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Howland, Gulielma M., 1822-1907,. Papers, 1700-1867 (bulk 1750-1840).

Title: Papers, 1700-1867 (bulk 1750-1840).

Chiefly correspondence between members of related Quaker families of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware (Allinson, Cox, Dillwyn, Emlen, Hill, Hilles, Howland, Logan, Moore, Morris, Smith and others). Also includes journals, poetry, portraits, legal and business papers. Letters chiefly discuss family, friends, health, spiritual matters and travel. Much of the correspondence is between Quaker women: letters (1821-1859) of Margaret H. Hilles to her mother and sister discuss family, child rearing and health concerns, includes "Account of a Philadelphia Infant School in 1827"; letters (1758-1811) of Margaret Hill Morris to her sister and daughter are concerned with family and health (includes 1793 yellow fever epidemic); also letters (1784-1818) of Gulielma M. Smith, chiefly to her mother, Margaret Hill Morris; letters (1777-1778) of Hannah Moore to her sister; letters (1790-1802) of Hannah Griffitts to Margaret Morris discuss friendship, religious thoughts, family, friends and health concerns. Also includes letters (1784-1835) of John and Ann Cox of Oxmead; letters (1763-1770) of William Dillwyn, to his father-in-law John Smith; letters (1700-1802) of Richard Hill and family telling of family matters and their business house on the island of Madeira; letters, journals, poems, translations and philosophical writings of James Logan (1674-1751); journal of Susanna Morris (1682-1755) giving her account of her travels as a Quaker minister; letters (1753-1770) of John Smith (1722-1771) to family members on business, religion, health, Indians; also his travel journal with Samuel Fothergill (1754); letters of Morris Smith (1801-1832) telling of travels in Canada and the American South; letters (1755-1793) of Richard Wells discuss family, yellow fever epidemic, Revolutionary War; other correspondents include Grace Buchanan, Samuel Emlen, Samuel Hilles and Rachel Stewardson.

ArchivalResource: 234 folders (13 boxes)

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Notice : to our fellow members of the Religious Society of Friends, [Philadelphia, Pa.], [ca. 1845 May]

Title: Notice : to our fellow members of the Religious Society of Friends, [Philadelphia, Pa.], [ca. 1845 May]

Printed document. Notice to members of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of an upcoming meeting called to discuss a proposal "to form an association within the limits of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, for the special purpose of promoting and encouraging the production, by free labour, of the articles which are generally procured from [slave labor]." Other sponsors of this meeting, whose names are printed at bottom of notice, include Samuel Hilles, George W. Taylor, and Samuel Rhoads.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.

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Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles family papers, Bulk, 1840-1882, 1791-1930

Title: Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles family papers Bulk, 1840-1882 1791-1930

The Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles family papers house the correspondence of a Quaker family who lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Woodbury, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; and other surrounding areas from approximately 1840 to 1882. A majority of the letters were written to or by Sarah Cooper Tatum Hilles; her husband, John Smith Hilles; and other Tatum or Hilles family members. There is a small sampling of assorted family papers, dating from 1825 to 1901. Included, among other items, are school report cards of William Samuel Hilles from Haverford College and an 1834 memoir of Anne Cooper Tatum, Sarah Hilles’ mother. In addition, there are deeds to properties owned by the Hilles family in Delaware, New Jersey, Illinois and Pennsylvania from 1791 to 1886.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 Linear feet; 11 containers

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