Nicholas Waln Family papers, 1783-1895 (bulk 1783-1819)

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Nicholas Waln Family papers, 1783-1895 (bulk 1783-1819)

1783-1895 (bulk 1783-1819)

http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hcmc-966

Correspondence, portraits, photographs, poetry, genealogy and misc. papers related to Nicholas Waln and Waln family. Bulk of material consists of correspondence related to Nicholas Waln's journeys as a Quaker minister in England and Ireland. Topics discussed include news of family, Friends' activities, travel, friendship, spiritual matters, ministry, slave conditions in West Indies (1784 letter of William B. Clark); other correspondents include James Bringhurst, Joseph Bringhurst, Henry Drinker, Rebecca Jones, John Parrish, M. Richardson, David Sands, Hannah Stephenson, John Townsend, Robert Valentine, Richard Waln, Robert Waln and Sarah Richardson Waln. Includes letters (1807-1809, 1818-1819) of Jacob Shoemaker Waln while studying law in England and visiting France, letters discuss his travels and activities and include comments on social life; letters (1818-1819) of Townsend Compton to Sarah R. Waln giving news of her son Jacob; letter of Lloyd Mifflin on provenance of Waln letters; poetry written on the death of Joseph R. Waln (1773-1783), includes poem by Robert Proud; chart of Waln genealogy. Papers consist of deeds relating to Nicholas Waln's (1650-1721/2) land holdings in the Northern Liberties area of Philadelphia where his estate, Walnford, was located (Box 2); wills, including the certified copy of the will of Nicholas Waln in 1721/2 (Box 3); letters to Richard Waln (1737-1809), brother of Nicholas Waln (Box 3); documents, including the appointment of Thomas Wistar as "Indian Commissioner" by Andrew Johnson (Box 3) and Zachary Taylor; and a photograph of Wistar with Sac, Fox, and Kiowa Native Americans taken in ca. 1866 by Alexander Gardner.

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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

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Parrish, John, 1730-1807

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Quaker minister of Philadelphia and Baltimore. Born in Maryland in 1729, the son of John and Elizabeth Roberts Parrish, he was apprenticed in Philadelphia and afterwards married Ann Wilson in 1753. Parrish travelled in the ministry to the Delaware Indians of western Pennsylvania in 1773 and again in 1784 to Barbadoes. In 1806 he wrote Remarks on the Slavery of the Black People. From the description of Notes on Abolition, circa 1805. (Swarthmore College). Wor...

Stephenson, Hannah.

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Townsend, John, 1733-1809

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William and James Miller were clock makers in London, England. John Townsend was a cabinet maker working in Newport, RI. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1745-1765. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668322157 John Townsend was a cabinet maker working in Newport, Rhode Island. William Tomlinson was a clock maker working in London, England. From the description of Tall case brass dial ...

Valentine, Robert A.

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Richardson, M.

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Sands, David, 1745-1818

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David Sands was a Quaker minister from southeastern New York. He was born into a Presbyterian family at Cowneck, Long Island, on 11 mo. 4 1745. Around 1759 the family moved to Cornwall in Orange County, N.Y., where the sickly youth spent much of his time in contemplation of religious matters. In 1766 Sands was convinced to join the Society of Friends through the ministry of English Quaker Samuel Nottingham and was accepted into membership in Nine Partners Monthly Meet1ng, N.Y. ...

Waln, Richard, b. 1737

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Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817

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Rebecca Jones was a Quaker minister from Philadelphia. She was born in Philadelphia, 7mo. 8 (old style), 1739, of pious parents of the Church of England. Her father, William Jones, was a seaman, and was lost on a voyage when Rebecca was a young child. Kary, Jones's mother, opened a school at No. 8 Drinker's Alley, which proved very successful, and she was able to give a careful education to Rebecca and her older brother Daniel. Rebecca never married. Jones was convinced of ...

Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809

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Henry Drinker, a prominent Quaker merchant in Philadelphia, was the son of Henry and Mary Gottier Drinker. He married Ann Swett in 1754 and then, after her death, married Elizabeth Sandwith in 1761. Drinker is perhaps best known for his exile with other Quaker pacifists to Winchester, Virginia, during 1777-1778. He was a Clerk of the Meeting for Sufferings, Treasurer of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and an Elder. From the description of Correspondence, 1791-1801. (Swarthmore College)....

Waln family.

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Clark, William B.

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Bringhurst, James d. 1810

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The Bringhursts of Philadelphia, Pa., were a prominent Quaker family, active in the civic life of the City and in the Society of Friends. James Bringhurst and his brother, Joseph, were merchants, and their niece, Elizabeth Foulke, was a Quaker minister. From the description of Collection of Bringhurst Family Correspondence, 1780-1811. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 56359896 ...

Proud, Robert, 1728-1813

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Quaker educator and scholar. From the description of Papers, 1754-1806. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 27357783 Philadelphia educator and historian. From the description of Quotations and translations from Virgil and Cato : AMsS : Philadelphia, 1801 May 9-July 18. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122316913 Pennsylvania educator and historian. From the description of Notebook, 1791 and later. (Rosenbach Museum &...

Waln, Jacob Shoemaker, 1784-1847.

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Waln, Sarah Richardson, 1746-1825.

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Sarah (neeʹ Richardson) Waln was the wife of Nicholas Waln, lawyer and Quaker clergyman. From the description of Recipe book, ca. 1800. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122524282 ...

Mifflin, Lloyd, 1846-1921

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Painter and poet. From the description of Letters of Lloyd Mifflin [manuscript], ca. 1905, 1911. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813140 Lloyd Mifflin was an author, poet, and painter from Columbia, Pa. He was born on Sept. 15, 1846 to Elibeth A. and J. Houston Mifflin, a painter and author of lyrics. He attended local schools, including the Washington Classical Institute, and studied art abroad in Germany and Italy. Delicate health compelled him to abandon a...

Waln, Nicholas, 1742-1813

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Nicholas Waln (1742-1813), Quaker minister, was the son of Nicholas and Mary Shoemaker Waln. He married Sarah Richardson in 1771. Their children included Joseph R. Waln (1773-1783), Jacob Shoemaker Waln (1784-1847), and William and Nicholas Waln. Waln was educated as a lawyer but, as a result of a profound religious experience in 1772, gave up his lucrative practice. Waln began to travel in the ministry in 1774 and made two religious visits to Great Britain, in 1783 and 1795. From t...

Bringhurst, Joseph, 1733-1811.

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Compton, Townsend.

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Waln, John, d. 1824.

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Waln, Joseph R., 1773-1783.

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