Edward M. Wistar

Included are: I. letters not to or from Wistars, II. manumissions and indentures, III. Pennsylvania Society for Promoting Abolition of Slavery, IV. deeds, indentures of servitude and miscellaneous, V. unattributed poems I. Letters not to or from Wistars (11 items)Letter writers include: John Cox, Denniss De Bert, Sarah Dodge, H-, M-, David S. Jordan, James Kenny, James Pemberton, Sansom family. Highlights include: Cox, John to Roberts Vaux. Oxmead, 1818 5/19. [sending on letters of Anthony Benezet (not present) which he feels may be of interest to Thomas Wistar and others; also encloses letters of John Pemberton relating to Indian affairs (not present) about the people who have been “robb’d and spoiled” for nearly a century] De Bert, Denniss to Committee of Correspondence. London, 1776 5/5. [grateful for honor of being chosen agent of their assembly; Lord Howe to America as Commander in Chief to smooth differences without violence and that he is authorized to make compromises] contemporary copy. H., M. to children. [Philadelphia, 1793]. [calamity arising from Yellow Fever epidemic; Rebecca Jones sends love] Jordan, David Starr to Walter Haviland. 1912 1/17. [has returned from Japan where he gave 64 addresses on international peace; Gilbert Bowles’ Peace Society influencing Japanese public opinion; two Japanese men better fitted for peace work: Baron Sakane and Saburo Shimada. Other testimonials about the good work of Gilbert Bowles] typed copy Kenny, James to Israel Pemberton. Wrights Ferry, 1738? 12/27. [transportation] Pemberton, James to John Stephenson. 1762 12/7. [relating to matters pending before Meeting for Sufferings on the state of society and that admonition from London to New England Friends thinking to settle in Nova Scotia where neutrals had moved at the beginning of the war] draft of letter. Pemberton, James to D and J Barclay. Philadelphia, 1774 11/6. [favors avoiding any action on the part of Friends relating to resolutions of Congress; sending four journals of John Woolman] Sansom, William to Hannah Sansom. Philadelphia, 1784 10/25. [mob violent and destructive, broke into their house, but all are well] II. Manumissions and indenture (3 items) Manumissions, 1776 signed by Richard Wistar, Richard Wistar Jr. et al, and 1788 signed by Richard Waln et al III. Pennsylvania Society for Promoting Abolition of Slavery (1 item) Harrison, Thomas, Thomas Parker and Benjamin Say to Richard Waln. Philadelphia, 1790 7/22. [re trial of African Americans unjustly detained under John Horsefield's will in New Jersey] IV. Deeds, Indentures of Servitude and Miscellaneous (11 items) Deeds: Edmd Lovett to John Brown. Bristol, N.J., 1722 and Stephen Paschall to John Schreiber. Philadelphia, 1781 Indentures: 1705, 1786 and [18--?] Miscellaneous: Certificate for Richard Waln Jr. from Barbados Monthly Meeting, 1759; Poem by Margaret Wistar, 1822; Sermon preached by J.J. Gurney, 1838. copy; Epistle to South Kingston Monthly Meeting, signed by David Buffum et al, 1841 Program of concert held on board R.M.S.P. "Orbita," 1924; Speech of Thomas Wistar before members of the Osage Tribe and AECOFIA, Oklahoma, 1941. typed copy. V. Poems, unattributed (12 items)