Papers, 1884-1937.

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Papers, 1884-1937.

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Letters, notebooks, unpublished articles, illustrations, portraits, maps, genealogy, notes, clippings, scrapbook and misc. papers. Includes material related to her work as editor of "The journal and essays of John Woolman" (1922); unpublished material includes writings on various aspects of Quaker life, such as Discipline, Queries, Meeting, marriage, and travel; also unpublished articles on Daniel Offley, North American Indian music, the Book of Tobit (including illustrations) and children's stories; letters (1884-1937) from genealogical and historical organizations and individuals related to her various writing and research projects, correspondents include William C. Allen, Francis B. Brandt, George S. Brookes, Michael J. Canavan, Gilbert Cope, John Cox, Charles H. Engle, William Bacon Evans, Ferris and Leach (publishers), Davis H. Forsythe, Rufus M. Jones, Felix Morley, Norman Penney, Henry W. Scarborough, William A. Slaughter, Malcolm Spence, Francis R. Taylor, Albert H. Votaw, Edward E. Wildman and others. Also notes on genealogy of Abraham Lincoln, Burling, Mott and Stanley families; book reviews of "The Quaker: a study in costume" (1901); maps and material related to George Fox's itinerary in America and a scrapbook on Nantucket, Mass.

ca. 600 items (5 boxes)

Haverford College Library

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Fox, George, 1624-1691

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George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and war. He rebelled against the religious and political authorities by proposing an unusual, uncompromising approach to the Christian faith. He travelled throughout Britain as a dissenting preacher, performing hundreds of healings, and often being persecuted by ...

Woolman, John, 1720-1772

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John Woolman was a Mount Holly, New Jersey, Quaker minister who advocated the abolition of slavery. From the description of Papers, 1669-1830 (inclusive), 1669, 1752-1800, 1830 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122633025 ...

Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938

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Gummere, Amelia M. (Amelia Mott), 1859-1937.

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Historian. Amelia M. Gummere was the daughter of Richard and Susan (Thomas) Mott of Burlington, N.J. In 1882 she married Francis Barton Gummere. She was a noted writer on Quaker subjects and was editor of the Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association and president of the John Woolman Association. From the description of Papers, 1884-1937. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 25898182 ...

Brookes, George S.

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Offley, Daniel, 1756-1793

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Daniel Offley was a Quaker minister from Philadelphia. He was born to Daniel Offley, Sr., and Rachel Offley on November 29, 1756. Offley was recognized as a minister around 1780, and in 1786 he accompanied Samuel Emlen on a religious visit to many of the islands in the Carribean. In 1789 he married Ann Newbold of Burlington County, New Jersey. Offley died during 1793 the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia. While many fled the city, he remained and made visits to the sick. He caught the dis...

Forsythe, Davis H.

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Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948

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American educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Seattle, to Edward Wagenknecht, [no year] Jan. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864395 Epithet: Professor of Philosophy Haverford College USA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0002fb Jones was a Quaker historian, theologian and philosopher. He taught at Haverford College, 1893-1934. From the descrip...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Brandt, Francis Burke, 1865-1939

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Evans, William Bacon, 1875-1964

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Wildman, Edward Embree, 1874-1956.

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Votaw, Albert H. (Albert Hiatt), 1850-1931

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Albert H. Votaw was a Pennsylvania Quaker active in prison reform. He was born in 1850 and grew up in Indiana. He married Phoebe Votaw. From the description of Papers, 1923-1929. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 33233827 ...

Canavan, M. J. (Michael Joseph)

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Local historian, of Lexington, Mass. From the description of M. J. Canavan collection, 20th century. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469106570 ...

Spence, Malcolm

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Stanley family.

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Morley, Felix, 1894-

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Felix Muskett Morley (1894-1982) was director of the Geneva office of League of Nations Association of the United States from 1929 to 1931. He served as editor of the Washington Post from 1933 to 1940. He was president of Haverford College from 1940 to 1945, and cofounder and editor of Human Events from 1945 to 1950. He was a columnist for Nation's Business from 1946 to 1969, and Washington correspondent for Barron's Weekly from 1950 to 1954. He authored Unemployment Relief in Great Britain in 1...

Penney, Norman, 1858-1933

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Slaughter, William, of Mount Holly, N.J.

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Mott family.

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Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928

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Ferris and Leach (Firm)

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Engle, Charles A.

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Charles F. Engle was captured at Gettysburg and wounded 7/20/64 at Peachtree Creek. From the description of Scrapbook, 1861-1901. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 45711826 ...

Taylor, Francis Richards, 1884-....

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Cox, John, 1860-1951

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John Cox (1860-1951), Quaker genealogist, lived in or near New York City for most of his life. He was an architect, engineer, and poet, but his primary interests were religious tolerance and genealogy. As Custodian of Records for the New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, he worked to collect surviving records from both Orthodox and Hicksite meetings. From the description of Genealogical research letters, 1942-1945. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 4279...

Scarborough, Henry W.

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Burling family.

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