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Mary King Swayne letters

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

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Call Number:
MC.1346
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
0.8 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Mary Swayne letters(HC.MC 1346) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:
1807-1864 (inclusive)
Creator:
Swayne, Mary King (1787-1855)
Form:
Correspondence and family papers
Abstract:
The collection contains handwritten letters from and to Mary King Swayne, the wife of Joel Swayne, a Quaker missionary to the Onondaga Tribe of Upstate New York. The letters cover family life and discussions on religion, including the Hicksite Schism.

Mary King Swayne (1787-1855) was the wife of Joel Swayne (1774/75-1850), a Quaker missionary in upstate New York from 1798-1800. The Kings were early settlers of Ceres PA, near the New York state border. They also resided in Delaware for a time before settling in Ceres. Joel Swayne was a member of London Grove Monthly Meeting, and was later a member of Woodstown Monthly Meeting in New Jersey

Letters include correspondence with members of the Swayne and King families, mainly covering family updates from various branches of the family, including the English Quaker Mary Thresher.

Letters are arranged in chronological order by sender.

Gift of James Boone, March 2023

Processed by Maxwell Champlin, May 2023

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Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Maxwell Champlin
Finding Aid Date
May, 2023
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use (if there are restrictions indicated it here)

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)

Collection Inventory

Correspondence, 1807-1843.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters to and from Mary and Joel Swayne, including travel reports, eulogies, and various family matters

Corespondence, 1808-1866.
Box 1
Correspondence, 1810-1824.
Box 1
Letters from John King , 1820-1837.
Box 1
Letters from John King , 1838-1844.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Letters from John King to Mary and Joel Swayne. includes statements regarding the will of a passed relative

Letters from John Watson, 1811-1821.
Box 1
Letters from John Watson, 1822-1839.
Box 1
Letters from John Watson, 1840-1848.
Box 1
Letters from Mary Thresher to Mary Swayne, 1825-1836.
Box 1
Letters from Mary Thresher, 1840-1854.
Box 1
Letters to/from Mary Swayne, 1834-1838.
Box 2
Letters to Mary Swayne, 1839-1850.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters from Nieces and Nephews to Mary Swayne

Letters from Mary Thresher, 1837-1839.
Box 2
Letters to/from Mary Bell , 1842-1850.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters cover family matters, life updates, the departure of Mary Bell's "intended" to the west for two to three years.

Various Correspondences within Swayne Family , 1844, undated.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters cover topics including, family matters, health, views on The Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), Abolition, the founding of a Lyceum for women, Messages from Caroline Swayne (niece of Mary Swayne),

Letters from Caroline Swayne to Mary Swayne , 1849.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters cover family matters, the death of a family member to cholera.

Genealogy , 1820-1830.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters about the Dates of Birth and status of family members

School Report of Caroline Swayne and Photographs, 1864, 1866.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

3 photographs of unnamed individuals, School report of Caroline Swayne

Summaries of Letters from Donor , undated.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Summaries of letters including more details on family structure

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