Series 5: Lippincott Family papers
Scope and Contents
Horace Mather Lippincott was the only child of Robert Cook Lippincott and his first wife, Cynthia Shoemaker Mather. Cynthia died in 1880 in her early 30s when he was a toddler. A small number of his mother's papers were preserved. Photographs of Cynthia and Mather as a baby that were enclosed with her papers have been removed to Lippincott Family Pictures. Robert Cook Lippincott married second Catharine Koons, and they also had one son, George E. Lippincott. George and Horace consolidated family genealogical research - George was interested also in collateral lines. The parents of Robert Cook Lippincott were George Eyre Lippincott (1810-1871) and Jane Quimby Lippincott (1805-1852), members of Green Street Monthly Meeting. After Jane's death, George E. Lippincott married Ruth Anna Rutter.
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research.
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