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Mordecai Matlack diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-044
Abstract

Mordecai Matlack was a Quaker farmer in the vicinity of Byberry Township, just outside of Philadelphia. The majority of his diary entries describe Quaker meetings, social calls, and daily farm work.

Dates: 1838-1887

Jane Maule diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-045
Abstract

Diary entries describe weather, Quaker meetings, family news, and births, deaths, and marriages within the family and Quaker community.

Dates: 1866-1939

Samuel McGrew papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-125
Abstract

This collection is comprised of a handwritten copy of the the will of Samuel McGrew, and a single volume of his diary.

Dates: 1789-1861

Anne Moore journal

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-046
Abstract

Anne Moore was a Quaker minister from 1738 to 1783. Journal entries detail her travels as a Quaker minister to Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, parts of New England, and England. Entries also provide descriptions of Quaker meetings, visits from Friends, and Moore’s reflections on religion and advice for her children.

Dates: 1756-1786

Elizabeth Hudson Morris diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-047
Abstract

Elizabeth Hudson Morris was a Quaker minister who traveled through the United States, Ireland, and Scotland. Diary entries describe Elizabeth’s travel as a Quaker minister throughout the British colonies in North America, as well as Ireland and Scotland, and Quaker meetings. Copied versions of letters from Jane Hoskins are also included in the volume.

Dates: 1743-1778

Morris family commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-065
Abstract

The commonplace book of the Morris family includes copied extracts from the journals of Margaret Morris, which include a description of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793, as well as copied poems, letters written by Mary Morris and Richard Hill Morris, and a clipped illustration depicting early settlers.

Dates: Undated.

Jane Rhoads Morris journal

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-048
Abstract

Jane Rhoads Morris's journal was written for her family at home during her trip to Canada during August and September, 1889. Her daily entries describe, in detail, her experiences camping in the Canadian wilderness, accompanied by her cousins and Indigenous people they employed to paddle them in canoes to and from each campsite, as well as interactions with Indigenous people the group meets during their travels.

Dates: 1889

Margaret Hill Morris diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-049
Abstract

Margaret Hill Morris was a colonial Quaker woman who lived outside of Philadelphia during the American Revolutionary War. The entries detail Morris’s experiences during the early years of the war, including her fears for her family, the movement through her town of various military groups, and her treatment of the sick and injured at surrounding military camps.

Dates: 1776-1778

Samuel B. Morris diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-050
Abstract

Samuel B. Morris's diary entries describe his time at Haverford College, including classes he attended, meals, sporting events, socializing with friends, and family news and events.

Dates: 1885-1886

Samuel Newitt journal

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-051
Abstract

Travel journal of Samuel Newitt. Entries detail Newitt's journey to Rhode Island, including descriptions of visits with Friends and attendance at Meetings in various towns in Rhode Island.

Dates: circa 1792

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Sharpless, Joshua 3
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Benezet, Anthony 2
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Brinton, Anna Cox 2
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Ly , Juwan Usang 2
Madāris al-Frindz (Rām Allāh) 2
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Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 2
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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee 2
Potts, Ethel Rhoads, 1870-1962 2
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Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868 2
Rhoads, Sarah Wistar, 1839-1920 2
Rhoads, William Gibbons, Jr., 1838-1880 2
Scattergood, Joseph 2
Seebohm, Benjamin 2
Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920 2
Shinn family 2
Smedley, Edward 2
Stokes family 2
Swayne, Joel 2
Warder, Ann Head 2
Wistar, Thomas 2
Woolman, John, 1720-1772 2
Allen family 1
Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 1
Allinson family 1
Allinson, Margaret 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
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Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 1
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