Call Number:

MC.975.01.012

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.25 linear ft. (3 volumes)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Howard Comfort diaries (HC.MC.975.01.012), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1867-1870 (inclusive)

Creator:

Comfort, Howard

Form:

Diaries

Abstract:

Howard Comfort was a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia, and often traveled between Philadelphia and various cities in Great Britain on business. Each volume is a small "pocket diary," and entries include lists of assignments and readings for class, notes, and quoted excerpts from materials Comfort had read, as well as descriptions of social calls and Quaker meetings.

Howard Comfort (1850-1912) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 21, 1850, to Edward Comfort and Susan Edge Comfort. On May 16, 1872, Howard Comfort married Susan Wistar, the daughter of Thomas W. Wistar and Priscilla Foulke Wistar. The couple had one son, William Wistar Comfort (1874-1955). Comfort was a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia, and often traveled between Philadelphia and various cities in Great Britain on business during the years 1890-1907. Comfort died in Philadelphia on April 12, 1912, at nearly 62 years old.

This collection is composed of three original, handwritten journals of Howard Comfort. Each volume is a small "pocket diary," and entries include lists of assignments and readings for class, notes, and quoted excerpts from materials Comfort had read, as well as descriptions of social calls and Quaker meetings.