Edith Verlenden Paschall Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, legal papers and marriage certificates (chiefly photocopies), wills, genealogical notes, miscellaneous memorabilia, and pictures collected by Paschall and relating to the Paschall family and other Quaker families. Includes material relating to the history and settlement of Darby, Pa., the development of Darby Monthly Meeting, and historic houses and brickmaking in the Delaware Valley, Pa.
Dates
- Creation: 1736-1962
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1940 - 1962
Creator
- Edith Verlenden Paschall (1881-1961) (Person)
- Darby Monthly Meeting of Friends (Contributor, Organization)
- Paschall, Edith Varlenden, 1881-1961 (Contributor, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some of the items in this collection may be protected by copyright. The user is solely responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns to reuse, publish, or reproduce relevant items beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to the law. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Edith Verlenden Paschall (1881-1961) was a Quaker genealogist and historian from Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Extent
2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Edith Verlenden Paschall (1881-1961) was a Quaker genealogist and historian from Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The collection contains correspondence, legal papers and marriage certificates (chiefly photocopies), wills, notes, miscellaneous memorabilia, and pictures, collected by Paschall and relating to the Paschall family and other Quaker families. Includes material relating to the history and settlement of Darby, Pa., the development of Darby Monthly Meeting, and historic houses and brickmaking in the Delaware Valley.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into six series:
- Biographical
- Correspondence
- Writings
- Memorabilia
- Pictures
- Reference material
Physical Location
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William Verlenden Paschall, 1962
Separated Materials
The following materials, originally part of the collection, have been removed and recatalogued:
- 6 bills for merchandise and services, 1736-1765. Those billed were Jonathan Adams, Commissioners for Indian Affairs, Wm. Davis, John Franks, Glover Hunt, Obadiah Johnson, Edward Waldron. (negative photostats) MISC. MSS.
- Marshall House brief of title, 1682-1865. (typewritten) MISC. MSS.
Marriage certificates (negative photostats) removed to Chart Case A:
- Jos. Drinker to Hannah Hart, 1760, Phila.
- Geo. Painter to Elinor Musgrave, 1680, Haverford.
- John Smith to Elizabeth Bartram, 1715, Darby.
- Wm. West to Sarah Ennis, 1753, Phila.
- Wm. Nest to Hannah Shaw, 1767, Phila.
Other materials:
- Agreement between Wm. Priest of Darby and John Blunston, re. fence, 11mo 9 1713-14. (negative & positive photostats) MISC. MSS.
- Agreement between Geo. Wood and John Blunston, 9mo 27 1636. (negative photostat) MISC. MSS
- Drawings and descriptions of plots of land. (some negative and some positive photostats) Owners: 1703, John Biunston; 1704, John Bethel; 1709, Martha Bizalion, Moses Coombs, James Letort, Robt. Wilkins, Thos. Wilkins, 1721, John West; n.d, Peter Dicks, Wm. Worrall; 2 unidentified. MISC. MSS.
Processing Information
Processed by FHL staff prior to 1967.
Subject
- Paschall family (Family)
- Darby Monthly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Brickmaking -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
- Genealogists -- United States
- Historians -- United States
- Historic buildings -- Delaware River Watershed (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
- Historic buildings -- Delaware River Watershed (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
- Historic sites -- Delaware River Watershed (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Darby
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County
- Quakers -- Social life and customs
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania
- Women genealogists -- United States
- Women historians -- United States
- Title
- An Inventory of the Edith Verlenden Paschall Papers, 1736-1961 [bulk 1940-1961]
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- Before 1967
- 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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