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Walton Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-160
Abstract The Waltons were a Quaker family from Byberry, Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia area, including Swarthmore. The lines represented in this collection were descended from Benjamin Walton (1701-1753) and Rebecca Homer Walton (d. 1783), of Abington Monthly Meeting and Byberry. The collection includes business and estate papers, mostly of Israel Walton (1789-1863), a diary of Mary D. Walton (1832-1915) which includes a roll book of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting First Day School, albums and verse...
Dates: 1725-1930

Joseph Walton diaries

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-083
Abstract

Joseph Walton's diary entries focus on his various religious visits in the United States, and include details about his travel, attendance at meetings, descriptions of the communities he visited, discussions concerning the status of free African Americans, and issues surrounding voting, as well as descriptions of his time among Seneca and Onondaga reservations in New York.

Dates: 1875-1894

Joseph Solomon Walton Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-158
Abstract

Joseph Solomon Walton (1855-1912) was a Quaker educator and the second principal (1901-1912) of the George School (Bucks County, Pa.). The collection contains diaries and biographical material, financial and legal papers, correspondence, writings and lectures, and papers related to the George School.

Dates: 1878-1943 [bulk, 1878-1910]

Margaretta Walton Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-159
Abstract

Margaretta Walton (1829-1904), eminent Quaker minister of Ercildoun, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The collection contains diaries and correspondence of Walton and her husband, Jesse Pusey Walton; business papers and memorabilia; sermons; and related papers. Also included in the collections are journals (1836-1853) of her father, Joseph Shoemaker Walton, who was companion to several Quaker ministers.

Dates: 1812-1961

Ann Warder diaries

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-082
Abstract

This collection includes three bound volumes of handwritten transcriptions and extracts of Ann Head Warder’s diaries, originally written between 1786 and 1789. The transcriptions were written by later family members during the 19th century. Diary entries describe Ann’s voyage to America and her travels within New York and Pennsylvania, including people she met, Quaker meetings she attended, and social calls made during her travels.

Dates: 1786-1789

Elizabeth Webb diary

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-084
Abstract

Diary of Elizabeth Webb's religious visit to the American Colonies. Diary entries describe Webb's voyage from England to Virginia, and her travels to Quaker meetings as far south as North Carolina and as far north as New Hampshire. Entries include references to places visited, especially meetings in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island, as well as religious reflection and details about the difficulty of overland travel.

Dates: 1697-1699

Joseph Wharton Family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-162
Abstract Joseph Wharton (1826-1909) was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker merchant, industrialist, scientist, and philanthropist who was active in 19th century Delaware Valley manufacturing, business, and education development. The papers cover in depth his business activities as well as his career as Manager of Swarthmore College for over 35 years and as founder of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. The collection includes business correspondence, 1855-1908,...
Dates: 1691-1955

Ann Cooper Whitall diary

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-090
Abstract

Ann Cooper Whitall's diary entries focus on descriptions of Quaker meetings, illnesses within her family and community, reflections on religion and the perceived failure of Whitall’s community to live up to its ideals, and discussions concerning effective child-rearing practices.

Dates: 1760-1780; Majority of material found within 1760-1762

John S. Whitall diary

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-091
Abstract

Whitall kept this diary for his sister, to whom he addresses the majority of his entries. Entries include quotes from scripture, Quaker sermons, and poetry, as well as descriptions of his voyage from New York to France by sea. During his time in France, entries describe Whitall's travels to Nantes and Bordeaux, as well as visits with Friends in France.

Dates: 1785

Barclay White Diaries

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Identifier: HC.MC-950-301
Abstract

This collection contains 3 diaries written by Barclay White chronicling his travels (1877-1878) as Superintendent of Indian Affairs (1871-1878).

Dates: 1877 - 1878

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Moore family 4
Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 4
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Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 3
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Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 3
Valentino, Carmen 3
Woolman, John, 1720-1772 3
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Bacon, George 2
Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 2
Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 2
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Brinton, Anna Cox 2
Cadbury, Catherine J. 2
Cadbury, William Warder 2
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Comly, John, 1773-1850 2
Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 2
Emlen, Samuel 2
Fallowfield Monthly Meeting of Friends 2
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 2
Fisher, Jabez Maud, 1750-1779 2
Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834 2
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Gibbins family 2
Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 2
Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 2
Hopewell Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) 2
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Hunn, Lydia Jones Sharpless, 1818-1911 2
Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 2
Jones, Eli 2
Jones, James Parnell 2
Jones, Sybil 2
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Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 2
Lippincott family 2
Madāris al-Frindz (Rām Allāh) 2
Matlack family 2
Morris, Margaret Hill 2
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Parke, Thomas, 1749-1835 2
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Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 2
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Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 2
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Richardson, Elizabeth C., 1863-1947 2
Richardson, Nathaniel, 1839-1920 2
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Scattergood, Joseph 2
Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.) 2
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Seebohm, Benjamin 2
Sharples, Edith, 1743-1787 2
Sharples, Joshua, 1747-1826 2
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Society of Friends 2
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Swayne, Joel 2
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