Call Number:

MC.975.02.021

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.12 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Benjamin Swett letterbook (HC.MC.975.02.021), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1765-1806 (inclusive)

Creator:

Swett, Benjamin

Form:

Correspondence

Abstract:

The first half of the volume contains business correspondence concerning merchant's orders and the status of shipments. The second half of the volume contains personal correspondence, chiefly letters from Benjamin Swett to Mary Howell Swett, his wife. Letters are addressed to William Johnson, Isaac Milnor, Harper & Hartshorne, John Wickman & Sons, Barclay & Sons, Richard Mayhew, Joseph Brown, Jonathon Cowpland, David Symour, Arnoll & Mayhew, Thomas Letchworth, George Dillwyn, Sally Hopkins, and John Smith.

Benjamin Swett (1738-1819) was born circa 1738, the son of John Swett. Swett lived most of his life near Burlington, New Jersey. He married Mary Howell of Philadelphia, and both Swett and his wife later became ministers. In 1771, he visited Long Island, New York, on a religious visit. In 1778, Swett accompanied John Hunt in a visit to members of the Lenni-Lenape living on the Brotherton (Edgepelick) Reservation in New Jersey. From 1797 to 1801, the Swetts accompanied Charity Cook on a visit to Friends in Europe. Benjamin Swett died March 27, 1819, near Haddonfield, New Jersey.

This collection is comprised of the single volume letterbook of Benjamin Swett. The first half of the volume contains business correspondence concerning merchant's orders and the status of shipments. The second half of the volume contains personal correspondence, chiefly letters from Swett to Mary Howell Swett, his wife.

Business correspondence is addressed to the following: William Johnson, Isaac Milnor, Harper & Hartshorne, John Wickman & Sons, Barclay & Sons, Richard Mayhew, Joseph Brown, Jonathon Cowpland, David Symour, Arnoll & Mayhew, and John Smith.

Personal correspondence is addressed to the following: Thomas Letchworth, George Dillwyn, and Sally Hopkins.