Box 1

Scope and Contents Genealogical information primarily about the Wistar family; legal information, including a receipt from B. Wistar Morris, Bishop of Oregon, for his share of the estate of Sally M. Waln, inventory of items in the estate of Thomas (1826-1862) and Priscilla F. Wistar by daughter, Elizabeth B. Wistar in 1863 and a living will executed by Edward M. Morris in 1937. Biographical information about Thomas Wistar (1798-1876), biographical accounts of the Wistar family by Esther F. Wistar, 1888. Anne...

Scope and Contents Included are: I. letters not to or from Wistars, II. manumissions and indentures, III. Pennsylvania Society for Promoting Abolition of Slavery, IV. deeds, indentures of servitude and miscellaneous, V. unattributed poems I. Letters not to or from Wistars (11 items)Letter writers include: John Cox, Denniss De Bert, Sarah Dodge, H-, M-, David S. Jordan, James Kenny, James Pemberton, Sansom family. Highlights include: Cox, John to Roberts Vaux. Oxmead, 1818 5/19. [sending on letters of Anthony...

Scope and Contents

Autograph album, dated Westtown, 1842 2/21, including poems and signed by his classmates ALS by Wistar to his mother. Westtown, n.d. (1840s?).

Scope and Contents

Account of Priscilla F. Wistar, administrator of the estate of Thomas Wistar, listing debits and credits

Scope and Contents

Waln, Richard to Col. Joseph Ellis. Philadelphia, 1777 12/28. [requests a pass to obtain goods for his ailing wife] Waln, Richard to Lindley and Hartshorne. Philadelphia, 1778 1/20. [tells of the difficulties of shipping, the army's situation under Washington] Smith Robert to Richard Waln. Burlington, [17]96 10/11. [believing Waln to be sympathetic, alerts to the printing of a petition by NJ Abolition Society on subject of slavery, and is sending 15 copies to Waln for circulation]

Scope and Contents Included are: I. correspondence, II. deed, III. manuscripts, IV. memberships, V. miscellaneous and VI. poems. I. Correspondence (4 items) Highlights include: Wistar, Edward M. 1897 3-4. Letterbook and journal kept while visiting Quaker missions to various Native American tribes and work in Turkey and Armenia Wistar, Edward M. to Thomas and Beatrice Wistar. Wilderswyl, Switzerland, [19]22 4/22. [travelogue in Switzerland; invited to Meeting and picked up by Dr. Nitobe's auto, then later to...

Scope and Contents Papers include Wistar's letters, 1796-1843 and n.d. written to various family members, and particularly to her son, Thomas Wistar Jr., primarily on daily life, health, including some medical remedies, religion, family members, attending Meeting; also, poems and a prayer. Highlights of the letters include: to Thomas Wistar. Roaring Creek Valley, 1812 10/14. [glimpses of the nature of travel and lodging in this period] to Thomas Wistar Jr. 1818 3/? [admonition to son about proper behavior] to...

Scope and Contents Letters are primarily to family. Many express religious devotion. In 1869, the letters are greatly detailed with his mission as an Indian Commissioner, and the great burden of responsibility he feels it to be. Many references to Enoch Hoag and other commissioners. I. Letters, 1809-1875 Highlights include: to Father. Stanley (Philadelphia), 1834 12/9. [visited Henry Sheets, a director of the poor in the County who will help support an inmate in "the Asylum] to Samuel Garden. Abington, 1835...

Scope and Contents Letter writers include: Thomas Arnett, John Barrie, Cyrus Beede, Emma Bockins, Mary W. Brown, John Butler, Benjamin Cadwallader, P. Clayton, A. Cope, Dept. of the Interior (H.R. Clum), Dept. of the Interior (D.N. Cooley), Dept. of the Interior (Vincent Colyer), Dept. of the Interior (James Harlan), Thomas Evans, Charlotte Wistar Friedland, John B. Garrett, Andrew Johnson, Ada Le Count, Franklin Maltby, E. Wistar Miller, Isaac Newton, Charles Rhoads, Jonathan Richards, Thomas J. Saunders,...