Brown family

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Alsop Family Papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-191

Identifier: SFHL-SC-191

Abstract This collection contains the correspondence of the Alsop and Brown families, particularly Othniel Alsop, Hannah Brown Alsop, and Othneil's English siblings, Ann and Robert Alsop. Other correspondents include Alice Jackson, Mary Coffin, and Ann Douglas. Also included are Othniel's naturalization documents, various wills, and calling cards from friends. Of particular interest is a letter dated 1799 from Othniel Alsop to sister in England, describing the "contagious fever" (yellow fever), a...

Dates: 1795-1830

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Moses Brown papers

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1024

Overview

Correspondence, legal, land and estate papers (wills, powers of attorney, deeds, mortgages, bonds, etc.), account book, manuscript book, and other papers of the Quaker Brown family of Philadelphia and New Hampshire.

Dates: 1815-1911

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Cope-Evans Family papers

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1170

Overview

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.

Dates: 1732-1911

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

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Land titles 2

account books 2

estate records 2

letters (correspondence) 2

Abolitionists 1

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African American youth -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1

African American youth -- Education -- Southern States 1

Americans -- Travel -- England -- History -- 19th century 1

Business 1

Business ethics 1

Death 1

Drawing 1

England -- Description and travel 1

Europe -- Description and travel 1

Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1

Europe -- Description and travel -- Photographs 1

Farm life 1

Freed persons 1

Freed persons -- Education -- Southern States 1

Freed persons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1

Health 1

Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1

Mental Illness 1

Mental health 1

New Hampshire -- Quakers 1

Photography 1

Psychiatric hospital care -- History -- Sources 1

Quaker abolitionists 1

Quaker businesspeople 1

Quaker deeds 1

Quakers -- Education 1

Quakers -- Family relationships 1

Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1

Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Germantown (Philadelphia) 1

Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1

Quakers -- Social life and customs 1

Quakers -- Travel 1

Quakers -- Virginia 1

Quakers in business 1

Vacations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century 1

Wills 1

Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1

bookkeeping records 1

clippings (information artifacts) 1

correspondence 1

deeds 1

legal documents 1

manuscripts (documents) 1

marriage certificates 1

poetry and poems 1

travel photography 1

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