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Documents, 1846-1860s, undated

 Series

Scope and Contents

2 folders.

  • "Recollections of a Quaker Maiden in the Quaker City" / Margaret C. Wistar. undated Tells of her small girl's thoughts of the U.S. Civil War, of the Battle of Gettysburg, of the war years. [ms.]
  • "Recollections of Childhood" / Margaret C. Cope. 1848; enlarged a little by M[argaret] C[ope] K[imber; copied by dear mother" [ts]
  • Purchase of a cemetery plot by Henry Starin in 1846
  • Three sections of a diary kept by Grace Starin while on a trip to Europe in the 1860s and copied for her grandchildren in the 1920s.

Dates

  • Creation: 1846-1860s, undated

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

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