Collins family

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Collins Family Papers

 Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-173

Overview The Collins family was a Quaker family of New England and New York City. Abel Collins (1770-1834) was a birthright Quaker and a minister recorded by Hopkinton Monthly Meeting. He married Mary A. Wilbur (d. 1858) of Hopkinton in 1790, and they had eight children. One of their sons, Abel Francis Collins, was clerk of South Kingston Monthly Meeting. He had three sons who attended Friends Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island, and continued their studies at Brown University. The collection...

Dates: 1797-1937

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Rebecca Singer Collins papers

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1196

Overview

Letters and diaries of Rebecca Singer Collins (1804-1892), a nineteenth-century Quaker well known for her religious philanthropic work.

Dates: 1824-1886

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Cope-Collins-Morris papers

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-950-046

Scope and Content note This collection is comprised of the correspondence, prints, and legal papers of three Quaker families, Cope, Collins, and Morris. It primarily includes letters by Mary Ann Cope Morris and letters to Eliza Cope Collins; including the letter of the latter's husband William Morris describing cholera epidemic in Philadelphia, as well as abolitionist activity, Philadelphia Quaker life, Yearly Meetings and a trip through an Oneida Indian village with details about life there. In addition, there...

Dates: 1834-1878

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

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