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commonplace books

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:

Smith family commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-050
Abstract

This commonplace book features writings from the Smith family.

Dates: Undated.

Spencer Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-963
Abstract

The 19th century correspondence and commonplace books of members of the Quaker Spencer family.

Dates: 1729 - 1905; Majority of material found within 1812 - 1905

Ann Roberts Matlack Stackhouse commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-036
Abstract The commonplace book of Ann Matlack Stackhouse includes religious excerpts, excerpts of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes (1848), and excerpts of letters, including a letter from Samuel Johnson to Edward Hicks. Also included are the testimony of Robert Barrow at George Fox's burial, the prayer of Nicholas Waln, James Simpson's sermon, a timeline of discoveries and settlements in the United States, a warning to the people called Quakers, and a letter to parents who have the care of youth in...
Dates: 1837-1845

Sallie M. Taylor commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-037
Abstract

The commonplace book of Sallie M. Taylor includes excerpts of poetry related to friendship, nature, and family, as well as quotations, a prayer card, and a poem copied for Taylor by" E.M.W."

Dates: 1854-1856

Phebe Clapp Thomas commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-046
Abstract The volume features poems copied by various friends of Phebe Clapp Thomas, and focuses on friendship, reflection, religion, and faith. Among those extracts that were signed, signatures from the following individuals are included: Jemima Hamond, Ann M. Thorne, Elias Hicks Jr., Joseph Griffen, B. Barton, Elizabeth Wenzer, Adeline Begnor, Jane Charlotte Leach, Marcia L. Haight, and E. Mitchell. A number of extracts are unsigned, including extracts of poetry by Shakespeare and Sir Walter Scott....
Dates: 1833

Hannah Milhous Vernon papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-173
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the papers of Hannah Milhous Vernon, and includes two unbound commonplace books, the loose pages of Vernon's diaries, and a single unbound volume of meeting minutes for the Damorris Monthly Meeting of Women Friends.

Dates: 1855-1889

Waln family commonplace books

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-038
Abstract

The Waln family's commonplace books, written by Joseph Waln, Richard Waln, and Sarah Waln, include poetry and prose related to sin, illness, and death.

Dates: 1814, undated

Mary E. Warner commonplace books

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-062
Abstract

The commonplace books of Mary E. Warner include religious quotes and extracts, notes from friends, notes on mathematical equations, and notes on Quaker leaders.

Dates: 1868

Susanah Weston commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-039
Abstract

The commonplace book of Susanah Weston includes an abstract of a letter from James Thornton, an account of a vision, excerpts of a Yearly Meeting of Ministers and Elders (1789), a letter from an Irish Friend to Catherine Payton, a prayer delivered at Hertford, and a testimony from the Monthly Meeting of Canterbury.

Dates: 1796

Deborah Fisher Wharton commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-040
Abstract

Deborah Fisher Wharton (1795-1888) was an American Quaker minister, suffragist, and social reformer, as well as one of the founders of Swarthmore College. Wharton's commonplace book volumes include poetry and prose.

Dates: 1808-1814