Box 8

Scope and Contents Largely to Abraham M. Taylor.letters, continued discussion of Hinchman caseA. Letter of 9mo. 16, 1855, to Marguerite Hinchman, says a separation is likely in Phil. Y.M. over Wilburite issues.B. Letter to Abraham M. Taylor, 10mo. 23, 1855, condolence on death of Elizabeth.C. Letter to Isaac Shoemaker, 12mo. 9, 1863, speaks of death of his own wife, Elizabeth B. Wistar.D. Letter (probably to Abraham) 9mo. 22, 1864, p.2, mentions visit to...

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Letters to Elizabeth R. Shoemaker written by Thomas Wistar, Jr., Letter of 7mo. 17, 1844, and one following it, describe disintegration of Horsham M.M. over the Wilburite controversy. Signed by him for self and Elizabeth (his wife).

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Eight letters to cousin Elizabeth Shoemaker; one to aunt, Mrs. Margaret Shoemaker, of Cheltenham. New York, which says the N.Y. Meeting has split over the Hicksite controversy; she herself has left Meeting and attends church.

Note: Uses you, Roman dates, etc.; left Friends by own request, 1833. Contrast in cheerful description of New York life and society, compared with gloomy, drab scene in Phil. Letter of May 28, 1828,

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Note to “E.S. and Co.”

Note: For an earlier note to Elizabeth Shoemaker, see last page of Deborah Wood's letter of Nov. 11 [1826]

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Photostatic copies of letters, some directed to his cousin Sarah M. Taylor

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Letter to Daniel Fetter, Louisville, Ky. Phil.

Note: [Sent by hand of Abraham Taylor, for whom it is letter of introduction]

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1 portrait; 8 letters to Dr. Jos. W. Taylor and Isaac Shoemaker.

Letter of 4mo. 29, 1862, to Jos. Taylor (abroad) discusses Civil War; letters (5) of 1865 discuss administrative difficulties at Haverford College; undated letter to Isaac Shoemaker has note at end from cousin Emma C. Yarnall, wife of Charles Yarnall

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Letter to Hannah Taylor, about death of Jos. Taylor

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Letter to Isaac Shoemaker. North Lewisburg, Ohio,

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to Isaac Shoemaker, From Cincinnati and Massachusetts. Discuss politics, price of cotton, condition of Freedmen, etc.

Related material: 962 - A: Two boxes of Genealogical Material. 81 items, ca.1832-1953, concerning Shoemaker, Taylor, and Allinson families.

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