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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
Collection — othertype: SC-115
Identifier: SFHL-SC-115
Abstract
This collection consists of documents relating to the withdrawal of Elizabeth Sellers from the Society of Friends and her subsequent disownment. Included is a letter from to Darby Monthly Meeting explaining her reasons for leaving the Society of Friends. In the letter she accuses Quakers of failing to take action on issues of temperance, pacifism, and abolition. Also included are genealogical notes on the Sellers family.
Dates:
1845-1851 & n.d
Collection — othertype: SC-159
Identifier: SFHL-SC-159
Abstract
Includes Red Mitchell's correspondence with Ruth Watson, Lloyd and Mary Margaret Bailey, and Herbert Hadley, regarding the history of Seoul Monthly Meeting, 1984-1992. Also included is an information letter about the Quaker study group by Reginald Price, 1959, an account of Seoul Monthly Meeting visit, 1962, Friends World Committee for Consultation, 1964"Developments in Korea" and 1969"Meeting on Quakers in Korea"; "History of Seoul Friends Meeting, Religious Society of Friends" compiled by...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1959-1992-1969-1992
Collection — othertype: SC-182
Identifier: SFHL-SC-182
Abstract
The collection contains the minutes, 1833-1853, of the Sewing Society which was established in 1833 by a group of New York Orthodox Quaker women. Its mission was to prepare clothing for the poor.
Dates:
1833-1853
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-136
Abstract
Benjamin Sharp (1858-1915), a zoologist who was primarily affiliated with the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, attended Swarthmore College (1876) and earned a M.D. and Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania. A birthright member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), Dr. Sharp was the son of Benjamin and Hannah B. (Leedom) Sharp of the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pa. He was married to Virginia May of Ridley, Mass. The family moved to Massachusetts in the early 20th...
Dates:
1809-1915
Collection — othertype: SC-298
Identifier: SFHL-SC -298
Abstract
The collection contains invoices, estimates, and correspondence received by West Chester Quaker businessman, Alfred D. Sharples. These include work contracted for the Friends' Boarding Home of Concord Quarterly Meeting and properties owned by Sharples in West Chester and Philadelphia. Most of the contractors were based in West Chester and include glaziers, brickmakers, steam and gas fitters, painters, etc.
Dates:
1883 - 1915
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-324
Abstract
Contains collected papers of the Sharples-Paschall family, Quakers of Philadelphia and Chester County, Pennsylvania. The family descended from Nathan H. and Martha (Price) Sharples and Thomas and Anne (Price Gibson) Paschall. The collection includes deeds, estate and other legal papers, and a small amount of family correspondence compiled by Alfred D. Sharples and his son, Alfred Roberts Sharples. The legal records include apprenticeship agreements, deeds relating to Rees, Price, and...
Dates:
1684 - 1948
Collection — othertype: SC-116
Identifier: SFHL-SC-116
Abstract
This collection primarily includes financial papers, bills, receipts and bonds, signed by Daniel Sharpless, Jr. or by his father, Daniel Sharpless.
Dates:
1734-1862 [bulk 1734-1808]
Collection — othertype: SC-117
Identifier: SFHL-SC-117
Abstract
This collection contains family papers and correspondence of Enos and Hannah Sharpless including two copy books of the latter. The letters primarily concern family matters. Two documents of note are a letter from Johnson Knight concerning the Quaker testimony on slavery and a pass issued for an enslaved person bought by Enos Sharpless in order to be liberated.
Dates:
1790-1861
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-040
Abstract
The collection represents two branches of the Sharpless family of Pennsylvania descended from Joseph and Lydia (Lewis) Sharpless). It contains correspondence between extended Sharpless family relations including Sharpless, Hunn, Jones, Drinker families and journals of Joshua Sharpless, a Quaker minister who worked with Native Americans and visited Quaker meetings in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Canada. Correspondence covers various topics including the travels of women ministers, yellow...
Dates:
1792-1892