Coffin Family Papers

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Coffin Family Papers

1797-1932

https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu//repositories/7/resources/2035

The collection contains family correspondence (1828-1913), journals of Elijah Coffin (1842), Benajah Coffin (1826), and Percival Brooks Coffin (1883-1920), business papers of Elijah Coffin and Charles F. Coffin, and miscellaneous writings. Includes documents and letters pertaining to Charles F., Rhoda M., and Elijah Coffin's prison reform activities and articles concerning the treatment of the insane, Indian rights, and temperance. Also manuscripts having to do with Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends and the Cincinnati Book Association of Friends. Correspondents include Elijah Coffin, Rhoda M. Coffin, Mordecai Hiatt, and Rufus Jones.

3 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

eng, Latn

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7285309

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Coffin, Charles F. (Charles Fisher), 1823-1916

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Indiana Quaker. From the description of Letter : Richmond, Ind., to Samuel Bettle, Jr., Philadelphia, 1851 June 18. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28328000 ...

Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828- )

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Coffin family.

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Quaker family of Wayne County, Indiana. Elijah Coffin was born in 1793 in Guilford County, N.C., the son of Bethuel and Hannah Dicks Coffin. He married Naomi Hiatt in 1820, and the family moved to Milton, Indiana in 1824. Elijah worked as a banker, and the family moved for a short time to Cincinnati and then to Richmond, Ind. Benjamin and Elizabeth Hiatt, Naomi's parents, also migrated to Indiana at the same time, together with Naomi's brother, Mordecai, and his family. ...

Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948

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American educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Seattle, to Edward Wagenknecht, [no year] Jan. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864395 Epithet: Professor of Philosophy Haverford College USA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0002fb Jones was a Quaker historian, theologian and philosopher. He taught at Haverford College, 1893-1934. From the descrip...

Coffin, Rhoda M. (Rhoda Moorman), 1826-1909

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Rhoda M. Coffin was a Quaker active in prison reform and reform of the treatment of the insane, as well as the temperance movement. From the description of An account of a visit to Indian territory : Ft. Scott, Kansas, 1894 November 5. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64061492 ...

Coffin, Percival Brooks, 1865-1935

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Hiatt, Mordecai, 1799-1873

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Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862

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Elijah Coffin was born in 1793 in Guilford County, N.C., and moved to Indiana in 1824. He began as a teacher, then became a businessman and finally a banker. He held positions of responsibility within the Society of Friends, including Clerk of the Indiana Yearly Meeting and Elder, and published works on Scripture and religion. He died in 1862. From the description of Explanatory notes, showing the mode of organizing and conducting a school, upon the genuine Lancasterian plan : writte...

Hiatt, Benajah, 1773-1847

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