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Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1213
Abstract
The Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles family papers house the correspondence of a Quaker family who lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Woodbury, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; and other surrounding areas from approximately 1840 to 1882. A majority of the letters were written to or by Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles; her husband, John Smith Hilles; and other Tatum or Hilles family members. There is a small sampling of assorted family papers, dating from 1825 to 1901. Included, among other items, are...
Dates:
Bulk, 1840-1882 1791-1930; Majority of material found within 1840 - 1882
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
Sharpless Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-040
Overview
The collection represents two branches of the Sharpless family of Pennsylvania descended from Joseph and Lydia (Lewis) Sharpless). It contains correspondence between extended Sharpless family relations including Sharpless, Hunn, Jones, Drinker families and journals of Joshua Sharpless, a Quaker minister who worked with Native Americans and visited Quaker meetings in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Canada. Correspondence covers various topics including the travels of women ministers, yellow fever,...
Dates:
1792-1892
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- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 1
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- Hilles, John Smith, 1830-1875 1
- Hilles, Margaret Hill Smith, 1786-1882 1
- Hilles, Samuel, 1788-1873 1
- Hilles, Sarah Cooper Tatum 1
- Hilles, Sarah Lancaster 1
- Hilles, William Samuel, 1825-1876 1
- Hilles, William Samuel, 1865-1928 1
- Hunn family 1
- Hunn, Ezekiel, 1841-1926 1
- Hunn, Lydia Jones Sharpless, 1818-1911 1
- Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 1
- Pemberton family 1
- Pemberton, Israel, 1715-1779 1
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 1
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 1
- Pemberton, Phebe, d. 1812 1
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- Savery, William, 1721 or 1722-1787 1
- Sharples, Edith, 1743-1787 1
- Sharples, Joshua, 1747-1826 1
- Sharpless family 1
- Tatum, Ann Cooper, d. 1834 1
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