Cox-Parrish-Wharton Papers, 1600-1900.

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Cox-Parrish-Wharton Papers, 1600-1900.

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This collection of papers and correspondence contains information on the religious, humanitarian, social, and economic influence of the Quakers in American life. A large portion of the collection consists of letters, approx. 2,000, 1785-1845, from John and Ann Cox of Burlington, N.J., to Dr. Joseph and Susannah Parrish of Philadelphia. There are also letters of William Penn, Israel Pemberton, James Pemberton, John Pemberton, John Rodman, Benjamin Lightfoot, John Bringhurst, Hannah Lloyd, George Mifflin, William Logan, David Barclay, John Fothergill, Roberts Vaux, Dolley Madison, and numerous others, 1700-1840. There are monthly meeting reports, broadsheets, and papers, 1700-1847, pertaining to religious doctrine, discipline, moral precepts, humane treatment of the Indians, abolition of slavery, and economic affairs. Also copies of William Penn's letter to the Indians, 1681, and of a Quaker Address to King William III, 1703; "An Indian's Answer to a Swedish Missionary," 1704; list of the number of slaves in the United States, 1779; printed list of the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa, 1755; Isaac Parrish's receipt book, 1780-1807; his invoice book, 1762-67; Samuel Parrish and Job Bacon, account book, consignment from Calcutta, 1806-7; John Parrish, Friends discipline, 1719, 1 v.; minutes of the Society for the Relief of Negroes, 1775-87, 1 v.; "Divine Odes," by Thomas Wilkinson, 1787, 1 v.; reports of Quaker meetings, 1801-6, 1 v.; genealogical notes of the Parrish family, 1600-1862, 1 v.; records of the Cox, Dillwyn, Mitchel, and other families; letters addressed to Samuel Emlen, 1826, 1 v.; "Expressions of dying sayings," Hannah Hill, 1714, 1 v.; poetry of Susannah Parrish, 1820, 1 v.; moral impressions and observations, 1800, 1 v, ; John Cox, weather reports and memoranda book, 1830-33; schedules of Bills before House of Commons, 1879; portraits and biographical sketches of prominent Quakers.

9 linear ft.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Parrish, John, 1730-1807

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Quaker minister of Philadelphia and Baltimore. Born in Maryland in 1729, the son of John and Elizabeth Roberts Parrish, he was apprenticed in Philadelphia and afterwards married Ann Wilson in 1753. Parrish travelled in the ministry to the Delaware Indians of western Pennsylvania in 1773 and again in 1784 to Barbadoes. In 1806 he wrote Remarks on the Slavery of the Black People. From the description of Notes on Abolition, circa 1805. (Swarthmore College). Wor...

Cox, John, approximately 1754-1847

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John Cox was a minister in the Society of Friends. Cox was born around 1754 to John and Abigail Cox of New Jersey. He married Hannah Smith, daughter of John Smith and Hannah Logan. After Hannah's death in 1783, Cox remarried, this time to Ann Dillwyn, and spent much of his life at a home in Burlington County that Ann had inherited from her father called "Oxmead." While he was recognized as a Quaker minister, Cox traveled little. Like many Quakers, he devoted much of his time to civil service and...

Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849

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Dolley Madison, the fourth First Lady of the United States, is widely remembered as the most lively of the early First Ladies. As a prominent entertainer and hostess, she helped shape the role of First Lady and served as the model for every future First Lady to come. Dolley Payne was born on May 20, 1768, in Guilford County, North Carolina. She was the fourth of eight children born to John and Mary Payne. The family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1783. In 1790, Dolley Payne married la...

Penn, William, 1644-1718

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The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn (1644-1718) in 1681 by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn (1621-1670). Under Penn's directive, Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers escaping religious torment in England and other European nations. Three generations of Penn descendents held proprietorship of the colony until the American Revolution, when the family was stripped of all but its privately held shares of land...

Parrish, Isaac, 1735-1826

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Dillwyn family.

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Rodman, John S., 1946-

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Doctor of Internal Medicine. From the description of Reminiscences of John S. Rodman : oral history, 2001-2003. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269259293 ...

Cox, John, 1758-1832

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Pemberton, James, 1723-1809

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Quaker merchant, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1777-1812. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 27134245 Quaker merchant and philanthropist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to James Phillips, (probably the Quaker bookseller in London), 1788 Nov. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872094 Clerk of the Philadelphia and New Jersey Society of Friends. From the description of Quaker pape...

Pemberton, Israel, 1715-1779

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Israel Pemberton was a Philadelphia Quaker merchant and philanthropist. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768. From the description of Letterbook D, 1744-1747. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523459 Peter Collinson (1694 – 1768) was an English merchant and botanist. From the guide to the Peter Collinson papers, 1560-1811 (inclusive), 1713-1811 (bulk), Bulk, 1713-1811, 1560-1811, (American Philosophical Socie...

Hill, Hannah Lloyd Delaval, approximately 1674-

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Fothergill, John, 1712-1780

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John Fothergill was an English Quaker physician and naturalist, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1770. From the description of Letters, 1737-1750, to Charles Alston. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86165478 Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Philadelphia's Medical School, founded in 1765, became known as the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Medicine In 1779. ...

Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836

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Roberts Vaux was treasurer of PMMWD in 1831. From the description of ALS, 1831 October 18 : Philadelphia, Pa. to the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 51617833 Quaker Roberts Vaux was an American juror, philanthropist and abolitionist; he became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1819. From the guide to the Address on the impolicy of slavery, 1824, 1824, (American P...

Lightfoot, Benjamin, 1726-1777

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Benjamin Lightfoot was a deputy surveyor of Berks County, Pennsylvania. From the description of Daybook, 1753-1777. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122590677 Benjamin Lightfoot was deputy surveyor of Berks County (Pa.). From the description of Survey notes for Pottsville to Shamokin (Pa.), 1759. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122590209 ...

Bringhurst, John, -1795

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Pemberton, John E

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Mitchell family.

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Logan, William Newton

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Attorney, Patterson, Calif. Worked on road construction gang while student at Stanford University (1912). Kept notebook of lively conversations of Irish workers. From the description of "Reminiscences of a road construction gang near La Honda, California," 1912. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 34768171 ...

Parrish family.

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Cox family.

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Bacon, Job, 1768-

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Parrish, Susannah Cox, 1788-1851

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Emlen, Samuel, 1789-1828

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Cox, Ann.

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Barclay, David

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Epithet: of Egerton MS 3672 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x00013f ...

Wilkinson, Thomas, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000024 ...

Mifflin, George, -1785

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Society for the Relief of Negroes.

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