Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel M. Janney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-183
Abstract
Samuel McPherson Janney was a Virginia Quaker minister, author, educator, and reformer. In 1839 he opened a boarding school for girls in Loudoun County. He traveled widely in the ministry, meeting with other denominations as well as being immersed in the contemporary issues facing the Society of Friends. Among his activities were establishing schools for African Americans and women, creating public schools in Virginia, and the abolition of slavery. In 1869 he was appointed Superintendent of...
Dates:
1815-1880
Longshore-Williams family correspondence
Collection — Othertype SC-076
Identifier: SFHL-SC-076
Abstract
This collection includes letters written to Mary W. Longshore from the family of her sister, Martha Williams, after the Williams moved from Pennsylvania to Warsaw, Ohio. Included are letters from her sister, brother-in-law, Isaac B. Williams, and nephews, Jonathon and Jeremiah. These letters relate family and local news, and news about the temperance and anti-slavery movements. A letter from Isaac B. Williams, dated 1861, relates his thoughts on the prospect of civil war. A letter from Dr....
Dates:
1840-1965-bulk 1840-1861
Price family papers
Collection — Othertype SC-101
Identifier: SFHL-SC-101
Abstract
This collection includes letters of Benjamin and Jane Price, among their family and with other Quakers. Also included are letters received by Benjamin's brother Eli K. Price regarding his legal practice, and by Benjamin's daughter-in-law Lydia H. Price, regarding family news. Bound volumes of letters record the correspondence of Benjamin and Jane Price while one or the other travelled in Quaker ministry. Of particular interest are : letters of Edward Hicks, regarding the Hicksite controversy...
Dates:
1809-1878
Deborah Fisher Wharton commonplace book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-040
Abstract
Deborah Fisher Wharton (1795-1888) was an American Quaker minister, suffragist, and social reformer, as well as one of the founders of Swarthmore College. Wharton's commonplace book volumes include poetry and prose.
Dates:
1808-1814
Deborah Fisher Wharton Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-161
Abstract
Deborah Fisher Wharton (1795-1888) was a Hicksite Quaker of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Newport, Rhode Island, the wife of William Wharton and father of Joseph Wharton, the Philadelphia Quaker industrialist and philanthropist. She was a founder of Swarthmore College and served on the original Board of Managers. This collection is largely generalogical data on the Fisher, Wharton, and related families of Philadelphia, Pa., and Rhode Island. There are personal letters (1862-1874) between...
Dates:
1815-1876
Wharton family library catalog
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-043
Scope and Content note
This collection is comprised of the single volume library catalog of the Wharton family. According to a note in the inside cover, the alphabetical catalog of volumes in Deborah Fisher Wharton’s library was recorded by her grandson, William Wharton Hurston.
Dates:
Undated
Joseph Wharton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-162
Abstract
Joseph Wharton (1826-1909) was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker merchant, industrialist, scientist, and philanthropist who was active in 19th century Delaware Valley manufacturing, business, and education development. The papers cover in depth his business activities as well as his career as Manager of Swarthmore College for over 35 years and as founder of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. The collection includes business correspondence, 1855-1908,...
Dates:
1691-1955
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- Antislavery movements 2
- Quakers 2
- Quakers -- History 2
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 2
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 2
- Abolitionists 1
- Baal (Canaanite deity) 1
- Business and education 1
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
- Church work with Indians -- Society of Friends 1
- Congregational Friends 1
- Endowments -- Quakers 1
- Freed persons -- Virginia 1
- Freed persons -- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Hicksites -- 19th century 1
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934 1
- Indians of North America -- Missions 1
- Industrialization -- United States 1
- Industries -- United States -- History 1
- Iron industry and trade 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Literature 1
- Mineral industries 1
- Poetry 1
- Quaker authors 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers -- Correspondence 1
- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Education 1
- Quakers -- Ohio -- Columbiana County 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Quakers -- Social service 1
- Quakers -- United States -- Biography 1
- Quakers -- Virginia 1
- Quakers in business 1
- Sermons, American 1
- Slavery -- United States 1
- Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 1
- Social reformers -- 19th century 1
- Social service -- Pennsylvania 1
- Society of Friends -- Antislavery movement 1
- Society of Friends -- History 1
- Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 1
- Society of Friends -- Sermons 1
- Temperance -- Ohio -- Columbiana County 1
- Temperance and religion -- Society of Friends 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public Opinion 1
- book catalogs 1
- commonplace books 1 + ∧ less
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