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Matlack family notebooks
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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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This collection is comprised of the three volumes of miscellaneous notebooks of the Matlack family. Included is a notebook of Asa Matlack, a notebook which includes copied inscriptions from Quaker tombstones, and a notebook with land records of the Matlack family.
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Processed by Kara Flynn; completed December 2015.
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- Publisher
- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Kara Flynn
- Finding Aid Date
- December 2015
- Use Restrictions
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Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17).
Collection Inventory
This collection is compiled from earlier notebooks, and includes: Interview with Thomas Land, Some Haines Notes, Visit to Timothy Matlack, Extracts from Haddonfield Meeting Records, Notes made of a visit to Burlington, Laetitia Penn's Certificate, Lucubrations by Ruth Scott, Roberts Notes, Extracts from Abington M.M. Records, Visit to Relatives in Pennsylvania. Includes handwritten notebook pages with typed table of contents and index.
Physical Description0.13 linear ft.
Includes a list of "ministering friends from Europe to visit America" from 1656 to 1828, list of marriages of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, 1795-1756, list of families belonging to the Chester preparative meeting, "account of all the marriages that have been allowed by Chester monthly meeting (1804-1826)
Physical Description0.06 linear ft.
A list of marriages taken from the "Newton Book of Marriage Certificates," which includes the date of the marriage, the names of the couple, and where the marriage took place.
This volume includes copied inscriptions of the headstones of the members of many Quaker families.
Physical Description0.06 linear ft.
This volume includes maps of land, and copies of legal documents related to the buying and selling of land.
Physical Description0.06 linear ft.
This notebook includes handwritten excerpts from the "Rules of Discipline of the Yearly Meetings of Friends."