Box 1

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4 pages. Written while Rebecca Collins's husband, Isaac Collins, was on an extended trip to England. Discusses a Quaker committee providing services for sick children and their mothers, which she has agreed to serve on. Shares news about herself and others, including her step-daughter Martha Lawrie (Collins) Bispham (1813-1887).

Subjects: Sick--Services for; Quakers--Family relationships

Related Locations: Philadelphia (Pa.); London (England)

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4 pages. Written while Rebecca Collins's husband, Isaac Collins, was on an extended trip to England. Discusses recent events and news about herself, family, and friends.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Related Locations: Philadelphia (Pa.); London (England)

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4 pages. Written while Rebecca Collins's husband, Isaac Collins, was on an extended trip to England. Describes meeting with the inmates of Blockley Almshouse (Philadelphia General Hospital). Shares news about herself and others. The paper is damaged and some text is missing/obscured.

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Philadelphia General Hospital; Poor--Services for; Quakers

Related Locations: Philadelphia (Pa.); London (England)

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4 pages. Written while Rebecca Collins's husband, Isaac Collins, was on an extended trip to England. Discusses recent events and news about herself, family, and friends.

Subjects: Death; Personal correspondence; Public worship--Society of Friends; Quakers

Related Locations: Philadelphia (Pa.); London (England)

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4 pages. Written while Rebecca Collins's husband, Isaac Collins, was on an extended trip to England. Discusses recent events and news about herself and others, including the Wilburite separation within the Society of Friends.

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Collins, Isaac, 1787-1863; Public worship--Society of Friends; Quakers; Society of Friends--Wilburite controversy

Related Locations: Philadelphia (Pa.); London (England)

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written while Rebecca Collins's husband, Isaac Collins, was on an extended trip to England. Responds to Isaac's letter and shares news concerning herself and others. Discusses recent events, including various Quaker Meetings and the Wilburite separation within the Society of Friends. Subjects: Quakers; Public worship--Society of Friends; Society of Friends--Wilburite controversy; Quakers--Religious lifeRelated Locations: Philadelphia (Pa.); London...

Scope and Contents 6 pages. Written while Rebecca Collins's husband, Isaac Collins, was on an extended trip to England. Shares news concerning herself, family, and friends. Discusses recent events, including attending Quaker meetings and her work on a Quaker committee providing services for sick children and their mothers. Subjects: Women in charitable work; Sick--Services for; Quakers; Society of Friends--Wilburite controversy; Quakers--Religious lifeRelated Locations: Philadelphia...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written while Rebecca Collins's husband, Isaac Collins, was on an extended trip to England. Expresses concern over the state of the Society of Friends and the Wilburite controversy, which she sends him material about (no longer attached). Shares news concerning herself, family, and friends.Subjects: Quakers; Public worship--Society of Friends; Society of Friends--Wilburite controversy; Quakers--Religious lifeRelated Locations: Philadelphia (Pa.); London...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written while Rebecca Collins's husband, Isaac Collins, was on an extended trip to England. Shares news concerning herself and others, including her attendance at Concord Quarterly Meeting and a brief interaction with Quaker minister Sybil Jones (1808-1873). Last page includes a short note from their niece Mary Anna Longstreth.Subjects: Longstreth, Mary Anna, 1810-1884; Quakers; Public worship--Society of Friends; Quakers--Religious lifeRelated Locations:...

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4 pages. Summarizes letters she has received, including one from Samuel Gurney on various subjects and one from Anne Forster about selling textiles made by the poor people in Ireland. Shares news concerning friends and family.

Subjects: Correspondence; Charities

Related Locations: Philadelphia (Pa.); Albany (N.Y.)