Elizabeth Cadwallader papers
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
- Comfort, Elizabeth Cadwallader (Person)
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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