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Simpson, John, 1739-1811

 Person

Biography

His letters cataloged in tripod but apparently no authority record established

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Anna S. Palmer Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-304
Overview

Family and Quaker papers collected by Anna S. Palmer (1881-1973), a member of Falls Monthly Meeting. Included is a manuscript volume containing copies of letters, genealogical information, and memorials concerning John Simpson (1739-1811), Quaker minister; collected postcards of Quaker meeting houses; and other miscellaneous Quaker manuscripts.

Dates: circa 1840-1910

Winston-Clark Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1165
Overview

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.

Dates: 1814-1900

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Business 1
Courtship -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Death 1
Education 1
Education -- Virginia 1