Comfort family
Family
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Richard Tapper Cadbury Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-025
Overview
Richard Tapper Cadbury (1853-1929) was a Quaker businessman, teacher, writer, and art connoisseur. His mother's brother, Earl Shinn, Jr., (1838-1886) was a well-known art critic. The collection contains correspondence and memorabilia of the Cadbury, Comfort, Haines, and Shinn families. The letters give a detailed picture of life in Philadelphia Quaker families of the mid 19th century, and of the hardships of those who participated in the California gold rush.
Dates:
1799-1924
Stephen G. Cary collection
File
Identifier: HC.MC-1320
Overview
This collection contains the personal materials of Stephen G. Cary and historical materials collected by Cary about his relatives.
Dates:
1714-2003
Comfort family financial records
Item
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-004
Scope and Content note
This collection is comprised of two volumes of the financial records of the Comfort family.
Dates:
1803-1912
Comfort family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-10-002
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typed genealogy of the Comfort family, compiled by Anne H. Cresson in 1902, largely based on a family tree prepared by John S. Comfort. It also includes some short biographical sketches of the families, as well as typed notes from Cresson's work.
Dates:
1902
