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Ferris Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-040
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, journals and other writings, business and legal papers, and miscellaneous items of the Ferris family of Wilmington, Delaware, a prominent Quaker family. Of particular note are the correspondence and writings of Benjamin Ferris concerning the Separation in the Society of Friends, as well as the journals and diaries of Anna M. Ferris, David Ferris, Matilda Ferris, Benjamin Ferris, and Henry Ferris. Correspondents include William Lloyd Garrison, William...
Dates:
1737-1940
Hannah Hurnard family letters
Collection — othertype: SC-062
Identifier: SFHL-SC-062
Abstract
This collection includes the correspondence of Hannah Hurnard and her family, written between Essex, England, and Wilmington, Delaware. The letters document the family's emigration to America, their struggles adapting to life there, and finally their return to England. Letters between Hannah and her sister, Elizabeth Clark, share family and local news. Letters from Mary Thresher relate the activities of Quaker ministers, including Stephen Grellet, Jesse Kersey, and Nathan Hunt. The letters...
Dates:
1804-1836
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- Biddle, Mary, 1780-1849 1
- Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
- Bringhurst, Joseph, 1767-1834 1
- Fennell, George, b.1787 1
- Ferris family 1
- Ferris, Anna M., 1815-1890 1
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
- Ferris, David, 1821-1908 1
- Ferris, Fanny, 1778-1833 1
- Ferris, Henry 1
- Ferris, John, 1775-1802 1
- Ferris, Matilda, 1853-1937 1
- Ferris, Ziba, 1743-1794 1
- Gibbons, Mary, 1795-1876 1
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 1
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 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
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 1
- Poole, William, 1764-1829 1
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