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Daniel Wheeler family papers

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Call Number:
SC.145
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (11 folders.))
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Daniel Wheeler Family Papers, 1820-1843.
Date:
1820-1843 (inclusive)
Creator:
Wheeler, Daniel, 1771-1840, Wheeler, Sarah, 1807-1867, and Yarnall, Ellis, 1757-1847
Abstract:
This collection includes papers of Daniel Wheeler. Included are accounts of the family while living in Russia, a description of the death of Daniel's wife Jane, letters from Daniel and his daughter Sarah to their friend Ellis Yarnall and his daughter Sarah. Also included are letters to various other Quakers, concerning issues of Quaker spirituality, and an account of the death of Daniel Wheeler by his daughter Sarah.

Daniel Wheeler (1771-1840) was an English Quaker traveler and farmer. He spent many years in Russia, with his wife, Jane, and their children, clearing the swampland around St. Petersburg. He also sailed to the South Seas, following a religious calling.

Source of acquisition--Friends Reference Library, London. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1923.

Source of acquisition--Friends Historical Association. Method of acquisition--Gift of.

Source of acquisition--Alice Miller. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1975.

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