Emlen, Samuel
Person
Dates
- Existence: ca. 1765-1837
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth Drinker diaries
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-018
Overview
Elizabeth was a colonial era Quaker and prolific journal writer. Elizabeth's diaries are composed of her personal reflections of the day-to-day life of a wealthy Quaker woman in colonial Philadelphia. The majority of Elizabeth’s entries detail her daily life, including social calls with other Quaker families and individuals, the births, deaths, and marriages within her community, and attendance at, and descriptions of, weekly and monthly Quaker meetings. Elizabeth’s description of events...
Dates:
1758-1800
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...
Dates:
1740 - 1886; Majority of material found within 1817 - 1849
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- Quaker women -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quaker women -- United States 1
- Quakers -- Great Britain 1
- Quakers -- Ireland 1
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- Schools -- Pennsylvania 1
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- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women -- Sources 1
- Voyages and travels -- 19th century 1
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- Women clergy -- Pennsylvania 1
- Women teachers -- Pennsylvania 1
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