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Ferris Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-040
Overview
The collection contains correspondence, journals and other writings, business and legal papers, and miscellaneous items of the Ferris family of Wilmington, Delaware, a prominent Quaker family. Of particular note are the correspondence and writings of Benjamin Ferris concerning the Separation in the Society of Friends, as well as the journals and diaries of Anna M. Ferris, David Ferris, Matilda Ferris, Benjamin Ferris, and Henry Ferris. Correspondents include William Lloyd Garrison, William...
Dates:
1737-1940
Sarah Hopper Palmer Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-115
Overview
Sarah Hopper Palmer (1796-1885) was the eldest child of Isaac T. Hopper (1771-1852), noted Hicksite Quaker abolitionist and social reformer. The collection was apparently compiled as a basis for Lydia Maria Child's Life of Isaac T. Hopper, which was first published in 1853. The original manuscript of the published book is included in the collection. The collection contains material on the Palmer, Hunn and Jenkins families, family correspondence, legal and...
Dates:
1705-1883
Taylor Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1233
Overview
This collection traces several generations of the Quaker Taylor family, but centers on Francis R. Taylor (1884-1947) and George Washington Taylor (1803-1891). The former was an attorney and collector of information about his own and related families, as well as local historical information. The latter, who ran a free produce store in Philadelphia in the period before the American Civil War, was connected through his interests in free labor to many correspondents.
Dates:
1737-1999
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- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 2
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 2
- Biddle, Mary, 1780-1849 1
- Bringhurst, Joseph, 1767-1834 1
- Bronner, Anne Taylor 1
- Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880 1
- Edmunds, Albert J. (Albert Joseph) 1
- Ferris family 1
- Ferris, Anna M., 1815-1890 1
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
- Ferris, David, 1821-1908 1
- Ferris, Fanny, 1778-1833 1
- Ferris, Henry 1
- Ferris, John, 1775-1802 1
- Ferris, Matilda, 1853-1937 1
- Ferris, Ziba, 1743-1794 1
- Gibbons family 1
- Gibbons, Mary, 1795-1876 1
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 1
- Haverford College 1
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- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 1
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 1
- Jacob, Edward H. 1
- Jacob, Emma Taylor 1
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1957 : New York, N.Y.) 1
- Palmer family 1
- Palmer, Sarah Hopper, 1796-1885 1
- Poole, William, 1764-1829 1
- Rakestraw, Joseph, 1780?-1860 1
- Richie, Edward 1
- Richie, Sarah A. 1
- Savery, Thomas H. 1
- Taylor family 1
- Taylor, Elizabeth Richie 1
- Taylor, Francis Richards 1
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- Taylor, Hubert Richie 1
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