Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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Prominent Friend, philanthropist and educator.

From the description of Papers, 1750-1936 (bulk 1750-1784). (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 25237753

Philadelphia philanthropist.

From the description of ALS : to Susanna Wright, [s.d.]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540703

Philadelphia Quaker philanthropist, educator, author, and anti-slavery advocate.

A teacher for twelve years at the Friends' English Public School (William Penn Charter School) in Philadelphia, Anthony Benezet in 1754 started a public school for girls under the auspices of the board of overseers of the charter school. Ill health forced his resignation in 1755, but Benezet returned to the school two years later and remained until 1766.

From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, [Pa.], to Jonas [i.e. Jonah] Thompson, Bristol, [Eng.], 1757 Dec. 6. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36205891
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creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1771 December 23, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear Friend" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1780 July, Phila[delphi]a, [to George Dillwyn] / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Falconbridge, Alexander, d. 1792. Tracts on slave trade. The Mariners' Museum Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony. Works from the Aldine collection. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1779 September 11, about, [Philadelphia?] to "Dear Friend" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813. Copies of letters received, 1763-73. Churchill County Museum
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1757 October 17, Philadelphia, to "Dear Friend Samuel Fothergill" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter : Philadelphia, to Dear Friend, Jacob Linly, ye 21st ²mon [April] 1782. Bridwell Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1779 August 4, Phila[delphi]a, to "Beloved Friend" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, undated, [Philadelphia?], to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Haines & Twells, account book, 1767-1770, 1767-1770 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1772 October 30, [Philadelphia], to Samuel Allinson / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799. Letter, 1773 January 18, Hanover, to "Dear Sr." [Robert Pleasants] / Patrick Henry. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1769 November, Philad[elphia], to "Dear George" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Receipt for teaching, 1750 June 10, [Philadelphia], of Isaac Zanes / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1780 October 23, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear Friend" [Robert Pleasants] / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1773 August 5, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1765 January 14, Philad[elphi]a to "Loving Friend Rob[er]t Pleasants" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1783 September 14, Philad[elphi]a, to "My dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1779?, [Philadelphia?], to "Beloved" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Documents relating to the Delaware and Seneca Indians, holographic copies Cornell University Library
referencedIn Philadelphia (Pa.). Overseers of the Public School. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1754. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, [1773 December 14, Philadelphia to "Beloved Friend" Samuel Allinson] / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1774 February 15, [Philadelphia?], to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1775 March 10, Philad[elphi]a, to "Respected Friend S[elina, Countess of] Huntington" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1767 April 15, Philad[elphia], to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Franklin-Bache Papers, 1707-1799 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1773 April 8, Philadelphia to "Dear Friend Rob[er]t Pleasants" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Allinson family papers, 1710-1939 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1781 March 17, Philadelphia, to "Dear Friend" [Robert Pleasants] / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1783, Philad[elphia], to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1778 July about 12 or 14, Philad[elphia], to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letters. 20th of 5th mon 1774 and 10th of 4th mon March 1775, Philadelphia to Lady S[elina] Huntingdon and Huntington [sic] [England]. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1765 May 17, Philad[elphi]a, to "Loving Friend" [Samuel Smith] / A[nthony] B[enezet]. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Pleasants, Robert, 1722-1801. Letterbook, 1771-1781. William & Mary Libraries
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. ALS : to Susanna Wright, [s.d.]. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter : Philadelphia, [Pa.], to Jonas [i.e. Jonah] Thompson, Bristol, [Eng.], 1757 Dec. 6. Newberry Library
creatorOf Vaux collection of correspondence, documents and graphics, 1659-1978 Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1763 May 28, Philad[elphi]a, to "Respected Friend Joseph Phipps" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Anthony Benezet note and receipt, 1766, undated New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Receipt for teaching, 1780 October 23, [Philadelphia], of Jeremiah Warder / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1774 May 9, Philadelphia, to "Respected Friend Moses Brown" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Powel, Samuel, 1738-1793. Powel Family Papers, Samuel Powel (1738-1793) Series, 1729-1791. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1774 May 5, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear Friend Robert Pleasants" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1780 April, Phila[delphi]a, to "Dear George" / Anth[ony] Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1773 December 28, Phil[adelphi]a to "Respected Friend Moses Brown" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813. Letter, 1772 August 21, London, to "Dear Sir" [Anthony Benezet] / Granville Sharp. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1760 February 08, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear Friend" [John Smith] / Anth[ony] Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1783 July, Philadelp[hi]a, to "My Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1781 Dec., Philad[elphi]a, to "Beloved" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Benezet family papers 1729-1839 Benezet family William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1759 February 20, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear John" / [Anthony Benezet]. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1771 May 2, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear George" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Allinson family. Papers, 1761-1909 (bulk 1761-1798, 1809-1811, 1824-1883). Rutgers University
referencedIn Vaux family. Vaux family papers, 1684-1923, bulk 1795-1890. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1758 February 25, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear Friend John Smith" / Ant[hony] Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1771 October 24, Philadelp[hi]a, to "Dear Friend Samuel Fothergill" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1779 October, [Philadelphia?], to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Robert Lowth letters from various correspondents, 1766-1782. Houghton Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1783 August 25, Philad[elphia], "To Charlotte Queen of Great Britain" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1773 November, Phila[delphia] to "Esteemed Friend Moses Brown" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 25th 4th mo. 1784 (April 25th, 1784), Philad[elphi]a, To "My dear Gaspar" [sic] [Caspar Wistar] / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1773 April 28, Philad[elphi]a to "Dear Friend John Fothergill" / [Anthony Benezet]. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1780 July, [Philadelphia], to "Dear George" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Thomas, Chas. Y. (Charles Yarnall). Letter, 1901 January 9, Baltimore, to "My dear Allen" / Chas Y. Thomas. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1770 May, June or July, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear George" / Anth[ony] Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Comfort, Howard, 1850-1912. William Wistar Comfort papers, 1867-1942. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1782 February, Philad[elphi]a, to "My Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, undated, [Philadelphia?, to George Dillwyn] / A[nthony] B[ene]z[e]t. Haverford College Library
creatorOf De La Cour, Joseph C. W. Kempton and Anthony Benezet deed, 1879. Camden County Historical Society
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1756 April 24, Philad[elphia], to "Dear Friend Jonah Thompson" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Papers, 1750-1936 (bulk 1750-1784). Haverford College Library
referencedIn Thompson family. Thompson family papers, 1607-1936, bulk 1770-1870. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Letchworth family. [Marriage certificates], 1783-1906. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Marshall, Humphry, 1722-1801. Humphry Marshall Papers, 1721-1863 (bulk: 1760-1800). William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1781 May, Philad[elphi]a [to George Dillwyn] / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf William Penn Charter School. Archives, 1666-1981. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1778 January 28, [Philadelphia?] to Israel Pemberton and others, Winchester [Virginia] / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Haines & Twells. Account book, 1767-1770. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1781 July, Philad[elphi]a to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810. Papers, 1783-1802. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1767 August 30, [Philadelphia?], to "Dear Friend" / Anth[ony] Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1780 August 06, Ph[iladelphi]a, to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1764 November 25, Philad[elphia], to "Loving Friend" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1783 August 17, Philad[elphi]a, to "My Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1779 September 15, [Philadelphia?], to "Dear George" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Robert Pleasants Letterbook, 1771-1781. Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1780 July 1, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear Friend" [Moses Brown] / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
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