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John Alston Papers
John Alston (1794-1874) was a Quaker farmer who lived in Middletown, Delaware. This collection contains his journals (1837 (?)-1847 and n.d.), account books and business papers (1821-1874), and essays by Nathan Lord on slavery and salvation (1797).
Joseph Bancroft Family Papers
William P. Bancroft Family Papers
The collection contains William P. Bancroft's letter books 1880-1928 and a small amount of Bancroft-Clark family correspondence and photographs. Also extensive transcribed material from William Bancroft's letter books and research on family members and individuals with detailed topical inventory.
Biddle family Papers
Brooks Family Papers
Lewis Walton Brosius Genealogical Papers
Lewis Walton Brosius (1856-1930) was a Hicksite Quaker teacher, businessman and genealogist from Wilmington, Delaware. This collection contains the materials collected by Brosius for his book Genealogy of Henry and Mary Brosius and their descendants with other historical matters connected therewith.
Bye Family Papers
Contains papers of Quakers of Delaware and southern Chester County (Pa.), particularly members of the Bye, Jenkinson, Passmore, Speakman, and Smith families. The collection includes correspondence, business records, photographs, and memorabilia of E. Mortimer and Pusey Passmore Bye, Thomas Jenkinson, Thomas H. Speakman, and Nathaniel Smith. Also includes accounts of Phebe Thomas who died at the age of 104 in Chester County (Pa.) and had witnessed the Battle of Brandywine as a child.
Benjamin Ferris family papers
This collection includes letters between Benjamin Ferris and his wife Hannah, his daughters Deborah and Anna M., and his son David. The letters primarily concern farming and local news. One letter by Benjamin Ferris to his daughter describes in detail his encounter with the dancer Fanny Essler. Also included in the collection are several invitations to Deborah Ferris.
Ferris Family Papers
Ferris-Wetherald Family Papers
Contains correspondence, legal papers, deeds, and memorabilia of the Ferris and Wetherald families, who were Quakers of Wilmington, Delaware, and Lancashire, England. Persons represented include Benjamin Ferris (1780-1867), of Wilmington, Del., and his daughters, Deborah (1813-1897) and Anna M. Ferris (1815-1890), and Joseph Wetherald (1787-1842), of Wilmington, and his brother, James Wetherald, of Wakefield, England.
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- Alston, John, 1794-1874 1
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- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Biddle, Mary, 1780-1849 1
- Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799 1
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- Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
- Bringhurst, Joseph, 1767-1834 1
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- Brooks, Benjamin Franklin, 1816-1887 1
- Brooks, Charles Franklin, 1891-1958 1
- Brooks, Eleanor S. (Eleanor Stabler), 1892-1986 1
- Brooks, Esther, 1859-1942 1
- Brooks, Francis Augustus, 1824-1902 1
- Brooks, Franklin Herrick, 1866-1922 1
- Brooks, Frona Marie, 1861-1947 1
- Brooks, Morgan, 1861-1947 1
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- Brosius, Lewis Walton, 1856-1930 1
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- Buck, Charles W., 1833-1933 1
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- Bye, E. Mortimer (Enoch Mortimer), 1818-1894 1
- Bye, Pusey P. (Pusey Passmore), 1846-1931 1
- Emma Worrell (1834-1930) 1
- Essler, Fanny 1
- Farris family 1
- Fennell, George, b.1787 1
- Ferris, Fanny, 1778-1833 1
- Ferris, Hannah, 1793-1860 1
- Ferris, Henry 1
- Ferris, John, 1775-1802 1
- Ferris, Matilda, 1853-1937 1
- Ferris, Ziba, 1743-1794 1
- Fothergill family 1
- Fothergill, Alexander, 1709-1788 1
- Fothergill, Alexander, 1788-1843 1
- Fothergill, Ann, 1830- 1
- Fothergill, Samuel 1
- Fothergill-Quinlan, Winifred Quigley 1
- Friends Social Lyceum (Wilmington, Del.) 1
- Gibbons, Mary, 1795-1876 1
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 1
- Heald family 1
- Heald, Jacob 1
- Heald, Pusey Bancroft, 1896-1972 1
- Heald, Pusey, 1838-1928 1
- Hilles, Eli, 1783-1863 1
- Hollingsworth, H. (Henry), 1737-1803 1
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 1
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- Hunn, John, 1818-1894 1
- Hunt, Nathan, 1758-1853 1
- Hurnard, Hannah, 1778?-1835 1
- Hurnard, Robert, b.1774 1
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 1
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 1
- James, Dorothy Biddle 1
- Jenkins family (Jenkins, Jabez, 1792-1858) 1
- Jenkins, Ezekiel, 1802-1873 1
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- Jenkinson, Thomas, 1794-1890 1
- John Fothergill 1
- Judge, Hugh, 1750?-1834 1
- Kerner, Barbara Brooks, 1922-2007 1
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- Kerner, Winifred 1
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 1
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- Knight, Elizabeth Knorr, 1814-1841 1
- Knight, Lavinia Lloyd, 1816-1863 1
- Lewis, Lucy Biddle, 1861- 1
- Lord, Nathan, 1792-1870 1
- Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 1
- Mifflin, Warner, 1745-1798 1
- Mott, Bessie Q. (Eliza Quigley), 1876-1957 1
- Parke, Thomas, 1749-1835 1
- Passmore family 1
- Poole, William, 1764-1829 1
- Price, Lydia H., 1827-1907 1
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