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Taylor, George Washington

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1803 - 1891

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Free Produce Association of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-011
Overview The Free Produce Assocation of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was a Quaker organization, founded in 1845 in Philadelphia, PA. The free produce association was a boycott movement against "produce," anything produced by slave labor. This collection contains the minutes from 1845 - 1852, from the Free Produce Association of the Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. The minutes contain finance reports, nominations for officiers, and reports from various committees, including reports...
Dates: 1845-1852

Taylor Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1179
Overview

Includes letters of Elihu Burritt (1810-1879) and others on Quakers, African Americans, and slavery; papers of Francis R. Taylor (1884-1947) on Quakers, African Americans, and peace; and George Washington Taylor (1803-1891) papers and Free Produce Association records relating to Taylor's work for the use and sale of goods not attached to the slavery economy.

Dates: 1754-1936

Taylor Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1233
Overview

This collection traces several generations of the Quaker Taylor family, but centers on Francis R. Taylor (1884-1947) and George Washington Taylor (1803-1891). The former was an attorney and collector of information about his own and related families, as well as local historical information. The latter, who ran a free produce store in Philadelphia in the period before the American Civil War, was connected through his interests in free labor to many correspondents.

Dates: 1737-1999

Taylor Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-818
Overview

This collection contains materials pertaining to the Taylor family. It contains correspondence, journals, legal documents, genealogical information, and research in the history of Quakerism. There are also many photographs in the collection, including carte de vistas and other nineteenth century photographic techniques. Other related families within the collection include the Savery, Scattergood, Richie, Hooton, and Roberts families.

Dates: 1700 - 1944

"Recollections of my Life Time"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-104
Overview

In the volume, George W. Taylor describes his family genealogy, his early education, his experiences growing up as a Quaker and a conversation he had with Elias Hicks, his career as a teacher in New York and Pennsylvania, and his business selling slave-free labor dry goods during the Civil War.

Dates: 1887

George W. Taylor letterbooks

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-023
Overview

This collection is comprised of two volumes of the letterbooks of convinced Quaker George W. Taylor, which contain business correspondence.

Dates: 1852-1868

George Washington Taylor account books

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-032
Overview

The account books of George W. Taylor record deposits, withdrawals for payments for goods and services, and account balances.

Dates: 1831-1882

Additional filters:

Subject
Quakers -- History 4
Antislavery movements -- United States 3
Quakers 3
Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2