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Shoemaker commonplace books

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-035
Abstract

The commonplace books of the Shoemaker family include advice, reflections, excerpts of letters, prose, poetry, and excerpts organized by topic, including matrimony, happiness, pleasure, and character.

Dates: 1794-1839

Henry Simmons commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-054
Abstract

The commonplace book of Henry Simmons includes "A Memorable instance of Divine guidance and protection," prayers, a speech made by the King of England to the Quakers, “A Testimony concerning Elisha Kirk," a memorial for his wife, Priscilla Yarnall, and a memorial for Robert Jordan.

Dates: 1791-1796

Daniel B. Smith commonplace books

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-052
Abstract

The two commonplace books of Daniel B. Smith include copied poems and extracts of religious essays.

Dates: 1803-1809

Smith family commonplace book

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

This commonplace book features writings from the Smith family.

Dates: Undated.

Ann Roberts Matlack Stackhouse commonplace book

 Collection
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

Sallie M. Taylor commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-037
Abstract

The commonplace book of Sallie M. Taylor includes excerpts of poetry related to friendship, nature, and family, as well as quotations, a prayer card, and a poem copied for Taylor by" E.M.W."

Dates: 1854-1856

Phebe Clapp Thomas commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-046
Abstract The volume features poems copied by various friends of Phebe Clapp Thomas, and focuses on friendship, reflection, religion, and faith. Among those extracts that were signed, signatures from the following individuals are included: Jemima Hamond, Ann M. Thorne, Elias Hicks Jr., Joseph Griffen, B. Barton, Elizabeth Wenzer, Adeline Begnor, Jane Charlotte Leach, Marcia L. Haight, and E. Mitchell. A number of extracts are unsigned, including extracts of poetry by Shakespeare and Sir Walter Scott....
Dates: 1833

Hannah Milhous Vernon papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-173
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the papers of Hannah Milhous Vernon, and includes two unbound commonplace books, the loose pages of Vernon's diaries, and a single unbound volume of meeting minutes for the Damorris Monthly Meeting of Women Friends.

Dates: 1855-1889

Waln family commonplace books

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-038
Abstract

The Waln family's commonplace books, written by Joseph Waln, Richard Waln, and Sarah Waln, include poetry and prose related to sin, illness, and death.

Dates: 1814, undated

Mary E. Warner commonplace books

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-062
Abstract

The commonplace books of Mary E. Warner include religious quotes and extracts, notes from friends, notes on mathematical equations, and notes on Quaker leaders.

Dates: 1868

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Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
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Comfort, Elizabeth Cadwallader 1
Conard, Rebecca 1
Conard, Sarah 1
Cope, Sarah Wistar 1
Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 1
Dillwyn, Sarah 1
Elfreth, Jacob R. Jr., 1837-1924 1
Elfreth, Jacob R., Sr., 1789-1870 1
Elfreth, Jane P. 1
Elfreth, Rebecca P. 1
Fisher, Hannah Logan 1
Fling, Hannah 1
Fling, John 1
Flowers, Mary 1
Garrigues, Samuel 1
Gibbons, Miranda 1
Haines family 1
Haines, Catherine 1
Haines, Deborah 1
Hartshorne family 1
Hartshorne, Caroline Cope Yarnall 1
Haverford College. Quaker Collection 1
Hill family 1
Hirakawa, Seiju 1
Jermyn, Emily 1
Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 1
Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 1
Leeds family 1
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Lloyd, Susan H. 1
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Morton, John, active 1790-1800 1
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Pim, Annie 1
Potts, Anna McCollin 1
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Scantlebury, Thomas 1
Scattergood, Alfred Garrett 1
Scattergood, Rachel 1
Sharpless, Rebecca 1
Shearman, Susan Hilles 1
Shoemaker, Margaret Wood 1
Simmons, Henry 1
Smith, Daniel B., 1792-1883 1
Smith, John, 1722-1771 1
Smith, Richard 1
Stackhouse, Ann Matlack 1
Tatum family 1
Tatum, Lewis Leeds 1
Tatum, Sarah M. 1
Taylor, Elizabeth Shoemaker 1
Taylor, Sallie M. 1
Thomas, Phebe Clapp 1
Vernon, Hannah Milhous 1
Waln family 1
Waln, Joseph 1
Waln, Richard 1
Waln, Sarah 1
Warner, Mary E. 1
Weston, Susanah 1
Westtown Boarding School 1
Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888 1
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 1
Wheeler, Daniel, 1771-1840 1
White, Margaret 1
Wilson, Rachel, 1720-1775 1
Wistar, Esther Fisher Smith 1
Wood, M. S. (Mary Sutton), 1805-1894 1
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