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Quaker businesspeople

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Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Jenkins family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-190
Identifier: SFHL-SC-190
Abstract Papers of the Jabez Jenkins family of Pennsylvania, 1829-1849. Includes "On board the Packet Ship George Washington Capt. Holdrege Liverpool to New York 1833: Some Recollections of England &c." 1833, manuscript Recollections of travel in England and Scotland in 1833 by Jabez Jenkins. Jenkins stopped for a relatively short time in England, on his way home to Philadelphia from Canton. Observations were largely of architecture and industry in London, Birmingham, Staffordshire, Manchester,...
Dates: 1829-1854
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Jenkins Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-211
Overview The Jenkins family papers include journals, a letterbook, other miscellaneous correspondence and a variety of other material. Of particular note are the journals and copybook kept by Jabez Jenkins, a Quaker merchant. The documents from Canton were apparently assembled for his children after the death of their mother and contain parental advice on a variety of subjects. Another letter, written in 1741 from Sophia Hume to Madam Shettele, provides information about her attitude towards...
Dates: 1741-1877
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

William Jones financial records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-014
Overview

The business ledgers of William Jones record mortgages, rent payments, taxes, and account balances for various Quaker individuals.

Dates: 1845-1861
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Morris Evans Leeds papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1014
Overview

A collection that focuses on two dates: 1862 & 1942. In the former, Lewis W. Leeds' invention of the window envelope is detailed with contracts, bills, correspondence and samples of the envelope. In 1942, his descendant, Morris E. Leeds corresponds with E. Tudor Gross who has become interested in the invention and ends with the article entitled "The Window Envelope," which appeared in the Collector's Club Philatelist in April of that year.

Dates: 1862-1944; Majority of material found in 1862; 1942
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Christopher Marshall Jr. account book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-016
Overview

The account book of Christopher Marshall Jr. records the accounts of various individuals, including payments made and account balances.

Dates: 1771-1796
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Mitchell Family letters

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-959
Overview

The papers of the Mitchell family, Quakers in 19th century Philadelphia.

Dates: 1830 - 1911
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Morris family financial records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-018
Overview

The Morris family financial records include account books, trustee accounts, and receipt books. Volumes generally record deposits, withdrawals for payments for goods and services, and account balances.

Dates: 1794-1943
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Morris-Shinn-Maier collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1191
Overview This collection spans approximately 200 years, from the late 1700s to the late 1900s, and five generations of the Morris-Shinn-Maier family, which are traced through matrilineal and patrilineal lines. They were prominent Quaker businessmen and lawyers in the Philadelphia area, and a large portion of the collection is dedicated to their legal and business material, as well as a great deal of very detailed financial material. There is also a quantity of personal material, namely diaries and...
Dates: 1720-1975
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

George Newbold Correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-194
Identifier: SFHL-SC-194
Abstract

Contains business and family correspondence received by George Newbold.

Dates: 1804-1850
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections