Papers, 1700-1867 (bulk 1750-1840).

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Papers, 1700-1867 (bulk 1750-1840).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26282967

Chiefly correspondence between members of related Quaker families of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware (Allinson, Cox, Dillwyn, Emlen, Hill, Hilles, Howland, Logan, Moore, Morris, Smith and others). Also includes journals, poetry, portraits, legal and business papers. Letters chiefly discuss family, friends, health, spiritual matters and travel. Much of the correspondence is between Quaker women: letters (1821-1859) of Margaret H. Hilles to her mother and sister discuss family, child rearing and health concerns, includes "Account of a Philadelphia Infant School in 1827"; letters (1758-1811) of Margaret Hill Morris to her sister and daughter are concerned with family and health (includes 1793 yellow fever epidemic); also letters (1784-1818) of Gulielma M. Smith, chiefly to her mother, Margaret Hill Morris; letters (1777-1778) of Hannah Moore to her sister; letters (1790-1802) of Hannah Griffitts to Margaret Morris discuss friendship, religious thoughts, family, friends and health concerns. Also includes letters (1784-1835) of John and Ann Cox of Oxmead; letters (1763-1770) of William Dillwyn, to his father-in-law John Smith; letters (1700-1802) of Richard Hill and family telling of family matters and their business house on the island of Madeira; letters, journals, poems, translations and philosophical writings of James Logan (1674-1751); journal of Susanna Morris (1682-1755) giving her account of her travels as a Quaker minister; letters (1753-1770) of John Smith (1722-1771) to family members on business, religion, health, Indians; also his travel journal with Samuel Fothergill (1754); letters of Morris Smith (1801-1832) telling of travels in Canada and the American South; letters (1755-1793) of Richard Wells discuss family, yellow fever epidemic, Revolutionary War; other correspondents include Grace Buchanan, Samuel Emlen, Samuel Hilles and Rachel Stewardson.

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Smith, Gulielma M., 1766-1826.

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Wells, Richard, 1734-1801

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Logan, James, 1674-1751

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James Logan, colonial statesman and scholar, became William Penn's secretary and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1699. Logan was later appointed Penn's financial agent in the colony and adviser for his descendants. During the next forty years, he held various positions in the colonial government including secretary of the province, clerk of the Provincial Council, and numerous other executive and judicial posts. Logan also amassed a fortune in land investment and in trade with the Indians. He was ...

Emlen, Samuel, approximately 1765-1837

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Smith, John, 1722-1771

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Allinson family.

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Hilles, Margaret H., 1786-1882.

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Hill family.

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Stewardson, Rachel Smith, 1792-1836

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Smith family.

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Emlen family.

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Dillwyn family.

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Morris, Margaret Hill, 1737?-1816

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Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824

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The Dillwyn and Emlen family was joined in 1795 when Susanna Dillwyn married Samuel Emlen, Jr. Both the Dillwyn and Emlen families were prominent in early America as Quakers and advocates for abolition. William Dillwyn was born in Philadelphia on July 21, 1743, the son of John Dillwyn and Susanna Painter. According to Clarkson, William Dillwyn was “a pupil of the venerable [Anthony] Benezet, who took pains very early to interest his feeling on [abolition],” (Clarkson). A...

Morris family.

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Hill, Richard, 1698-1762

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Moore family.

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Buchanan, Grace, d. 1803.

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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...

Howland family.

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Howland, Gulielma M., 1822-1907,

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Dr. Richard Hill (1698-1762) m. Deborah Moore, their daughter Margaret Hill (1737-1816) m. William Morris (1735-1766). Wm. and Margaret's daughter Gulielma Maria Morris (1766-1826) m. John Smith (1761-1803). Their daughter Margaret Hill Smith (1786-1882) m. Samuel Hilles (1788-1873), the first principal of Haverford School. Margaret and Samuel's daughter Gulielma Maria Hilles (1822-1907), collector, m. Charles W. Howland (d. 1896). From the description of Papers, 1700-1867 (bulk 1750...

Morris, Susanna, 1682-1755

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Cox family.

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Griffitts, Hannah, 1727-1812

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Smith, Morris, 1801-1832

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Hilles, Samuel, 1788-1873

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Moore, Hannah, 1724-1799.

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Logan family.

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