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Dunn - Osborn - Battey family papers

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Call Number:
MC.1163
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
5 linear ft. (27 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Dunn - Osborn - Battey family papers (HC.MC.1163) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:
1744-1927 (inclusive)
Creator:
Dunn family
Form:
Account books and receipts (financial records)
Abstract:
Papers include those of Nathan Dunn (1782-1844) who became financially successful in the China trade; letters (1833-1856) of David Battey discussing farm life in Indiana; letters (1864-1865) of Nancy Battey, some while teaching African American children; letters of George W. Taylor (1803-1891) discussing his free produce business in Philadelphia.

Nathan Dunn (1782-1844) was the son of Nathan Dunn (d. 1782, age 39) and his second wife, Rhoda Silver (m. 11/4/1773). After the death of Nathan Sr., Rhoda (Silver) Dunn m. 1788 Thomas Osborn (d. ca. 1827) of Burlington Co., N.J. Thomas Osborn was the son of Richard Osborn (Osborn's Island, Burlington Co., N.J.). Nathan Jr.'s siblings from his mother's first marriage included Deborah Dunn (who m. Caleb Pancoast), William Dunn and Josiah Dunn. Nathan's half-siblings from his mother's second marriage were Phoebe Osborn (d. 1848), Palmyra Osborn (who m. 1818 Gideon M. Birdsall of N.Y.) and Rhoda Osborn (ca. 1794-1881, m. Restore S. Lamb (d. ca. 1867?)). Rhoda and Restore S. Lamb were noted Friends ministers (Hicksite).

Nathan Dunn (1782-1844) was disowned by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting in 1816 for bankruptcy. In 1818 he went to China and traded under the firm of Nathan Dunn & Company. He returned to Philadelphia in 1832 and paid off all of his creditors. While in China, Dunn collected Chinese objects, which were exhibited here and in Europe. He built a "cottage" in Mt. Holly, N.J., which was run by his half-sisters Phoebe and Rhoda for many years. Dunn gave Haverford College a gift of over $20,000 in 1840 and was a financial supporter of other charitable endeavors.

(Sources for above: DQB; Arthur W. Hummel, "Nathan Dunn," Quaker History 59 (1970), p. 34-39; will of Nathan Dunn in Dunn-Osborn-Battey papers; History of Little Egg Harbor Township, Burlington County, N.J., from its first settlement to the present time,... by Leah Blackman, F144 L49 B62 1963)

Smith Battey (d. 1858) m. Ruth Muzzey Aldrich (ca. 1801-1884). Their children were Avis Battey (ca. 1830-1906, m. Isaac Steere), Phebe Battey (ca. 1834-1919, m. Dr. John Barns (ca. 1818-1895)), Nancy S. Battey (ca. 1837-1865) and Thomas Jesse Battey (1842-1931) who m. 1865 Mary Augusta Heaton (1838-1923), "Gussie," daughter of Samuel and Lydia Heaton. Thomas and Gussie's children included Charles Heaton Battey (1868-1941, m. 1895 Sarah Edith Thompson), Edward Heaton Battey (b. 1873, died young) and William Aldrich Battey (b. 1876, m. 1901 Rhoda Amelia Birdsall).

(Sources for above: DQB; Haverford College matriculate catalog; Quaker Necrology files; Dunn-Osborn-Battey papers)

Correspondence, account books, receipts, bills and other financial papers, notebook, 2 ledgers of financial accounts, printed items, and other miscellaneous papers.

Primarily correspondence of Dunn, Osborn and Battey families. Also related families of Barns, Birdsall, Brownell, Coffin, Coutant, Heaton, Lamb, Pancoast, Steere and others.

Letters of Nathan Dunn (1782-1844) discuss trade with China and his experiences there (letter, 4/13/1824, describes elaborate dinner at which he was a guest), his Chinese Collection, a forgery court case "Thomas v. Dunn" (letter, 2/3/1844 and 6/21/1844 describes case in detail); also a copy of his printed will with annotations, legal and land papers (some related to Laurel Hill Cemetery of which he was a manager), notebook regarding his Chinese Collection. There are also two ledgers of his financial accounts, 1826-1830, which reflect his China trade business. The first ledger was also used in the 1890s by Ella Birdsall Wright.

Household and farming bills and receipts of Restore Shinn Lamb, Rhoda (Osborn) Lamb and Phebe Osborn (Dunn's half-sisters, Rhoda and Phebe, took care of Dunn's "cottage" in Mt. Holly, N.J., they also managed the farm on Osborn's Island, inherited by Thomas Osborn from his father).

Letters, 1833-1856, of David Battey discuss farm life in Indiana, ill health and loneliness, implication that he is with the Hicksite branch of Friends.

Letters of Nancy S. Battey, 1864-1865, some while teaching free black children in Yorktown.

Ruth M. Battey letters and estate papers, 1858-1887.

Smith Battey letters, 1840-1857, discuss travel to Michigan to visit sister Phebe and husband Elijah Brownell in 1840, also family news and advice.

Letters, 1830-1882, of brothers Elijah Brownell and Sands Brownell discuss family business difficulties in Michigan.

Letters, 1856-1858, of George W. Taylor (1803-1891) to Smith Battey and Isaac Steere, discuss his free produce business in Philadelphia (includes some invoices on letterhead of the company).

Other topics discussed in correspondence are Society of Friends matters, (Separation of 1827 - implication in several letters (David Battey, Job Battey, Nicholas Battey) that choices made as result of Separation have led to some estrangement from other relatives), health concerns and illness (several cases of consumption within the families), slavery and education.

Noteworthy individual items are: Letter, 1868, of Leah Blackman to Rhoda Lamb asking about family history for her book on Little Egg Harbor; Letter, 12/1/1884, of William Otis Crosby (1850-1925), to [Thomas J. Battey] re: mineral specimens; Letter, 11/7/1889, of Sallie Coutant Jones (1st wife of Rufus M. Jones) telling of their first year experience in running Oak Grove School; postcard, 2/2/1879, from John G. Whittier.

Other persons represented in the collection include: Thomas J. Battey, Phebe (Battey) Barns, Hannah M. Boadle, Samuel Heaton, Amos Hoag, and others.

There are three main groups of papers within this collection: the Battey family papers, the papers of Nathan Dunn and the Osborn family papers.

Within the Battey family section, letters written by Batteys come first (boxes 1 and 2), followed by letters written by others to the Battey family (boxes 3, 4 and 5). Letters are arranged alphabetically by author within each group and chronologically within an individual author. Box 5 also includes some miscellaneous Battey family papers.

Box 6 contains the papers of Nathan Dunn (1782-1844), as well as some miscellaneous Dunn family papers.

Boxes 7 and 8 contain correspondence of the Osborn and Lamb families, these are primarily letters to Rhoda and Restore Lamb and Phebe Osborn. Box 8 also includes some miscellaneous Osborn family papers. Box 9 contains financial papers (chiefly household and farming bills and receipts) of Rhoda and Restore S. Lamb and Phebe Osborn.

Housed next to the boxes are two volumes or ledgers of the financial records, 1826-1830, of Nathan Dunn which record transactions within China and with England and Philadelphia business associates for Dunn's trade in cloth.

Dunn - Osborn - Battey

Ms. Coll. 1163

Gift, 1990, 2001.

Processing history is unknown.

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Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

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

Collection Inventory

Archival Resource Key. Battey family - letters by Batteys, Amos - Nicholas.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Battey family - letters by Batteys, Richard - Thomas J.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Battey family - letters to Batteys, Adams - Crosby.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Battey family - letters to Batteys, Day - Little.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Battey family - letters to Batteys, Mayberry - Winslow.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Nathan Dunn papers - letters, memoranda, will, etc.
Box 6
Archival Resource Key. Osborn family - letters, Ballinger - Lamb.
Box 7
Archival Resource Key. Osborn family - letters, Langdon - Zelley.
Box 8
Archival Resource Key. Osborn family - bills, receipts,, 1820-1889.
Box 9
Archival Resource Key. Nathan Dunn's China trade financial accounts,, 1826-1830.

Archival Resource Key. Amos P. Battey, 2 Letters, Me., to cousin Smith Battey re: family, his travels in ministry, Aunt Sarah's estate settlement, 1845, 1849,.
Archival Resource Key. C. A. Battey, Letter, Danielsonville, to cousin Smith Battey, 1850,.
Scope and Contents note

re: learning shoemaking

Archival Resource Key. Charles H. Battey (1868-1941), 4 Letters, Haverford and Brooklyn, to parents.
Scope and Contents note

re: difficulties of starting out in business, finding life's work

Scope and Contents note

re: family, illness of Job (TB?)

Archival Resource Key. David Battey), 19 Letters, New Holland, Ind. and elsewhere, to brother Smith Battey (1 to nephew TJB) (also 1842 w/ Marmaduke Battey, to uncle SB), 1833-1856, 1869,.
Scope and Contents note

re: family, travel, farming, 1852 refers to loss of all property and debts, ill health, loneliness, implication that he is with Hicksites

Archival Resource Key. Job Battey, Letter, Rochester, to brother Smith Battey, 1829,.
Scope and Contents note

re: ill health, family, wonders if he is neglected by relatives as he not of Orthodox branch of Friends

Archival Resource Key. Job T. Battey, 4 Letters, Elkhorn and elsewhere, to uncle Smith Battey and cousin Thomas J. Battey, 1855-1856,.
Scope and Contents note

re: family news

Archival Resource Key. Joel Battey, 2 Letters, Peru [N.Y.], to cousin Smith Battey, 1855-1856,.
Scope and Contents note

re: family news

Archival Resource Key. Jonathan Battey, Letters, Juliet, Erie Co., Pa., to uncle Smith Battey, n.d.,.
Scope and Contents note

re: going to school, family news

Scope and Contents note

re: health, family news

Archival Resource Key. M. [Mary] Augusta (Heaton) Battey ("Gussie") (1838-1923), 9 Letters and fragment, "Home," to Thomas J. Battey, 1864-1865, (n.d.).
Scope and Contents note

re: love letters, she is teaching; also an essay on Society of Friends

Archival Resource Key. Mary E. Battey, Letter, Pike Twp., Clark Co., Ohio, to cousin Smith Battey, 1842,.
Scope and Contents note

re: inquiring after share in estate of Aunt Sarah, send reply to stepfather Stephen Hester

Scope and Contents note

re: teaching, her school in Yorktown teaching free black children, advice to her brother; also 2 estate receipts

Archival Resource Key. Nicholas Battey (w/ wife Thankful Battey), 2 Letters, Monkton, to nephew Smith Battey and nephew Richard Battey, 1843,.
Scope and Contents note

re: Aunt Sarah's estate, health, daughter of Benjamin with them as parents went with Hicksites

Archival Resource Key. Ruth M. [Muzzey] (Aldrich) Battey (ca. 1801-1884), 14 Letters, Burrillville and elsewhere, to son Thomas J. Battey (1 w/ letter of Thomas's sister, Avis Battey) re: family news (Thomas is at Haverford College,, 1858-1869, 1859-1863).
Archival Resource Key. 2. Estate papers of Ruth M. [Muzzey] (Aldrich) Battey (ca. 1801-1884), , 1863-1887.
Scope and Contents note

Includes: letters and memoranda (1885), receipts re: to settling estate (1884-1887), account book (1884-1886), several receipts found with above (1863-1868)

Scope and Contents note

re: teaching school, advice of a spiritual nature [is she adopted? refers in letter to "Father and Mother Battey")

Archival Resource Key. Smith Battey (d. 1858), 8 Letters, Burrillville and elsewhere, to wife Ruth (1840) and son Thomas J. Battey TJB at school), 1840, 1854-1857, 1854-1857,.
Scope and Contents note

re: trip to Michigan (1840) to visit sister Phebe and husband Elijah Brownell, family news and advice

Archival Resource Key. Thomas J. [Jesse] Batty (1842-1931), 9 Letters, chiefly to parents, (also an accompanying letter, of Elizabeth to her uncle TJB) Also certificate of admittance to Haverford College, , 1853-1889, 1889, 1860.
Scope and Contents note

re: news of school (1 letter while at Haverford).

Archival Resource Key. 4. Papers, of Thomas J. Battey (1842-1931) as Treasurer of the Missionary Committee appointed at the Bible School Conference of Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting., 1880-1881,.
Scope and Contents note

Includes: letters of committee secretary Phebe S. Aydelott and others related to donations, receipts of donations, report labeled "Report to Conference on Missionary Committee 5 mo. 1880" and "Other documents relating to Quarterly Collections"

Scope and Contents note

re: mortgages

Archival Resource Key. Mary Atwater, 2 Letters, Providence, to son Edward Atwater (at school) and to Smith Battey and wife, ca. 8/19 and 8/9/no year,.
Archival Resource Key. Mary G. B[attey], Letter, Rockway, to cousin "Gussie" [Mary Augusta (Heaton) Battey], 5/28/1865,.
Archival Resource Key. H. [Hannah?] J. Bailey, Letter, Winthrop, Me., to Augusta [Battey], 3/26/1884,.
Archival Resource Key. Dr. John Barns (ca. 1818-1895), 3 Letters, Milford, to brother Thomas [J. Battey], also drawing of internal structure of ear copied from a plate, 1881-1887,.
Archival Resource Key. Phebe (Battey) Barns (ca. 1834-1919) (daughter of Smith Battey), 25 Letters, "Home," (some no year), to family, 1862-1889.
Archival Resource Key. George W. Benson, Letter, Providence, to Smith Battey re: anniversary of National Anti-Slavery Society, 5/2/1840,.
Archival Resource Key. B. F. [Benjamin Franklin?] Blair, Letter, Archdale, N.C., to Thomas J. Battey,, 6/1/1887,.
Scope and Contents note

re: an accompanying ALS of Mattie Greenwaid to "Mrs. Thomas Battie" requesting financial help (fraudulent?)

Scope and Contents note

re: family

General Physical Description note

10 Letters and fragments,

Archival Resource Key. M. W. Buffum, ALS, Newport, to cousin Augusta [Battey], 12/15/1884,.
Archival Resource Key. Elijah Brownell (ca. 1806-1853), 10 Letters, Raisin, Mich. and elsewhere, to brother Smith Battey includes letters of William A. Brownell to "Uncle" and of Phebe Brownell to brother Smith Battey, 1838-1850,.
Scope and Contents note

re: family business difficulties

Archival Resource Key. Phebe (Battey?) Brownell (sister of Smith Battey), 3 Letters, Raisin, Mich., to family (brother and sisters), 1853-1854,.
Scope and Contents note

re: family business difficulties

Archival Resource Key. Thomas Brownell, Letter, Rollin, Mich., to brother Smith Battey, 10/26/1842,.
Archival Resource Key. William A. Brownell, 2 Letters, Macedon, N.Y. and elsewhere, to Uncle Richard Battey, 1846,.
Archival Resource Key. Ann E. Chamberlain, Letter, Southbridge, Mass., to Aunt Sarah Battey, 3/14/1840,.
Archival Resource Key. Buffum Chase, 2 Letters, Yarmouth and elsewhere, to Smith Battey, 1855,.
Archival Resource Key. William L. Chase, Letter, Anthony's Village, to "friend", 10/11/1851,.
Archival Resource Key. [William M. Chase] DS, Boston, to Smith Battey, May 1840,.
Scope and Contents note

re: transportation arrangements to upcoming meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society in New York City

Archival Resource Key. J. A. Collins, D [printed letter], to Smith Battey, 4/28/1842,.
Scope and Contents note

re: annual meeting of American Anti-Slavery Society

Archival Resource Key. S. A. Comstock, Letter, Nasonville, to Smith Battey, 11/8/1851,.
Archival Resource Key. Arnold Congdon, Letter, Providence, to Ruth M. Battey, 3/25/1841,.
Scope and Contents note

[Coutant - see following folders)

Archival Resource Key. William Otis Crosby (1850-1925), Letter, M.I.T., to "Mr. Battey" [Thomas J. Battey], 12/1/1884,.
Scope and Contents note

re: on mineral specimens sent to him by Battey

Archival Resource Key. 7. Letters of: Clementine S. Coutant (ca. 1826-1915), 9 Letters, to sister H. J. Battey and to brother, 1867-1891 and no date,.
Archival Resource Key. Mary M. Coutant, Letter, to Phebe, 11/26/1872,.
Archival Resource Key. Nancy H. (Battey) Disbrow, 6 Letters, to Uncle Smith Battey and Aunt Ruth Battey, 1839-1853,.
Archival Resource Key. Nathan Disbrow, Letter, to Smith Battey, 1/1/1855,.
Archival Resource Key. A[delbert?]. E. Douglass, Letter, to Thomas J. Battey, Esq., 12/2/1884,.
Archival Resource Key. Hannah (Bailey) Farr, 2 Letters, to "Mrs. Thomas J. Battey" (Mary Augusta Heaton Battey), 1884-1885,.
Archival Resource Key. M[aria] Feltham, Letter, on letterhead of Friends Hospital, Mt. Lebanon [Lebanon], to [], date?,.
Scope and Contents note

re: tells of mission work, hospital, Boys and Girls Homes, dispensary

Archival Resource Key. Harvey Fink, 2 Letters, to Smith Battey, 1833-1834,.
Archival Resource Key. Emily Gerow, Letter, to Mary Augusta Battey, 6/11/1885,.
Archival Resource Key. S. A. [Sally Ann (Baker)] Gerow, 12 ALS, to Mary Augusta Battey, 185?-188?,.
Archival Resource Key. R. P. Gifford, Letter, to Thomas Battey, 5/23/1858,.
Archival Resource Key. Thomas Grover, 2 Letters, to Smith Battey, 1851-1853,.
Archival Resource Key. Alpha [Heaton?], 3 Letters, to "Gusta" and cousin [Mary Augusta (Heaton) Battey] and "Cousin" [all to Augusta Battey?], also recipe for medicine, 1881-1883,.
Archival Resource Key. Daniel L. Heaton, 2 Letters, to cousin "Augusta" [Mary Augusta (Heaton) Battey], 1889,.
Archival Resource Key. E[lizabeth] (Gardner) Heaton [wife of Daniel Heaton], Letter, to cousin "Augusta" (Mary Augusta Battey), 10/6/1889,.
Archival Resource Key. Phebe (Heaton) Taber [wife George Taber], 7 Letters, to "Sister" and to "Gussie" [Mary Augusta (Heaton) Battey], ca. 1865-1867 an no date,.
Archival Resource Key. Samuel Heaton (ca. 1801-1869) (father of Mary Augusta Battey), 11 Letters, to "children" (son-in-law Thomas J. Battey and "Gussey"), 1865-1869,.
Archival Resource Key. Amos Hoag, 17 Letters, to Smith Battey (1 to "Friend"), 1844-1851,.
Archival Resource Key. Wilmot R. Jones, Letter, to "friend Augusta Battey" (Mary Augusta Battey), 3/28/1887,.
Scope and Contents note

re: in mourning for his wife

Archival Resource Key. Henry G. Knowles, Letter, to Smith Battey, 5/30/1849,.
Archival Resource Key. Mary E. Little, 2 Letters, to "sister friend", 1882-1885,.
Archival Resource Key. Sarah (Coutant) Jones (wife of Rufus M. Jones), Letter, to "ones at home", 11/17/1889,.
Scope and Contents note

re: written from Oak Grove School [Maine], tells of their experiences in running the school (Rufus's first year as principal)

Archival Resource Key. Mayberry, Alice F. - Winslow, Clara A.
Box 5
Archival Resource Key. Unidentified correspondents.
Scope and Contents note

re: "Teachers Alumni Association"

Archival Resource Key. Joanna M. Miller, Letter, Oskaloosa, to "cousins", 3/3/1856,.
Archival Resource Key. Mattie R. Moore, 7 Letters, Indiana and elsewhere, to [Mary] "Augusta Battey", 1883-1889,.
Archival Resource Key. John Osborne, ALS, Smithfield, to Smith Battey, 10/18/1851,.
Scope and Contents note

re: admission of Albert Smith to Friends School

Archival Resource Key. Joseph Potts, ADS, to Thomas J. Battey, "The Coopertown First Day School - for last season - Extracts", 3/9/1863,.
Scope and Contents note

re: fund raising appeal

Archival Resource Key. Samuel Robinson, ALS, Providence, to Smith Battey, 12/1/1849,.
Archival Resource Key. Isaac Sharpless, ALS, Haverford College, to "friend" [Thomas J. Battey], 3/28/1887,.
Scope and Contents note

re: scholarship money for Battey's son

Archival Resource Key. Albert K. Smiley, ALS, Providence, to Thomas J. Battey, 7/31/1867,.
Archival Resource Key. E. Smith, ALS, Providence, to Smith Battey, 1839,.
Archival Resource Key. Abner K. Sprague, ALS, Uxbrige, to Smith Battey, date?,.
Archival Resource Key. Avis (Battey) Steere (daughter of Smith Battey), 3 ALS, Mansfield and elsewhere, to father and brother and sister, (ca. 1830-1906) 1852-1866,.
Archival Resource Key. Isaac Steere, ALS, "Institution," to Smith Battey, 11/26/1847,.
Scope and Contents note

re: news of the boy's school, death of a student

Archival Resource Key. Smith [B. Steere] (son of Isaac and Avis Steere), 3 ALS, Burrillville and elsewhere, to Aunt Augusta and brother, (ca. 1863-1889) 1888-1889,.
Scope and Contents note

re: chiefly his health

Archival Resource Key. George W. Taylor, Philadelphia, to Smith Battey and Isaac Steere, 1856-1858,.
Scope and Contents note

re: Taylor is operating a "Free Labor Ware-House" [Free Produce] and letters tell of business (some invoices on letterhead included in letters)

General Physical Description note

10 ALS

Archival Resource Key. [Miss] A. Thurber, ALS [postcard], "Green River, 846 miles West Omaha,", 5/23/ no year.
Archival Resource Key. Samuel Boyd Tobey, DS, to Smith Battey, 1853,.
Scope and Contents note

re: printed minute signed by Tobey appointing Battey to visit subordinate meetings

Archival Resource Key. F. C. Walton, ALS, Chicago, to "friends" (Thomas J. Battey), 9/6/1882,.
Archival Resource Key. Phebe Weeks, ALS, Weekstown, to cousin, 11/19/1867,.
Archival Resource Key. Prince A. Weeks, ALS, Fair Haven, Ma., to Thomas J. Battey, 4/5/1856,.
Archival Resource Key. Lena L. Wells, ALS, Berlin, Germany, to Mrs. Battey, 12/9/1888,.
Archival Resource Key. John G. Whittier, ALS (postcard), Danvers, Ma., to Thomas J. Battey, 2/2/1879,.
Scope and Contents note

re: refers to an unnamed poem

Archival Resource Key. Mattie Williamson, ALS, Brooklyn, to Aunt Gussie, 3/8/1883,.
Archival Resource Key. Mary E. Wing, 2 ALS, to Augusta Battey, 1887, 1889,.
Archival Resource Key. Clara A. Winslow, ALS, Waterville, Me., to Thomas J. Battey, encloses document from "Friends' School Alumni Association", 7/4/1887,.
Archival Resource Key. [?], to Gussie.
Scope and Contents note

re: baby of Martha Birdsall

Archival Resource Key. Emma [?] to Thomas J. Battey.
Archival Resource Key. Edna [?], to uncle Thomas J. Battey, 7/22/1889,.
Archival Resource Key. John [?Steere?], to uncle Thomas J. Battey, 7/10/1889,.
Scope and Contents note

re: illness of Smith B. Steere

Archival Resource Key. [unknown woman], to "Gussie" [M. Augusts Battey], 10/21/1866,.

Archival Resource Key. 6. Receipts, etc.,, 1796-1868.
Scope and Contents note

Includes: memorandum (1796) of who will sweep Meeting House for 1797-1800; receipts (1799-1815) estate of Joseph Battey (guardianship of son John); receipts, etc. (1804-1841) related to estate of Sarah Battey (d. 1842); receipt (1819) estate of Benjamin Battey; papers (1820) estate of James [Clemme?]; receipts (1863-1868) Ruth Battey

Archival Resource Key. 7. Notes on births, deaths, marriages of families of Southwick, Mussey, Remington, Aldrich and others: date span covers, 1684-1861.
Archival Resource Key. 8. Poetry, penmanship papers,, not dated.
Archival Resource Key. 9. Meeting minutes,, 1793-1850.
Scope and Contents note

Includes: "Coppy of a minute setting off gloucester Preparative Meetg, 8th mo. 1793"; "Minutes of organization of [Friends Prov.] First Day School, established 3d mo. 1850"; p

Archival Resource Key. 10. Printed items,, 1845-1849.
Scope and Contents note

Includes: Free produce meeting minutes (1849); circular to members of School Committee [Providence Public Schools] (1845); 2 time tables

General Physical Description note

13 ALS

Archival Resource Key. Liverpool, 11/19/1821.
Scope and Contents note

- about to sail to Canton

Archival Resource Key. Canton, to niece Hannah C. Risley, 4/13/1824.
Scope and Contents note

- government restrictions on their interactions with Chinese merchants, tells of elaborate dinner banquet

Archival Resource Key. Canton, to brother and sister, 1/6/1828.
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- thoughts on Separation within Society of Friends, gives gifts of money to relatives

Archival Resource Key. to sisters Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 8/29/1832.
Archival Resource Key. Philadelphia, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 3/26/1833.
Archival Resource Key. Philadelphia, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 6/18/1833.
Archival Resource Key. Philadelphia, invitation to Thomas Dixey, 2/21/1834.
Archival Resource Key. Niagara Falls, to Hannah C. Risley, 7/2/1834.
Scope and Contents note

- traveling in New York State, Niagara Falls, etc.

Archival Resource Key. Philadelphia, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 3/31/1837.
Archival Resource Key. Philadelphia, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 7/27/1838.
Archival Resource Key. Philadelphia, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 11/23/1838.
Scope and Contents note

- working on setting up exhibit of Chinese Collection

Archival Resource Key. Philadelphia, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 3/29/1839.
Archival Resource Key. Philadelphia, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 4/12/1839.
Archival Resource Key. Philadelphia, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 3/21/1841.
Archival Resource Key. Philadelphia, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 5/4/1841.
Archival Resource Key. London, to Hannah C. Dixey, 8/29/1842.
Scope and Contents note

- in London with Chinese Collection

Archival Resource Key. London, to niece Hannah C. Dixey, 3/3/1843.
Scope and Contents note

- opinion on anticipated boom in trade with China, many missionaries and traders headed that way, need to stop opium traffic first "Opium and the Bible cannot enter China together," visit of Elizabeth Fry to the Chinese Collection

Archival Resource Key. Paris, to Hannah C. Dixey, 10/1/1843.
Scope and Contents note

- comments of news of sister Rhoda and Mr. Lamb

Archival Resource Key. London, to Benjamin W. Richards, 2/3/1844.
Scope and Contents note

- case of Thomas v. Dunn to come up in Court of Common Pleas (forgery case), discusses case at length

Archival Resource Key. London, to Benjamin W. Richards, 6/21/1844.
Scope and Contents note

- Dunn wins forgery case, discusses case and aftermath, receives anonymous letter in verse in Thomas's hand, which mentions gift to Haverford

Archival Resource Key. 3. "Memoranda for Mr. Dunn - List of articles - wanted 3 mo. 18, 1829".
Scope and Contents note

[notebook re: packing of Chinese Collection, also Chinese articles wanted for collection, (and items needed to exhibit collection?)]

Archival Resource Key. 4. Laurel Hill Cemetery papers,, 1836-1840.
Scope and Contents note

Includes: 2 account books, copies of deeds and legal documents, extracts from minutes of meeting of the proprietors, printed act of incorporation for Laurel Hill Cemetery (1836, managers are Nathan Dunn, Benjamin W. Richards, John J. Smith Jr., Frederick Brown, William M. Meredith, Edward Coleman, George N. Baker, Henry Toland and Nicholas Biddle)

Archival Resource Key. 5. Land papers,, 1838-1839.
Scope and Contents note

Includes: "Map of Lots in exchange of land between Nathan Dunn and William Russell" (1838) and "Deed, Absalom H. Smith and wife to Nathan Dunn for a lot of land in Mt. Holly" (1839)

Archival Resource Key. 6. "The last will and testament of Nathan Dunn, late of the city of Philadelphia, deceased." with annotations in a contemporary hand [possibly Isaac Collins?, one of Dunn's executors], 1844,.
Archival Resource Key. 7. Miscellaneous Nathan Dunn and Dunn family papers,, 1744-1841.
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Includes: receipt (1744) and bond (1753) of Zaccheus Dunn, "Copy of account, Rhoda Dunn and John Barnes Execrs. of Nathan Dunn Decd." (1786), 1759 Deed (Silver and Shivers), receipt, several 1832 letters to Nathan Dunn related to building a house

Archival Resource Key. Ann Bellangee, ALS, "Santcla[]swell", to Rhoda Osborn, (w/ brother James Bellangee) , 1834,.
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re: religious thoughts (are they traveling in the ministry?)

Archival Resource Key. M. F. Bellangee, ALS, Bordentown, to friend Rhoda, 1867,.
Archival Resource Key. Leah Blackman, ALS, Little Eggharbor, to Rhoda Lamb, 1868,.
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re: family information for use in her book

Archival Resource Key. R. S. Bogan Jr., ALS, Tuckertown, to Uncle Gideon [M. Birdsall], 1884,.
Archival Resource Key. Richard Bogan, 8 ALS, Osborn's Island, to Rhoda and Restore S. Lamb, Gideon Birdsall re: running farm on Osborn's Island, 1850-1871,.
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re: running farm on Osborn's Island

Archival Resource Key. Frederick Brown, 5 ALS, Philadelphia, to Phebe Osborn, Rhoda Lamb, 1845-1865,.
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re: funeral and estate of Nathan Dunn

Archival Resource Key. Rachel Bullock, funeral notice for, 1846.
Archival Resource Key. Nathan Dunn Birdsall, 2 ALS, to Aunt [Rhoda Osborn] and Aunts Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 1844-1848,.
Archival Resource Key. Thomas O. Birdsall, 9 ALS, to family, 1877-1885,.
Archival Resource Key. Zephaniah Birdsall (1823-1849), ALS, to Aunts Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 1844,.
Archival Resource Key. 3. Papers of: Gideon M. Birdsall, miscellaneous items, memoranda, receipt, certificate from Marlborough Monthly Meeting, 1871 to Burlington and Little Eggharbor Monthly Meetings, 1882-1884,.
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in regard to visit of GMB, bankbook

General Physical Description note

2 p., 9 tintypes of [GMB?]

Archival Resource Key. Rhoda Ann (Birdsall) Coffin (daughter of Gideon M. Birdsall), 9 ALS, to family (includes letters w/ brother Nathan Dunn Birdsall and Gideon M. Birdsall), 1839-1885,.
Archival Resource Key. Lewis R. [Cavilear], ALS, to Gideon M. Birdsall, 1884,.
Archival Resource Key. Offingham Cock [or Dock?], to R. Lamb, 6/1/ no year,.
Archival Resource Key. Isaac Collins, 2 ALS, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn,, 1844,.
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re: estate of Nathan Dunn

Archival Resource Key. D. Colson, 2 ALS, to cousins Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 1841, 1844,.
Archival Resource Key. Phebe Coutant, ALS, to brother Gideon M. Birdsall, encloses funeral notice of Job Atkinson, 1885,.
Archival Resource Key. Hannah R. Cox, funeral notice for, 1849.
Archival Resource Key. S. W. Doughten, ALS, to Mordecai W. Bryant (on behalf of Rhoda Lamb) with reply of Mordecai W. Bryant to RL on reverse, 1872.
Archival Resource Key. Ann Eliza Dunn (daughter of Josiah Dunn and niece of Nathan Dunn), 2 ALS, to Aunts Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 1839-1842,.
Archival Resource Key. Nathan Dunn Jr. (son of Josiah Dunn and nephew of Nathan Dunn), ALS, to Aunts Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 1842,.
Archival Resource Key. B. C. Duplaine, ALS, to Restore Lamb, 1849,.
Archival Resource Key. 7. Letters of: William Folwell (Nathan Dunn was apprenticed to a William Folwell in 1803), 4 ALS, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn and later, to Rhoda Lamb, 1840-1868,.
Archival Resource Key. Margaret Haines, funeral notice for, 1845.
Archival Resource Key. Jane L. Harvey, ALS, to Gideon M. Birdsall, 1885,.
Archival Resource Key. William Haywood, funeral notice for, 10/16/ no year.
Archival Resource Key. Samuel B. Headley, ALS, to friends Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 1846,.
Archival Resource Key. Lydia L. Hewlings, funeral notice for, 1841.
Archival Resource Key. Benjamin M. Hollinshead, cover sheet addressed to him.
Archival Resource Key. Rhoda O. Lamb, 4 ALS, to sister Phebe Osborn and to G. & B. [Orul?], also a few misc. mss, including copy of appraisal of personal effects of Rhoda Lamb, 1842-1850,.
Archival Resource Key. William B. Langdon, ALS, to Rhoda, 9/9/1841,.
Archival Resource Key. James Logan, ALS, to Rhoda S.[?] Lamb, 11/28/1849,.
Archival Resource Key. P. McCall, ALS, to Restore S. Lamb, 4/21/1847,.
Archival Resource Key. George McHenry, notice of funeral for, sent to R. S. Lamb, 3/3/1864,.
Archival Resource Key. Rebecca Merritt, funeral notice for, sent to Restore S. Lamb, 8/12/1851,.
Archival Resource Key. Richard Osborn (father of Thomas Osborn), ADS (bond),, ca 1765-1769.
Archival Resource Key. Thomas Osborn (d. ca. 1827) (2nd husband of Rhoda (Silver) Dunn), 7 items, (receipts, legal documents), 1777-1822.
Archival Resource Key. George Pancoast, funeral notice for, sent to Restore S. Lamb, 2/25/1862,.
Archival Resource Key. Nathan Dunn Pancoast (nephew of Nathan Dunn), 2 ALS, invitation and letter to Aunts Rhoda and [Phebe Osborn], 1839, 1868,.
Archival Resource Key. Sadie A. Pancoast, ALS, to cousin, 3/10/year?,.
Archival Resource Key. Amos J. Peaslee, ALS, to Rhoda O. Lamb, 1/16/1872,.
Archival Resource Key. Jacob S. Pedrick, ALS, to Restore Lamb, 4/25/1860,.
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re: death of Hannah Pedrick

Archival Resource Key. Joseph B. Pedrick, ALS, to cousin Rhoda O. Lamb, 6/20/1879,.
Archival Resource Key. William S. Perot, ALS, to Restore S. Lamb, 1/11/1847,.
Archival Resource Key. Joseph W. Pharo, ALS, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 3/14/1839,.
Archival Resource Key. Phebe B. Pharo (m. Allen R. Pharo), ALS, 2nd day (30th), to Restore Lamb.
Archival Resource Key. Timothy Pharo, ALS, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 2/16/1842,.
Archival Resource Key. Pharos & Ridgway, ALS, to Rhoda O. Lamb, 5/1/1873,.
Archival Resource Key. Elwood Reeves, ALS, to Restore S. Lamb, 2/7/1853,.
Archival Resource Key. Mrs. Richards and daughters, AD (acceptance of invitation), Tues., to Mrs. Osborn and Mr. Dunn, 8/6/ no year,.
Archival Resource Key. Benjamin W. Richards, 9 ALS, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, Restore Lamb, 1844-1846,.
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re: estate of Nathan Dunn

Archival Resource Key. D. A. [Deborah Ann] Risley (daughter of Hannah C. Dixey?), ADS,, 5/26/1848,.
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recipe for medicine (St. Vita's Dance)

Archival Resource Key. Sarah Roberts, ALS, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, no date,.
Archival Resource Key. Daniel Schut, ALS, to Mrs. R. S. Lamb, 8/24/1858,.
Archival Resource Key. Mary Ann Shourds, 2 ALS, to cousin Rhoda Lamb, 1849, 1852,.
Archival Resource Key. William Shourds, funeral notice for, sent to Rhoda Osborn and family, 6/18/1840,.
Archival Resource Key. R. C. Smith, ALS, to Rhoda and Phebe Osborn, no date,.
Archival Resource Key. Henry Sutton, ALS, to Gideon M. Birdsall, 3/20/1885,.
Archival Resource Key. Isaac Sutton, ALS, to Gideon M. Birdsall, 12/16/1883,.
Archival Resource Key. Daniel Townsend, ALS, to "Pheeby & Rhody Osborn", 1/14/1839,.
Archival Resource Key. Thomas Walton, ALS, to Restore Lamb, 8/9/1850,.
Archival Resource Key. James Weeks and Phebe Weeks, ALS, to Rhoda and Phebe Osborn, 3/17/1847,.
Archival Resource Key. Barclay White, ALS, to "Mother Rhoda O. Lamb", 6/1/1850,.
Archival Resource Key. Susan C. White, ALS, to [?], 2/6/1877,.
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re: death of Susan's mother

Archival Resource Key. William C. White, ALS, to cousin Rhoda, also memorandum, not dated, 1878,.
Archival Resource Key. Rebecca Ann Wilkins, funeral notice for, sent to Restore Lamb, 10/6/1848,.
Archival Resource Key. Sarah E. Willits, ALS, to Mrs. Rhoda Lamb, 5/5/1849,.
Archival Resource Key. Stephen Willits Jr., ALS, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 6/6/1839,.
Archival Resource Key. Georgia B. Wood, 8 pages of bequests,, ca. 1927.
Archival Resource Key. Benajah B. Woodward, ALS, to Phebe and Rhoda Osborn, 10/18/1845,.
Archival Resource Key. Franklin Woolman, ALS, to Restore S. Lamb, 8/16/1852?,.
Archival Resource Key. Mary Woolman, funeral notice for, 7/4/1860,.
Archival Resource Key. Catharine R. Zelley, sent to Rhoda Osborn, 3/28/1841,.
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funeral notice for Catharine R. Zelley

Archival Resource Key. 6. Unidentified correspondents,, 1832-1878.

Archival Resource Key. 7. Meeting minutes,, ca. 1848-1863.
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Includes: handwritten extracts from Yearly Mtg. (ca. 1848); printed subscription form for a Friends' school (1854); minutes of Marlborough Preparative Meeting of Minsters and Elders, Cornwall Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders, Cornwall Quarterly Meeting of Ministers and Elders

Archival Resource Key. 8. Poetry, photographs, memorandum, almanac, clippings.

Archival Resource Key. 1. Receipt book, of Phebe and Rhoda Osborn., 1834-1845.
Archival Resource Key. 2. Receipts, bills, [undated].
Archival Resource Key. 3. Receipts, bills,, 1820-1839.
Archival Resource Key. 4. Receipts, bills,, 1840-1849.
Archival Resource Key. 5. Receipts, bills,, 1850-1859.
Archival Resource Key. 6. Receipts, bills,, 1860-1869.
Archival Resource Key. 7. Receipts, bills,, 1870-1879.
Archival Resource Key. 8. Receipts, bills,, 1880-1889.
Archival Resource Key. Nathan Dunn's China trade financial accounts,, 1826-1830.
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Includes: General ledger balances, transactions within China and with England and Philadelphia business associates by Nathan Dunn on cloth cargo sent by the ships "Tobacco Plant" and "Isabella" and received by Dunn in Canton, China. The first ledger book was also used in the 1890s by Ella Birdsall Wright to practice her writing

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