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Biddle family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-177
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Philadelphia Quaker Owen Biddle (1737-1799), his son, Clement Biddle (1778-1856), and numerous descendants. Owen Biddle, a scientist and merchant, was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799). Owen Biddle's papers, 1772-1793, (Series 1) include correspondence, and journals, some of which relate to his Revolutionary War activities. Three of his letterbooks, 1778-1779, have been microfilmed. The...
Dates:
1793-1951
Kite-Bassett Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-080
Abstract
The Kite and Bassett families were Orthodox Quakers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Lynn, Massachusetts, respectively. James Kite was born in 1808, the son of Benjamin and Rebecca Kite of Philadelphia. In 1837 he was granted a certificate to Salem Monthly Meeting in Massachusetts to marry Lydia B. Rodman, widow of Caleb Rodman and daughter of Isaac and Ruth Bassett of Lynn. James and Lydia had eight children, viz. Ruth, James Rodman, Eliza B., Rebecca, Isaac C. Bassett, Hannah B., Lydia...
Dates:
1837-1930
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- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
- Bassett, Hannah, 1815-1855 1
- Bassett, Ruth, d. 1860 1
- Bassett, William, 1803-1871 1
- Biddle family 1
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799 1
- Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 1
- Boyce, Eliza B. (Eliza Bassett), 1807-1882 1
- Boyce, Eunice B. (Eunice Bassett), 1811-1864 1
- Hoffman, Ruth McCollin, b. 1890 1
- Hollingsworth, H. (Henry), 1737-1803 1
- James, Dorothy Biddle 1
- Kite, Abbie, 1851-1919 1
- Kite, James R. (James Rodman), 1840-1908 1
- Kite, James, 1808-1856 1
- Kite, Lydia B. (Lydia Bassett), 1813-1872 1
- Lewis, Lucy Biddle, 1861- 1
- Masters, Rebecca K. (Rebecca Kite), 1843-1895 1
- Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 1
- Newhall, Anna G. (Anna Greene), fld 1824-1863 1
- Parke, Thomas, 1749-1835 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 1
- Relief Missions of the Society of Friends 1
- Richardson, Thomas, 1816-1867 1
- Rickman, Lydia Cooper Lewis, -1885 1
- Smedley, Jacob, 1835-1893 1
- Smedley, Ruth K. (Ruth Kite), 1838-1914 1
- Stirling, Anne Biddle, -1857 1
- Swarthmore College 1
- Westtown Boarding School 1
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Congress, 1st (1915) (Hague, Netherlands ) 1
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 1
- Woolman School (Swarthmore, Pa.) 1 + ∧ less
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