Box 25

Scope and Contents A white man asked for the help of some young Native men to butcher hogs, offering them half in return for their help. The young men suspected that the hogs were stolen, and brought the concern to their chief. The chief figured out that the white man had stolen the hogs from Coles, and summoned Coles. When Coles saw his hogs butched, he became angry, assuming that the Native men had stolen them. The chief waited for Coles to tire himself out before saying, "Knowing that white man to be a bad...

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Transferred from RG5/Howard M. Jenkins Papers

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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

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Gift of Gertrude Harris Brown, 1986

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Gift of Helen Comly White, 1923

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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

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Gift of Caroline Lukens, 1938

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Gift of Mrs. Henry W. Turner.

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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.

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Two letters to "Dear Cousin" with family news, mentions attending Baltimore Yearly Meeting in 1839.