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.
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.
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.
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.
