Travel -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends

The collection consists of correspondence of Edward Scull, who made a religious visit with Rufus King to North Carolina and England and traveled around the United States with J. Bevan Braithwaite. He called on John Greenleaf Whittier in 1878; two letters from Whittier are included in the collection, as well as two from Edward's brother, David, Haverford, 1854, and manager from 1865-1907. There are also several miscellaneous items.

Letters, accounts, diaries, and journals of members of the interrelated Sharpless and Kite families, including the papers of Joshua Sharpless (1746/7-1826) and letters of Mary Kite (1792-1861) as well as the papers of Edward G. Smedley, ca. 1836-1908, dealing with his experiences as a conscientious objector during the Civil War, 1863-1866.