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Patience Hunn Jenkins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-288

Scope and Contents

The collection contains journals, a letter book, and miscellaneous correspondence reflecting her life in the ministry and social concerns. Her brother, John Hunn (1818-1894) with whom she was very close, was a major participant in the Underground Railroad. Her journal mentions the hardships he suffered because of his commitment to the abolition of slavery and she references many Quakers active in the anti-slavery movement.

Dates

  • Creation: 1841-1860

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Patience Hunn was born 23, 8 month, 1805, the daughter of Ezekiel and Tabitha (Newell) Hunn, Quakers of Kent County, Delaware. Her younger half-brother, John, son of Ezekiel and his second wife Hannah Alston Hunn, was a "chief engineer" of the Underground Railroad. Along with Thomas Garrett, he was tried and convicted for aiding the escape of the family of Samuel Hawkins. He was severely fined by the State of Delaware and left impoverished. The siblings were very close, and Patience offered support to John and his family.

Patience Hunn first married George Washington Jenkins, son of Jabez and Patience Jenkins, of Camden, DE, and they had two daughters. He died in 1833, and in 1835, she married Jabez Jenkins under the care of Camden Monthly Meeting. The son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jenkins, he was a widower with four children. In 1844 she was acknowledged as a minister by Camden Monthly Meeting. She died 27, 4 month, 1884.

Extent

0.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Patience Hunn Jenkins (1805-1884) was a Quaker minister of Camden Monthly Meeting, Delaware. The collection contains journals, a letter book, and miscellaneous correspondence reflecting her life in the ministry and social concerns. Her brother, John Hunn (1818-1894) with whom she was very close, was a major participant in the Underground Railroad.

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase

Date: 2013

Acc. 2013.31

Related Materials

See PG 7 reference for typed transcript from the dealer of some pages of the journal and listing of prominent persons mentioned.

Title
An Inventory of the Patience Hunn Jenkins Papers
Author
FHL staff
Date
2014
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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