Box 1

Scope and Contents There are two letters from Joseph Elfreth, written in 1834 and 1846; another, dated 1863 and signed "Joseph and Hannah" is likely to be from him as well. Letter writers include Joseph's mother and brother, Caleb, as well as William Harris, William Hill and Rolph C. Marsh. Many of the letters refer to family matters, including health; the subject of travel and its difficulties is also encountered. In 1852 [sic, though likely 1862], Joseph's mother writes of a drafting of 300,000 additional...

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Includes clippings, random notes by Joseph Elfreth, poems as well as a schoolboy journal "A Fable" written in 1832.

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Included are: a first-person account of the Equal Rights Convention by Florence Elfreth; letters to various Elfreth family members and others, including Clarkson Sheppard to Josiah Evans, 1869 and William Cowperthwaite, 1892; two notebooks containing an alphabetical list of dead people, including their death dates, kept by Jacob R. Elfreth; published letter, 1865 re drafted men and volunteers; miscellaneous poems and empty envelopes; miscellaneous clippings

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Card index to pages in an unnamed work on Quakers and African Americans; photographs, primarily tintypes, but also albumen, including of Eliza Gurney, Mary Elfreth, Sally Elfreth.