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Anna Pettit Broomell Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-019
Overview
This collection contains papers and relics collected by Anna Pettit Broomell concerning Quaker families of Columbiana County, Ohio, and Salem County, New Jersey. It includes family correspondence, accounts, albums, school copybooks, notebooks, piece book, almanacs, clippings, printed material, and memorabilia of the Pettit, Hussey, Griffith, and related families. Includes letters from Hannah G. Pettit of Columbiana County, Ohio, to her sister, Hester G. Hussey, from David Pettit to his...
Dates:
1797-1919
Richard Tapper Cadbury Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-025
Overview
Richard Tapper Cadbury (1853-1929) was a Quaker businessman, teacher, writer, and art connoisseur. His mother's brother, Earl Shinn, Jr., (1838-1886) was a well-known art critic. The collection contains correspondence and memorabilia of the Cadbury, Comfort, Haines, and Shinn families. The letters give a detailed picture of life in Philadelphia Quaker families of the mid 19th century, and of the hardships of those who participated in the California gold rush.
Dates:
1799-1924
Fisher-Warner Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-042
Overview
Miers Fisher (1748-1819), a birthright Quaker, was a prominent lawyer, legislator, philanthropist, merchant, and scientist in early Federal Philadelphia. Benjamin Warner, publisher and bookseller, married Fisher's daughter, Lydia, in 1814. Born in 1748 in Philadelphia, the son of Joshua and Sarah Rowland Fisher, Miers Fisher married Sarah Redwood in 1774. He was among a group of prominent Quaker merchants who were temporarily exiled to Winchester, Virginia, during the Revolution. Miers and...
Dates:
1684-1924
Friends Association of Byberry Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-019
Overview
The Byberry Friends Association was a Quaker group which met monthly in Byberry, Pa, to hear papers on a variety of topics and to discuss issues of the day. This collection contains the records of the Friends Association of Byberry, 1900-1932.
Dates:
1900-1932
Friends Instruction Association records
Collection — othertype: RG4-028
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-028
Overview
Contains the records of the Friends Instruction Association including minutes and financial records, receipts from stores, and published bylaws. Friends Instruction Association was organized in 1873 by Philadelphia Quaker women as A Mothers Meeting. Originally part of the Penn Sewing School, the group incorporated in 1876 as Friends Instruction Association. Philadelphia Monthly Meeting provided a meeting space in the Race Street meeting house. Its purpose was...
Dates:
1843-1894
George Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-170
Overview
John M. George (1802-1887) was the son of Joseph and Alice Malin George. He was a birthright Quaker and member of Radnor Monthly Meeting. The George family came to Pennsylvania from Wales in 1708 and settled in Blockley Township, Pennsylvania. The George family papers include correspondence (1705-1864), other personal papers (1681-1887), business and financial accounts (1734-1887), and estate papers (1714-1883). Of particular note are the estate accounts of many family members and other...
Dates:
1705-1959 [bulk 1705-1887]
Hallowell-Stabler Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-057
Overview
The Hallowell and Stabler families were Quakers mainly of Sandy Spring, Maryland. James S. Hallowell was a noted educator, and Edward Stabler was the postmaster of Sandy Spring. The collection illustrates the life of a 19th century Quaker family in Alexandria, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Sandy Spring, Maryland, and Philadelphia, where several relatives resided. While emphasizing family affairs and domestic life, these papers contain material of interest on education, farm life, observations...
Dates:
1811-1946
Lippincott Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-251
Overview
Horace Mather Lippincott (1877-1967) was a Quaker editor and historian. The collection contains his speeches and writings on topics primarily concerning the Society of Friends and the history of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Of particular interest is the scrapbook he compiled in 1946 of papers and photographs of the 1913-1914 Joint Group which met weekly to study the Separation in the Society of Friends, along with other papers on the topic and on the first joint meeting of the two...
Dates:
1752 - 2010
Wilmer W. Marshall Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-213
Overview
Wilmer W. Marshall (1847-1905) was a Philadelphia Quaker businessman. He was the son of Caleb and Jane Marshall and a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). In 1876, he married out of meeting to Julia Jacoby. The collection includes diaries and a small amount of correspondence and miscellaneous material. The diaries cover the years 1859-1878 and relate daily life, including his attendance at meeting, family concerns, and participation in political meetings during the Civil...
Dates:
1859-1889
Charles Smith Ogden family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-108
Overview
Charles Smith Ogden (1822-1904) was a Quaker businessman, genealogist, and civic leader. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, educated in Friends' schools, and married Emma Corbit in 1848. He worked as a wholesale druggist before the Civil War, was active on the committee to elect Abraham Lincoln, and served as Consul to Quebec, Canada, 1860-1864. In 1886, he began a tour around the world, which is recounted in his travel letters, 1886-1891. This collection contains genealogical...
Dates:
1732-1938
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- Atkinson, Caroline J., 1881-1953 1
- Baldwin, James, 1841-1925 1
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- Biddle, John W., 1835-1916 1
- Boyd, Lizette, 1838-1867 1
- Broomell, Anna Pettit 1
- Bush, Annie Hallowell, 1849-1930 1
- Byberry Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Cadbury family 1
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
- Cadbury, Richard Tapper, 1853-1929 1
- Carter, Arabella, 1867- 1
- Champney, Benjamin, 1817-1907. 1
- Chase, William Merritt, 1848-1916 1
- Comfort family 1
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- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
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- Fisher, Joshua, 1707-1783 1
- Fisher, Miers, 1748-1819 1
- Fisher, Miers, 1786-1813 1
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- Fisher, Morton C. (Morton Coates), fld 1835-1889 1
- Fisher, Nancy Andrews, 1845-1883 1
- Fisher, Redwood, 1782-1856 1
- Fisher, Redwood, 1839-1870 1
- Fisher, Robert Andrews, 1832-1893 1
- Fisher, Sarah Redwood, 1755-1847 1
- Fisher, Thomas, 1741-1810 1
- Fisher, Thomas, 1776-1798 1
- Francke, Marie Ogden, 1878-1955 1
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- Garrett, Martha H., 1839-1927 1
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- John M. (John Malin) George (1802-1887) 1
- Lewis, Sarah, -1821 1
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- Malin, John, 1787-1868 1
- Marshall, Wilmer W., 1847-1905 1
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- Merion Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1951) 1
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- Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905. 1
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