Samuel Smith papers

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Samuel Smith papers

1740-1817

http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/sfhl-sc-119

This collection includes 10 memorandum books of Samuel Smith, recounting his experiences as a travelling Quaker minister on his journeys in the eastern United States, Liverpool, London and Scotland. Also included is the copy book of a certain "S.B." of Darby Monthly Meeting, dated 1740-1746. This book contains tables of climates and distances, home remedies, and personal financial records. Notable are a list of the holdings of the Philadelphia library in 1741, an elegy to John Chalkley (1741), and an elegy to Robert Jordan.

.1 Linear Feet (8 folders.)

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 11654997

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Jordan, Robert, 1685?-1750

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Chalkley, Thomas, 1675-1741

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Thomas Chalkley was a Quaker minister, merchant, and mariner. Born in Southwark, England, he settled in Philadelphia in 1701 and was engaged in trade and preaching in the American colonies. From the description of Thomas [Chalkley] his book anno domini 1687, [ca. 1687]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146144 ...

Smith, Samuel, 1737-1817

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Samuel Smith was a Quaker minister from Philadelphia. He was born to Robert and Phebe Smith of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on the the 13th of 6th month 1737, New Style (2nd of the 4th month, Old Style). Because he was of too delicate a constition for laborious work, he moved to Philadelphia in 1763. In the same year he married Mary Woolston, the daughter of John Woolston of Middletown. Smith grew to oppose the free use and sale of alcohol. He was recognized as a minister in 1770. Smith traveled ...