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Hannah M. (Hannah Moore) Levick Family Papers

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Call Number:
RG5.086
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Hannah M. Levick Family Papers, RG5/086, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1766-1896 (inclusive)
Creator:
Hannah M. (Hannah Moore) Levick, Franklin, Henry, -1889, Levick, William M., 1821-1874, Foulke, Theophilus, 1761-1798, Foulke, Hannah, 1767-1850, and Kimber, Emmor, 1775-1850
Form:
Diaries
Abstract:
Hannah M. Levick was a Hicksite Quaker, the daughter of Richard and Sara Moore of Richmond in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and a granddaughter of Theophilus and Hannah Foulke. In 1843 she married William M. Levick of Philadelphia, and they became members of Green Street Monthly Meeting. Her husband was employed as a conveyancer in Philadelphia, and Hannah wrote a number of articles for Quaker publications. The collection includes correspondence of Theophilus and Hannah Foulke, 1794-1796, and a copy of a letter written by Emmor Kimber concerning an escaped slave, Henry Franklin. Also includes travel journals of William M. and Hannah M. Levick (1844, 1852-53, 1866), poetry by Hannah M. Levick, genealogical material concerning the Moore, Lloyd, Lester, Foulke, and related families, as well as a small amount of miscellaneous material.

Hannah M. Levick was a Hicksite Quaker, the daughter of Richard and Sara Moore of Richmond in Bucks County, Pa., and a granddaughter of Theophilus and Hannah Foulke. In 1843 she married William M. Levick of Philadelphia, and they became members of Green Street Monthly Meeting. Her husband was employed as a conveyancer in Philadelphia, and Hannah wrote a number of articles for Quaker publications.

The collection includes correspondence of Theophilus and Hannah Foulke, 1794-1796, and a copy of a letter written by Emmor Kimber concerning Henry Franklin (a freedom-seeker escaping enslavement), . Also includes travel journals of William M. and Hannah M. Levick (1844, 1852-53, 1866), poetry by Hannah M. Levick, genealogical material concerning the Moore, Lloyd, Lester, Foulke, and related families, as well as a small amount of miscellaneous material. Hannah kept up an active correspondence with Quaker and other periodicals, and many of her letters apparently were printed in these periodicals. She was interested in the history of the various families from whom she and her husband were descended, and most of the genealogical material was copied by her.

The collection is divided into five series:

  1. Genealogical material
  2. Correspondence
  3. Writings of William and Hannah (Moore) Levick
  4. Legal papers
  5. Memorabilia

Donor: Eliza A. Foulke and Lorraine Deibler, 1975

This small collection appears to have been compiled and preserved by Hannah (Moore) Levick. The letters of Theophilus and Hannah Foulke (placed in Series 2 of this RG) were found in 1946 in a piece of furniture which had belonged to May Foulke Beaumont when the Foulke-Beaumont land became the property of Gwynedd MM. May F. Beaumont was the grand-daughter of Dr. Antrim Foulke and great-granddaughter of Theophilus and Hannah Foulke.

Arranged in categories and filed in Record Group 5 by FHL Staff.

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1975
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

Foulke family.
Box 1
Jones family.
Box 1
Lester family.
Box 1
Levick family.
Box 1
Lloyd family of Dolobran.
Box 1
Moore family.
Box 1
Noble family.
Box 1
Disownment of Theophilus Foulke by Richland Monthly Meeting, 1786 8mo 17.
Box 1
Acknowledgment of Hannah (Lester) Foulke, his wife, 1793 9mo 19.
Box 1
Disownment of Letitia (Lancaster) Foulke, wife of Dr. Antrim Foulke, by Northern District Monthly Meeting, 1821 8mo 21.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Note: Dr. Folk's former property was later bought by Foulkeways, and named for him.

Letter by Joseph Lester to his father, Feb. 8, 1766.
Box 1
Letters of Theophilus and Hannah Foulke, 1794-1796.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Written while he was serving in the Pennsylvania Legislature. He met with an accidental death while home on a visit in 1798.

Letters of Abraham Shriner, Emmor Kimber, and Hannah Levick, 1837 and 1880.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Leters concern a freedom seeker, Henry Franklin, whose real name was Bill Bud. Includes a published Sketch of Henry Franklin and Family, 1887 4mo 26, by Hannah M. Levick.

Letters by Hannah M. Levick to Friends Intelligencer and other periodicals, for publication,, 1870-1896, and n.d.
Box 1
Ms. Epistles to Ohio and Indiana Yearly Meetings of Women Friends, 1870 5mo, 1871 5mo.
Box 1
Condolence letters, tributes, and obituaries on the death of William M. Levick, 1874 6mo 10.
Box 1

Small journal of William M. Levick, 1844 7mo.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Appears to concern a trip to Long Beach Island, NJ.

Small journal of Hannah M. Levick, 1852 6mo 20.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Journal of trip to Bethlehem, Nazareth, Wind Gap, Stroudsburg, Delaware Water Gap, Easton, and home to Quakertown, Bucks Co.

Small journal of Hannah M. Levick, 1853 7mo 20.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Journal of trip to Long Branch, NJ, and notes about yearly trips there until 1863.

Small journal of Hannah M Levick, 1866 9mo 20.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Journal of trip to Brooklyn, Coney Island, and tours of New York City.

Poetry by Hannah M. Levick, 1886-1887.
Box 1
Account of the life of Hannah White, a colored woman of Quakertown, 1879 7mo 24.
Box 1
Account of the life of Ellen McFetridge, 1889.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes letter of Ellen's daughter, Ann Jane Detweiler, Nov. 24, 1889.

Will of Thomas Moore, brother of Mordecai Moore (1711-1800), of Philadelphia, Aug. 19, 1799.
Box 1
Extracts of the will of Sarah Moore, possibly sister of Mordecai Moore,, n.d.
Box 1
Extracts of the will of William Jackson of Cecil Co., MD He, dated Apr. 13, 1822.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

William Jackson was an uncle of Priscilla H. Jackson, who married Henry Moore.

Broadside, "To the Citizens of the Twelfth Ward", Oct. 28, 1857.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

By the Executive Committee for the Relief of the Unemployed and Destitute, William M. Levick, Secretary.

Calling card, W.C. Armor, Executive Department, Harrisburg.
Box 1
Fragment on belief in the Scriptures, n.d.
Box 1

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