Quakers -- Barbados
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of Early Quaker Wills in Barbados, 1669-1709 (typed copies)
Collection — Othertype SC-007
Identifier: SFHL-SC-007
Abstract
Typed copies of early wills of Quakers in Barbados.
Dates:
1669-1709
John Ladd Howell correspondence received
Collection — Othertype SC-060
Identifier: SFHL-SC-060
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence received by Philadelphia Quaker merchant John Ladd Howell and his family. The majority of the letters were sent by his father, John Howell, addresseed to him and to his mother during extended absences in North and South Carolina and Georgia. The letters concern family business with fatherly advice to his son, some local commentary, and mention of mistreatment of the Indians. Of interest is a letter from Richard Waln from the Barbadoes. Also included is...
Dates:
1733-1764; bulk 1753-1764; Majority of material found within 1753 - 1764
George Vaux Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-238
Overview
The Vaux family was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family active in a number of charitable concerns, particularly as relate to the education of African-Americans. This collection includes papers from three George Vauxes: 1832-1915, 1863-1927, and 1908-1996, spanning a little over a century from the 1890s to the 1990s. There are administrative documents from the Institute of Colored Youth (later known as the Richard Humphreys Foundation), FriendsÂ’ FreedmenÂ’s Association, and the Emlen...
Dates:
1885-1995
