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Bacon Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1156
Overview

Correspondence, diaries and photographs relating to the 20th- century Quakers Edith Farquhar Bacon and Francis Rogers Bacon, their families, forbears, friends and colleagues.

Dates: 1800-1987

Sarah Upton Bowerman diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-008
Overview

The diary begins with a description of Bowerman's childhood and early adulthood. Entries are composed of religious reflection, descriptions of meetings attended in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, family news, and social calls.

Dates: 1841-1868

Collection of Bringhurst Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-046
Overview Contains the collected correspondence of the Bringhurst family, largely compiled by C. Marshall Taylor. It includes correspondence, 1780-1806, of Philadelphia Quaker businessman James Bringhurst and his letters received from John Murray of New York City. Bringhurst corresponded with family and prominent friends including John Dickinson, Job Scott, Nathan Hunt, James Pemberton, Jesse Kersey, Lindley Murray and Moses Brown. Of particular interest are descriptions of life in Philadelphia and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1780 - 1811; 1780 - 1941

Thomas Wistar Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1321
Scope and Contents Correspondence, letter books, diaries, scrapbooks, account books, deeds, marriage certificates, genealogical material, and miscellaneous manuscript and printed items of, or about, Thomas Wistar Brown (1826-1916), his father Moses Brown (1793-1878), his mother Mary (Wistar) Brown (b. 1807), his brother Moses Brown (b. 1829), his wife Mary (Farnum) Brown, his son John Farnum Brown (1873-1894) and others. Under correspondence, there are four letters from Eliza Paul (Kirkbride) Gurney to...
Dates: 1701-1917

Emma Cadbury Jr. Correspondence, 1893-1923

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1019
Overview

This collection consists primarily of letter between Emma Cadbury Jr. and other members of the Cadbury family and friends. Letters cover the affairs of family and friends, such as marriages, purchases, and general correspondances. Additionally, there are two pocket diaries and meeting programs.

Dates: 1893-1923; Majority of material found within 1900-1923

Elizabeth Cadwallader papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-188
Overview

This collection is comprised of the papers of Elizabeth Cadwallader Comfort, and include certificates of removal, clippings, correspondence, diaries, extracts, recipe books, wills, and miscellaneous items from various members of her family.

Dates: 1835-1865

Rebecca Singer Collins papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1196
Overview

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

Dates: 1824-1886

Sarah Logan Fisher letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-006
Overview

The letterbook of Sarah Logan Fisher includes personal correspondence. The majority of letters are written to Fisher's family members, including her brother, Charles Fisher, and her cousin, Mary Arch, as well as a number of unnamed cousins. Letters largely concern family and friends, and births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community.

Dates: 1783-1788

Jane Maule diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-045
Overview

Diary entries describe weather, Quaker meetings, family news, and births, deaths, and marriages within the family and Quaker community.

Dates: 1866-1939

Newlin family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-136
Overview

This collection is comprised of the correspondence of the Newlin family. The majority of letters are addressed to Rachel Newlin, written by her brothers, Nicholas and William, and her sister, Hannah Ann Walter. The letters discuss family news, social calls, and events attended, particularly marriages in the Quaker community.

Dates: 1839-1846

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Bacon, Elizabeth, 1794-1844 1
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Bacon, Samuel Allen, 1848-1908 1
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Bowerman, Sarah Upton 1
Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph, 1733-1811 1
Brown, Mary Farnum 1
Brown, Mary Wistar, 1807-1842 1
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1
Brown, Moses, 1793-1879 1
Brown, Moses, 1829-1883 1
Brown, Thomas Wistar, 1826-1916 1
Brown, William 1
Cadbury, Anna K (Anna Kaighn), 1846-1923 1
Cadbury, Emma, 1875-1965 1
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Collins, Isaac 1
Collins, Isaac, 1787-1863 1
Collins, Rebecca, 1805-1892 1
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Comfort, Elizabeth Cadwallader 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Dover Monthly Meeting of Friends (Dover, N.H.) 1
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Emlen, Sarah Foulke Farquhar (Sarah Foulke Farquhar Emlen), 1787-1849 1
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Evans, William Bacon, 1875-1964 1
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Foulke, Elizabeth, 1758-1820 1
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Garrett, Thomas Cresson, 1805-1888 1
Gurney, Eliza Paul, 1801-1881 1
Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 1
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Hunt, Nathan, 1758-1853 1
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Kamp, Esther Farquhar, 1895-1994 1
Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 1
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Longstreth, Mary Anna, 1810-1884 1
Lowry, Alfred, 1888-1935 1
Lowry, Grace Scattergood, 1891-1964 1
Maule, Jane 1
Murray, John, 1758-1819 1
Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826 1
Newlin, Rachel H. 1
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Paxson, Katherine Thompson 1
Pease, John, 1797-1868 1
Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 1
Rhoads, Alice Carter Evans, 1872-1955 1
Rhoads, Elizabeth, 1903-1984 1
Rhoads, George Ashbridge, 1860-1937 1
Rhoads, Grace Evans, Jr. , 1900-1991 1
Rhoads, Grace Evans, Sr. , 1874-1959 1
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Whitson, Benjamin F., 1867-1957 1
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