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Samuel B. Haines Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-055

Scope and Contents

The collection contains family correspondence, 1859-69, and expense book of Samuel B. Haines. Correspondents include Rebecca Haines, Annie Caley, and Mary L. Caley. Also includes genealogical and biographical materials on the Haines, Gaskill, and related families.

Dates

  • 1850-1894

Creator

Limitations on Accessing the Collection

Collection is open for research.

Copyright and Rights Information

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Bowne Haines (1834-1913) was a banker employed by the Bowery Savings Bank. He was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and a minister in New York Monthly Meeting. The son of Franklin Haines and Abigail Bowne, he married Rebecca Mifflin Rowland of Philadelphia in 1859. He died in 1913.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language

English

Overview

Samuel Bowne Haines (1834-1913) was a banker and a minister in New York Monthly Meeting. The collection contains family correspondence (1859-1869), expense book of Samuel B. Haines, and Quaker manuscripts, possibly by Mary Caley. Also includes genealogical and biographical materials on the Haines, Gaskill, and related families.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into four series:

  1. Genealogical
  2. Diaries and journals
  3. Correspondence
  4. Writing, possibly of Mary Caley

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Mary R. Haines, 1949

Immediate Source of Acquisition

From the collection of donor's grandmother, Mary Rowland Caley.

Processing Information

Processed in Record Group 5 before 1967.

Title
An Inventory of the Samuel B. Haines Papers, 1850-1894
Author
FHL staff
Date
ca. 1950
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

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