Edward Wanton Smith papers, 1681-1971

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Edward Wanton Smith papers, 1681-1971

1681-1971

http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hcmc-955

This collection includes letters, biographical accounts of Friends, genealogical material, legal and financial papers, business accounts, minutes, accounts of dreams and visions of Friends, essays, notebooks, epistles of Friends' Meetings, marriage certificates, maps, pictures, deeds, and other material of the Smith and Atwater families. Noteworthy are a holograph manuscript by George Fox, 1673; the papers of George and Sarah (Hill) Dillwyn, 1752-1828; papers pertaining to the Emlen Institution, endowed by Samuel Emlen for educating African Americans and indigenous peoples, ca.1837-1848; papers pertaining to the estate of Reuben Haines, 1831-1843; Hill family papers, 1750-1798; letters of Margaret (Hill) Morris and Benjamin Smith, concerning the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, 1793; letters and diary, 1784-1813, of Deborah (Morris) Smith Collins; papers concerning the settlement of John Morton's estate, 1750-1845; papers of Daniel B. Smith, 1770-1870; material on Friends in France, ca.1785-1889, Jean de Marsillac, 1788-1797, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and Rhode Island Quarterly and Yearly Meetings, 1708-1805; extracts from Minutes of Friends' Meetings around Philadelphia, concerning the Separation of 1827-1828; queries by Alexis de Tocqueville, concerning African Americans and Friends' practices in regard to them; material on the subject of marriages between near relations, including a copy of a letter by Thomas Ellwood on the subject, 1706; five items from the late 18th century concerning treaties and other matters between white people and the Cherokee and Delaware indigenous peoples. Topics covered by the collection include: social and political history; business concerns, including Richard M. Atwater's connections with the Solvay Process Co. and Johnson Harvester Co.; the Quakerism of Richard M. Atwater and Esther M. Smith (1797-1865); the composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams; the artist, Ogden Wood; Sarah Anne Greene Smith's views on Japan, 1933-35, while a teacher at Friends Girls' School, and letters written to her by her Japanese students and colleagues as well as some photographs from Japan.

6.25 Linear Feet (29 boxes, about 3,870 items)

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Morton, John, 1725-1777

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John Morton (1725 – April 1, 1777) was a farmer, surveyor, and jurist from the Province of Pennsylvania and a Founding Father of the United States. As a delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution, he was a signatory to the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence. Morton provided the swing vote that allowed Pennsylvania to vote in favor of the United States Declaration of Independence. Born in Ridley Township in Chester County, Pennsyl...

Fox, George, 1624-1691

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Lindley, Jacob, 1744-1814

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Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820

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George Dillwyn (1738-1820) was a Quaker minister born April 26, 1738, Old Style (May 7, New Style), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to John and Susanna (Painter) Dillwyn. He married Sarah Hill in 1759. Dillwyn was unsuccessful in business, but was recognized as a minister in 1766. In 1784, he and his wife traveled to England and the continent of Europe on a religious visit, along with Sarah Grubb, Mary Dudley, and Robert Grubb. In 1793, Dillwyn and his wife again visited England, where they staye...

Smith, Esther Morton, 1865-1942

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Thomas Mott Osborne was active in the prison reform movement. He was born in Auburn, New York, in 1859, the son of David Munson and Eliza Wright Osborne. In 1886 he married Agnes Devens. From 1914-1916 he was warden of Sing Sing prison. He authored two books, Society and Prisons and Prisons and Common Sense. Thomas Mott Osborne died in 1926. From the description of Collection of Thomas Mott Osborne Papers, 1915. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 31492804 ...

Moore family.

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Marsillac, J. (Jean)

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Collins, Deborah Smith, 1760-1822.

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Smith, Benjamin Raper

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Dillwyn, Sarah, 1738?-1826.

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Griffitts, Hannah, 1727-1812

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Smith, Daniel, d. 1799.

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Smith, Edward Wanton, 1875-1940

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Morton family.

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Moore, Milcah Martha, 1740-1829

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Morris, Margaret Hill, 1737?-1816

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Morris family.

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Smith, Daniel B., 1792-1883

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Daniel B. Smith and Benjamin R. Smith were Philadelphia, Pa. druggists and chemists. Daniel Smith was particularly active in the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy. From the description of Records, 1826-1851 (inclusive), 1826-1829 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122625312 ...

Hill family.

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Wharton family.

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Tocqueville, Alexis ˜deœ 1805-1859

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : Louisville, to [Ernest de Chabrol-Chaméane], 1831 Dec. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572695 Tocqueville, political scientist, historian, and politician, who wrote Democracy in America (1835-40). From the description of Yale Tocqueville manuscripts, ca. 1802-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79763433 From the description of Yale Tocqueville manuscripts, ca. 1802-1840. (Unknown)....

Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831

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Charles Lucian Bonaparte was a naturalist and ornithologist. From the guide to the Correspondence, 1824-1855, from American scientists, 1824-1855, (American Philosophical Society) Art patron; Germantown, Pa. Benefactor to Rembrandt Peale among others. Robert Bowne, Jane and Hannah Haines were his children. From the description of Reuben Haines and Haines family selected papers, 1824-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565972 ...

Smith, Benjamin, 1762-1793.

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Fisher, Thomas, 1801-1856

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Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent.

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Smith family.

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Hill, Richard, 1698-1762

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