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Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854. Diaries, 1800-1851 [microfilm and photoprints].

Title: Diaries, 1800-1851 [microfilm and photoprints].

The Cope diaries exist in three forms. The first is the original manuscripts in 8 volumes. The second is a typescript abridgement made by a descendant, Mrs. George Emlen, and the third is a second, different abridgement edited by Eliza Cope Harrison and published as PHILADELPHIA MERCHANT: THE DIARY OF THOMAS P. COPE (South Bend, Ind.: 1978). Both the original manuscript and the Emlen typescript are in the Quaker Collection of the Haverford College Library.

ArchivalResource: Microfilm 1 reel.Photoprints 10 v.

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Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888. Mary Howitt letters and poems, 1832-1887.

Title: Mary Howitt letters and poems, 1832-1887.

The collection contains 121 letters, eight poems ("The summer fields;" "Morning thoughts," August 1838; The dead--two different versions), two fragments of her writing, four engravings (two with William Howitt) and one photograph. Correspondents include Fredrika Bremer, James Goudy Clark, Joseph Cundall, Amelia Edwards, Myles Birket Foster, W.J. Fox, Margaret Gillies, Charles Gilpin, Grace Greenwood, Leander Lippincott, John Payne, W.M. Rossetti, Frederic Shoberl, John Greenleaf Whittier, and others. Topics include her writings, translating, and travels. Howitt writes to Mrs. S.C. Hall, 16 April 1836, apologizing for not sending illustrations; to James Fields, 22 December [1854?] with corrections for William Howitt's A Boy's adventures in the wilds of Australia; to Fredrika Bremer, 27 April 1860 (with envelope), about finishing a translation of her work; and to Ticknor and Fields, 13 July [1860], sending Bremer's work, and 6 January 1861, about translating Bremer's work. Also, includes one engraving of Bremer. Also, includes sixteen letters to Mrs. Barnett, 1851-1852, n.d.; one from William Howitt to Barnett, 10 September 1867; and one from Mary Gillies to Mary Howitt, n.d., asking her to bring Barnett to visit; also, to Dear sir, 20 Dec., inquiring about a position as German professor at London University for her friend Freiligrath. Howitt received a letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, 1876, about Louise C. Moulton.

ArchivalResource: 134 items.

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Gratz, Simon. Pennsylvania politics and legal affairs, 1800-1879.

Title: Pennsylvania politics and legal affairs, 1800-1879.

Benjamin S. Bonsall correspondence, 1830-1836; Thomas Bradford correspondence, 1800-1846; Charles Gilpin correspondence, 1864-1868; A. Boyd Hamilton correspondence, 1806-1840, contains Jackson and anti-Jackson material, Simon Cameron letters, and Buck Shot War papers; Samuel D. Patterson correspondence, 1839; Thomas Lamborn docket books, 1813-1859.

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Meredith family. Meredith family papers, 1756-1964, bulk 1772-1873.

Title: Meredith family papers, 1756-1964, bulk 1772-1873.

Materials in this collection highlight the various business ventures of the Meredith family, documenting Jonathan Meredith's tannery (1772-1811), the overseas mercantile efforts of David Meredith who shipped goods between France and Philadelphia (1794-1797), and also the legal practices and political affiliations of both William (1772-1844) and William Morris Meredith (1799-1873). William's presidency of the Schuylkill Bank and William Morris's several political appointments, including his service as a Pennsylvania state representative (1824-1828), as the secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of Zachary Taylor (1849-1850), and as the Pennsylvania attorney general (1861-1867) are also highlighted. There are a number of Meredith women also represented in this collection, the most notable of whom is Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden Meredith, whose correspondence underscores her literary talents. A number of individuals related to the Merediths and some of their close friends are also represented including the merchant Thomas Hawthorn (Jonathan Meredith's son-in-law), Union General Sullivan Amory Meredith (son of William Meredith), and Port Folio editor Joseph Dennie.

ArchivalResource: 106 boxes, 148 v. (61 linear feet)

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