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Thomas Wistar Brown 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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Correspondence, letter books, diaries, scrapbooks, account books, deeds, marriage certificates, genealogical material, and miscellaneous manuscript and printed items of, or about, Thomas Wistar Brown (1826-1916), his father Moses Brown (1793-1878), his mother Mary (Wistar) Brown (b. 1807), his brother Moses Brown (b. 1829), his wife Mary (Farnum) Brown, his son John Farnum Brown (1873-1894) and others. Under correspondence, there are four letters from Eliza Paul (Kirkbride) Gurney to Elizabeth W. Wistar. Included under miscellaneous manuscripts are extracts from the Minutes of Dover [N.H.] Monthly Meeting, 1701/2-1785, the will of William Brown of Dover, N.H., 4mo. 19 1833, and a poem by Joseph John Gurney, 1838. The collection also contains the Wistar Family tree.
People
- Brown, Mary Farnum
- Brown, Mary Wistar, 1807-1842
- Brown, Moses, 1793-1879
- Brown, Thomas Wistar, 1826-1916
- Gurney, Eliza Paul, 1801-1881
- Brown, William
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847
- Benezet, Anthony
- Brown, Moses, 1829-1883
Organization
- Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs
- Haverford College -- History
- Indian Rights Association
- Dover Monthly Meeting of Friends (Dover, N.H.)
Subject
- Scrapbooks
- Quakers -- Genealogy
- Land titles
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Land titles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Quaker women -- Religious life
- Quakers -- Family relationships
- poetry and poems
- Health
- Bird watching
- Death
Place
- Publisher
- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Original author unknown; revised by Sarah Horowitz
- Finding Aid Date
- Unknown; revised October 2018