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Thomas Wistar and Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1188
Abstract

Papers of the Wistar family, especially concentrating on the work among Native Americans in the Central and Northern Superintendency of Indian Commissioner Thomas Wistar (1798-1876) in the mid-19th century.

Dates: 1691-1936

Turner Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-152
Abstract This collection centers around the family and descendants of Joseph Turner, Jr., (1790-1850) and his wife Rebecca (Sinclair) Turner (1787-1877), members of Baltimore Monthly Meeting-Western District. They raised eight children and had fifty-four grandchildren. As a young man, Joseph left the family plantation near Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland, and became a lumber merchant in Baltimore. He served as Clerk of the Lombard Street Meeting. Rebecca was a recorded minister and traveled widely....
Dates: 1776-1954

Vaux Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1217
Abstract The Vaux family was deeply involved with Quaker and Native American affairs throughout much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. George Vaux, Sr. was involved in Quaker activity through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other Quaker meetings throughout the world (including Antigua and London). Both George Vaux, Jr. and Mary Morris Vaux Walcott, his sister, served as commissioners for the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners. This organization was established by the United States Congress in...
Dates: 1708-1995; Majority of material found within 1912-1932

Thomas Wistar journals

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-089
Abstract

Thomas Wistar's journal entries largely describe his work as an Indian Commissioner, including visits to Washington D.C., the Seneca Nation, the Wichita Indian Agency, and other Native American Reservations. In addition to his work as a commissioner, entries detail social calls with family and friends, descriptions of Quaker meetings, and religious reflection and prayers.

Dates: 1841-1875

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 4
Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 3
Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 3
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Wistar, Thomas 3
American Friends Service Committee 2
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 2
Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 2
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 2
Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures 2
Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia 2
Green, Albert Lamborn, 1845-1947 2
Hoag, Enoch, 1812-1884 2
Lightfoot, Thomas, 1821-1896 2
Macy, William H., 1805-1887 2
Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1827- 1955). Sub-committee on Indian Concerns 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 2
Saunders, John, 1814-1891 2
Society of Friends 2
United States. Board of Indian Commissioners 2
White, Barclay, 1821-1903 2
Wistar, Edward Morris (1852-1941) 2
American Association of Retired Persons 1
Ashford, Bailey K. (Bailey Kelly) 1
Aslan, Ana 1
Associated Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1968). Standing Committee on the Indian Concern 1
Benezet, Anthony 1
Bennett, William, 1804-1873 1
Borton, Hugh 1
Brandt, Carl, 1892-1957 1
Brandt, Zelma Corning, 1891-1990 1
Brent, Charles Henry 1
Brown, Gould 1
Bryn Mawr College 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
Burgess, William, d.1905 1
Cadman, S. Parkes (Samuel Parkes) 1
Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 1
Carmalt, Caleb 1
Cloud , Henry Roe 1
Coleman, John Royston 1
Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
Convention of Delegates of the Seven Yearly Meetings on Indian Affairs (Society of Friends : Hicksite) 1
Convention of Delegates of the Seven Yearly Meetings on Indian Affairs (Society of Friends : Hicksite). Central Executive Committee 1
Cornplanter, Seneca chief 1
Davis, George W. (George Whitefield ) 1
Deer, Ada Elizabeth 1
Dewey, George 1
Doe Run Valley Books (Dealer) 1
Dole, Sanford B. (Sanford Ballard) 1
Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896 1
Eastman, Charles Alexander 1
Eliot, Charles William 1
Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham) 1
Forbush, Bliss, 1896-1990 1
Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935 1
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Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 1
Gray Panthers 1
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Haverford College 1
Hayes, John Russell, 1866-1945 1
Hetzel, Theodore Brinton, 1906-1990 1
Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 1
Houser, George M. 1
Hunt, Uriah, 1796?-1967 1
International League for the Rights of Man 1
Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 1
Jackson, John, 1809-1855 1
Janney family 1
Janney, Elizabeth, 1802-1893 1
Janney, Joseph, 1800-1866 1
Janschka, Fritz 1
Jeanes, Samuel, d.1894 1
Jewett, Tacy M. 1
Johnson, Jane 1
Joint Committee on Indian Affairs of the Four Yearly Meetings of Baltimore, Genesee, New York, and Philadelphia (Society of Friends : Hicksite) 1
Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893 1
Kalanianaole, Jonah Kuhio 1
Kelsey, Rayner Wickersham 1
Kent, Mahlon B., d.1929 1
La Flesche, Francis 1
Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples 1
Lake Mohonk Conference on the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples 1
Lake Mohonk Conference on the Negro Question 1
League of Women Voters (U.S.) 1
Lightfoot family 1
Lightfoot, Mary B. (Mary Bonner), 1820-1907 1
Lightfoot, Samuel, 1701-1771 1
Lightfoot, Susanna 1720 1781 (Susanna Hudson Hatton Lightfoot) 1
Lightfoot, Thomas Montgomery, -1865 1
Lightfoot, Thomas, 1728-1793 1
Lightner, Isaiah 1
Mabie, Hamilton Wright 1
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