Kimber, Thomas, 1825-1890
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas Hamm Collection of Letters
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-278
Abstract
This collection consists of five letters, donated by Thomas Hamm, written by Quakers around the East Coast of the United States: a majority of who are from Pennsylvania. The first letter is addressed to Susannah B. Habers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1807 and is from a child of Habers. The second letter, from James to Thomas Kimber in 1820, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, updates Kimbers about James's infant. In the third letter, Alfred Cope, owner of a prominent Philadelphia shipping...
Dates:
1807-08-15 - 1879-07-20
Howland-Shearman Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-303
Abstract
The collection is composed of correspondence of the family of David Sands Shearman and his wife, Hepsa Hathaway Howland Shearman of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Poughkeepsie, New York. The Shearman and Howlands were prominent New England Quaker merchant and whaling families, intertwined by business and marriage. Much of the correspondence is directed to Hepsa, largely from her children who pursued a range of careers. Early correspondence is with her husband Captain David Sands...
Dates:
1800 - 1916; Majority of material found within 1832 - 1899
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- Health 1
- Howland family 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Medicine 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Quakers -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- Poughkeepsie 1
- Sherman family 1
- Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae 1
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Haverford 1
- Whaling -- Massachusetts 1
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