Morris Wistar Wood Collection, 1721-1979.

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Morris Wistar Wood Collection, 1721-1979.

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Primarily correspondence of the related Quaker families of Collins, Cresson, Emlen, Morris, Wistar and Wood, also diaries, photographs, genealogy, financial, legal and business papers, clippings, maps, facsimiles and other papers. Includes: correspondence of Annabella Elliott Cresson (1743-1793) and husband Caleb Cresson (1742-1816); letters (1815-1816) of Caleb Cresson (1775-1821) while in England and France and transcript of journal of his visit; papers of Charles Caleb Cresson (1816-1902) include research notes and notebooks (topics include Pierre Cresson, William Penn Charter School and John Archdale, also his genealogical research on Bacon, Cresson, Elliott, Emlen, Warder and related families), letterbook (1893-1895) and his "Our Saviour as a Wine Drinker"; transcript of journal (1784-1785) of trip to Barbados by James Cresson (1741-1799); memoirs (ca. 1764) of Joshua Cresson (1744-1793); approx. 240 letters (1876-1878) of Joshua H. Morris (1822-1885) and Elizabeth Stokes Morris while in Europe; business letterbook (1830-1841) of Bartholomew Wistar (1790-1841); letters of John Wistar (1759-1815) to son Bartholomew; diaries (1918-1924) of Annabella Bonnyman Wood (1902-1926) discuss life as a Philadelphia debutante; ca. 212 letters (1890-1910) of Annabella Cresson Wistar Wood (1872-1967) and Horatio Curtis Wood (1870-1943) detail courtship, love and married life; also her diaries (1884-1905, some jointly kept with husband, Horatio C. Wood); papers of Rev. Charles Wood (1851-1936) include ca. 90 letters to him (1870-1908) as well as biographical material on him; diaries (1923-1933, 1955) of Evelyn Byrd Page Wood; diaries (1910-1943) of Horatio Curtis Wood (1870-1943), also his letters (1913, with photographs) of trip to Europe with family; papers of Morris Wistar Wood (1899-1980) include letters (1921-1923, with photographs) of his stay in China as Quaker missionary at Canton Christian College (now Ling nan ta hsüeh) and diaries (1922-1978); misc. correspondents include members of Hadwen, Moore and other families; printed histories of Cresson, Dumaresq, Elliott, Emlen families; photographs, including three albums, chiefly Cresson, Wistar and Wood families.

ca. 2,400 items (36 boxes).

Haverford College Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7264422

Haverford College Library

Related Entities

There are 32 Entities related to this resource.

Wistar family.

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Warder family.

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Cresson family.

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Wood, Horatio Curtis, 1870-1943.

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Cresson, Caleb, 1775-1821

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Cresson, Pierre, ca. 1610-ca. 1681.

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Wistar, Bartholomew, 1790-1841

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Wood family.

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Wood, Annabella Cresson Wistar, 1872-1967.

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Ling nan da xue (Guangzhou Shi, China)

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Cresson, Joshua, 1744-1793

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Dumaresq family.

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Wood, M. Wistar (Morris Wistar), 1899-1980

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Cresson, James, 1740-1799.

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Elliott family.

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Wood, Evelyn Byrd Page, b. 1898.

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Morris, Elizabeth Stokes.

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Wood, Annabella Bonnyman, 1902-1926.

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Cresson, Charles Caleb, 1816-1902

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William Penn Charter School

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The William Penn Charter School, an independent college preparatory school, had its beginnings in the Public Grammar School founded in 1689 as a result of instructions from William Penn to the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania. Thomas Lloyd, president of the Council, requested Philadelphia Monthly Meeting to take charge of the matter. In 1708 Penn signed a charter removing the responsibility for the school from the Meeting and giving it to an appointed Board of Quaker Overseers. Fro...

Bacon family.

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Morris, Joshua H. (Joshua Husband), 1822-1885.

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Wistar, John, 1759-1815.

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Emlen family.

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Cresson, Annabella Elliott, 1743-1793.

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Hadwen family.

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Morris family.

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Moore family.

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Wood, Charles, Rev., 1851-1936.

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Archdale, John, 1642?-1717

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Governor of North Carolina, 1695-1697. From the description of Papers, 1694-1705. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20574181 British army officer, commissioner to the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, British emissary to Massachusetts and Maine, colonial governor of the Carolinas, and member of the British Parliament. From the description of John Archdale papers, 1690-1706. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015552 ...

Collins family.

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Cresson, Caleb, 1742-1816

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Caleb Cresson was a Philadelphia merchant and a Quaker. From the description of Diary, 1791-1792. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122347700 Quaker merchant of Philadelphia. From the description of Cresson poetry, manuscript, 1783-1792. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663010 Mary Armitt was born Mary Emlen in Philadelphia, Pa., on Nov. 1, 1707, the daughter of George and Hannah Emlen. She married Joh...