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Daniel B. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-038
Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the six volumes of miscellany of Daniel B. Smith. The collection includes three school notebooks, and two volumes of library catalogs.

Dates: 1807-1842

Smith family commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-050
Abstract

This commonplace book features writings from the Smith family.

Dates: Undated.

"Lives of the Ministers of the Gospel Among the People Called Quakers"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-087
Abstract

The manuscripts of John Smith's "The Lives of Ministers of the Gospel Among the People called Quakers" are comprised of entries about Quaker ministers, arranged alphabetically. Entries briefly describe the life of each minister, largely relying upon quoted testimonies from Monthly and Yearly Meetings.

Dates: 1770

John Smith letterbooks

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-020
Abstract

John Smith's letterbooks include both personal and business correspondence. Personal correspondence discusses family news and births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community. Business correspondence is largely related to the buying and selling of imported dry goods.

Dates: 1750-1760

Joseph Smith account book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-030
Abstract

The personal account book of Joseph Smith includes an account of John Smith’s estate, and Joseph Smith’s personal accounts, including records of deposits, withdrawals for payments for goods and services, and account balances.

Dates: 1771-1795

Richard Smith account book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-031
Abstract

The account book of Richard Smith records deposits, withdrawals for payments for goods and services, and account balances.

Dates: 1786-1788

Richard S. Smith deeds

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-039
Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the single volume book which includes the copied deeds of Richard S. Smith, and his brother, Joseph Smith.

Dates: 1766- 1776

Speakers' Bureau of the Friends Peace Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-012
Abstract The Speakers' Bureau of the Friends Peace Committee, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was founded as a volunteer-run sub-committee for the Friends Peace Committee. The Bureau worked with schools, civic groups, service clubs, and church groups, among other organizations interested in "discussing or studying problems of the international order and the strengthening of the peace," according to one of their brochures. This collection is comprised of six volumes of record books for the Speakers'...
Dates: 1926-1963

Anna Spencer diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-075
Abstract

Anna Spencer's diary entries describe weather, social calls, domestic duties, family news, attendance at meetings, births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community, and the health of herself and family members.

Dates: 1855-1905

Ann Roberts Matlack Stackhouse commonplace book

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-036
Abstract The commonplace book of Ann Matlack Stackhouse includes religious excerpts, excerpts of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes (1848), and excerpts of letters, including a letter from Samuel Johnson to Edward Hicks. Also included are the testimony of Robert Barrow at George Fox's burial, the prayer of Nicholas Waln, James Simpson's sermon, a timeline of discoveries and settlements in the United States, a warning to the people called Quakers, and a letter to parents who have the care of youth in...
Dates: 1837-1845

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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 585
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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 10
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American Friends Service Committee 7
Simmons, Henry 6
Woolman, John, 1720-1772 6
Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 5
Morris family 5
Morris, Marriott Canby 5
Sharpless, Joshua 5
Westtown Boarding School 5
Baily, Joshua L. (Joshua Longstreth), 1826-1916 4
Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690 4
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 4
Comfort, Howard 4
Cornplanter, Seneca chief 4
Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1899-1980 4
Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 4
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 4
Sharpless, Henry Hale G. 4
Smith, Daniel B., 1792-1883 4
Smith, John, 1722-1771 4
Smith, Richard 4
Taylor, George Washington 4
Bacon family 3
Bettle, Samuel 3
Comfort, William Wistar 3
Cope family 3
Cope, Thomas Pim 3
Elfreth, Jacob R. Jr., 1837-1924 3
Gummere, Amelia M. (Amelia Mott) 3
Gummere, Samuel James 3
Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 3
Haines, John S. 3
Haverford College. Quaker Collection 3
Hodgson, William 3
Jones, Eli 3
Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 3
Lloyd family 3
Lloyd, Mary Ann 3
Morris, Margaret Hill 3
Morris, Samuel Buckley, 1791-1859 3
Scattergood, Joseph 3
Scattergood, Thomas, 1748-1814 3
Seebohm, Benjamin 3
Sharpless family 3
Wheeler, Daniel, 1771-1840 3
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 3
Wistar, Thomas 3
Allinson, Elizabeth 2
Babbitt, James A. 2
Bacon, David 2
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
Barton, George Aaron 2
Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 2
Benson, Lewis 2
Churchman, George, 1730-1814 2
Columbia University 2
Comfort family 2
Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854 2
Cresson, Charles C. 2
Cromwell, Oliver 2
Dillwyn, Sarah 2
Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824 2
Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 2
Earlham College 2
Elfreth, Jacob R., Sr., 1789-1870 2
Evans, Thomas, 1798-1868 2
Fisher, Hannah Logan 2
Fothergill, Samuel 2
Friends World Conference 2
Garret family 2
Haines family 2
Haines, Deborah Bunting 2
Haines, Samuel Bunting, 1840-1863 2
Hinchman, Walter 2
Howard family 2
Jenkins, Margaret 2
Jones, Augustine 2
Jones, Sybil 2
Jones, William 2
Ladd, Benjamin 2
Leach, Robert 2
Leeds, Josiah W. (Josiah Woodward) 2
Lippincott, Horace Mather, 1877-1967 2
Lloyd, Susan H. 2
Matlack family 2
Moore, Milcah Martha 2
Morris, Beulah Sansom 2
Morris, Luke Wistar, 1768-1830 2
Morris, Samuel, 1827-1905 2
Newman, Henry Stanley 2
North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends (1698- ) 2
Parrish, John, 1729-1807 2
Paxson, Katherine Thompson 2
Peirce, John, 1756-1833 2
Penington, Isaac 2
Penney, Norman 2
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