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Elizabeth H. Cock family correspondence

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Call Number:
SC.197
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (10 folders.))
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: [indicate the cited item or series here] Elizabeth H. Cock Family Correspondence, SC/197, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1821-1881 (inclusive)
Creator:
Cock, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Hicks), 1805-1865, Hicks, Rachel, 1789-1878, Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893, Seaman, William F., 1797-1827, and Cock, William T. (William Townsend), 1803-1885
Abstract:
Includes correspondence of Elizabeth Hicks primarily during her marriage to her first husband, William F. Seaman; also family correspondence from her second marriage to William Townsend Cock. Correspondents include Rachel Hicks and Abby Hopper.

Elizabeth Hicks, a Quaker from Westbury and New York (N.Y.), was the daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Doughty) Hicks. She married first William F. Seaman in 1822 and, after his death, married William T. Cock in 1831.

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Source of acquisition--Esther M. Emory. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--2001.

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