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Ferris Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-040
Overview
The collection contains correspondence, journals and other writings, business and legal papers, and miscellaneous items of the Ferris family of Wilmington, Delaware, a prominent Quaker family. Of particular note are the correspondence and writings of Benjamin Ferris concerning the Separation in the Society of Friends, as well as the journals and diaries of Anna M. Ferris, David Ferris, Matilda Ferris, Benjamin Ferris, and Henry Ferris. Correspondents include William Lloyd Garrison, William...
Dates:
1737-1940
David Seaman correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-114
Identifier: SFHL-SC-114
Abstract
This collection includes the correspondence of David Seaman, primarily relating to the Hicksite controversy. Correspondents include Edward Hicks, Samuel Mott, Halliday Jackson, and John Comly.
Dates:
1808-1843
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- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) 1
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- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
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- Names
- Biddle, Mary, 1780-1849 1
- Bringhurst, Joseph, 1767-1834 1
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
- Ferris family 1
- Ferris, Anna M., 1815-1890 1
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
- Ferris, David, 1821-1908 1
- Ferris, Fanny, 1778-1833 1
- Ferris, Henry 1
- Ferris, John, 1775-1802 1
- Ferris, Matilda, 1853-1937 1
- Ferris, Ziba, 1743-1794 1
- Gibbons, Mary, 1795-1876 1
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 1
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 1
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 1
- Mott, Samuel, b. 1766 1
- Poole, William, 1764-1829 1
- Rakestraw, Joseph, 1780?-1860 1
- Seaman, David, 1791-1844 1 ∧ less
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