Elizabeth Seton papers, 1857-1906

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Elizabeth Seton papers, 1857-1906

1857-1906

https://archivesspace-library.shu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/20080

The collection contains the papers of the Seton family of New York City and the Jevons family of Liverpool, England and New York City. Seton Jevons family members who feature prominently in the collection include Robert Seton, Thomas Seton Jevons, Isabel Seton Jevons, and others. Included in the collection are: correspondence, photographs, drawings and engravings; holy cards and death notices; postcards and menus; bills and legal papers; genealogical material; report cards; newspaper clippings; William Seton Jr.'s prayer book; Elizabeth Seton's diary; broadsides and miscellaneous pamphlets. The collection also includes a letter written by Elizabeth Ann Seton to her daughter Catherine, circa 1820, in Series XI. Also included are early Seton letters: 1782-1787 consisting of seven letters, letter fragments and ship invoices of William Seton (1746-1798).

20 Linear Feet (, Approximately 45,000 items.)

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Seton Hall University, Walsh Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11617306

Seton Hall University, Walsh Library

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Seton, Elizabeth Ann, Saint, 1774-1821

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Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born in New York City in 1774. She married William Magee Seton, a New York merchant, in 1794. In 1797, with Isabella Graham and others, she founded a society for the relief of widows, the first charitable organization in New York City. Her husband died in 1803. In 1805 she converted to Catholicism, and in 1808 she began a girls' school in Baltimore, Maryland. In the spring of 1809 she and four others formed a community called Sisters of St. Joseph. That summer they moved...