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Lightfoot Family Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-184
Abstract
The Lightfoot family was a Pennsylvania Quaker family descended from Thomas Lightfoot, a Quaker minister who emigrated from Ireland to Kennett Monthly Meeting in 1716 with his family. The collection includes three journals which have been attributed to his grandson Thomas on the basis of contextual detail. These accounts document visits to meetings in the mid Atlantic region, New Jersey to Virginia, from 1757 to 1760. Jacob Lightfoot, a son of Thomas and Sarah Lightfoot, married Mary...
Dates:
1737-ca. 1948
Benjamin H. Miller, U.S. Indian Inspector transcribed letters,1889-1890.
Collection — othertype: SC-250
Identifier: SFHL-SC-250
Abstract
The collection consists of typed transcripts of letters published in a local newspaper. They describe the places and people visited during Benjamin H. Miller's tenure as Indian Agent in South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and elsewhere. The nineteen clippings, 1889-1890, were transcribed by William T. Thom, 3rd, a great-grandson. Also includes a typed manuscript introduction that describes Miller's farm, Mt Airy, Montgomery County, Maryland, and a typed index to the letters, 1974-1975.
Dates:
ca. 1974-1975
Jane Rhoads Morris journal
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-048
Abstract
Jane Rhoads Morris's journal was written for her family at home during her trip to Canada during August and September, 1889. Her daily entries describe, in detail, her experiences camping in the Canadian wilderness, accompanied by her cousins and Indigenous people they employed to paddle them in canoes to and from each campsite, as well as interactions with Indigenous people the group meets during their travels.
Dates:
1889
Native American speeches
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-135
Abstract
The majority of this collection is comprised of the handwritten copies of speeches made by Native American leaders, as well as a single letter addressed to "Friends residing among the Indians." Though the materials are undated, they likely date to the 1790s-1810s, and the majority of the speeches make mention of the Seneca nation, and refer to Cornplanter, a Seneca leader. The speeches include both those given by Quakers to Native American audiences and those made by Native American...
Dates:
Undated.
Miscellaneous manuscripts relating to Native Americans and Quakers
Collection — othertype: SC-285
Identifier: SFHL-SC-285
Abstract
Fragments and copies of manuscripts concerning Quaker (probably Philadelphia Yearly Meeting) activities relating to Native Americans. Some of these may be contemporary manuscript copies of documents in the Friendly Association or the Indian Committee records.
Dates:
1761 - 1839
Letters and reports concerning Quakers work with Native Americans in Nebraska
Collection — othertype: SC-293
Identifier: SFHL-SC-293
Abstract
This small collection contains letters and reports concerning Friends work with Native Americans in Nebraska during the era of Grant's Peace Policy.
Dates:
1793, 1867-1885 and undated; Majority of material found within 1867 - 1888
New Jersey Association for helping the Indians records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-019
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two copies of the Constitution for the New Jersey Association for Helping Indians, 1757. One copy has signatures of subscribers who gave money for the cause, including John Woolman. The other copy was found among records at Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, Haddonfield, New Jersey.
Dates:
1757
"Among the Red Indians"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-070
Abstract
Henry Stanley Newman's "Among the Red Indians" provides a narrative of Newman's travels among Native Americans west of the Mississippi River in 1889. The manuscript was prepared for Mary S. Kimber when she was proposing to write a book on the work that American Friends did with indigenous peoples, which was published in 1917 and entitled "Friends and the Indians." Newman's manuscript was never published. The manuscript describes the various settlements that Newman and his wife visited on...
Dates:
Undated.
Levinus King Painter Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-209
Abstract
Levinus King Painter (1889-1983) was a Quaker minister, author, and social activist. Born in Spiceland, Indiana, in 1889, he attended Spiceland Academy, Earlham College, and Hartford Theological Seminary. His pastoral service began in Collins, New York, in 1914, and he later served at Poplar Ridge (N.Y.), Monkton and South Starksboro (Vt.), Clintondale (N.Y.), Putney (Vt.), and back to Collins from 1942-56. He also worked as Interim Secretary of Friends Africa Mission from 1956-1957. Papers...
Dates:
1960-1983
"The Code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca Prophet"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-085
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the single volume manuscript "The Code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca Prophet," published by the Education Department Bulletin of the New York State Museum. Handsome Lake's 'Code' attempted to simplify the spiritual practices of the Iroquois, preaching temperance, a strict moral code, and self-determination. It also contains the prophecies of Handsome Lake, who believed the world would end (by fire) in the year 2100. The manuscript also contains descriptions of...
Dates:
1912
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee 5
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- Green, Albert Lamborn, 1845-1947 4
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- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 4
- Sharpless, Joshua 4
- White, Barclay, 1821-1903 4
- American Friends Service Committee 3
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- Lightfoot, Thomas, 1821-1896 3
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1837-1850) 3
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- Saunders, John, 1814-1891 3
- Savery, William, 1750-1804 3
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- Wistar, Thomas 3
- Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 2
- Bacon, David 2
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 2
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- Bryn Mawr College 2
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- Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 2
- Elkinton, Joseph, 1794-1868 2
- Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
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- Joint Committee on Indian Affairs of the Four Yearly Meetings of Baltimore, Genesee, New York, and Philadelphia (Society of Friends : Hicksite) 2
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 2
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- Wistar, Edward Morris (1852-1941) 2
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- Allinson, Elizabeth 1
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- Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
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- Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 1
- Allinson, William, 1766-1841 1
- Allison family 1
- American Association of Retired Persons 1
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- Baldwin, James, 1841-1925 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1968). Standing Committee on the Indian Concern 1
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Barclay, David, 1729-1809 1
- Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 1
- Bassett family 1
- Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 1
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 1
- Benezet, Anthony 1
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- Bliss, George I. 1
- Bonsall, Isaac 1
- Bradley, A. Day (Amos Day), -1905 1
- Brandt, Carl, 1892-1957 1
- Brandt, Zelma Corning, 1891-1990 1
- Brent, Charles Henry 1
- Broomell, Anna Pettit 1
- Brown, Gould 1
- Brown, Levi K. (Levi Kirk), 1814-1899 1
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