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Mary B. Parson correspondence

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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.014
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (8 folders.))
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Mary B. Parsons Correspondence, 1843-1878.
Date:
1843-1878 (inclusive)
Creator:
Parsons, Mary B., 1813-1878, Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859, Braithwaite, Isaac, 1781-1861, Braithwaite, J. Bevan (Joseph Bevan), 1818-1905, and Braithwaite, Martha, 1823-1895
Abstract:
This collection includes personal correspondence between Mary B. Parsons and members of the Braithwaite family, primarily Anna and Isaac Braithwaite. Letters concern family matters and, occasionally, meeting activities at Flushing and Kendal and news of Joseph Gurney and Elizabeth Fry. Other correspondents include J. Bevan Braithwaite and Martha G. Braithwaite.

Mary B. Parsons was a birthright Quaker born in 1813, the daughter of Samuel and Mary Parsons of New York. She was a member of Flushing Monthly Meeting and died in 1878.

Source of acquisition--Anna H. Parsons. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1941.

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