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Central Soup Society
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-100
Overview
The Central Soup Society of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was incorporated on March 6, 1861, with the charitable purpose of distributing soup and other food to the poor and needy during the inclement seasons. The organization was founded by Hicksite Quakers and continued to serve the people of Philadelphia throughout the 20th century. It survives at the turn of the 21st century as a foundation. Records of the Central Soup Society; includes financial records, minutes, and miscellaneous historical...
Dates:
1860-1968
Edward Parrish Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-D01
Overview
This collection contains miscellaneous correspondence of Edward Parrish, first president of Swarthmore College (1864-1871).
Dates:
1859-1872
Parrish Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-229
Overview
Collection contains papers of the Parrish family, a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family. Includes correspondence, writings, and other papers of Edward Parrish, first president of Swarthmore College. Also of special interest is the correspondence of Dillwyn Parrish and his aunt and uncle, William and Deborah Parrish Wright; the letters of the Wrights in 1835 and 1836 give information about abolition and anti-slavery efforts in Lancaster County. A scrapbook assembled by Clemmons Parrish contains...
Dates:
1780-1966
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- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 2
- Swarthmore College 2
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Biddle, Robert, 1867-1935 1
- Biddle, William C. 1
- Carey, Matthew, 1760-1839 1
- Central Soup Society (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Cooper, Stanley B. 1
- Cox, John, approximately 1754-1847 1
- Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
- Evans, Charles, 1802-1879 1
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 1
- Ingram, William S. 1
- Jeanes, Joseph 1
- Jeanes, Samuel, d.1894 1
- Leidy, Joseph 1
- McInnes, Robert K. 1
- McKim, James Miller, 1810-1874 1
- Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 1
- Parrish family 1
- Parrish, Clemmons, 1848-1912 1
- Parrish, John, 1729-1807 1
- Parrish, Margaret S. (Margaret Shreve), 1824-1872 1
- Parrish, Thomas C. (Thomas Clarkson), 1847-1899 1
- Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 1
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 1
- Perot, T. Morris 1
- Preston, Ann, 1813-1872 1
- Robins, George 1
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 1
- Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 1
- Tyson, Martha Ellicott, 1795-1873 1
- Wharton, Susanna Parrish, 1852-1928 1
- Wharton, Susanna, 1827-1915 1
- Wright, William, d.1846 1 ∧ less
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