Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Subject: Quakers -- Family relationships - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Bacon Family papers, 1800-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 linear ft. (16 boxes and 1 volume)
Abstract:: Correspondence, diaries and photographs relating to the 20th- century Quakers Edith Farquhar Bacon and Francis Rogers Bacon, their families, forbears, friends and colleagues.

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Esther A. and Lloyd Balderston papers, 1885-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)
Abstract:: Materials documenting the life of Esther Balderston Jones during her time as a missionary in Japan (1914-1924) and from her father, Lloyd Balderston, about family history and geneology.

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Thomas Wistar Brown papers, 1701-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (1 box, 13 volumes)
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Winston-Clark Family papers, 1814-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Approximately 500 letters (also a few clippings, poems and other items) of the related Clark and Winston families of Virginia and Indiana. Letters discuss family and friends, the small schools that many members of these families began in the Midwest, as well as comments on politics, slavery, religion, education, the Civil War and friends/family fighting in the Confederate army, and other topics.

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Rebecca Singer Collins papers, 1824-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 document box)
Abstract:: Letters and diaries of Rebecca Singer Collins (1804-1892), a nineteenth-century Quaker well known for her religious philanthropic work.

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E. Newbold Cooper / Margaret Hawkins collection, 1820s-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 linear ft. (5 boxes, 6 volumes)
Abstract:: Represents, in large measure, the Cooper and Wills families of E. Newbold Cooper and the Green, Hawkins, and Sharpless families of Margaret Hawkins.

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Cope-Evans Family papers, 1732-1911 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.25 linear ft. (9 boxes, 3 volumes)
Abstract:: Letters (with accompanying poetry, acrostics, drawings, clippings, etc.), marriage certificates, photographs, friendship book, estate related papers, account books, and computer disks. Primarily letters of the closely related Quaker families of Cope and Evans of Germantown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); other families include Brown, Drinker, and Haines.

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Maramaduke Cooper Cope collection, 1843-1874 (inclusive)

Extent:: .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Letters to and from the Quaker Marmaduke Cooper Cope (1804-1897) of the prominent Philadelphia Cope family on various important issues of his day.

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Henry and Elizabeth Drinker letters, 1777-1778 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Correspondence between Henry Drinker and Elizabeth, his wife, relates to his arrest, imprisonment, and resulting forced exile to Winchester, Virginia during the American Revolution. His letters discuss his physical and spiritual well-being, concern for his children, news of other exiled Friends, and efforts to present their case before Pennsylvanian and Virginian authorities. Elizabeth Drinker's letters to her husband relate family and neighborhood news, Friends' visits, efforts on behalf of the exiles, and her constant concern for her husband.

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John Letchworth papers, 1755-1870 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Letters and journal entries of John Letchworth (1749-1843) of Pennsylvania, a minister in the Society of Friends who is called to journey in New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky to attend various Friends' Meetings, as well as to be present at Native American Councils.

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