Allinson, William J., 1810-1874
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Allinson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-968
abstract
This collection spans more than two centuries and includes most notably members of the Allinson and Taylor families. There are also letters from Joseph Bonaparte, Sarah Moore Grimke, Julia Ward Howe and George Washington. Prominent material types include correspondence, diaries, financial, legal and property papers, maps, photographs and poetry. The richest subject veins are anti-slavery, including the Free Produce Association of Friends, the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia and...
Dates:
1710 - 1939
John Greenleaf Whittier letterbook
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-025
Overview
John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and editor, as well as an involved abolitionist. He was a delegate to the Anti-Slavery Society in 1833, a member of the State Legislature in 1835, founded the antislavery Liberty party in 1840, and ran for Congress in 1842. Topics covered in Whittier's letterbook include news of health and family, as well as discussions of contributions to "The Non-Slaveholder" and discussions of English Friends.
Dates:
1842-1873
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- Quaker abolitionists 1
- Quakers 1
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- Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 1
- Temperance 1
- commonplace books 1
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