Papers, 1656-1916.

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Papers, 1656-1916.

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Letters (1700-1864), notes, extracts, misc. mss. including memorials, deeds, marriage certificates, wills, genealogy, anecdotes and poetry related to Sheppard and allied families of England, Ireland and United States. Includes letters (1700-1726) of Irish Friends James Wansborough, Robert Dawson, Joseph Armitage and Thomas Sheppard to Sheppard relatives in America telling of conditions in Great Britain; correspondence (1846-1854) between Joseph Kite and sister Mary Kite discusses spiritual matters, Meetings and controversies, especially Wilburite Separation; other correspondents include Jacob Albertson, Nathan Cook, Jonathan Evans, Elizabeth C. North, John Sheppard, Rebecca Walton, John Wilbur and others; notes and extracts from minutes of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (1827, 1830-51, 1861); misc. mss. include records of European Friends in the ministry who visited America and vice versa (1656-1843); also survey book (1766-1787) of Cumberland County (N.J.).

ca. 233 items (3 boxes)

Haverford College Library

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Haverford College Library

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Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861

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Sheppard family.

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Armitage, Joseph.

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

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Albertson, Jacob.

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Sheppard, John, approximately 1515-1558

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John Sheppard served for five years as a private in Capt. Alexander Brownlow's Company, 8th Infantry Regiment. He enlisted 12 June 1812 and was discharged 12 June 1817. From the description of Military discharge, 1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122442357 ...

Walton, Rebecca

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Wilbur, John, 1774-1856

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Quaker minister from Hopkinton, R.I. and leader of the opposition to the evangelical views of Joseph John Gurney. His lifelong opposition to Gurney led to his disownment in 1843 and the separation in 1845 of New England Yearly Meeting into Gurneyites and Wilburites. From the description of Papers, 1831-1873. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 25540875 ...

Cook, Nathan Henry

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Kite, Joseph, ca.1795-1854.

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North, Elizabeth Watkins

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Evans, Jonathan, 1759-1839

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Wansborough, James.

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Dawson, Robert

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Robert Dawson was a soldier in the Royal Scots who served in Archangel, Russia, 1918-1919, and later taken prisoner by the Bolsheviks. From the description of In Bolshevik hands, 1918-1920, undated. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 621524999 From the guide to the In Bolshevik hands, 1918-1920, undated, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) Epithet: Muggletonian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descr...

Sheppard, Thomas H.

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Soldier. From the description of Discharge, 1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70953122 ...