Preston, Ann, 1813-1872
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Jackson-Conard Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-217
Abstract
The Jackson-Conard Family Papers include correspondence and other manuscripts of the Jackson and Conard families of London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The primary recipients are William Jackson (1746-1834), a Quaker minister, and his nephew, William Jackson (1789-1864), who served a single term in the Pennsylvania State Senate and was active in the anti-slavery movement.
Dates:
1748-1910
Mott Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-035
Abstract
Lucretia Mott was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker minister and a leader in reform movements, especially antislavery, education, peace, and women's rights. She was born in 1793 in Nantucket, Mass., the daughter of Thomas and Anna Coffin, and educated at Nine Partners Boarding School in Dutchess Co., N.Y. In 1811, she married James Mott and they settled in Philadelphia, Pa. The Motts were active Hicksite Quakers, and Lucretia served as clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and traveled in the...
Dates:
1831-1898
Parrish Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-229
Abstract
Collection contains papers of the Parrish family, a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family. Includes correspondence, writings, and other papers of Edward Parrish, first president of Swarthmore College. Also of special interest is the correspondence of Dillwyn Parrish and his aunt and uncle, William and Deborah Parrish Wright; the letters of the Wrights in 1835 and 1836 give information about abolition and anti-slavery efforts in Lancaster County. A scrapbook assembled by Clemmons Parrish...
Dates:
1780-1966
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- Antislavery movements -- United States 1
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- Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States 1
- Feminism -- United States 1
- Feminism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Feminists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Gardening 1
- Lay ministry -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
- Legislators -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quaker politicians 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers -- Education 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
- Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 1
- Social reformers -- United States 1
- Spirituality -- Society of Friends 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public Opinion 1
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century 1
- Women abolitionists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Women's rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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