Church work -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Anne E. Sheppard correspondence
Collection — Othertype SC-118
Identifier: SFHL-SC-118
Abstract
This collection includes letters received by Anne E. Sheppard from members of her family, including her mother, Margaret G. Sheppard, and her cousins John W. Biddle, Martha H. Garrett, Rebecca C. Sheppard, and Mary M. Sheppard. Of these the most extensive are those of Martha H. Garrett, describing the daily life, education, and concerns of a young Quaker woman in Philadelphia in the 1860's. Especially interesting are her accounts of Freedmen's relief work and of her unorthodox practice of...
Dates:
1856-1869
