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Asa M. Stackhouse manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-115
Abstract

The manuscripts written by Asa Matlack Stackhouse largely focus on Quaker history, particularly during the colonial period in and around Burlington County, New Jersey.

Dates: Undated.

Herbert Standing papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-165
Abstract

This collection is comprised of materials collected by Herbert Standing.

Dates: Undated.

Stanford Monthly Meeting certificates of removal

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-166
Abstract

This collection contains handwritten certificates of removal (letters of transit for a person or family that is leaving one meeting and seeking to join another) addressed to the Stanford Monthly Meeting.

Dates: 1819-1830

Isaac Stephenson diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-076
Abstract

Isaac Stephenson was a British Quaker minister who went on religious visits throughout Great Britain and the United States. His diary entries describe Stephenson's travels in the Quaker ministry in New England, including descriptions of towns he visited, Friends who hosted him or with whom he visited, and Meetings attended.

Dates: 1823-1824

Stokes family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-167
Abstract

This collection is comprised of a single folder of typed transcripts of the Stokes family correspondence. The originals date from 1780-1863.

Dates: Undated

Stokes family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-050
Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the papers of the Stokes family, and includes diaries, a notebook from Joseph Stokes' time at Westtown School, and an autograph album.

Dates: 1839-1887

Janet Stokes diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-077
Abstract

Janet Stokes was a British Quaker who moved to Philadelphia in the 1970s. She worked at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and served as a hospital chaplain after she retired. Entries are generally related to personal and religious reflection and descriptions of Stokes's struggles with depression.

Dates: 1996-1997

Joel Swayne diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-078
Abstract

Joel Swayne's diary entries describe his journey to the Seneca nation and the two years he spent there. Swayne provides detailed descriptions of Cornplanter (Gaiänt'wakê), the chief, his family, the village and villagers, cultural differences between the Quakers and the Senecas, the difficulty of the language barrier, and discussions between Quaker missionaries and Seneca members.

Dates: 1798-1800

Benjamin Swett letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-021
Abstract The first half of the volume contains business correspondence concerning merchant's orders and the status of shipments. The second half of the volume contains personal correspondence, chiefly letters from Benjamin Swett to Mary Howell Swett, his wife. Letters are addressed to William Johnson, Isaac Milnor, Harper & Hartshorne, John Wickman & Sons, Barclay & Sons, Richard Mayhew, Joseph Brown, Jonathon Cowpland, David Symour, Arnoll & Mayhew, Thomas Letchworth, George Dillwyn,...
Dates: 1765-1806

Swett family Bible

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-10-007
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a printed Bible, which includes a brief concordance and index in the back. Between the Aprocrypha and New Testament is a handwritten genealogy of the Swett family. It also includes a note that the Bible was gifted from William Hudson to hid graddaughter Mary Howell in 173_.

Dates: 1732

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948) 4
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