Hallowell-Stabler family papers, 1811-1946.

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Hallowell-Stabler family papers, 1811-1946.

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Correspondence of James S. Hallowell, his wife, Margaret Stabler Hallowell, their children, and other family members. Also includes letters of Edward Stabler and his children, poems by Alice Hallowell, lesson books, financial papers, and pictures of Hallowell and Stabler family members. Collection illustrates the life of a 19th century Quaker family in Alexandria, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Sandy Spring, Maryland, and Philadelphia, where several relatives resided. While emphasizing family affairs and domestic life, these papers contain material of interest on education, farm life, observations of the Civil War and the Federal bureaucracy, travel and hunting.

3.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7285313

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Alexandria Boarding School (Alexandria, Va.)

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Bush, Annie Hallowell, 1849-1930

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Hallowell, James, 1821-1886.

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James S. Hallowell was a Quaker educator in Virginia and also served as Clerk of the Post Office Department. Born in 1821, the son of James S. and Amelia Bird Hallowell of Abington Monthly Meeting, James S. Hallowell moved to Alexandria, Virginia, in 1840. In 1846 he married Margaret Stabler, daughter of Edward and Ann R. He taught at the Alexandria Boarding school, directed by his uncle, Benjamin Hallowell, and in 1846 the former founded Alexandria Female Seminary and s...

Stabler, E. (Edward), 1794-1883

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Engraver, postmaster, and insurance executive. From the description of Papers of E. Stabler, 1882-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014511 ...

Hallowell, Alice Rich

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Hallowell, Caleb S. (Caleb Shreve), 1818-1870

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Biographical note: Educator, traveler. From the description of Caleb S. Hallowell journal, 1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122621724 ...

Hallowell, James B. (James Bird), 1854-1906.

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Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877

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College president and educator. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Hallowell, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450732 ...

United States. Post Office Department

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On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed: That a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary. That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Fal...

Hallowell, Edward S., 1847-1866

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Hallowell, Margaret S. (Margaret Stabler), 1824-1900

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