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Cresson, Annabella Elliott, 1743-1793. Morris Wistar Wood Collection, 1721-1979.

Title: Morris Wistar Wood Collection, 1721-1979.

Primarily correspondence of the related Quaker families of Collins, Cresson, Emlen, Morris, Wistar and Wood, also diaries, photographs, genealogy, financial, legal and business papers, clippings, maps, facsimiles and other papers. Includes: correspondence of Annabella Elliott Cresson (1743-1793) and husband Caleb Cresson (1742-1816); letters (1815-1816) of Caleb Cresson (1775-1821) while in England and France and transcript of journal of his visit; papers of Charles Caleb Cresson (1816-1902) include research notes and notebooks (topics include Pierre Cresson, William Penn Charter School and John Archdale, also his genealogical research on Bacon, Cresson, Elliott, Emlen, Warder and related families), letterbook (1893-1895) and his "Our Saviour as a Wine Drinker"; transcript of journal (1784-1785) of trip to Barbados by James Cresson (1741-1799); memoirs (ca. 1764) of Joshua Cresson (1744-1793); approx. 240 letters (1876-1878) of Joshua H. Morris (1822-1885) and Elizabeth Stokes Morris while in Europe; business letterbook (1830-1841) of Bartholomew Wistar (1790-1841); letters of John Wistar (1759-1815) to son Bartholomew; diaries (1918-1924) of Annabella Bonnyman Wood (1902-1926) discuss life as a Philadelphia debutante; ca. 212 letters (1890-1910) of Annabella Cresson Wistar Wood (1872-1967) and Horatio Curtis Wood (1870-1943) detail courtship, love and married life; also her diaries (1884-1905, some jointly kept with husband, Horatio C. Wood); papers of Rev. Charles Wood (1851-1936) include ca. 90 letters to him (1870-1908) as well as biographical material on him; diaries (1923-1933, 1955) of Evelyn Byrd Page Wood; diaries (1910-1943) of Horatio Curtis Wood (1870-1943), also his letters (1913, with photographs) of trip to Europe with family; papers of Morris Wistar Wood (1899-1980) include letters (1921-1923, with photographs) of his stay in China as Quaker missionary at Canton Christian College (now Ling nan ta hsüeh) and diaries (1922-1978); misc. correspondents include members of Hadwen, Moore and other families; printed histories of Cresson, Dumaresq, Elliott, Emlen families; photographs, including three albums, chiefly Cresson, Wistar and Wood families.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2,400 items (36 boxes).

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