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Henry H. Albertson collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1110
Abstract

Includes letters, many of which are by and to William Hodgson (1804-1878). All or most of the letter writers are Friends; a number of them are British Friends. Topics often include visits to other Friends, attending Meeting, health, religious or philosophical reflections, and because of the period of writing, often refer openly or obliquely to the Wilbur-Gurney controversy.

Dates: 1826-1918

Joseph Brinton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-233
Abstract

Joseph Brinton, an outspoken member of the Society of Friends from southeastern Pennsylvania, was active in the Wilburite schisms of the 1850s and 1860's in New England. His family papers include his own journals, as well as his extensive correspondence. This collection also includes the correspondence of his two wives, Mary H. Brinton and Anna H. Brinton.

Dates: 1758-1931

Rebecca Singer Collins papers

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Identifier: HC.MC-1196
Abstract

Letters and diaries of Rebecca Singer Collins (1804-1892), a nineteenth-century Quaker well known for her religious philanthropic work.

Dates: 1824-1886

Thomas Evans papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC.1324
Abstract This collection contains over 240 mainly incoming manuscript letters addressed to Thomas Evans, a Philadelphia druggist, author, editor, Orthodox Quaker minister of Philadelphia and, in 1833, one the founders of Haverford College. The letters, 1823-1859, contain material on his very active role in the Society of Friends and the problems of religious doctrine before and during the Hicksite and Wilburite schisms within the Quaker faith. The collection also includes papers and legal documents...
Dates: 1704 - 1868; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1859

Fisher-Brinton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-332
Abstract The Fisher-Brinton collection contains the papers of an Irish-American and Pennsylvania family with roots in the earliest years of the Society of Friends. It includes correspondence, diaries, memoirs, photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials that reflect family and Quaker concerns, and, in particular, the Conservative branch of the Society of Friends. Abraham Fisher (1823-1909) was a member of a prominent Quaker family of Youghal County, Ireland. In 1871, he assumed a position as...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1846 - 2020; 1764 - 2020

Kite Family papers

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Identifier: HC.MC-1111.5
Abstract

Members of the Kite family and others discuss 19th century Quaker issues, family, and attending Meeting.

Dates: 1820-1879

Mekeel Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1138
Abstract

Correspondence of Quaker Mekeel family members and relatives in New York state, Ohio, and elsewhere, 1824-1851. Predominant among them are Arthur Mekeel (1826-1850), Caleb Mekeel (1743-1859), Isaac Mekeel (1823-1844), Joshua Mekeel (b. 1795), and Phebe Quinby Mekeel (1800-1861).

Dates: 1824-1851

Edward F. Stratton Collected Papers on Ohio Quakers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-142
Abstract Edward F. Stratton (1876-1968) was a Quaker from Salem and Barnesville, Ohio. He served as Curator of the Salem Quarterly Meeting records and was Librarian of the Friends Society, Salem, Ohio. The collection contains historical and biographical information compiled by Edward F. Stratton about the Maule, Stratton, Williams, and related Ohio Quaker families, especially those involved in separations in Ohio Yearly Meeting. Of particular interest are Joshua's Maule's diaries and correspondence...
Dates: 1770-1967

Sheppard Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-858
Abstract

The collection particularly provides connections between the Irish and Philadelphia Friends in the 18th century, especially by the Sheppard and Wansborough families who intermarried. Included are letters of John Wilbur, central in the Gurney-Wilbur controversy.

Dates: 1656 - 1887

Samuel Walton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-254
Abstract The Waltons were prominent Quakers in Philadelphia, Pa., and Belmont County, Ohio. Joseph Walton (1817-1898) taught at Westtown School, edited the Quaker periodical, The Friend, and served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox). His brother, Samuel Walton (1827-1899), moved to Ohio in 1847 and in 1854 married Sarah James Edgerton at Stillwater Monthly Meeting, the center of Wilburite Quakerism in Ohio. The family was deeply involved in matters relating to the Society of Friends....
Dates: 1813-1890

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Names
Wilbur, John, 1774-1856 4
Gould, Thomas B., 1813-1856 3
Walton family 3
Brinton, Joseph, 1828-1917 2
Brinton, Mary H. (Mary Howland), 1833-1870 2
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Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 2
Howland, David P., 1809-1852 2
Maule, Joshua, b. 1806 2
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 2
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1854) 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 2
Stratton, Edward F., 1876-1968 2
Walton, Joseph, 1817-1898 2
Walton, Rebecca, 1814-1859 2
Albertson, Henry 1
Albertson, Henry Haines 1
Austin, Ebenezer, d. 1864 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Of Friends (Nottingham : 1854 1868) 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Committee Appointed for Indian Affairs 1
Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859 1
Brinton family 1
Brinton, Anna H. (Anna Howland), b. 1843 1
Brinton, Charles, b. 1876 1
Brinton, David, 1864-1945 1
Brinton, David, b. 1864 1
Brinton, Eleanor Fisher, 1868-1958 1
Brinton, Elma, b. 1872 1
Brinton, Gulielma C., 1794-1879 1
Brinton, Jane Smith, b. 1874 1
Brinton, Susanna, b. 1833 1
Brinton, William Fisher, 1909-2008 1
Brinton, William, 1785-1878 1
Brinton, William, b. 1869 1
Buck, Mattie 1
Buffington, Israel 1
Campbell, Louise D. 1
Chase, Abby L. 1
Chase, Anna 1
Chase, Levi 1
Coffin, Narcissa B. (Narcissa Battey), 1818-1892 1
Collins family 1
Collins, Isaac 1
Collins, Isaac, 1787-1863 1
Collins, Rebecca, 1805-1892 1
Conrad, Ellwood B. 1
Cook, Martha G. 1
Dingee, Jacob, d. 1919 1
Doudna, Louisa M., 1818-1898 1
Evans, Charles, 1802-1879 1
Evans, Thomas, 1798-1868 1
Evans, William, 1787-1867 1
Fisher family 1
Fisher, Abraham, 1823-1909 1
Fisher, Sarah Wright, 1822-1886 1
Fisher, Susanna G., 1865-1956 1
General Meeting of Men and Women Primitive Friends of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey 1
Gould, L.A. (Lydia Ann) 1
Gould, Martha S., b. 1813 1
Hall, Hannah, approximately 1836- 1
Hampton, William, b. 1826 1
Harvey, Cassandra B., 1825-1882 1
Hazard, Rowland H. 1
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 1
Hodgson, Elizabeth 1
Hodgson, William 1
Hopkins, Mary B., b. 1831 1
Hopkins, Mary Brinton, 1831-1926 1
Howland family 1
Howland, J.W. (Joseph William), b. 1839 1
James, Ella C. 1
Jones, Mary E. 1
Jones, Peace, b. 1815 1
Kite family 1
Kite, James, d. 1917 1
Kite, John L. (John Letchworth), 1798-1878 1
Kite, Lydia B. (Lydia Bassett), 1813-1872 1
Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 1
Kite, Nathan 1
Lamborn, Thomas, 1821-1892 1
Lippincot, Rebecca E.t 1
Longstreth, Mary Anna, 1810-1884 1
Maule family 1
Maule, Joseph E., 1817-1902 1
Meader, William C. 1
Mekeel family 1
Mekeel, Arthur, 1826-1850 1
Morris, Samuel, 1827-1905 1
Moses Brown School 1
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends 1
Nine-Partners' Boarding School (Washington, N.Y.) 1
Otis, James D. (James Davis) 1
Pease, John, 1797-1868 1
Pollard, George, d. 1918 1
Purinton, David 1
Sargent, Julia A., d. 1902 1
Sharpless family 1
Sheppard family 1
Smiley, Rebecca H., b. 1832 1
Smith, Jane B. 1
Stratton family 1
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