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Box 7

 Container

Contains 17 Results:

Account ledger of Rebecca J. Smedley trust fund 1899-1936 , 1899 - 1936

 File — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Rebecca Jones Smedley (1786-1859) was the widow of Jacob Smedley (1789-1937) who had inherited a tract of Smedley land in Willistown Township, Pennsylvania. In her Will executed in 1854, she created a fund to grant funds to young Quakers starting in life. Her brother-in-law William Smedley was one of the trustees, succeeded by Edward G. Smedley, then Walter Smedley

Dates: 1899 - 1936

Smedley miscellaneous\, Undated, circa 1867-1900

 File — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Incomplete writings, letters, wedding invitations. Account of Thomas Evans's sermon, 1867, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

Dates: Undated, circa 1867-1900

Lydia H. Smedley to sister, 1877, undated

 File — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Lydia Smedley (1858-1923), the eldest of Thomas's children, was a teacher and married Edward L South. The file includes a childhood letter.

Dates: 1877, undated

Harriett J. Smedley journal (typed transcript) , 1883 - 1893

 File — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

A spiritual diary of Harriett Smedley (1859-1893) who married William Kirkbride in 1888. She was a member of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting and began her journal in 9 month 1883. The final entry was made three days before her sudden death. Condensed, typed, multiple carbons.

Dates: 1883 - 1893

Smedley and Mehl Company, audits, 1929, 1936

 File — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Horace Webster Smedley (1867-1957), twin of Rebecca. Audits of Smedley and Mehl, Co., Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Horace was president of a coal and lumber business and served on Board of Commissioners, Lower Merion Township. He lived in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1929, 1936