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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
Bettle Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-013
Overview
The Bettle family were prominent 19th century Quaker merchants in Philadelphia. Samuel Bettle, Sr., was Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at the time of the Separation in 1827. His son, Samuel Bettle, Jr., was also a Quaker minister. They had at least five children, among whom was Samuel, Jr.; the latter married Mary Ann Jones in 1831. The collection includes correspondence, biographical clippings, business records, and other papers of Samuel Bettle and his family. Correspondents include...
Dates:
1800-1955
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- Bettle, Samuel, 1809-1880 1
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- Chalkley, Thomas, 1675-1741 1
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- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 1
- Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 1
- Elkinton, Joseph, 1794-1868 1
- Evans, C. 1
- Foster, J. J. (Jeremiah J.) 1
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- Pemberton, Israel, 1715-1779 1
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 1
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 1
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- Phillips, Catharine, 1727-1794 1
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