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"Massacre: A Play"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-015
Overview
Charlotte Brate's play, "Massacre," describes a fictional event in the life of William Penn. It takes place in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1683, and describes the white settlers' fear of an "Indian massacre" and misunderstandings between the settlers and Indigenous populations.
Dates:
1941
Benjamin S. Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-105
Overview
This collection contains correspondence related to the manuscripts of Benjamin Jones, as well as two of his typed manuscripts.
Dates:
1840, 1938-1948
Sarah Wistar Rhoads family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1211
Abstract
The Sarah Wistar Rhoads family papers indicate strong relationships and family ties that spanned the 19th and 20th centuries. Sarah Wistar Rhoads (1839-1920) married William Gibbons Rhoads (1838-1880) on November 28, 1866. At that time, the Rhoads, Gibbons and Wistar families began corresponding, the result being an outstanding collection illustrating family support, friendship and love. These papers include correspondence, financial records, diaries and journals, memorabilia, classwork and...
Dates:
Bulk, 1824-1930 1824-1963; Majority of material found within 1824 - 1930
“Rules and Discipline of the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in Philadelphia”
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-127
Overview
This manuscript, published by Kimber, Conrad, & Co. in 1806, describes a code of discipline for Quakers to help them avoid temptation.
Dates:
1806
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- Quakers -- History 3
- Antislavery movements -- United States 2
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- Abolitionists 1
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- deeds 1
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- estate records 1
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- Brate, Charlotte 1
- Gibbons, Hannah, d. 1868 1
- Haverford College 1
- Jones, Benjamin S. 1
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 1
- Potts, Ethel Rhoads, 1870-1962 1
- Rhoads family 1
- Rhoads, Anne Gibbons, 1809-1890 1
- Rhoads, Edward, 1841-1871 1
- Rhoads, Edward, 1873-1903 1
- Rhoads, Jane Gibbons, 1870-1897 1
- Rhoads, Jane Gibbons, d. 1860 1
- Rhoads, Lydia Wistar, b. 1868 1
- Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868 1
- Rhoads, Samuel, b. 1878 1
- Rhoads, Sarah Wistar, 1839-1920 1
- Rhoads, William Gibbons, Jr., 1838-1880 1
- Rhoads, William Gibbons, b. 1876 1
- Wing, Asa S. (Asa Shove), 1850-1931 1
- Wing, Sophia Rhoads, 1850-1901 1 ∧ less
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