Quakers -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
John Gummere day book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-013
Scope and Content note
This collection is comprised of the single volume day book of John Gummere. It records attendance of his pupils, likely at Westtown School, and the back of the volume includes “an account of paper sold to the children." The front inside cover of the volume includes a number of signatures of Samuel Gummere. Samuel R. Gummere (1789-1866) was a teacher around the same time as John Gummere, in Burlington N.J., but it seems more likely that these signature belong to John Gummere’s son, Samuel...
Dates:
1809-1815
Samuel Gummere diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-031
Overview
Diary of Samuel Gummere's 1854 trip to England. Early entries describe the ten day voyage by steamship, including descriptions of passengers, accommodations on board, and sea sickness. Later entries describe Gummere's exploration of England, including visits to Liverpool and London.
Dates:
1854
Samuel J. Gummere manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-039
Overview
Samuel J. Gummere's manuscripts detail his time traveling through Iowa's prairies, and include both poetry and prose.
Dates:
1857