Series 2: Joseph Elkinton Papers

Note: Joseph Elkinton (1794-1868) was the son of Asa and Letitia (Lippincott) Elkinton. . As a young man, he worked with the Seneca Nation at Tunasassa, New York, from 1816 to 1831, and he maintained a lifelong interest in Tunasassa. In 1829 he married Mary Nutt (died 1865) at Concord Monthly Meeting, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. They had four children: Joseph Scotton, Sarah (married Ephraim Smith), Thomas, and Asa. In 1831 Joseph Elkinton established a company to manufacture soap and candles in Philadelphia. In 1855, he was joined in a partnership with his son, Joseph S. Elkinton. Joseph retired in 1862, and the firm became Joseph S. and Thomas Elkinton, and, subsequently, the Philadelphia Quartz Company.