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Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899

 Person

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-260
Abstract Mariana Wright Chapman was a prominant New York Quaker suffragist. The collection includes correspondence received while she was active in suffrage activities in New York State, 1893-1900, family letters, particularly between Mariana and her husband, Noah, and the correspondence of the Wrights, the Chapmans, and of her son, A.Wright Chapman. The collection also includes Mariana's journals from 1895-1900, that of Caroline Willets, 1842-1846, and as well as suffrage memorabilia, family...
Dates: 1808-1983 (bulk: 1842-1911)

Elizabeth Powell Bond photographs of England, 1898 summer

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-009
Scope and Contents

Photographs of historic sites in England and some friends (including J. William Graham and family).

Dates: 1898 summer

Friends' Social Union (New York, N.Y.) minutes

 Collection — Othertype SC-181
Identifier: SFHL-SC-181
Abstract

Minutes, 1869-1872, of Friends' Social Union, New York City. Aaron M. Powell was one of the early chairmen, and Maria Mitchell included in the speakers. One of the group's continuing concerns was the plight of the American Indians.

Dates: 1869-1872

Friends Temperance Union (New York, N.Y.)

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-094
Abstract

Records of the Friends Temperance Union of New York, a Quaker organization which promoted abstinence from all alcohol. It was founded in 1876 and ceased to meet after 5/1898. Includes Minutes, Executive Committee minutes, a Treasurer's book, and miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1876-1905

O. Edward Janney (Oliver Edward) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-072
Abstract Dr. O. Edward Janney was a prominent Quaker doctor from Baltimore who was active in many of the social reform movements of his time. He worked with the Society for the Suppression of Vice in Baltimore and labored in the causes of temperance, woman suffrage, inter-racial relations, peace, and other reforms. In 1907, Dr. Janney gave up the practice of medicine to devote his energies full time to reform activities. The collection contains correspondence (1874-1945), diary (1914), memoirs,...
Dates: 1874-1945

Aaron M. (Aaron Macy) Powell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-122
Abstract

Aaron M. (Aaron Macy) Powell, 1832-1899, was a Quaker social reformer. The collection contains correspondence, much of it letters of condolence following the death (1867) of Powell's daughter Elizabeth, biographical materials and tributes, and mss. of his biographies of George Fox and Wendell Phillips.

Dates: 1858-1915

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Archival Object 1
 
Subject
Quakers -- Social life and customs 3
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 2
Abolitionists 1
Americans -- Travel -- England -- History -- 19th century 1
Charities -- Maryland -- Baltimore 1