Box 12

Scope and Contents Letter writers include: George Chalkley, Thomas Chalkley, Tobias Dymocke, Edward McGovern?, Walter Newberry, John Padley, Clement Plumsted, John WynnHighlights include: Chalkley, Thomas to Friends in Barbados. Bermuda, 1702 1/7. (this is the docket information, though the letter addresses "J.G." [reports on arrival in Bermuda and the good hospitality of Friends there] Chalkley, Thomas to John Bland. Frankfort, 1737 12/3. [notes that Bland has not sent a...

Scope and Contents Selections include: to Charles Miner. Signed: “thy friend”. Philad[elphi]a, 1836 1/20. On the verso: “Copy of a letter to C. Miner, 1 mo 20, 1836”. (although Henry Cope is not identified, the letter is consistent with others in this folder). [reply to Miner for his letter of January 13, 1836, thanking him for his suggestions but stating that politics and differences of opinion have slowed progress of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal] Cope, Alfred to Henry Cope. Charleston,...

Scope and Contents Selections include: to Henry Cope. Philadelphia, [18]28 4/1; from envelope: “Blood’s Dispatch”. [sees hope for finding common ground at the latest yearly meeting without sacrificing religious principles] to Henry Cope. undated [letter of condolence upon the death of Cope’s baby daughter] Emlen, S[arah] to Thomas Evans. Middletown, [?]. 1834 9/2. [letter of religious fervor] Emlen, S[arah]. Middletown, [?], 1835 3/14. [discusses her mental anguish in...

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Selections include: fragment signed “thy freind” [sic], undated [concerning unity among Friends], “At a monthly meeting of Friends of Phila. for the Southern District held 3/26/1823” through 9/22/1841. Compilation of minutes concerning property matters of that meeting.