Call Number:

MC.975.07.017

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.1 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Henry Carter autobiography (HC.MC.975.07.017), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

Undated.

Creator:

Carter, Henry, 1804-1896

Form:

genealogies (histories), autobiographies (documents), and manuscripts (documents)

Abstract:

Henry Carter's autobiography describes his childhood with his brother and widowed mother, but mostly focuses on his adult life as a sailor. Also included is a brief history of the genealogy of Carter's father's side of the family.

Henry Carter (1804-?) was born April 18, 1804, in Rock Run, Maryland, the son of John and Rebecca (Harlan) Carter. He married Mary Ann Jackson and the couple had ten children: Kate, John Isaiah (b. 1826), Evan Morris (b. 1828), Alice Anna (b. 1830), Anna Maria (b. 1833), Henry Harlan (b. 1835), Edith Rebecca (b. 1838), Sarah Ann (b. 1840), Joel Jackson (b. 1843), and Amelia Katherine (b. 1846). Henry Carter died on April 1, 1896, in Fulton, Pennsylvania, at the age of 91.

This collection is comprised of the single, handwritten autobiography of Henry Carter. His autobiography describes his childhood with his brother and widowed mother, but mostly focuses on his adult life as a sailor. Also included is a brief history of the genealogy of Carter's father's side of the family.