Kite-Bassett family papers, 1837-1930.

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Kite-Bassett family papers, 1837-1930.

Correspondence and other papers of the Kite and Bassett families, mainly describing family life but also relating to Quaker activities, especially events at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) and the New England Yearly Meeting and including discussions of the Wilbur-Gurney controversy. Several of the Kite children attended the Westtown School, and some of the letters are between them and their parents. Correspondents include Ruth Bassett, William Bassett, Elizabeth B. Boyce, Eunice B. Boyce, Hannah Bassett, Anna B. Newhall, Lydia B. Kite, James Kite, Ruth K. Smedley, Jacob Smedley, James R. Kite, Rebecca Kite, Abbie Kite, and Ruth MacCollin Hoffman, granddaughter of Lydia B. Kite. Of particular note is the correspondence of the latter, 1918-19, describing Quaker reconstruction work in France while she was a participant in the American Friends Service Committee relief efforts.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7290962

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Boyce, Eunice B. (Eunice Bassett), 1811-1864

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Boyce, Eliza B. (Eliza Bassett), 1807-1882

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Smedley, Jacob, 1835-1893

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Newhall, Anna G. (Anna Greene), 1824-1863

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Bassett, William, 1803-1871

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Hoffman, Ruth McCollin, 1890-

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Smedley, Ruth K. (Ruth Kite), 1838-1914

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Kite, James, 1808-1856

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Kite, Lydia B. (Lydia Bassett), 1813-1872

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Kite, James R. (James Rodman), 1840-1908

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Americans Friends Service Committee.

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Bassett, Hannah, 1815-1855

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Kite, Abbie, 1851-1919

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Bassett, Ruth, -1860

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox: 1827-1955)

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Masters, Rebecca K. (Rebecca Kite), 1843-1895

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