Wistar, Thomas
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1798 - 1876
Found in 3 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
Thomas Wistar journals
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-089
Overview
Thomas Wistar's journal entries largely describe his work as an Indian Commissioner, including visits to Washington D.C., the Seneca Nation, the Wichita Indian Agency, and other Native American Reservations. In addition to his work as a commissioner, entries detail social calls with family and friends, descriptions of Quaker meetings, and religious reflection and prayers.
Dates:
1841-1875
Thomas Wistar letterbook
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-029
Overview
This collection is comprised of the single volume letterbook of Thomas Wistar. The majority of the letters copied in this volume are personal correspondence between Thomas Wistar and various family members and friends. A few letters included are letters of sympathy from friends and family written upon the death of Thomas Wistar in January, 1876.
Dates:
1875-1876
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- Subject: Quakers -- History X
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- Antislavery movements -- United States 1
- Courtship -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 1
- Kickapoo Indians -- History 1
- Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Osage Indians -- History 1
- Quaker abolitionists 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Seneca Indians 1
- Slave labor 1
- Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 1
- Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 1
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- diaries 1
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