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Central Soup Society
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-100
Overview
The Central Soup Society of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was incorporated on March 6, 1861, with the charitable purpose of distributing soup and other food to the poor and needy during the inclement seasons. The organization was founded by Hicksite Quakers and continued to serve the people of Philadelphia throughout the 20th century. It survives at the turn of the 21st century as a foundation. Records of the Central Soup Society; includes financial records, minutes, and miscellaneous...
Dates:
1860-1968
Albert Lamborn Green Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-175
Overview
Albert Lamborn Green (1845-1947) was a Quaker Indian Agent for the Otoe Agency in Nebraska during the period of President Grant's "peace policy," 1869-1872. The bulk of the correspondence in this collection is comprised of letters written to Green from Philadelphia Friends in regard to gifts in support of Indian work. Later letters written by Green describe from memory the social life and customs of the Otoe Indians. The collection has information on the Otoe language, vocabulary, etc., and...
Dates:
1869-1935
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Joint Committee on Indian Affairs and its predecessors (1795-1892)
Collection — othertype: SW/Phy/780
Identifier: QM-Phy-780
Overview
Records of the Joint Committee on Indian Affairs, and its predecessor, the Indian Committee (1837-1850) of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite). Also includes the letter books of John Saunders of Philadelphia, Secretary of the Joint Committee, and correspondence of Barclay White, Jesse W. Griest, Thomas Lightfoot, Samuel M. Janney, Levi K. Brown, Samuel Jeanes, and Albert Lamborn Green. Reports include information about the Senecas, the Otos and the Otoe Agency, the Santees and the Santee...
Dates:
1838-1901
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- Green, Albert Lamborn, 1845-1947 2
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1827- 1955). Sub-committee on Indian Concerns 2
- Saunders, John, 1814-1891 2
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Otoe Agency 2
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Biddle, Robert, 1867-1935 1
- Biddle, William C. 1
- Brown, Levi K. (Levi Kirk), 1814-1899 1
- Central Soup Society (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Cooper, Stanley B. 1
- Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 1
- Evans, Charles, 1802-1879 1
- Griest, Jesse W., 1837-1885 1
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 1
- Hayes, John Russell, 1866-1945 1
- Ingram, William S. 1
- Jeanes, Joseph 1
- Leidy, Joseph 1
- Lightfoot, Thomas, 1821-1896 1
- McInnes, Robert K. 1
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 1
- Parrish, Edward, 1822-1872 1
- Perot, T. Morris 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1837-1850) 1
- Robins, George 1
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Great Nemaha Agency 1
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Santee Sioux Agency 1
- White, Barclay, 1821-1903 1 ∧ less
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