Elkinton, Joseph, 1794-1868
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1794 - 1868
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Balderston Collected Manuscripts
Collection — Othertype SC-006
Identifier: SFHL-SC-006
Abstract
Most of the correspondence in this collection is addressed to Henry Drinker concerning trivial and more substantive matters of his business and that of the Society of Friends, including a letter from William Savery in 1794 from Canadagua describing a visit to the Oneidas. Also included are a document from the Philadelphia Committee to Joseph Elkinton in Tunesassah (1822) and a subscription list (1831) for J.J. Foster's publication on the New Jersey Crosswicks trial, signed by Roberts Vaux...
Dates:
1735-1822
Hiram Doty collected papers relating to Quaker history
Collection — Othertype SC-029
Identifier: SFHL-SC-029
Abstract
This collection includes original manuscripts collected by Hi Doty relating to early Quaker involvement in Indian affairs from 1756 to 1821 and the Friendly Association. Of particular interest are documents concerning the settlement at Oneida and the Treaty of Easton. Correspondents include Tedyuscung, Nathaniel Holland, Frederick Post, John Hunt, William Cooper, Israel Chapin, William Savery, James Pemberton, and Joseph Elkinton. Also included in the collection are several letters written...
Dates:
1756-1874
Elkinton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-037
Abstract
Contains the papers of the Elkinton Family, a Quaker family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and its vicinity. Joseph Elkinton was born in Salem, New Jersey, in 1794 and settled in Philadelphia where he established a soap manufacturing business which eventually became the Philadelphia Quartz Company. He was involved with the Seneca Indians at the Quaker school at Tunesassa (Quaker Bridge), New York, where his oldest son, Joseph Scotton Elkinton, was born in 1830. The latter was a Quaker...
Dates:
ca. 1736-2002
Elkinton Family Pictures
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-060
Abstract
This collection consists of 15 boxes of photograph albums, black and white photographs, negatives, portraits, and loose photographs, dating from approximately 1856-1987. It includes images of the Elkinton, Bucknell, Grove, and Dunham families.
Dates:
1856 - 1987
Joseph Elkinton journal transcript
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-101
Abstract
Joseph Elkinton's journal entries describe his 1816 trip from Philadelphia to a Quaker missionary settlement and school called "Tunessassa," among the Seneca in upstate New York. His entries describe the preparation for the trip and his travel from Philadelphia to Tunessassa. The location of the original journal is unknown.
Dates:
1816
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- Oneida Indians 2
- Seneca Indians 2
- Delaware Indians 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Indians of North America -- History -- 18th century 1
- New York (State) 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- History 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs 1
- Quakers -- Persecutions 1
- Quakers -- Travel 1
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 1
- United States -- History -- Colonial period -- ca. 1600-1775 1
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 1
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- diaries 1
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