Call Number:

SC.097

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (5 folders.))

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Elijah F. Pennypacker anti-slavery correspondence, 1839-1861, SC/097.

Date:

1839-1861 (inclusive)

Creator:

Pennypacker, E.F.(Elijah Funk), 1804-1888, Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887, Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887, Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871, and Still, William, 1821-1902

Abstract:

This collection includes letters written to Elijah Pennypacker concerning the anti-slavery movement. It includes correspondence from Abby Kelly and H.B. Stanton relating to the American Anti-Slavery Society, from Thomas Garrett concerning arrangements for transportation and placement of emancipated and self-emancipated people, and from William Still about a visit and lecture by William Wells Brown.

Elijah F. Pennypacker was a convinced Quaker of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Born around 1804 of Mennonite descent, he was active in abolition and the underground railroad. He was a member of Radnor Monthly Meeting and a minister until his death in 1888.