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Elizabeth Cadwallader papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-188

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the papers of Elizabeth Cadwallader Comfort, and include certificates of removal, clippings, correspondence, diaries, extracts, recipe books, wills, and miscellaneous items from various members of her family.

Dates

  • Creation: 1835-1865

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Elizabeth Cadwallader Comfort (1823-1864) was born on February 3, 1823. in Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania. She married Jeremiah Comfort (1816-1887), and the couple had seven children: Ezra Comfort (1847-1933), Sarah Cadwallader (1849-1943), Charles Williams (1851-1911), Harvey S. (1852-1935), Benjamin C. (1856-1873), Isaac Roberts (1860-?), and Alfred Comfort (1864-1865). Elizabeth Cadwallader Comfort died March 24, 1864, in Falls, Pennyslvania.

Extent

.25 linear ft. (9 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection is comprised of the papers of Elizabeth Cadwallader Comfort, and include certificates of removal, clippings, correspondence, diaries, extracts, recipe books, wills, and miscellaneous items from various members of her family.

Acquisition

The Elizabeth Cadwallader papers were donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1984 by Elizabeth and Stephen Cary.

Processing Information

Processed by Kara Flynn; completed March, 2016.

Title
Elizabeth Cadwallader papers, 1835-1865
Author
Kara Flynn
Date
March, 2016
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

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