[Marriage certificates], 1783-1906.

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[Marriage certificates], 1783-1906.

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Includes certificates of: John Letchworth and Elizabeth Kite, Philadelphia, 1783, signed by Anthony Benezet, James Pemberton, David Bacon, Nicholas Waln, Elizabeth Drinker, Deborah Morris, et al. Notes concerning births and deaths of their children added; Robert Letchworth and Elizabeth Hayes, Chester Co., 1817, signed by Nathan Hunt et al.; Jonathan P. Knight and Alice Comfort. Bucks Co., 1822; John Letchworth and Rachel Knight, Philadelphia, 1853, signed by Thomas Scattergood, et al. On verso is their 50th anniversary certificate (1903); Arthur Letchworth and Christine Strathie, Philadelphia, 1906, signed by Asa Wing, Emma Cadbury, et al.

5 items ; 71 x 61 cm. or smaller.

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Pemberton, James, 1723-1809

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Quaker merchant, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1777-1812. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 27134245 Quaker merchant and philanthropist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to James Phillips, (probably the Quaker bookseller in London), 1788 Nov. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872094 Clerk of the Philadelphia and New Jersey Society of Friends. From the description of Quaker pape...

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...

Drinker, Elizabeth Sandwith, 1734-1807

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Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker's milieu was the community of well-to-do Quakers in eighteenth century Philadelphia. She was born in 1735, the daughter of Sarah Jervis and William Sandwith, a Philadelphia merchant and shipowner. In 1761 she married Henry Drinker (1743-1809), also a merchant. An invalid much of her life, she died in 1807. From the description of Diaries, 1758-1807 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006579 Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker of Philad...

Hunt, Nathan, 1758-1853

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Nathan Hunt, Quaker leader, itinerant minister, and principal founder of the New Garden Boarding School (now Guilford College), was born in the New Garden community (now within the limits of Greensboro), the son of Sarah Mills and William Hunt, a Friends minister. Nathan Hunt characterized his heritage "as a very ancient British family with some Scotch and some Welsh blood in it." His paternal grandfather and great-grandfather located on Rancocas Creek in New Jersey soon after 1670. His father,...

Letchworth, Arthur.

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Letchworth family.

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Scattergood, Thomas, 1705 or 1706-1731

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Letchworth, Christine Strathie.

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Letchworth, Rachel K.

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Letchworth, Robert, fl. 1817.

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Knight, Jonathan P., fl. 1822.

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Letchworth, Elizabeth Hayes, f. 1817.

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Bacon, David, 1729-1809

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David Bacon, a Philadelphia hatter and an elder in his Quaker Meeting, made a visit to Cannandaigua, N.Y., 9 mo 15 to 11 mo 27, 1794, to be present at a treaty with the Indians of the Six Nations. He was accompainied by James Emlen, John Parrish and William Savery. David Bacon was the son of John Bacon. Mary Trotter was the daughter of Joseph Trotter. They were married in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. From the description of Marriage certificate of David Bacon and Mary Trotter, 1751....

Morris, Deborah, fl. 1783.

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Cadbury, Emma, 1875-1965

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Emma Cadbury (1875-1965) was the daughter of Joel and Anna Kaighn (Lowry) Cadbury. She was a member of Moorestown Meeting, N.J. and was active in Philadelphia and Moorestown Friends' activities from 1898-1923. From the description of Papers, 1894-1963 (bulk 1904-1921). (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 27382744 ...

Letchworth, Elizabeth Kite, fl. 1783.

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Letchworth, John, fl. 1853.

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Letchworth, John, fl. 1783.

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Wing, Asa S. (Asa Shove), 1850-1931

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Knight, Alice Comfort, fl. 1822.

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Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (after his death it was revived as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery); the first public school for girls in North America; and t...