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Charles Edgar Roake family 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.108
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (6 folders.))
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Charles Edgar Roake Family Papers, 1739-1795.
Date:
1739-1795 (inclusive)
Creator:
Roake, Charles Edgar and Roake, Joseph, 1739-1829
Abstract:
This collection includes photostatic copies of the birth certificate of Joseph Roake, and of other members of the Roake family. Also included is a photostatic copy of the journal of Joseph Roake. These materials appear in Charles Edgar Roake's book, The Journal of Joseph Roake, published in 1954.

Charles Edgar Roake was born in 1885, the son of John and Susan (Hart) Roake. He was an instructor of chemistry at Syracuse University. His great-grandfather, Joseph Roake, was an English Quaker. Born in 1739, he was the son of Joseph and Sarah Roake. He married Mary Coleridge, a non-Quaker. Together they moved to Westchester County in New York State. Joseph Roake died in 1829.

Source of acquisition--Charles E. Roake. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1955.

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