Box 1

Scope and Contents 51 items - To sister Mary, dated Salem, 6 mo. 14, 1856, [tells of getting job in carpentry business of Albert French] - To brother Finley, dated Philadelphia, 12 mo 4, 1857, [describing Sloan offices and a walking tour of parts of Philadelphia] - To sisters Anne, Rebecca and Susan, dated 8 mo. 2, 1857, [advising them to read and learn bookkeeping to improve their lives] - To mother Ann Mains, dated Philadelphia, 5 mo. 24, 1857, [describing nature of his work at Sloan's] - To parents, dated...

Scope and Contents 60 items - To mother, Philadelphia, 9 mo. 11, 1862, [discusses schooling of brother and sister, speaks of the draft and possible invasion of Pennsylvania] - To Mary, Pottsville, 9 mo. 17, 1862, [asks if Finley has claimed exemption to the draft as permitted Friends by state constitution] - To Finley, Pottsville, 9 mo. 24, 1862, [advising Finley not to accept draft if it comes and says he himself won't go, though would rather go "than lose my life"] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 1 mo 6, 1863,...

Scope and Contents 56 items - To Mary, Philadelphia, 6 mo 2, 1867 - To Finley, Philadelphia, 11 mo. 6, 1868, [employed to superintend building of new skating rink at 23rd and Chestnut Sts.] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 12 mo. 27, 1868, [work on a house in Penna. and a church in Tenn.] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 1 mo. 10, 1869, [about progress in construction at Swarthmore] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 4 mo. 24, 1870, [subpoenaed as a witness in the case of Seabrook vs. Swarthmore College; engaged to work on...

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90 items - To Dr. James E. Rhoads, n.p., 1 mo. 24, 1886, [questioning reasons for his dismissal as Bryn Mawr College architect]

Scope and Contents 31 items - To Mary H. Fritchman (sister), Germantown, 10 mo. 2, 1892, [mentions gift of new schoolhouse to Hicksite Philadelphia Friends by John M. George, to be located near Newtown, Bucks County] - To Finley, Germantown, 7 mo. 24, 1894, [reports John Biddle, made an elder by Select Quaker Meeting] - To Finley, Germantown, 10 mo. 7, 1894, [George Vaux and Isaac Sharpless will be overseers at the marriage of his daughter, Mary, to James Biddle] - To Finley, Germantown, 2 mo. 25, 1894,...

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44 items - To Finley, Wallingford, 4 mo. 9, 1910, [notes establishment of Quaker funeral procedure by Mary Baker Eddy] -To Finley, Wallingford, 5 mo., 28, 1910, [attends dedication of library given to the Institute for Colored Youth by "Scott's Andy"] - To Finley, Wallingford, 12 mo. 22, 1910, [lists books read]

Scope and Contents 57 items - Letter from J. W. (Joel W.) Hutton to James and Ann McGrew, dated Sewickley, 9 mo. 25th 1853, [gives his ideas on some of the meanings of Quakerism] - Letter from Joel W. Hutton to cousin, (James McGrew), dated Sewickley, 7 mo. 28th 1861, [tells of his meeting's conclusion not to contribute to war effort, but help families of soldiers in need] - Letter from Dr. Joseph Taylor to Addison Hutton, dated Burlington, N.J., 12 mo. 17, 1879, [re construction of Bryn Mawr College...

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3 items [Two genealogical studies of the Hutton family prepared by Finley Hutton, ca. 1916, and Gilbert Cope, n.d., and a family tree]

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6 items [partial autobiography of A.H.; partial biography of A.H. by Finley Hutton; and autobiographical recollections of Finley Hutton]

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[Includes a lecture delivered by Addison Hutton to students of architecture in 1894; passport of A.H.; report of auditor on distribution of Addison Hutton's estate among the heirs; photographs of some of the buildings designed by A.H. and tracings for a painting of A.H. by Nan Yarnall]