https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/swarthmore_SFHL.SC.117

Enos and Hannah Sharpless family papers

This collection contains family papers and correspondence of Enos and Hannah Sharpless including two copy books of the latter. The letters primarily concern family matters. Two documents of note are a letter from Johnson Knight concerning the Quaker testimony on slavery and a pass issued for an enslaved person bought by Enos Sharpless in order to be liberated.

Date
1790-1861 (inclusive)
Extent
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (4 folders.))
Call Number
SC.117

Description

Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.

Biography/History

Enos Sharples was a Quaker born in 1781, the son of Daniel and Hannah Sharpless. He was a farmer on the original Sharpless tract in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and a member of Chester Monthly Meeting. He married Hannah Webster in 1820 and died in 1866.

Acquisition Information

Source of acquisition--Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Method of acquisition--Deposited by; Date of acquisition--1975.

Rights and citation
Preferred Citation
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Enos Sharpless Family Papers, 1790-1861.
Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Subjects and headings

Inventory

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Contact

These materials are held by Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.

Address
500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081
Email
specialcollections@swarthmore.edu
Website
https://resolver.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/ark:/37966/s10c0529c6-386c-4c40-a51f-06179806e7ac

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