asa Matlack Stackhouse, Haddonfield, N.J., Jan. 17, 1900.

-Pricket, Zachariah: Case of Peter, an enslaved person -Rice, Amanda: 3 keepsakes.

-Radnor Meeting: Concerning the conduct of Jacob Maule.

Poetry.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Poetry, [18 items.]

Roberts Family: Miscellaneous.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters, invitations, etc.: Ann, Beulah, Emmor, John (1685), John (1827), and William. 7 items.

Roberts, Tacy (later Pancoast).
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters. 5 items.

Romig Family Genealogy.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Romig Genealogy. 19 items.

Stackhouse Family: Miscellaneous.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

-Correspondence and other papers, largely undated [mostly second half of 19th. Century] 44 items: Ann Roberts (Matlack) Stackhouse, Asa Matlack Stackhouse, Ella Jane (Romig) Stackhouse, Mary P. Stackhouse, Robert Stackhouse, S

-Stackhouse, William Romig Stackhouse.

T-W - Miscellaneous.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

-Tuke, Esther. Letter to Samuel Emlen, describing death of John Woolman. York, 10mo. 14, 1772.

-Correspondence and other papers, largely undated (1788-1897) of S.E.W., Westfield Preparative Meeting, Westfield School, John Whiting, John Wilkins, Sarah Wilkins, Thomas Wilkinson, Daniel Wills, A. Wilson, Samuel Wallis, and Joseph Wright. 12 items

Genealogical Material: Miscellaneous.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous: Bryan, Matlack, Wilkins. 3 items.

[Asa Matlack's?] Genealogical Notes and Papers. Folder I.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Genealogical Notes and Related Papers, possibly collected for use in a book?

[Asa Matlack's?] Genealogical Notes and Papers. Folder II.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Genealogical Notes and Related Papers, possibly collected for use in a book?

[Asa Matlack's?] Genealogical Notes and Papers. Folder III.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Genealogical Notes and Related Papers, possibly collected for use in a book?

[Asa Matlack's?] Genealogical Notes and Papers. Folder IV.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Genealogical Notes and Related Papers, possibly collected for use in a book?

[Asa Matlack's?] Genealogical Notes and Papers. Folder V.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Genealogical Notes and Related Papers, possibly collected for use in a book?

[Asa Matlack's?] Genealogical Notes and Papers. Folder VI.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Genealogical Notes and Related Papers, possibly collected for use in a book?

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