Box 38
Contains 12 Results:
Weather Observations, 1786, 1mo 8-8mo31
"Observations made by HM and MM at West Bradford. . . . " Weather and plant notes identified by the Tyler Library as belonging to early American botanist Humphry Marshall (1722-1801) of West Bradford. Humphry Marshall married Sarah Pennock in 1748. She died in July 1786, and two years later, he married Margaret Minshall (1741-1823), a sister of Jacob Minshall. Her first cousins, Jane Longstreth and Sarah Starr, lived in Bradford, as did members of the Painter family.
Women’s Rights Convention, 1852, 1879
Announcement of 1852 Women’s Rights Convention, to be held in West Chester; (2) 1852 letters from HM Darlington to Jacob Painter concerning arrangements for the Convention, with observations on Mrs. [Ernestine] Rose. Chandler Darlington obituary, 1879; supporter of women's rights.
Writings: "Sloth", 1823-1824
Essays on a range of subject written for the Literary Society of Middletown, presumably by Minshall Painter
Writings: Jacob Painter, 1844, n.d.
Notes and ms essays on a variety of subjects including women's rights, abolition, temperance, politics. Includes paper on Social Legislation submitted to the Chester Republican 1844 for publication (plus preparatory notes)
Writings: Minshall Painter,"Liberal Files", 1853 – 1856
“Liberal Files” No. 1 and 2. Ms notes on religion, morality, philosophy
Writings: Enos Painter, Directions for his burial, 1855
Instructions for his coffin, with comments on his attitude towards death and burials
Writings: "The Cycle of Knowledge or Thought", 1866
"By Rustic," Media, Pa. Self published 16 page booklet with fold-out diagram
Writings: "System of Numbers Having Sixteen as a Basis.", 1868
Painter, Jacob:" Self published 8 page booklet, using the circumference of the earth as a starting point for weights and measure.
Writings: "Thoughts in relation to a methodical nomenclature", 1867
Painter, Minshall and Painter, Jacob: "Thoughts in relation to a methodical nomenclature." Self published 12 page booklet with a proposal to revise the system of nomenclature devised by Linnaeus. Later copies included additional 6 pages on "Inflections." this is a shorter version of Jacob's phonetic alphabet.
Writings: Reminiscence, Number 1 and 2, 1870, 1871
"Reminiscence. Gleanings and Thoughts." Jacob Painter. Collected facts and trivia about early settlers, establishment of Quaker meetings in the area. Number 2 concentrates on early settlers. 1 copy complete of two issues which was a small private run. Fragments badly damaged,