Papers, 1821-1951 (bulk 1852-1896).

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Papers, 1821-1951 (bulk 1852-1896).

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Correspondence, diaries, albums, traveling minutes, memorials, poetry, legal and business papers, portraits, photographs, illustrations, maps and misc. papers of Jones and related Quaker families (Jacob, Magoon, Maxfield and others). Correspondence (1827-1890) of Eli and Sybil Jones with friends and family discusses travel and religious ministry in the United States, Europe, Africa, and Middle East, other topics include family news, education and slavery. Letters (1853-1883) of and about Richard Mott Jones and William Penn Charter School where he was headmaster; correspondence (1869-1906) of Susan Taber Jones; letters (1851-1864) of James Parnell Jones (as student at Haverford College, teacher, Civil War soldier); letters (1892-1896) to Charles and Ellen Maxfield Jones while they were in charge of the Eli and Sibyl [sic] Jones Mission (Rām Allāh); diaries (1840-1871) of Sybil Jones relating her spiritual struggle in deciding to minister abroad, work and travel in the ministry, death of son James and ministry of the wounded during the Civil War; also diaries (1869-1878) of Eli Jones; temperance related material includes proceedings (1859-1863) of the Lake Division, No. 100 of Sons of Temperance (Me.) and minutes (1860-1861) of the Kennebec County Temperance Union.

ca. 680 items (4 boxes).

Haverford College Library

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Haverford College Library

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Madāris al-Frindz (Rām Allāh)

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Maxfield family.

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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...

Jacobs family.

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Jones, Sybil, 1808-1873

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Jones, Charles M., 1844-1896

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Jones, James Parnell, 1835-1864

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Jones, Susan Taber, 1847-1913

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Jones, Eli, 1807-1890

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Sons of Temperance of North America. Lake Division (China, Me.)

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Jones, Ellen Maxfield, 1853-1904

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Jones family.

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Quaker ministers. Eli Jones (1807-1890) of China, Me., m. 1833 Sybil Jones (1808-1873). In 1851 they began religious work in Liberia, later traveling in Great Britain, France, Norway, Germany and Switzerland. During the Civil War, their son James Parnell Jones was killed, and Sybil worked to minister the wounded in Washington. In 1867 they went to the Middle East, working in Palestine and Syria. They began a girls school at Rām Allāh, Jordan. From the description of Papers, 1821-19...

Magoon family.

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