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Box 25

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Contains 59 Results:

Comly, Isaac. Some Account of the Knight Family of Byberry, 1838, 4mo 24

 File — Box: 25
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Concerning the history of the family of Giles and Mary Knight, early settlers of Byberry. Gift of Ruth E. Bonner and her sister, Mrs. Newlin R. Smith, 1971

Dates: 1838, 4mo 24

Garret, Thomas (1789-1871) to Fox, Orich J., Wilmington, Delaware, 1838 12mo 29

 File — Box: 25
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Garrett, a leading abolitionist and Hicksite Quaker, was a dealer in iron and coal. Letter concerns the salvage of a vessel. Purchased from the Autograph Alcove, 1987 Grundy Fund

Dates: 1838 12mo 29

Richards, Eleanor A. (1808-1838) Memoir and Essays of Ellen A. Richards, late wife of William Richards of Philadelphia, deceased, [1839?]

 File — Box: 25
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Including a memorial to and excerpts from the writings of Ellen A. Richards, an Orthodox Quaker, who was a member of Spruce Street Monthly Meeting. Gift of George L. Pickering, 1988. Two printed copies also in Library and include several paragraphs the A.Ms. does not.

Dates: [1839?]

Paxson, Mary W. (Fair Hill) to Comfort, Mary, 1839-1843

 File — Box: 25
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Two letters to "Dear Cousin" with family news, mentions attending Baltimore Yearly Meeting in 1839.

Dates: 1839-1843