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Balderston Collected Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-006
Abstract
Most of the correspondence in this collection is addressed to Henry Drinker concerning trivial and more substantive matters of his business and that of the Society of Friends, including a letter from William Savery in 1794 from Canadagua describing a visit to the Oneidas. Also included are a document from the Philadelphia Committee to Joseph Elkinton in Tunesassah (1822) and a subscription list (1831) for J.J. Foster's publication on the New Jersey Crosswicks trial, signed by Roberts Vaux and...
Dates:
1735-1822
Henry Drinker papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-061
Overview
Correspondence relating to Henry Drinker (1734-1809).
Dates:
1785-1808
"The Life and Travels in the Ministry of the Gospel of John Pemberton"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-045
Overview
William Hodgson Jr. (1804-1878) published a number of pieces related to the Society of Friends. This collection is composed of the single volume manuscript, "The Life and Travels in the Ministry of the Gospel of John Pemberton," written by William Hodgson, Jr.The manuscript recounts his early life, first journey in Europe with John Churchman, excerpts of diary kept during revolutionary war, his second visit to Europe, and his travel in England and Scotland.
Dates:
1842
Gulielma M. Howland Collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1000
Abstract
In these papers collected by Gulielma Howland are letters or other writings of such notable Quakers as George Dillwyn, Susanna Dillwyn, Samuel Emlen, John Fothergill,, Rebecca Grellet, Hannah Griffitts, Sarah Moore Grimke, Hill family, Margaret H. Hilles, James Logan, Margaret Hill Morris, Milcah Martha Moore, James and John Pemberton,, Daniel B. Smith, John Smith, Margaret H. Smith, Roberts Vaux, Daniel Wheeler and Thomas Wistar.
Dates:
ca. 1700-1867
Jackson-Conard Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-217
Overview
The Jackson-Conard Family Papers include correspondence and other manuscripts of the Jackson and Conard families of London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The primary recipients are William Jackson (1746-1834), a Quaker minister, and his nephew, William Jackson (1789-1864), who served a single term in the Pennsylvania State Senate and was active in the anti-slavery movement.
Dates:
1748-1910
Pemberton Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1036
Overview
Correspondence (personal and business) and other papers of Israel Pemberton (1715-1779), James Pemberton (1723-1809) and John Pemberton (1727-1795), the sons of Israel Pemberton (1684-1754) and Rachel Read Pemberton of Philadelphia.
Dates:
1741-1789
John Pemberton diaries
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-055
Overview
John Pemberton was a Quaker minister who was involved in Native American issues. The first volume describes Pemberton's visit to England from 1750 to 1754, the second volume is composed of daily entries dated from 1778. The majority of entries in both volumes describe Quaker meetings attended and social visits with Friends and family.
Dates:
1750-1778
John Pemberton manuscript
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-121
Overview
This manuscript provides a brief biographical sketch of John Pemberton, and contains excerpts from his journals and letters from his religious visit in England in 1750.
Dates:
Undated.
Pemberton Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-039
Overview
The collection contains primarily family correspondence of the three Pemberton brothers -- Israel, James, and John, prominent members of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia who were exiled to Virginia during the Revolutionary War for their pacifism. It also includes a small number of correspondence from Edward Stabler and Alexander White, an account on the life of James Pemberton, and the will of his wife, Phebe Lewis Pemberton. Topics include the Pembertons' exile to Winchester, Va., with...
Dates:
1756-1812
William Reckitt papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-105
Abstract
This collection includes photographic copies of letters regarding his travels in the ministry, family birth certificates, and a list of ship stores. Also included is a letter from John Pemberton, relating family news and giving an account of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
Dates:
1756-1831
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- Elkinton, Joseph, 1794-1868 1
- Emlen, Samuel, 1730-1799 1
- Evans, C. 1
- Foster, J. J. (Jeremiah J.) 1
- Garrigues, Edward, 1756-1845 1
- Grellet, Rebecca, 1772-1861 1
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 1
- Griffitts, Hannah 1
- Grimké, Sarah Moore 1
- Harlan, Ann, 1739-1804 1
- Hill family 1
- Hilles, Margaret Hill Smith, 1786-1882 1
- Hodgson, William 1
- Howland, Gulielma M. 1
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 1
- Jackson, Hannah, 1767-1845 1
- Jackson, Isaac, 1775-1855 1
- Jackson, James, 1736-1817 1
- Jackson, Joel, 1776-1857 1
- Jackson-Conard family 1
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- John Fothergill 1
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- Kite, Thomas, 1785-1845 1
- Lindley, Jacob, 1744-1814 1
- Logan, James, 1674-1751 1
- Logan, William, 1718-1776 1
- Lowber, Michael 1
- Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839 1
- Mifflin, Warner, 1745-1798 1
- Monaghan, Hannah, W.1784-1804 1
- Moore, Milcah Martha 1
- Morris, Margaret Hill 1
- Mott, James, 1742-1823 1
- Mott, James, 1788-1868 1
- Murray, Aquila 1
- New Garden Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Chester County, Pa.) 1
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- Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate 1
- Pennypacker, E.F.(Elijah Funk), 1804-1888 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee Appointed for the Gradual Civilization and Welfare of the Indian Natives (1795-1827) 1
- Phillips, Catharine, 1727-1794 1
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- Preston, Ann, 1813-1872 1
- Rathbone, William, 1757-1809 1
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- Rodman, Sarah 1
- Rotch, William, 1759-1850 1
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- Sands, David, 1745-1818 1
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- Smith, Daniel B. 1
- Smith, George, 1804-1882 1
- Thornton, James, 1727-1794 1
- Waln, Nicholas, 1742-1813 1
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- Webb, Catherine, 1792-1872 1
- Wheeler, Daniel, 1771-1840 1
- Willis, Thomas, 1770 or 1771-1864 1
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- Wistar, Margaret, 1728?-1793 1
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