Emlen family
Family
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Emlen and Mifflin family collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1288
Overview
Materials related to various members of the Emlen and Mifflin families, including Ann Emlen Mifflin and James Emlen, as well as others who are unidentified.
Dates:
1777-1868
Emlen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-038
Overview
Contains papers relating to the Emlen family, residents of Middletown and West Chester, Pennsylvania. Chiefly correspondence (1817-1849) of Sarah Foulke Farquhar Emlen (1787-1849), Quaker minister, relating to her travels to visit Friends' meetings in England, Ireland, New England, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Also correspondence of Quaker ministers 1740-1790, copybooks, and memorabilia. Includes material relating to Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school...
Dates:
1740 - 1886; Majority of material found within 1817 - 1849
Families of Philadelphia papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1184
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of the correspondence and papers of members of twelve different families in the Philadelphia area. A great deal of the correspondence relates to concern for health and relationships among family members. The papers are often concerned with matters of business as well as estates, both in terms of the exchange of property, but also as property and possessions of deceased family members. Many of the principals in the collection traveled for business or pleasure....
Dates:
1700-1942
