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John Alston Papers

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RG5.002
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Alston Papers, RG5/002, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1797-1874 (inclusive)
Creator:
Alston, John, 1794-1874 and Lord, Nathan, 1792-1870
Form:
Diaries and Account books
Abstract:
John Alston (1794-1874) was a Quaker farmer who lived in Middletown, Delaware. This collection contains his journals (1837 (?)-1847 and n.d.), account books and business papers (1821-1874), and essays by Nathan Lord on slavery and salvation (1797).

John Alston (1794-1874) was a Quaker farmer who lived in Middletown, Delaware.

This collection contains his journals (1837 (?)-1847 and n.d.), account books and business papers (1821-1874), and essays by Nathan Lord on slavery and salvation (1797).

The collection is divided into four series:

  1. Account books
  2. Journals
  3. Financial records
  4. Miscellaneous

Donor: John Cowgill Alston, Sr., 1948

Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1948
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Collection Inventory

Existence and Location of Copies

Partial transcripts of some of the account books are available online.

Account Book, 1832-1857.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Contains accounts of Appoquinminck Meeting, 1833-1847.

Account Book, 1821-1845.
Box 1
Account Book, 1847-1851.
Box 1
Account Book, 1853-1874.
Box 1

Journal, 1837 5mo 15-1847 11mo 27.
Box 1
3 small journals, n.d.
Box 1

Financial records, 1820-1880, n.d.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Receipts, indentures, correspondence on financial matters, leases,

Deed to John Alston from Joshua Richardson and others, New Castle County, St. George near Drawyers Creek, 5th mo. 14th, 1795.
Box 1

Lord, Nathan, [Essay on Negro Slavery, and Salvation], 1797.
Box 1
Miscellaneous writings, n.d.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Handbound small volume: Recipes for puddings and manuscript account of dying sayings, "Extract of a letter from a Gentleman in Barbados to his friend in Philadelphia dated November 10th, 1766."

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