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Elizabeth Allinson commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-001
Overview

The commonplace book of Elizabeth Allinson includes reflections upon the death of George Dillwyn, poetry, sketch of Martha Cooper Allinson, quotes and extracts, Quaker testimonies, and obituaries for Abigail Barker, Sybil Allinson, and Susanna Bigg.

Dates: 1820

Allinson Family Papers

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Identifier: HC.MC-968
abstract This collection spans more than two centuries and includes most notably members of the Allinson and Taylor families. There are also letters from Joseph Bonaparte, Sarah Moore Grimke, Julia Ward Howe and George Washington. Prominent material types include correspondence, diaries, financial, legal and property papers, maps, photographs and poetry. The richest subject veins are anti-slavery, including the Free Produce Association of Friends, the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia and...
Dates: 1710 - 1939

Martha Allinson commonplace book

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-002
Overview

The commonplace book of Martha Allinson includes Quaker testimonies, extracts of poetry, hymns, accounts of miracles, and memorandums upon the death of Quaker leaders.

Dates: 1772-1779

Samuel Allinson commonplace book

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-003
Overview

Samuel Allinson was a Quaker active in early New Jersey politics. The commonplace book of Samuel Allinson includes reflections on a variety of topics, including: Jealousy, Constancy and Fortitude, Human Trouble or Infelicity, Deceit, Novels, Romances, Riches and Poverty, Parents and Children, Women, and Marriage. He also includes remarks on slavery (p. 71), and extracts of poetry.

Dates: 1761

Anonymous commonplace books

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-004
Overview

This collection is comprised of seven volumes of anonymous commonplace books. The commonplace books tend to include poetry and religious extracts.

Dates: 1750-1894

Joshua L. Baily commonplace books

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-005
Overview

Joshua Longstreth Baily (1826-1916) was a Quaker merchant in the dry goods business, and was involved in African American causes, peace issues, and temperance. Volume 1 contains extracts organized by topics such as: benevolence, courage, doing for Jesus, fear, forgiveness, honesty, lying, missionaries, prayer, resignation, and truthfulness. Volume 2 contains extracts of essays on literature and copied poems.

Dates: Undated.

Erica Brooks commonplace books

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-055
Overview

The commonplace books of Erica May Brooks include poems about nature, history, family, friendship, and World War II, as well as both copied poems and originals written by Brooks.

Dates: 1925-1951

Elizabeth Cadwallader papers

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Identifier: HC.MC-950-188
Overview

This collection is comprised of the papers of Elizabeth Cadwallader Comfort, and include certificates of removal, clippings, correspondence, diaries, extracts, recipe books, wills, and miscellaneous items from various members of her family.

Dates: 1835-1865

Roberts Canby commonplace book

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Identifier: HCS-003-038
Overview

This album contains notes from friends of Roberts Canby from 1834 to 1835, mostly his peers at Haverford College. The entries include prose or poetry, a signature, the hometown of the signer, their college, and the date. The book itself is a published book with illustrations at the top of every page.

Dates: 1834-1835

William Canby diary and commonplace book

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Identifier: HCS-003-006
Overview

William Canby's diary details his two years (1837-1839) as a student at Haverford College including extracurriculars, academics, weather, and social excursions.

Dates: 1837-1839

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Haverford College 10
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 4
Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 2
Fothergill, Samuel 2
Fox, George 2
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Matlack family 2
Philadelphia Free Produce Association of Friends 2
Potts, Ethel Rhoads, 1870-1962 2
Rhoads, Anne Gibbons, 1809-1890 2
Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868 2
Rhoads, William Gibbons, Jr., 1838-1880 2
Scattergood, Thomas, 1748-1814 2
Allinson family 1
Allinson, Elizabeth 1
Allinson, Margaret 1
Allinson, Martha Cooper 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1808-1883 1
Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 1
Allison family 1
Baily, Joshua L. (Joshua Longstreth), 1826-1916 1
Benezet, Anthony 1
Brooks, Erica May 1
Burlington Company Association 1
Canby, Roberts M. , 1819-1854 1
Canby, William, 1822-1897 1
Churchman, J. 1
Clarkson, Thomas 1
Comfort, Elizabeth Cadwallader 1
Conard, Rebecca 1
Conard, Sarah 1
Cope, Sarah Wistar 1
Cope, Thomas Pim 1
Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 1
Dillwyn, Sarah 1
Dymond family 1
Elfreth, Jacob R. Jr., 1837-1924 1
Elfreth, Jacob R., Sr., 1789-1870 1
Elfreth, Jane P. 1
Elfreth, Rebecca P. 1
Fisher, Hannah Logan 1
Fisher, Thomas 1
Fling, Hannah 1
Fling, John 1
Flowers, Mary 1
Frorer, James R. 1
Garrigues, Samuel 1
Gause, Charles Edward, Jr 1
Gibbons, Hannah, d. 1868 1
Gibbons, Miranda 1
Greene, Rowland 1
Haines family 1
Haines, Catherine 1
Haines, Deborah 1
Hartshorne family 1
Hartshorne, Caroline Cope Yarnall 1
Haverford Loganian Society 1
Hill family 1
Hirakawa, Seiju 1
Jermyn, Emily 1
Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 1
Josselyn, John, 1630-1675 1
Keith, George, 1639?-1716 1
Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 1
Leeds family 1
Lloyd family 1
Lloyd, Mary Ann 1
Lloyd, Susan H. 1
Masters, Margaret Parvin 1
Matlack, Tamar Roberts 1
Moore, Milcah Martha 1
Morris family 1
Morris, Margaret Hill 1
Morton, John, active 1790-1800 1
Mott, Abigail Field 1
Newbold, Mary Ann 1
Nicholson, Elizabeth 1
Peirce, Rebecca 1
Pemberton, Phineas, 1650-1702 1
Penn Literary Society 1
Pennell, Abraham 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 1
Pike family 1
Pike, Sarah 1
Pim, Annie 1
Potts, Anna McCollin 1
Raper, Caleb 1
Rhoads family 1
Rhoads, Edward, 1841-1871 1
Rhoads, Edward, 1873-1903 1
Rhoads, Jane Gibbons, 1870-1897 1
Rhoads, Jane Gibbons, d. 1860 1
Rhoads, Lydia Wistar, b. 1868 1
Rhoads, Samuel, b. 1878 1
Rhoads, Sarah Wistar, 1839-1920 1
Rhoads, William Gibbons, b. 1876 1
Roberts family 1
Rodman family 1
Rodman, Anne Eliza 1
Satterthwaite, Sallie 1
Scantlebury, Thomas 1
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