Hunt, Nathan, 1758-1853
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of Bringhurst Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-046
Overview
Contains the collected correspondence of the Bringhurst family, largely compiled by C. Marshall Taylor. It includes correspondence, 1780-1806, of Philadelphia Quaker businessman James Bringhurst and his letters received from John Murray of New York City. Bringhurst corresponded with family and prominent friends including John Dickinson, Job Scott, Nathan Hunt, James Pemberton, Jesse Kersey, Lindley Murray and Moses Brown. Of particular interest are descriptions of life in Philadelphia and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1780 - 1811; 1780 - 1941
Hannah Hurnard family letters
Collection — Othertype SC-062
Identifier: SFHL-SC-062
Abstract
This collection includes the correspondence of Hannah Hurnard and her family, written between Essex, England, and Wilmington, Delaware. The letters document the family's emigration to America, their struggles adapting to life there, and finally their return to England. Letters between Hannah and her sister, Elizabeth Clark, share family and local news. Letters from Mary Thresher relate the activities of Quaker ministers, including Stephen Grellet, Jesse Kersey, and Nathan Hunt. The letters...
Dates:
1804-1836
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- African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 1
- Church work with African Americans 1
- England -- Emigration and Immigration -- 19th century 1
- Indians, treatment of 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Poor -- Services for 1
- Prison reformers 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers -- Charities -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Delaware -- Wilmington 1
- Quakers -- England -- Essex 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Quakers -- Social service 1
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 1
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- 19th century 1
- Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1 + ∧ less
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