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Central Soup Society
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-100
Abstract
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
Friends Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-031
Abstract
Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia was an organization of Hicksite Quakers in Philadelphia founded in 1869 to solicit donations of money and goods to distribute to the Native American tribes assigned to the oversight of the Yearly Meeting by the Department of Interior during the period of Grant's peace policy. The collection includes reports and minutes, financial reports, correspondence, and lists of goods.
Dates:
1869-1875
Friends Neighborhood Guild
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-035
Abstract
Friends Neighborhood Guild is a social welfare agency established by Hicksite Quakers in 1879 to serve the Poplar section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It began as a volunteer organization for immigrant children and evolved into a settlement house and community center. This collection primarily contains early records of Friends Neighborhood Guild, and also the records of two related Quaker societies, the Friendly Settlement Association and the Spring Street Mission.
Dates:
1880-1962
Albert Lamborn Green Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-175
Abstract
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
Lightfoot Family Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-184
Abstract
The Lightfoot family was a Pennsylvania Quaker family descended from Thomas Lightfoot, a Quaker minister who emigrated from Ireland to Kennett Monthly Meeting in 1716 with his family. The collection includes three journals which have been attributed to his grandson Thomas on the basis of contextual detail. These accounts document visits to meetings in the mid Atlantic region, New Jersey to Virginia, from 1757 to 1760. Jacob Lightfoot, a son of Thomas and Sarah Lightfoot, married Mary...
Dates:
1737-ca. 1948
Sewing Society (New York, N.Y.) minutes
Collection — othertype: SC-182
Identifier: SFHL-SC-182
Abstract
The collection contains the minutes, 1833-1853, of the Sewing Society which was established in 1833 by a group of New York Orthodox Quaker women. Its mission was to prepare clothing for the poor.
Dates:
1833-1853
Turner Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-152
Abstract
This collection centers around the family and descendants of Joseph Turner, Jr., (1790-1850) and his wife Rebecca (Sinclair) Turner (1787-1877), members of Baltimore Monthly Meeting-Western District. They raised eight children and had fifty-four grandchildren. As a young man, Joseph left the family plantation near Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland, and became a lumber merchant in Baltimore. He served as Clerk of the Lombard Street Meeting. Rebecca was a recorded minister and traveled widely....
Dates:
1776-1954
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 3
- Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia 2
- Jeanes, Samuel, d.1894 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1827- 1955). Sub-committee on Indian Concerns 2
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- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Biddle, Robert, 1867-1935 1
- Biddle, William C. 1
- Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 1
- Central Soup Society (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Cooper, Stanley B. 1
- Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 1
- Evans, Charles, 1802-1879 1
- Friendly Settlement Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Friends Mission No.1 (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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- Green, Albert Lamborn, 1845-1947 1
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 1
- Hayes, John Russell, 1866-1945 1
- Ingram, William S. 1
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 1
- Jeanes, Joseph 1
- Leidy, Joseph 1
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- Lightfoot, Mary B. (Mary Bonner), 1820-1907 1
- Lightfoot, Samuel, 1701-1771 1
- Lightfoot, Susanna 1720 1781 (Susanna Hudson Hatton Lightfoot) 1
- Lightfoot, Thomas Montgomery, -1865 1
- Lightfoot, Thomas, 1728-1793 1
- Lightfoot, Thomas, 1821-1896 1
- Maiden Creek Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1735-1829 : Maiden Creek (Pa. : Township)) 1
- McInnes, Robert K. 1
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 1
- Parrish, Edward, 1822-1872 1
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- Philadelphia First Day School Union 1
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- Saunders, John, 1814-1891 1
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- Turner, Richard Townsend, Jr., 1845-1908 1
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