Box 8

Scope and Contents Cope, A. to John [Stokes?]. n.d. [regarding news of a ship and Barbary pirates] Evans, J. Wistar to John Stokes, Ellie [Stokes?] and Hettie [Stokes?]. 1866. 3 items. [asking consent to ask Ellie Stokes to marry him; 2 others] Account of Joseph Gilpin who came to Pennsylvania from England in 1682 as given by G.G. Smith and recorded by his nephew, H.N. Stokes, 1883 11/11. List of the ten children of Joseph Gilpin and Mary Caldwell, m. 1729...

Scope and Contents Newlin, Nathaniel to John Stokes. Philadelphia, 1823 8/2. List of the ten children of Nathaniel Newlin of Concord, son of Nathaniel Newlin of Ireland, and his wife Esther Metcalf. 2 versions. Account of the last illness of Levis Newlin, d. 1844 7/2. Removal of Nicholas Newland/Newlin from England, 1682 (copy) Record of marriages and deaths of Parker and Newlin families Hair of Nathaniel Newlin (d. 1829) and Mary Newlin (d....

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• Scott, Roderick to Richard Cary. Foochow, China, 1917 12/12. [waits for Cary's response to his letters; what are Americans thinking about the war. They get the China Press, but need information from friends; he is teaching at the Union College freshman English andShakespeare for juniors, next year a philosophy class for seniors; reports on his understanding of Chinese]
• Smith, E. to Mary. [18]59] 9/18.
• Smith, E. to Ellie. 1860 11/11.

Scope and Contents Stokes, John to Hannah Smith. 1821-1823. 14 letters. [attends Yearly Meeting where Stephen Grellet and William Foster were in attendance; has no favorable opinion of Negroes or the Southern States (4/11/1821); health issues relating to family, friends, acquaintances; daily life, including family visits; longing to see her]. Stokes addresses Smith as his sister, but she becomes his wife in 1823. Stokes, John to family. 1853 7/18. [on the death of his son] Stokes,...

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• Waln, Elizabeth Stokes (1780-1852) (daughter of John and Mary Stokes). [Description of her death; instructions re distribution of her personal property, written by Elizabeth Stokes Cope and Mary Stokes]
• Waln, Nicholas. Message in 1772 Meeting, copied from "Select Miscellany"

Scope and Contents Note: a letter from Alison Stokes MacLean to Stokes and Evans family. Potomac, MD, 1976 describes finding the Francis J. Stokes family letters and photographs in a tin box and having them transcribed and typedTyped and transcribed letters and documents: I. Letters Evans, Jonathan to Francis Stokes (cousin). 1868 8/21. Evans, Thomas, 1830s-1860s. 8 letters. Evans, William (loyalist in the Revolutionary War). Antigua, W. I., 1780 6/4. [account of encounter...

Scope and Contents Cary, Richard at Haverford College, 1906. 3 photos. Views of Haverford College while Richard Cary was a student (ca. 1906). 6 photos Cope, Elizabeth Waln. 2 photos Elkinton, Kitty (Katharine) Wistar Mason. 2 photos Evans, John Wistar. 1 photo Evans, Hannah Bacon. 2 photos Evans, Jonathan. 1 photo Evans, Katharine Wistar. 3 photos Garrett, Eleanor Evans. 4 photos Scott, Dr. Math prof. at Bryn Mawr College and...