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Samuel Allinson papers

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

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Call Number:
SC.001
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (5 items (3 folders)))
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Samuel Allinson Papers, 1812-1856.
Date:
1812-1856 (inclusive)
Creator:
Allinson, Samuel, 1808-1883, Cresson, J. E., and Allinson, William J., 1810-1874
Abstract:
Correspondence and miscellaneous memorabilia, including a 1834 letter from brother William and Uncle (?) in Burlington regarding temperance and the potential purchase of land.

Samuel Allinson, son of Bernice and James Allinson of Philadelphia, was a prominent Orthodox Quaker. He was a farmer at Yardville in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, and was also a philanthropist, particularly concerned with penal justice.

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