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Cox-Parrish-Wharton papers

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Call Number:
0154
Repository:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Extent:
9.3 linear feet (; 19 boxes, 40 volumes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Cox-Parrish-Wharton papers (Collection 154), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Date:
1740-1870 (bulk) and 1700-1900 (inclusive)
Creator:
Cox family. and Parrish family.
Form:
Poems. and Religious literature.
Abstract:
This collection of papers that originated mostly from the Cox family of Oxmead, Burlington County, New Jersey, and the Parrish family of Maryland and Philadelphia, contains information on the religious, humanitarian, social, and economic influence of the Quakers in American life. Spanning two centuries from 1700 to 1900, the collection contains family and some business correspondence, personal and financial volumes, petitions, deeds, publications, prints and photographs, and materials from the Friends Association of Philadelphia.

The Cox family of Burlington County, New Jersey, originated from one John Cox (circa 1641-circa 1724), thought to be from Gloucester, England, who immigrated to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the late 1680s. He later settled in Rancocous, New Jersey with his family. Cox's great-great grandson, John Cox (1755-1847), was a member of and preacher for the Society of Friends. Like many Quakers, he devoted much of his time to civil service and was particularly interested in helping maintain peaceful relations with the local Native American tribes. He married Ann Dillwyn (1755-1797) and they lived at a home in Burlington County that Ann had inherited from her father called "Oxmead." John and Ann had one daughter, Susan (or Susannah). John remarried after Ann died in 1797 and had one more daughter, Hannah. Susan Cox (1788-1851) went on to marry Philadelphia physician Dr. Joseph Parrish (1779-1840).

The Parrishes were a prominent Quaker family in Philadelphia, and many members were involved in relief or service organizations, such as the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. Joseph Parrish, son of Isaac Parrish of Baltimore, Maryland, and Sarah Mitchell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received a classical education in Philadelphia. He studied medicine under Dr. Caspar Wistar in 1800 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a medical degree in 1805. He worked as a physician and surgeon at a number of local medical institutions and was a member of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He was also a member of the Society of Friends, as well as the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, of which he later was named president. He authored several publications on medical topics and contributed to the North American Medical and Surgical Journal.

Joseph and Susan Parrish had a large family of three daughters and eight sons (one of whom died as a child). Among their progeny were Dillwyn Parrish (1809-1889), great-grandfather of celebrated artist Maxfield Parrish; Joseph Parrish (1811-1891), a physician who worked mosly in New Jersey and served with the United States Sanitary Commission during the Civil War; and Edward Parrish (1822-1872) who, most notably, helped establish Swarthmore College. One of their daughters, Susanna Dillwyn Parrish (1827-1915), married into another old Philadelphia family, the Whartons. Her husband, Rodman Wharton (1820-1854), worked as a merchant and for a time was in business with his brother Joseph.

The Cox-Parrish-Wharton papers span two centuries and are housed in nineteen boxes and thirty-two volumes. The collection primarily highlights the religious, humanitarian, social, and economic influence of the Quakers in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Included are numerous documents and correspondence pertaining to Indian relations and the abolition of slavery. Of particular interest are the founding documents of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, which include early minutes of the 1770s that contain details on which members of the community were still holding illegal African-American and Indian slaves and indentured servants. Much of the correspondence is personal in nature and provides some insight into Quaker family life. Papers of the Cox and Parrish families dominate the collection; however, there are also scattered, mainly late nineteenth century letters to and from members of the Wharton family.

The collection is arranged into eight series. The first three series are devoted to papers and correspondence of John Parrish (circa 1689-1745) of Maryland; John and Ann Cox of Oxmead, New Jersey; and Dr. Joseph and Susan (Susannah) Parrish of Philadelphia, respectively. Series 4 is a collection of alphabetically arranged papers and letters, the majority of which are addressed to John Cox or members of the Pemberton family. Series 5 and 6 contain a variety of printed documents, images, old deeds and certificates on parchment, and clippings. Series 7 contains a small assortment of papers from the Friendly Association of Philadelphia. The final series is made up of bound volumes from members of the Cox, Parrish, and Dillwyn families. There are also number of miscellaneous volumes such as school books and scrapbooks on Quaker history.

I. John Parrish, 1704-1807, undated; 2 boxes

II. John and Ann Cox, 1781-1844; 4 boxes

III. Dr. Joseph and Susan Parrish, 1769-circa 1879; 2 boxes

IV. Alphabetical papers, 1700-1900; 7.5 boxes

V. Printed materials, 1738-1864; 0.5 boxes

VI. Graphics, 1764-1899; 1 box

VII. Friendly Association papers, 1751-1776; 1 box

VIII. Volumes; circa 1719-1879; 1 box, 32 volumes (some volumes in box)

Cox, Henry Miller. The Cox Family in America. New York, [Printed for the author by the Unionist Gazette Association], 1912. [call number Fa 929.2 C877c 1912]

Gift of Mrs. Rodman Wharton and Miss Susan Wharton, 1914.

The Quaker scrapbooks (Volume 27, numbers 1-3) were formerly catalogued under the number Am .12780.

Some folder titles in the lists that follow contain references to the "A. A. Guide" -- these numbers correlate to those found in the guide Afro-Americana, 1553-1906: author catalog of the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (call number INDEX Z 1361.N39 P48 1973), copies of which are available in HSP's library.

At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:

Friendly Association (extra illustrated books) by Samuel Parrish (Ap 877 P 26 [XI 6])

Dillwyn Parrish diary (Am .11115)

John Parrish diaries (Am .565)

Parrish family papers (Collection 1653)

Pemberton family papers (Collection 484A)

Rodman and Susan D. Wharton correspondence (Society Small collection - Collection 22B)

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Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Cary Majewicz.
Finding Aid Date
; 2011
Sponsor
Processing made possible by generous donations from Shelia Bodine, Mary Dugan, and Donna J. Rilling.
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Collection Inventory

Series description

This first series contains correspondence and writings primarily concerning John Parrish's work among the Indians. There is a contemporary copy of "An Indian's answer to a Swedish missionary, 1704" (Box 1, Folder 1), as well as an 1805 address to slaveholders in America (Box 2, Folder 5). There is a folder of prose and poetry from one Richard Nesbit (Box 1, Folder 20), and the rest of the material consists of correspondence and other documents. Prominent correspondents include George Churchman; John Forman; Isaac Foster; Samuel and Gerard Hopkins; the Nesbit family; Edward, George, and Isaac Parrish; John Pemberton; James Simpson; and Robert Willis.

"An Indian's Answer to a Swedish Missionary", (1704).
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence and other papers, (1722-1762).
Box 1 Folder 2-3
Correspondence and other papers, (1764-1795).
Box 1 Folder 4-19
Richard Nesbit papers, "Condemnation," "A Narrative", (circa 1795-1796).
Box 1 Folder 20
Correspondence and other papers, (1796-1799).
Box 1 Folder 21-26
Correspondence and other papers, (1800-1804).
Box 2 Folder 1-4
"An Affectionate Address to the Inhabitants of The United States of America, more especially The Rulers, and Such as hold Slaves", (1805).
Box 2 Folder 5
Correspondence and other papers, (1805-1807, undated).
Box 2 Folder 6-9

Series description

This small series contains the papers and correspondence of John and Ann Cox of Oxmead, Burlington County, New Jersey. The vast majority of the letters are between the Coxes and son-in-law and daughter Dr. Joseph and Susan Cox Parrish of Philadelphia, but there is also correspondence between John and Ann, and between the Coxes and other family members and friends. The papers are mostly personal in nature with occasional references to business or current events.

Mixed correspondence, (1781-1794).
Box 3 Folder 1
Mixed correspondence, (1796-1799).
Box 3 Folder 2
Mixed correspondence, (1802-1810).
Box 3 Folder 3-17
John and Ann Cox to Joseph and Susan Parrish, (1811-June 1813).
Box 3 Folder 18-25
Ann Cox to John Cox, (May 1813).
Box 3 Folder 26
John and Ann Cox to Joseph and Susan Parrish, (July-December 1813).
Box 3 Folder 27
John Cox to Roberts Vaux, (May 1813).
Box 3 Folder 28
John and Ann Cox to Joseph and Susan Parrish, (1814).
Box 4 Folder 1-5
John and Ann Cox to Robert Cox, (May 1814).
Box 4 Folder 6
John and Ann Cox to Joseph and Susan Parrish, (1815-1816).
Box 4 Folder 7-13
Letters between John and Ann Cox, (October-December 1816).
Box 4 Folder 14-15
John and Ann Cox to Joseph and Susan Parrish, (1817).
Box 4 Folder 16-19
Mixed correspondence, (1818-1819).
Box 4 Folder 20-27
Mixed correspondence, (1820-1827).
Box 5 Folder 1-33
Mixed correspondence, (1828-1839).
Box 6 Folder 1-28
Ann Cox to Margaret Morris, (undated).
Box 6 Folder 29
Mixed correspondence, (1840-1844).
Box 6 Folder 30-31

Series description

The papers and letters of Dr. Joseph Parrish and his wife Susan (Susannah) Cox Parrish span from the 1760s to the 1840s. Many of Dr. Parrish's letters concern his medical practice and theories and incoming ones are often from people asking for advice on particular ailments or treatments. In addition to correspondence, there are also testimonials and tributes to Dr. Parrish (Box 18, Folders 12 and 18). The letters of Susan Parrish are in the mixed correspondence files (most of Boxes 7 and 8) and they mainly concern family matters.

Joseph Parrish to Elizabeth (Stott?), (1769).
Box 7 Folder 1
Joseph Parrish to Catherine T. Wister, (1798-1799).
Box 7 Folder 2
Joseph Parrish mixed correspondence, (1800-1809).
Box 7 Folder 3-8
Mixed correspondence, (1810-1829).
Box 7 Folder 9-33
Mixed correspondence, (1830-1840).
Box 8 Folder 1-11
Mixed correspondence, including tribute of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society to Dr. Parrish, (circa 1840).
Box 8 Folder 12
Mixed correspondence and miscellaneous documents, (1815, 1844-1849, undated).
Box 8 Folder 13-17
Testimonials to Dr. Joseph Parrish, (circa 1840).
Box 8 Folder 18
Memorial of Dr. Joseph Parrish with regard to John Randolph and his manumitted slaves, (circa 1879).
Box 8 Folder 19

Series description

This series of collected papers is akin to an autograph collection except that the papers appears to have been collected for their subject matter rather than their signatures. Each item or group of items is arranged alphabetically by author. ("Anonymous" or "miscellaneous" papers are filed alphebtically under those titles.) Recipients that could easily be identified are noted in the box and folder list below. Overall, the papers tend to be correspondence, however there are also bills, receipts, wills, legal documents, lists, essays, and notes. Note that some folder titles contain references to the A. A. Guide -- these numbers correlate to those found in the guide Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (call number INDEX Z 1361.N39 P48 1973), copies of which are available in HSP's library.

While individual letters make up much of the series, many of which are written to John Cox of Oxmead or members of the Pemberton family, there are larger groups of correspondence for several people including George and Ann Dillwyn (Box 10, Folders 33-36), Susan (Susanna) Emlen (Box 10, Folders 54-64), Ann(e) Parrish (Box 13, Folders 18-22), Dillwyn Parrish (Box 13, Folders 24-28), Isaac Parrish (Box 13, Folders 33-35), and Susanna Vaux (Box 15, Folders 60-62). Additionally, there is a significant group of papers from the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (Box 14, Folders 22-26), as well as petitions concerning slavery that were brought before Congress (Box 15, Folders 52-54). While there is some personal correspondence throughout, overwhelmingly the papers in this series concern the Society of Friends and their interests in the abolition of slavery and Indian relations.

John Abraham to John Pemberton, (January 1763).
Box 9 Folder 1
William Allen and Thomas Clarkson to Roberts Vaux, (5 May 1825).
Box 9 Folder 2
Eliza Allison to Joseph Parrish; Margaret Allison to John Cox, (11 February 1810, 19 April 1810).
Box 9 Folder 3
Mary Allinson to John Cox, (1844).
Box 9 Folder 4
Sibyl Allinson to John Cox, (26 February 1843).
Box 9 Folder 5
Hester Andrews indenture, (1777).
Box 9 Folder 6
Anonymous, (undated).
Box 9 Folder 7
Anonymous - list of slaves in the U. S. from the last census [ A. A. Guide #145], (circa 1810).
Box 9 Folder 8
Anonymous, (undated).
Box 9 Folder 9
Anonymous - "copy of a letter to several Friends in Maryland respecting the sufferings of Black People" [ A. A. Guide #149A], (26 October 1802).
Box 9 Folder 10
Anonymous, (1744-1874).
Box 9 Folder 11A
Mary Archer on the Archer family, (1838).
Box 9 Folder 11B
John Jacob Astor bill to Isaac Parrish, (April 1802).
Box 9 Folder 12
Edwin A. Atlee to John Cox and Joseph Parrish, (1820-1823).
Box 9 Folder 13
C. A. Atwell of Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons to Susan D. Wharton, (May 1900).
Box 9 Folder 14
Jacob Ballenger Estate - bills, will, and other papers, (1844-1846).
Box 9 Folder 15-16
David Barclay to Samuel Powell Griffiths, (4 March 1797).
Box 9 Folder 17
David and John Barclay letters, (1764-1772, 1789).
Box 9 Folder 18
Robert Barclay letters, (1769-1773).
Box 9 Folder 19-20
Abigail Barker letter, (24 February 1838).
Box 9 Folder 21
Peter Barker agreement, (July 1764).
Box 9 Folder 22
Sarah Barker obituary, (undated).
Box 9 Folder 23
J. Barton to Joseph Parrish, regarding slavery, (undated).
Box 9 Folder 24
James Benezet promissory note, (September 1758).
Box 9 Folder 25
Mary Berry with Ann Mifflin to the General Assembly of Maryland [ A. A. Guide #361], (circa 1800).
Box 9 Folder 26
Joseph Besse to Israel Pemberton, (August 1756).
Box 9 Folder 27
Sam Bettle to John Cox, (1843).
Box 9 Folder 28
Increase Billing - "Northampton County goals at Easton", (8 August 1756).
Box 9 Folder 29
Thomas Bindle letter, (undated).
Box 9 Folder 30
James Birket letter, regarding the organizing of a fire company, (October 1756).
Box 9 Folder 31
Samuel Bissell estate accounts, (1762).
Box 9 Folder 32
Robert Bolton to Mrs. Mitchell, (1773).
Box 9 Folder 33
Phineas Bond to Thomas Parke, (3 October 1780).
Box 9 Folder 34
George Bowne letter, (2 April 1774).
Box 9 Folder 35
Margaret Bowne letter, (15 September 1757).
Box 9 Folder 36
Sam Bowne to John Pemberton, (18 December 1771).
Box 9 Folder 37
John de Brahm testimony on African slavery [ A. A. Guide #521], (28 August 1787).
Box 9 Folder 38
(Brazil) Note on the mortality of slaves [ A. A. Guide #529], (undated).
Box 9 Folder 39
Deborah Bringhurst letters, (1820-1843).
Box 9 Folder 40
John Bringhurst to James Pemberton, (22 November 1743).
Box 9 Folder 41
Joseph Bringhurst letter, (13 February 1809).
Box 9 Folder 46
Brissot's reflections in confinement, (undated).
Box 9 Folder 43
Joseph Brown account of Friends' sufferings in England, (1795).
Box 9 Folder 44
Levi Brown to Rev. Absalom Jones, (September 1801).
Box 9 Folder 45
Moses Brown letters (letter dated 1784 to Anthony Benezet), (3 May 1784, 21 June 1787).
Box 9 Folder 46
Moses Brown to James Pemberton [ A. A. Guide #637], (17 November 1794).
Box 9 Folder 47
Moses Brown to J. Cox, (1842-1843).
Box 9 Folder 48
R. E. Brown letters, (1865-1880).
Box 9 Folder 49
Gran Buchanan letter, (29 August 1783).
Box 9 Folder 50
Rebecca Budd to John Cox, (2 April 1800).
Box 9 Folder 51
Candice Bull manumission, (9 August 1811).
Box 9 Folder 52
David Bustill receipts, (1840).
Box 9 Folder 53
Edward Cathrell letter, (January? 1750).
Box 9 Folder 55
Henry Chads will, (1760-1789).
Box 9 Folder 55
Chandler family general notes, (undated).
Box 9 Folder 56
B. Chew to Dr. Parke, (January 1782).
Box 9 Folder 57
"The vision of Issac Child which he saw concerning the land of his Nativity", (undated).
Box 9 Folder 58
George Churchman to Israel Pemberton and map, (1758, 1768).
Box 9 Folder 59
John Churchman letters, (1758, 1765).
Box 9 Folder 60
Joseph Clark on African Schools [ A. A. Guide #1035), (1 January 1805).
Box 9 Folder 61
Susan Clark will, (1805).
Box 9 Folder 62
Thomas Clark to Roberts Vaux, (12 September 1831).
Box 9 Folder 63
John D. Coates to James Pemberton, (6 March 1787).
Box 9 Folder 64
Joshua Coffin letter, (undated).
Box 9 Folder 65
William Coffin letter, (February 1783).
Box 9 Folder 66
Nathaniel Coleman to Israel Pemberton, (3 October 1749).
Box 10 Folder 1
Cato Collins letter, (10 October 1809).
Box 10 Folder 2
Isaac Collins to John Cox, (10 March 1843).
Box 10 Folder 3
Micujah Collins to Charles Shoemaker, (7 April 1817).
Box 10 Folder 4
Peter Collinson to B. Franklin, (1750).
Box 10 Folder 5
Thomas Colly to James Pemberton, (21 July 1787).
Box 10 Folder 6
Jomes H. Conway letter, (10 July ____).
Box 10 Folder 7
Sarah Conyers to Deborah Wright, (7 December 1811).
Box 10 Folder 8
Thomas Corbyn letters, (1768-1771).
Box 10 Folder 9
Cox family genealogical notes, (undated).
Box 10 Folder 10
Cox-Dillwyn property, including map of Third Street, (undated).
Box 10 Folder 11
Susan Cox letter and embroidery, (1803, undated).
Box 10 Folder 12
John Redman Coxe to Joseph Parrish, (21 March 1832).
Box 10 Folder 13
William Coxe letter, (29 March 1764).
Box 10 Folder 14
Tench Coxe letters, (1788, undated).
Box 10 Folder 15
James Cresson papers, (1827-1845).
Box 10 Folder 16
Grace Crossdale to Mary Pemberton, (2 December 1759).
Box 10 Folder 17
H. Crooks to Dr. Parrish, (15 April 1822).
Box 10 Folder 18
Jane Crosfield to Israel Pemberton, (30 January 1762).
Box 10 Folder 19
Hannah Davis letters, (1809, 1817).
Box 10 Folder 20
Henry P. Davis papers, (1879, 1880).
Box 10 Folder 21
Jane Davis to John Pemberton, (30 August 1768).
Box 10 Folder 22
John Davis to William Miller, (November 1787).
Box 10 Folder 23
Tim Davis to John Pemberton, (21 November 1771).
Box 10 Folder 24
Elisha Dawson acceptance into Friends, (1836).
Box 10 Folder 25
Delaware, Kent County, descriptions to re-enslavement of free Blacks, (1801).
Box 10 Folder 26
Delaware Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery [1794 item - A. A. Guide #1330], (1794, 1795).
Box 10 Folder 27
Lundon Derry account of life and verse [ A. A. Guide #1344], (undated).
Box 10 Folder 28
John Dickinson to James Pemberton, (June 1774).
Box 10 Folder 29
S. Dickinson to cousin Cox, (undated).
Box 10 Folder 30
Zachariah Dicks testimony, (undated).
Box 10 Folder 31
Dillwyn family notes, (undated).
Box 10 Folder 32
Ann Dillwyn letters, including those to Margaret Morris, (1784-1785, undated).
Box 10 Folder 33-34
George Dillwyn papers, including poetry and religious material, (1779-1825, undated).
Box 10 Folder 35-36
L. L. Dillwyn letters, (1878, 1879).
Box 10 Folder 37
S. G. Dillwyn to Susan Parrish, (undated).
Box 10 Folder 38
Sarah Dillwyn papers, (1820-1825, undated).
Box 10 Folder 39
Susanne Dillwyn papers, (1784-1795, undated).
Box 10 Folder 40
William Dillwyn letters, (1773, 1834).
Box 10 Folder 41
R. J. Dimsdale letter, (4 October 1775).
Box 10 Folder 42
J. W. Dorsey to Dr. Parrish, (undated).
Box 10 Folder 43
Silas Downing to Ann Dillwyn, (3 June 1784).
Box 10 Folder 44
Henry Drinker to John Pemberton, (25 February 1760).
Box 10 Folder 45
George Eberly letter, (7 March 1770).
Box 10 Folder 46
George Eddy land patent, (January 1789).
Box 10 Folder 47
Thomas Eddy letter, (22 February 1782).
Box 10 Folder 48
John Eliot account of William Dillwyn's will, (22 July 1825).
Box 10 Folder 49
Lawrence Embree to James Pemberton [ A. A. Guide #1641], (24 January 1795).
Box 10 Folder 50
Ann Emlen letters, (1779, 1782).
Box 10 Folder 51
Sam Emlen papers, (1795-1835).
Box 10 Folder 52-53
Susan (Susanna) Emlen letters, primarily to members of the Bringhurst family, (1795-1819).
Box 10 Folder 54-64
John Emslie to Robert Barclay, (1759).
Box 11 Folder 1
Cadwallader Evans to Dr. Parrish on yellow fever from the years 1793-1809, (21 July 1809).
Box 11 Folder 2
Ellen Evans to James Pemberton, (1753, 1754).
Box 11 Folder 3
Thomas Evans to John Cox, (1843-1846).
Box 11 Folder 4
"S. F." to "E. E", (2 February 1757).
Box 11 Folder 5
Abraham Farrington letters, (1750-1756).
Box 11 Folder 6
Jane Farson papers, (1765, 1781).
Box 11 Folder 7
Hannah Fenimore to Susan Cox, (1796).
Box 11 Folder 8
Sarah Ferrell letters, (1794).
Box 11 Folder 9
Benjamin Ferris to Isaac Parrish, (1847).
Box 11 Folder 10
First Baptist Church, Opinion of Judge Huston, (1791, 1828).
Box 11 Folder 11
Thomas Follett letter, (15 February 1794).
Box 11 Folder 12
James Forten to George Thatcher on behalf of African slaves, (January 1800).
Box 11 Folder 13
Joseph Foster to John Cox, (4 October 1830).
Box 11 Folder 14
Mary Foulke deed, (December 1744).
Box 11 Folder 15
Samuel Foulke letter, (7 April 1765).
Box 11 Folder 16
George Fox (the younger) statement, (undated).
Box 11 Folder 17
Ann Franklin to Nancy Parrish, (16 March 1791).
Box 11 Folder 18
William Franklin on the Stamp Act, (1765).
Box 11 Folder 19
A. Freeman to Dr. Parke, (14 July 1773).
Box 11 Folder 20
Society of Friends petition to the General Assemby of Maryland [ A. A. Guide #1832], (1801).
Box 11 Folder 21
Friends miscellaneous, (1700-1828, undated).
Box 11 Folder 22-25
Jane Galloway to Susan Dillwyn, (4 July 1744).
Box 11 Folder 26
Frances Gamble to Charles Swaine, (17 July 1755).
Box 11 Folder 27
T. Gapper letter, (1826).
Box 11 Folder 28
Thomas Gawthrop letters, (1747-1771).
Box 11 Folder 29
Manuel Gayoso de Lemos document, (13 June 1798).
Box 11 Folder 30
William Gazaways to Jane Farson, (16 April 1763).
Box 11 Folder 31
Bessie Gill to Mrs. R. Wharton, (December 1899).
Box 11 Folder 32
Stacy Gillinghaus to Dillwyn Parrish, (9 July 1838).
Box 11 Folder 33
Patty Gipson letter, (10 November 1797).
Box 11 Folder 34
Samuel Gordon letter, (circa 1784).
Box 11 Folder 35
John Gough to John Pemberton, (21 December 1785).
Box 11 Folder 36
H. E. Gould poem "The Yankee Tea Party", (undated).
Box 11 Folder 37
Isaac Gray to Own Biddle, (1781).
Box 11 Folder 38
John Greene deed to William Buckley, (December 1793).
Box 11 Folder 39
Rebecca Grellet papers, (1825-1842).
Box 11 Folder 40
Stephen Grellet to John Cox, (28 April 1845).
Box 11 Folder 41
John Griffith letters, (1761-1787).
Box 11 Folder 42
Hannah Griffiths (as "Fidelia") in Hannah Shoemaker, (15 January 1779).
Box 11 Folder 43
William Griffiths letter, (24 November 1748).
Box 11 Folder 44
Jacob Gregg to Burlington County Medical Society, (1879, 1880).
Box 11 Folder 45
John Hayward to Robert Jordan, (7 May 1742).
Box 11 Folder 46
___ Griscom to John Cox, (1842).
Box 11 Folder 47
Elizabeth H. Gummere receipt, (1879).
Box 11 Folder 48
Henry Gurney letter, (June 1749).
Box 11 Folder 49
I. Gurney to Susan Parrish, (23 April 1838).
Box 11 Folder 50
James Hardie to Isaac Parrish, (1 April 1793).
Box 11 Folder 51
Lydia Hendrick to Sally Aston, (18 June 1798).
Box 11 Folder 52
Nat Henry of Portsmouth, Virginia, document [ A. A. Guide #2132], (1798).
Box 11 Folder 53
Robert Mott Hickory to John Cox, (10 December 1816).
Box 11 Folder 54
Nathaniel Holland letter, (May 1750).
Box 11 Folder 55
W. J. Holland to Mr. Parrish, (1879).
Box 11 Folder 56
Benjamin Holme letters, (1742-1746).
Box 11 Folder 57
Elizabeth Hilton biographical note, (10 April 1757).
Box 11 Folder 58
S. Hopkins to Anthony Benezet, (8 December 1783).
Box 11 Folder 59
Samuel Hopkins letter, (7 November 1792).
Box 11 Folder 60
Jaby Hornor to Hannah Cooper, (10 March 1746).
Box 11 Folder 61
Edward Horne to John Dillwyn, (12 mo 10th 1733/4).
Box 11 Folder 62
John Hoskins letter, (6 January 1772).
Box 11 Folder 63
Benjamin Hough letter, (19 May 1774).
Box 11 Folder 64
David Howell to James Milnor, (1 January 1805).
Box 11 Folder 65
Matthew Howland letter, (28 May 1845).
Box 11 Folder 66
Rachel Howland letter, (1842-1844).
Box 11 Folder 67
Jeremiah Hubbard to Uriah Hunt, (16 July 1832).
Box 11 Folder 68
Job Hughes to John Pemberton, (December 1780).
Box 11 Folder 69
Wager Hull letters, (1820-1849).
Box 11 Folder 70-71
Sophia Hume to Israel Pemberton and James Pemberton, (1748, 1749).
Box 11 Folder 72
John Hunt letters, (1742-1820).
Box 11 Folder 73
Peter Hunt letter, (May 1801).
Box 11 Folder 74
Nathan Hunt to Uriah Hunt, (12 March 1821).
Box 11 Folder 75
William Hunt papers, (1767, 1771).
Box 11 Folder 76
Thomas Jackson to James Pemberton, (28 April 1762).
Box 12 Folder 1
Joseph Jacob letters, (1757-1773).
Box 12 Folder 2
John James letter, (8 September 1774).
Box 12 Folder 3
Peter Jaquet receipt, (23 December 1782).
Box 12 Folder 4
Elijah Jenkins and James Neal to "Friend Pemberton", (December 1771).
Box 12 Folder 5
Johns family papers, (1868, undated).
Box 12 Folder 6
George Rice Jones papers, (1740).
Box 12 Folder 7
James Jones eulogy, (1801).
Box 12 Folder 8
Rachel Jones, a free Black girl, indenture, (1802).
Box 12 Folder 9
Mary and Robert Jordan letters to the Jordans, (1742-1743).
Box 12 Folder 10
Sam Jordan to Israel Pemberton, (1760).
Box 12 Folder 11
Elizabeth Kendall letter, (27 January 1756).
Box 12 Folder 12
James Kenny letters, (1762-1773).
Box 12 Folder 13
James King letters concerning William Hunt, (September 1772).
Box 12 Folder 14
Eliza Kirkbride to John Cox(e), (16 June 1840).
Box 12 Folder 15
Sam Kirkland letter, (14 June 1791).
Box 12 Folder 16
A. Kneeland letters, (1826, 1829).
Box 12 Folder 17
Kinckel & Company to Jacob Shoemaker, (10 November 1804).
Box 12 Folder 18
Lydia Lancaster, deceased, testimony from the Women's Quarterly Meeting in Lancashire, (April 1792).
Box 12 Folder 19
John Zane letter, (June 1773).
Box 12 Folder 20
E. Lawrence to Dr. Parke, (August 1787).
Box 12 Folder 21
Benjamin Lay obituary, (undated).
Box 12 Folder 22
The Liberator - letter supporting paper to Joseph Parrish, (January 1836).
Box 12 Folder 23
Library Company papers, (1769, 1788).
Box 12 Folder 24
Benjamin Lightfoot letters, (1759-1765).
Box 12 Folder 25
Michael Lightfoot biographical notes, (1754).
Box 12 Folder 26
Dorcas Lillie to James and Phebe Pemberton, (May 1789).
Box 12 Folder 27
Ruth Little to Susan Parrish, (undated).
Box 12 Folder 28
Thomas Livesay receipt, (27 May 1809).
Box 12 Folder 29
Grace Lloyd letters, (1744-1758).
Box 12 Folder 30
Harford Lloyd letters, (1766, 1768).
Box 12 Folder 31
John Lloyd letters, (March 1776-May 1780, 1782-1789).
Box 12 Folder 32-33
Deborah Logan papers, (1821-1828).
Box 12 Folder 34
James Logan letter and will, (23 November 1750, circa 1799).
Box 12 Folder 35
M. D. Logan letters, (undated).
Box 12 Folder 36
Mary K. Logan to Samuel Parrish, (undated).
Box 12 Folder 37
William Logan letter and extract of letter, (1761, 1772).
Box 12 Folder 38
H. W. Longfellow letters, (7, 14 February 1873).
Box 12 Folder 39
Joshua Longstreth to Joseph and Susan Parrish, (10 September 1819).
Box 12 Folder 40
Mary Anna and Susan Longstreth to John Cox, (May 1842).
Box 12 Folder 41
Archibald McClean papers, (1795, 1796).
Box 12 Folder 42
Colonel Thomas McKinney to Dillwyn (Parrish?), (March 1840).
Box 12 Folder 43
Dolly P. Madison to John Parrish, (undated).
Box 12 Folder 44
M. Magraw letter, (1814).
Box 12 Folder 45
Alexander Magruder deed freeing a slave, (March 1842).
Box 12 Folder 46
Major Marcanny letter, (22 October 1796).
Box 12 Folder 47
Charles Mahoney v. Reverend John Aston, (1799).
Box 12 Folder 48
Charles Marriott to Susan Parrish, (1 February 1842).
Box 12 Folder 49
Benjamin Marshall to John Pemberton, (1780).
Box 12 Folder 50
General Assembly of Maryland, "An Act to withdraw certain funds from the cities of Baltimore, Annapolis, and the town of Easton...", (undated).
Box 12 Folder 51
George Mason verses on John Woolman, (1771-1772).
Box 12 Folder 52
Account of the death of Charles Massey, (undated).
Box 12 Folder 53
W. Matthews letters, (1785, 1787).
Box 12 Folder 54
"Epistle to the Meeting for Sufferings in London from that in Philadelphia" to David Barclay, (October 1782).
Box 12 Folder 55
Ann Mifflin letter, (January 1838).
Box 12 Folder 56
Charles Mifflin to Joseph Parrish, (undated).
Box 12 Folder 57
"Elegiac verses to the memory of the late Daniel Mifflin Esquire addressed to the river Swarrszegut(?) in which is situate his late dwelling" to John Parrish, (1803).
Box 12 Folder 58
George Mifflin to James Pemberton, (30 April 1749).
Box 12 Folder 59
Warner Mifflin letters, (1781-1798, undated).
Box 12 Folder 61
Daniel Mildred re: tea in Boston Harbor, (January 1774).
Box 12 Folder 62
Daniel L. Miller on slavery to Edward Hopper, (circa 1870).
Box 12 Folder 63
Genealogy of Mitchell family, (undated).
Box 12 Folder 64
Abraham Mitchell on Thomas Mayberry, (1764).
Box 12 Folder 65
Deborah Mitchell will and other papers, (1789-1813).
Box 12 Folder 66
Hannah Mitchell will, (1809).
Box 12 Folder 67
Samuel E. Mifflin prayer, (1811).
Box 12 Folder 60
Thomas Mitchell will, (1800).
Box 12 Folder 68
Milcah Martha Moore Estate inventory, (undated).
Box 12 Folder 69
Margaret Moore to Richard Hill, (9 August 1742).
Box 12 Folder 70
Jacob Mordecai letter, (June 1821).
Box 12 Folder 71
Catherine W. Morris letters to Aunt D. Wright and William Wharton, (1827-1853).
Box 12 Folder 72
Margaret Morris letter, (6 January 1812).
Box 12 Folder 73
Polly and Sally Morris letter, (19 February 1763).
Box 12 Folder 74
P. Morris letter, (September 1768).
Box 12 Folder 75
Samuel George Morton letter, (1820).
Box 12 Folder 76
Thomas Moss recollections(?) during illness, (undated).
Box 12 Folder 77
John Mott address on "a beloved daughter of...J. Walton", (July 1830).
Box 12 Folder 78
Richard Mott letters to John Cox, (1819-1845).
Box 12 Folder 79
Valentine Mott paper, (13 November 1824).
Box 12 Folder 80
Lindley Murray to George Dillwyn, (13 October 1804).
Box 12 Folder 81
Samuel Neal letters, (1783-1790).
Box 13 Folder 1
Ann New letter, (August 1806).
Box 13 Folder 2
Joseph New letter, (1801).
Box 13 Folder 3
New Jersey Historical Society printed items, (1888-1890).
Box 13 Folder 4
New York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves [ A. A. Guide #3076], (1787).
Box 13 Folder 5
Rachel Nickson deed, (1749).
Box 13 Folder 6
John Nixon regarding North Carolina slaves [ A. A. Guide #3108], (1796).
Box 13 Folder 7
Isaac Norris note, (3 March 1755).
Box 13 Folder 8
"State of Georgia orphan houses" broadside, (1746).
Box 13 Folder 9
J. Oxley to James Pemberton, (21 February 1742).
Box 13 Folder 10
William Paige biographical information, (1829?).
Box 13 Folder 11
Minshall Painter to Samuel Parrish, (14 December 1870).
Box 13 Folder 12
Richard Panglos to "Peter Porcupine Esq.", (undated).
Box 13 Folder 13
Henry Papson and J. West funeral bill to John Pemberton, (October 1767).
Box 13 Folder 14
Thomas Parke letters, (1771-1773).
Box 13 Folder 15
Margaret Parke letters to John Cox, (1841-1843).
Box 13 Folder 16
Parrish family papers, (1830-1900).
Box 13 Folder 17
Ann(e) Parrish papers, including journal of a trip to Maryland, (1785-1799, undated).
Box 13 Folder 18-22
Anne Parrish letters to Susan D. Wharton, (1900).
Box 13 Folder 23
Dillwyn Parrish papers, (1815-1848, undated).
Box 13 Folder 24-28
Edward Parrish, 1669-1723, will, (1722, 1728).
Box 13 Folder 29
Edward Parrish, 1731-1770, will, (1770/1).
Box 13 Folder 30
Edward Parrish, 19th century?, papers, (undated).
Box 13 Folder 31
George D. Parrish to Susan Parrish, (1842).
Box 13 Folder 32
Isaac Parrish, 1734-1836, papers, (1745-1768, 1792, 1813-1826, 1829-1835).
Box 13 Folder 33-35
John Parrish essay, (undated).
Box 13 Folder 36
Joseph Parrish papers and letters to Susan D. Wharton, (1857, 1883, 1887, 1889).
Box 13 Folder 37
Lydia Parrish essay, (undated).
Box 13 Folder 38
Margaret Parrish receipt, (1878).
Box 13 Folder 39
Samuel Parrish letters to Dillwyn Parrish, (undated).
Box 13 Folder 40
S(arah) Parrish letters, (1820, undated).
Box 13 Folder 41
Sarah Parrish letters to sister and Susan D. Wharton, (1899-1900).
Box 13 Folder 42
Susan Parrish essay, (undated).
Box 14 Folder 1
Obitual record of Charles Parry, (1814).
Box 14 Folder 2
Paul family papers, (1802-1812, undated).
Box 14 Folder 3-4
Henry Paxton to Israel Pemberton, (25 March 1773).
Box 14 Folder 5
"Some account of Thomas Payne received from Mary Roscow", (undated).
Box 14 Folder 6
Catherine Payton to John Pemberton, (27 December 1754).
Box 14 Folder 7
Mary Pearce letter, (20 February 1715).
Box 14 Folder 8
John Pease to John Cox, (1844, 1845).
Box 14 Folder 9
Edmund and Joseph Peckover letters, (1744-1745, 1783).
Box 14 Folder 10
Pegg family to John Dillwyn, (1723).
Box 14 Folder 11
Mary Peisley to Francis Parvington, (1755).
Box 14 Folder 12
Hannah Pemberton letters to Hannah Cox, (1780-1781).
Box 14 Folder 13
Israel Pemberton letters, (1740-1760).
Box 14 Folder 14
James Pemberton papers, (1758-1783).
Box 14 Folder 15
John Pemberton papers, (1773-1782).
Box 14 Folder 16
William Penn copy of letter to Indians, (1681, 1700).
Box 14 Folder 17
Thomas and Richard Penn letters on "Indian problems", (September 1760).
Box 14 Folder 18
Nancy Penington to Sally Pemberton, (June 1785).
Box 14 Folder 19
William Penington letter, (20 July 1841).
Box 14 Folder 20
E. Pennock to H. Cooper, (June 1742).
Box 14 Folder 21
Pennsylvania Abolition Society, (1784, 1794-1797, undated).
Box 14 Folder 22-26
Folder inventory

Box 14, folder 22: List of vessles cleared out from Rhode Island to Africa, 1784 [A. A. Guide #3270]

Box 14, folder 23: Papers, 1794-1795 [including A. A. Guide #3311, 3314]

Box 14, folder 24: Papers, 1796 [including A. A. Guide #3317, 3318, 3319]

Box 14, folder 25: Papers, 1797 [including A. A. Guide #3321]

Box 14, folder 26: Papers, undated

Pennsylvania General Assembly, copy of letter, (1774).
Box 14 Folder 27
Pennsylvania General Assembly, report of the committee on Timothy Green, (1797).
Box 14 Folder 28
Pennsylvania Hospital resignation of Joseph Parrish, (1829).
Box 14 Folder 29
Pennsylvania, laws, statues, etc., "An Act of the Legislature of the Pennsylvania for the gradual Abolition of Slavery", (1780).
Box 14 Folder 30
Philadelphia Medical Society letter to Dillwyn Parrish, (March 1840).
Box 14 Folder 31
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity notice, February 1880 (facsimile), (undated).
Box 14 Folder 32
John Pierce description of an earthquake, (1796).
Box 14 Folder 33
John Pleasants to Israel Pemberton, (20 March 1762).
Box 14 Folder 34
S. Pleasants to E. Stabler on the slave trade [ A. A. Guide #3563], (7 May 1767).
Box 14 Folder 35
Captain Porter facsimilies on naval rights, (1812).
Box 14 Folder 36
T. T. Price letters to Joseph Parrish, (1880, undated).
Box 14 Folder 37
J. Poulson note, (1 January 1825).
Box 14 Folder 38
Prison, Pennsylvania (description?), (undated).
Box 14 Folder 39
Catherine Quachmut to Sally Parrish, (8 November 1797).
Box 14 Folder 40
Randolph of Roanoke, from the deposition of Dr. Parrish, (undated).
Box 14 Folder 41
Rat trap, instructions for making, (undated).
Box 14 Folder 42
"The substance of a speech delivered by Red Jacket, a Seneca [illegible] of behalf of the Five Nations", (1792).
Box 14 Folder 43
David Redick to the President of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, (15 March 1798).
Box 14 Folder 44
William Redwood letter and "Memoir of Redwood Family", (8 August 1772).
Box 14 Folder 45
David Rice to William Rogers [ A. A. Guide #3696], (4 November 1794).
Box 14 Folder 46
John H. Rice to Dr. Parrish, (6 June 1820).
Box 14 Folder 47
W. Richards to President of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery [ A. A. Guide #3701], (24 March 1795).
Box 14 Folder 48
John Richardson will, (October 1703).
Box 14 Folder 49
William Ricketts to friends in Barbados, (1759).
Box 14 Folder 50
Sarah Robinson letters, (1788-1801, undated).
Box 14 Folder 51
Thomas Robinson notes, (1792).
Box 14 Folder 52
Rodman genealogy, (1847).
Box 14 Folder 53
John Rodman letters, (1700, 1702).
Box 14 Folder 54
Charity Rotch to Jacob Waln, (15 February 1806).
Box 14 Folder 55
Love Rotch to John Pemberton, (October 1762).
Box 14 Folder 56
Martha Routt letter, (16 October 1787).
Box 14 Folder 57
Joseph Row letters, (1772, 1787, 1789).
Box 14 Folder 58
Rules concerning law, (undated).
Box 14 Folder 59
Ignatio Sancho letter, (1766).
Box 14 Folder 60
W. Sandeford letters, (May, July 1774).
Box 14 Folder 61
S. Samson letter, (undated).
Box 14 Folder 62
William Savery letters to Sarah (Sally) Savery, (1796-1798).
Box 14 Folder 63
John George Schneider letter, (10 August 1783).
Box 14 Folder 64
Benjamin Sewett to John Pemberton, (29 December 1768).
Box 14 Folder 65
Susanna Sharalet letters, (1808-1809).
Box 14 Folder 66
Granville Sharpe papers [ A. A. Guide #3936, 3944, 3945], (1794, 1796).
Box 14 Folder 67
S. Sharpless letter to Susan Parrish, (undated).
Box 14 Folder 68
Sarah Sharpless to Susanna Cox, (25 September 1808).
Box 14 Folder 69
E. Sheldon letters to the Pembertons, (1745-1747).
Box 14 Folder 70
_____ Shinn to John or Isaac Parrish regarding "Black Hannah" [ A. A. Guide #3963], (1792).
Box 14 Folder 71
L. H. Sigourney to Uriah Hunt and Son, (20 July 1850).
Box 14 Folder 72
John Sims letters, (1772-1773).
Box 14 Folder 73
S. Sims letter, (20 February 1773).
Box 14 Folder 75
W. D. Sims to Joseph Parrish, (4 November 1890).
Box 14 Folder 75
Esther Singletary letter, (23 November 1773).
Box 14 Folder 76
C. S. Shreve to Dillwyn Parrish, (9 June 1838).
Box 14 Folder 77
Joseph Sloan to James Pemberton, (11 March 1788).
Box 15 Folder 1
Patrick Skitton indenture to A. Montgomery, (March 1753).
Box 15 Folder 2
Dr. Samuel Randall Smalley biography, (undated).
Box 15 Folder 3
_____ Smith to Samuel Smith, (18 September 1773).
Box 15 Folder 4
Benjamin Smith obituary, (undated).
Box 15 Folder 5
C. Smith letter, (1770).
Box 15 Folder 6
D. Smith letters, (1769-1771).
Box 15 Folder 7
Daniel B. Smith letters, (1809-1838).
Box 15 Folder 8
Gerritt Smith letter, (1867).
Box 15 Folder 9
Gulielma M. Smith (poem?), (undated).
Box 15 Folder 10
Hannah Smith letters, (February 1749, September 1773).
Box 15 Folder 11
John Smith papers, (1742-1765).
Box 15 Folder 12-13
Joseph Smith to Samuel Parrish, (19 April 1869).
Box 15 Folder 14
M. H. Smith letters, (1819).
Box 15 Folder 15
Richard Smith letters, (1742, 1773).
Box 15 Folder 16
Robert Smith letters, (1787).
Box 15 Folder 17
Sam Smith letters, (1760, 1774).
Box 15 Folder 18
Sarah Smith letters, (1762-1768).
Box 15 Folder 19
Thomas Smith letters, (July 1753, January 1754).
Box 15 Folder 20
Richard Spaight to Israel Parrish, (1794).
Box 15 Folder 21
Samuel Spavold "prophecy" and letter, (1749, 1760).
Box 15 Folder 22
Edward Stabler papers, (1767-1782).
Box 15 Folder 23-24
John Stanford to John Pemberton [ A. A. Guide #4126], (22 July 1795).
Box 15 Folder 25
Samuel Starbuck letter, (10 October 1769).
Box 15 Folder 26
James Stephens to Mrs. Nisbet, (undated).
Box 15 Folder 27
John Stephenson letter, (30 November 1762).
Box 15 Folder 28
Daniel Stevenson to Israel Pemberton, (May 1748).
Box 15 Folder 29
George and Ann Stokes indenture and biographical notes, (June 1747).
Box 15 Folder 30
John Storer to James Pemberton, (1761, 1787).
Box 15 Folder 31
John Stuart memorandum of expressions, (undated).
Box 15 Folder 32
Joseph Sturge John Cox with some account of John Woolman, (1841).
Box 15 Folder 33
H. Swift to Mr. Pemberton, (May 1784).
Box 15 Folder 33
Joseph Talcott to John Cox, (1 July 1844).
Box 15 Folder 34
Henry Taylor letter, (18 June 1787).
Box 15 Folder 35
J. Thibon letter, (March 1754/6).
Box 15 Folder 36
P. E. Thomas to Patricia Marshall, (24 December 1808).
Box 15 Folder 37
Peter Thomas epistle, (1790).
Box 15 Folder 38
Philip Thomas letters, (1770, 1772).
Box 15 Folder 39
Joshua Thomas to James Permberton, (7 April 1762).
Box 15 Folder 40
James Thorton papers, (1771, 1778).
Box 15 Folder 41
Joseph Towne papers, (1772).
Box 15 Folder 42
Uriah Tracy to Sam Coates, (undated).
Box 15 Folder 43
Samuel Troth papers concerning Richard Johns, (November 1862).
Box 15 Folder 44
Caleb Trueblood, manumission of slave named Moses [ A. A. Guide #4408], (4 November 1776).
Box 15 Folder 45
Joseph Truman letter, (23 July 1900).
Box 15 Folder 46
Sam Tucker letter, (14 April 1773).
Box 15 Folder 47
Esther and William Tuke letters on John Woolman, (1772).
Box 15 Folder 48
Dan Tyson letters to Dr. Thomas Parke, (1782-1790).
Box 15 Folder 49
Patience Tyson to Debby Wright, (7 January 1816).
Box 15 Folder 50
Rachel Tyson to Debby Wright, (31 July 1832).
Box 15 Folder 51
United States. Congress. "Petition of the people of color, free men, within the city and suburbs of Philadelphia" [ A. A. Guide #4462], (undated).
Box 15 Folder 52
United States. Congress. "Petition of the free Blacks of the city of Philadelphia" [ A. A. Guide #4462], (undated).
Box 15 Folder 53
[United States. Congress. Senate] Commitee report relative to Blacks... [ A. A. Guide #4464], (circa 1795).
Box 15 Folder 54
Wilkins Updike to Rodman Wharton, (July, September 1847).
Box 15 Folder 55
D. B. Van Wyck to Joseph Parrish, (June 1880).
Box 15 Folder 56
George Vaux to Samuel Parrish, (25 January 1867).
Box 15 Folder 57
Roberts Vaux to John Cox, (2 September 1811).
Box 15 Folder 58
Susan Vaux letters, (1794-1802).
Box 15 Folder 59
Susanna Vaux letters, (1803-1812).
Box 15 Folder 60-62
Verse (no authors identified), (undated).
Box 15 Folder 63
Charles Vinsey letter, (30 April 1872).
Box 15 Folder 64
Virginia, Governor and Council of. Memorial of exiled Quakers, (1777).
Box 15 Folder 65
Virginia Gazette, essay on slave keeping, (19 March 1767).
Box 15 Folder 66
Virginia Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery [A. A. Guide #4515], (2 December 1795).
Box 15 Folder 67
Ann Warder to George Aston, (undated).
Box 16 Folder 1
Jeremiah Warder to John Warder & Sons, (undated).
Box 16 Folder 2
Thomas Waystaff to Joseph Kendall, (April 1771).
Box 16 Folder 3
William Webb letter, (16 March 1807).
Box 16 Folder 4
Gideon Wells to Samuel Emlen, (14 August 1822).
Box 16 Folder 5
Susanna Wesson to Suzanna Robert or Suzanna Printar, (18 May 1732).
Box 16 Folder 6
Joseph West letter, (14 August 1781).
Box 16 Folder 7
Thompson Westcott to Samuel Parrish, (12 February 1877).
Box 16 Folder 8
Dan Weston to John Pemberton, (14 August 1753).
Box 16 Folder 9
John Whalen to John Pemberton, (1 January 1789).
Box 16 Folder 10A
Chamless Wharton to Joseph Parrish, (undated).
Box 16 Folder 10B
Wharton genealogy, (1804).
Box 16 Folder 11
Rodman Wharton letter to his cousin Elizabeth and account of ilness and death, (December 1846, undated).
Box 16 Folder 12
Susan D. (Mrs. Rodman) Wharton letters, (1880-1900).
Box 16 Folder 13
"Extract of D. Wheeler letter to J. (Hoetching?) written a few days before sailing the last time to this country", (undated).
Box 16 Folder 14
Daniel Wheeler to John Clapp, (1839).
Box 16 Folder 15
Dobson Wheeler to James Pemberton, (26 May 1760).
Box 16 Folder 16
"Wheeler's Lot", a recollection of, (circa 1825).
Box 16 Folder 17
Barclay White to Dillwyn Parrish, (14 September 1865).
Box 16 Folder 18
Joseph White letters, (1760-1767).
Box 16 Folder 19
J. G. Whitten to Daniel Neall, (26 June 1885).
Box 16 Folder 20
Stephen Wicks letter and testimonial, (1888, 1890).
Box 16 Folder 21
W. Wigglesworth letter, (3 September 1810).
Box 16 Folder 22
William Wilberforce to the Pennsylvania Abolition Society [ A. A. Guide #4791], (30 May 1794).
Box 16 Folder 23
Elizabeth Wilkinson letters, (1862, 1863).
Box 16 Folder 24
A. J. Williams to Dillwyn Parrish, (18 August 1838).
Box 16 Folder 26
Hezekiah Williams, regarding the James McCarty estate, (September 1769).
Box 16 Folder 26
Joseph Williams to J. Pemberton, (7 January 1787).
Box 16 Folder 27
Robert Willis letter, (July 1761).
Box 16 Folder 28
Christopher Wilson letter and document, (1744, 1759).
Box 16 Folder 29
George Wilson to George Aston, (6 November 1801).
Box 16 Folder 30
Isaac Wilson to John Pemberton, (25 February 1782).
Box 16 Folder 31
Catherine Wistar letters, (1800-1801).
Box 16 Folder 32
Thomas Wistar letter, (4 Arpril 1842).
Box 16 Folder 33
Thomas Woodward to Israel Pemberton, (5 October 1769).
Box 16 Folder 34
Peter Worrall and others to James and Edward Pemberton and will, (December 1772, 1787).
Box 16 Folder 35
Isaac Whitlock letter, (30 August 1773).
Box 16 Folder 36
D. Wright papers, including letters to Dillwyn Parrish, and Catherine W. Morris, (1825-1851).
Box 16 Folder 37
H. Wright to William Parry, (1879).
Box 16 Folder 38
Joel Wright letters, (1771, 1772, 1782).
Box 16 Folder 39
W. Wright to (Joseph?) Parrish, (3 May 1802).
Box 16 Folder 40

Series description

Taking up the remainder of Box 16 is this small series of printed items, including mainly broadsides and pamphlets, as well as a few miscellaneous receipts and maps. Most of the materials pertain to issues regarding the Society of Friends and the abolition of slavery. Items include a broadside entitled "Contraband Slave Trade" (Box 16, folder 45), a 1755 printed list of the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa (Box 16, Folder 48), several pamphlets on slavery including one from England (Box 16, Folder 58), and a bill put before the U. S. Congress to amend an act pertaining to fugitive slaves from 1801 (Box 16, folder 60).

American Convention: "To the Free Africans and other free People of color in the United States" broadside, (1796).
Box 16 Folder 41
Baxter's Panoramic view of Philadelphia with merchant listing, showing Chestnut Street between 6th and 7th streets, (1859).
Box 16 Folder 42
Certificates, (1817).
Box 16 Folder 43
Confederate war bond, (1864).
Box 16 Folder 44
"Contraband Slave Trade" broadside, (undated).
Box 16 Folder 45
Currency, (1773-1864).
Box 16 Folder 46
Freedmen's Journal, to William Tilghman from committees concerning livestock, (3 July 1822).
Box 16 Folder 47
List of merchants trading to Africa, (23 June 1755).
Box 16 Folder 48
Maps, (undated).
Box 16 Folder 49
New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery certificate, (undated).
Box 16 Folder 50
Pennsylvania Abolition Society: "Plan for improving the condition of the Free Negroes" broadside [ A. A. Guide #84], (1789).
Box 16 Folder 51
Pennsylvania Abolition Society preamble and resolutions, (23 May 1839).
Box 16 Folder 52
Timothy Pickering report on troops for the frontier, (26 January 1795).
Box 16 Folder 53
Public Ledger, vol. 1, no. 1, (25 March 1836).
Box 16 Folder 54
Quakers to Pennsylvania General Assembly broadsides, (1781, 1782, undated).
Box 16 Folder 55
Receipts, (1738-1863).
Box 16 Folder 56
Meeting concerning a Friends' school, (1837).
Box 16 Folder 57
Slavery pamphlets, (1807, 1839).
Box 16 Folder 58
Society for the Purpose of effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade resolution [A. A. Guide #9587A], (20 July 1790).
Box 16 Folder 59
United States. Congress. "A Bill to amend the act, intituled 'An Act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters'.", (18 December 1801).
Box 16 Folder 60
United States. Congress. Presidential address, (undated).
Box 16 Folder 61
"To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of Great Britain, in Parliament assemble. The Petition of the Sharks in Africa", (undated).
Box 16 Folder 62
United States. Congress. List of members of the Senate and House of Representatives (Thomas Jefferson, Vice President), (undated).
Box 16 Folder 63
Virginia. General Assembly. "Memorial and Remonstrance" (on religous freedom), (undated).
Box 16 Folder 64
Miscellaneous, (1808-1847, undated).
Box 16 Folder 65

Series description

The prints and photographs in this series include those of prominent Quakers, local buildings and scenes, and cartoons and caricatures of Quakers. Among some of the prints are also a few original documents. While the prints of portraits (Box 17, Folder 3-5) tend to show identified subjects, the photographs of portraits (Box 17, Folder 8) are a mix of indentified and unidentified people. Some of the Quaker caricatures (Box 17, Folder 2) are in German (translations provided in folder) and most depict members of the faith in an unfavorable light. The remaining three folders (Box 17, folders 9-11) in the series contain a miscellaneous selection of certificates and deeds on parchment, a few images of and related to North American Indians, and clippings.

Prints - Buildings, (undated).
Box 17 Folder 1
Prints - Quaker caricatures, (1777-1835, undated).
Box 17 Folder 2
Prints - Portraits, A-W and unidentified, (circa 1800-circa 1870).
Box 17 Folder 3-5
Photographs - Buildings, (circa 1860-circa 1895).
Box 17 Folder 6
Photographs - Quakers - Groups, (undated).
Box 17 Folder 7
Photographs - Portraits, A-Y and unidentified, (circa 1860-circa 1890).
Box 17 Folder 8
Parchments, (1764-1809, undated).
Box 17 Folder 9
Indians, (1827, undated).
Box 17 Folder 10
Clippings, (1820-1899, undated).
Box 17 Folder 11

Series description

The papers of the Friends Association of Philadelphia, also called the "Friendly Association," take up the contents of Box 18. At fourteen folders it is a small series that is nonetheless rich with information about the Quakers and their concern for the welfare of Native Americans. There are letters (Box 18, Folder 3), minutes of the organization (Box 18, Folders 10-11), and lists of contributors (Box 18, Folders 5-9). Other interesting documents include a petition concerning peace measures with the Native Americans (Box 18, Folder 2) and a list of good supplied to them (Box 1, Folder 13).

Declaration of the frontier inhabitants of Pennsylvania, (1764).
Box 18 Folder 1
Petition to the Proprietors of Pennyslvania for "regaining and preserving peace with the Indians by pacific measures.", (1760).
Box 18 Folder 2
Letters, (1757, 1764, 1768).
Box 18 Folder 3
Folder inventory

Richard Peters to Committee of Friendly Association (25 January 1757)

Lord Loudoun to Governor Derry (5 May 1757)

Susannah Wright to Dr. Reiger (1764)

Sir William Johnson to Joseph Galloway (22 January 1768)

Questions asked concerning "relief of the Friendly Indians", (1761).
Box 18 Folder 4
Lists of contributors, (1756-1760, undated).
Box 18 Folder 5-9
Minutes, (1756-1764).
Box 18 Folder 10-11
Miscellaneous, (1756-1761).
Box 18 Folder 12
Lists of goods supplied to the Indians and expenses, (1761, 1764-1776).
Box 18 Folder 13
Government papers relating to the Indians, (1751-1756).
Box 18 Folder 14

Series description

The volumes in the collection are an assortment of personal and financial items, most of which belonged to members of the Parrish, Dillwyn, or Cox families. There are bound notes from John Parrish regarding the Society of Friends (Volume 4) and his thoughts on African Americans (Volume 5). Several volumes are commonplace or sentiment books from Dillwyn Parrish (Volume 12), Susanna Parrish (Volume 13), and Sukey Dillwyn (Volume 22). Also included are diaries from John Cox (Volume 23, Numbers 1-4) that include detailed weather observations, presumably from the Oxmead, New Jersey, area from the years 1808 to 1846. One volume is a medical notebook from Dr. Joseph Parrish (Volume 9) that contains his thoughts and discourses on physiology. There are also several volumes that are not attributed to a particular individual, such as school notebooks (Volume 25, Numbers 1-3), a "medley on religous subjects" (Volume 26), and a volume of "anecdotes, witticisms, etc. of members of the Society of Friends" (Volume 32). The scrapbooks on Quaker history (Volume 27, numbers 1-3), which may have been compiled by Samuel Parrish, are particularly unique and contain numerous images, clippings, and original documents from Friends as well as notable individuals of the time, such as William Penn.

John Parrish ledger, (1766-1797).
Volume 1
John Parrish ledger B, (1773-1778).
Volume 2
John Parrish visit to Friends diary, (1801).
Volume 3 Box 19 Folder 1
John Parrish "Part of Friends Discipline", (circa 1719).
Volume 4
John Parrish "Notes related to the Blacks", (circa 1797).
Volume 5, Numbers 1-2 Box 19 Folder 2
Isaac Parish receipt book, (1761-1811).
Volume 6
Isaac Parrish receipt book, (1826-1827).
Volume 7 Box 19 Folder 3
Ann Cox Parrish memorial, (1825-1845).
Volume 8 Box 19 Folder 4
Dr. Joseph Parrish medical notebook, (1802).
Volume 9 Box 19 Folder 5
Joseph Parrish to Samuel Emlen (bound letter), (October 1826).
Volume 10
Joseph and Susan Parrish estate book, (1839-1858).
Volume 11
Dillwyn Parrish commonplace book, (1825).
Volume 12 Box 19 Folder 6
Susanna Parrish commonplace and sentiment book, (circa 1820).
Volume 13
Samuel Parrish and Job Bacon consignments from Calcutta, (1806-1807).
Volume 14
Ann Parrish letters and extracts to Catherine W. Morris, (circa 1800-1805).
Volume 15
Parrish family history and genealogy, (circa 1870).
Volume 16-17
George Dillwyn extract from memoirs of Sir William Jones Cowper, (undated).
Volume 18 Box 19 Folder 7
George Dillwyn account book, (1793-1820).
Volume 19
George Dillwyn estate account book, (1820-1822).
Volume 20
Ann Dillwyn book of receipts [recipes], (undated).
Volume 21 Box 19 Folder 8
Sukey Dillwyn commonplace book, (1787).
Volume 22
John Cox diaries, including weather observations, (1808-1846).
Volume 23, nos. 1-4
John Cox Sr. ledger, (1756-1780).
Volume 24
School exercise books, (circa 1797, 1802, undated).
Volume 25, Numbers 1-3 Box 19 Folder 9
Medley on religious subjects, (circa 1780).
Volume 26 Box 19 Folder 10
Quaker scrapbooks, probably compiled by Samuel Parrish, (circa 1730-circa 1870).
Volume 27, nos. 1-3
Hannah Hill "Expressions and dying sayings together with Griffith Owen's and Thomas Chalkley's testimony concerning her", (circa 1714?).
Volume 28
Formulation of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, (1775-1788).
Volume 29
Army Discipline and Regulation Bill, (15 July 1879).
Volume 30
Commitee for Employing the Poor minute book, (1801-1806).
Volume 31
Miscellaneous ["Anecdotes, witticisms, etc. of members of the Society of Friends"], (undated).
Volume 32 Box 19 Folder 11

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