Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning collection 1734-1976

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Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning collection 1734-1976

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_LCP_LCPStevens

The Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning family papers document the development of a white family and a black prominent middle class African American family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, beginning with the 1760s emigration of John Stevens from England to South Carolina. The materials date from 1734 to 1976 and consist of scrapbooks, ephemera, newspaper clippings, Common Prayer books, invitations, holiday cards, correspondence, business papers, and a variety of personal papers. The materials document the Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning families’ professional, family, and personal lives as well as the development of a prominent middle class African American family.

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Library company of Philadelphia

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SNAC Resource ID: 6328643

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Institute for Colored Youth (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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The Institute for Colored Youth was founded in 1837 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It became the first high school for African-Americans in the United States, although there were schools that admitted African Americans preceding it. At the time, public policy and certain statutory provisions prohibited the education of blacks in various parts of the nation and slavery was entrenched across the south. It was followed by two other black institutions— Lincoln University in Pennsylvan...

Bolivar, William C.

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Venning

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The story of the Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning family, which eventually developed into a prominent middle class African American family in Philadelphia, began in the 1760s, when John Stevens emigrated from England and settled in Georgia. He began as a Georgia planter, owning a plantation until a slave rebellion ended his plantation career. After this setback, he settled in Charleston, South Carolina. There he established the Carolina Coffee House, which became an important establi...

Cogdell

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The story of the Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning family, which eventually developed into a prominent middle class African American family in Philadelphia, began in the 1760s, when John Stevens emigrated from England and settled in Georgia. He began as a Georgia planter, owning a plantation until a slave rebellion ended his plantation career. After this setback, he settled in Charleston, South Carolina. There he established the Carolina Coffee House, which became an important establi...

Sanders, Sarah, d. 1850

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Cogdell, Mary Elizabeth Stevens

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Sanders, Robert

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Venning, Edward Y.

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Chew, William H.

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Chew, Richard Sanders

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Cogdell, Richard Walpole, 1787-1866

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Stevens

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The story of the Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning family, which eventually developed into a prominent middle class African American family in Philadelphia, began in the 1760s, when John Stevens emigrated from England and settled in Georgia. He began as a Georgia planter, owning a plantation until a slave rebellion ended his plantation career. After this setback, he settled in Charleston, South Carolina. There he established the Carolina Coffee House, which became an important establi...

Philadelphia Tribune

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Citizens' Republic Club.

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Chew, Cordelia Sanders

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Sanders

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The story of the Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning family, which eventually developed into a prominent middle class African American family in Philadelphia, began in the 1760s, when John Stevens emigrated from England and settled in Georgia. He began as a Georgia planter, owning a plantation until a slave rebellion ended his plantation career. After this setback, he settled in Charleston, South Carolina. There he established the Carolina Coffee House, which became an important establi...

Venning, Julia Sanders

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Venning, Miranda Cogdell

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