Papers, 1677-1970 (bulk 1820-1885).

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Papers, 1677-1970 (bulk 1820-1885).

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Correspondence, diaries, business and legal papers, facsimiles, photographs, drawings, portraits, printed material, receipts, poetry, notebook of medical lectures, and ms. of family genealogy related to Taylor, Shoemaker and allied Quaker families (Allinson, Forster, Hinchman, Hodgkin, Simpson, Wistar and others) of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio and Illinois. Letters discuss family news and Friends' activities, travel, the Civil War (including Friends' relief work and other related Quaker social concerns), Hicksite separation and Wilburite controversy in the Society of Friends, westward expansion including the California gold rush, ranching, Indians and growth of railroads; correspondents include John Allen, J. Bevan Braithwaite, Margaretta S. Hinchman, John Hodgkin, Francis T. King, Charles H. Shoemaker, Isaac Shoemaker, Edward Taylor, Hannah Taylor, Henry W. Taylor, Sarah Merritt Taylor, Thomas Wistar and others. Includes correspondence (1863-1866) of Abraham Merritt Taylor (1799-1873), related to his activities as president of the Contrabands' Relief Commission of Cincinnati to aid escaped and freed slaves (includes correspondence with Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association and American Freedmen's Aid Commission); correspondence of Joseph Wright Taylor (1810-1880), related to his founding of Bryn Mawr College; Walter Hinchman's letters (1862-1869) of his travel west and work on the railroad. Letters (1832-1855) and diary of Elizabeth R. Shoemaker Taylor (1809-1855), tell of family and friends, including Morgan Hinchman's 1847 commitment to Friends' Asylum, Frankford, Pa. and subsequent lawsuit against his family; unpublished ms. of Taylor and Shoemaker genealogy written by Charles Shoemaker Taylor (1850-1939).

ca. 3, 315 items (12 boxes)

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Taylor, Abraham Merritt, 1799-1873

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Hodgkin, John, 1800-1875

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Allinson family.

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Braithwaite, J. Bevan (Joseph Bevan), 1818-1905

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Hinchman, Morgan, fl. 1840-1849.

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Allen, John, 1790-1859

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Bryn Mawr college

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Wistar family.

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Shoemaker, Isaac, 1807-1873.

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Hinchman family.

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Taylor family.

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Hinchman, Walter, 1845-1920.

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Taylor, Charles S. (Charles Shoemaker), 1850-1939

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Shoemaker family.

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Taylor, Sarah Merritt, 1853-1940.

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Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association

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The Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association was established on Mar. 5, 1862 to provide relief to freed slaves during the American Civil War. Following the war, the organization focused on educating former slaves by providing funding for teachers. They also provided clothing and food for destitute pupils and school equipment in the form of books, slates, and maps. From the description of Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association records, 1866. (Millersville University Library). Wo...

Wistar, Thomas, 1798-1876

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Hinchman, Margaretta S., 1817-1900.

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Hodgkin family.

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Taylor, Hannah, 1808-1889.

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Taylor, Joseph Wright, 1810-1880

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Taylor, Edward, 1762-1835

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Taylor, Henry Wright, 1828-1899

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Taylor, Elizabeth R. Shoemaker, 1809-1855

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Contrabands' Relief Commission, Cincinnati.

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Shoemaker, Charles H., 1812-1897.

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Simpson family.

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King, Francis T., 1817-1891

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Biographical Note: Francis T. King was a Quaker merchant who was appointed in 1867 to the first Board of Trustees, The Johns Hopkins University. He was born in Baltimore, MD, Feb. 25, 1819, the son of Joseph and Tacy Ellicott King. He graduated in the first class of Haverford College in 1835 and entered business in Baltimore. After meeting the prominent English Quaker, Joseph John Gurney in 1838, King devoted great attention to charitable and educational work. King was i...

Forster family.

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