Family Papers, 1825-1912.

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Family Papers, 1825-1912.

This collection includes the commonplace book of Sarah Sharpless Green, the writing book of her sister Amy Sharpless, and the copy book of her daughter Sadie Sharpless Green. In her journals are personal notes, poetry, newspaper clippings, and manuscript copies of spiritual writings. The most substantial of these is the account of the life of Quaker minister Ruth Anna Lindley.

4 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7318195

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Sharpless Family.

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Green, Sadie Sharpless, 1857-1886

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Lindley, Ruth Anna, 1768-1810

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Green, Sarah Sharpless, 1819-1915

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Sarah Sharpless was born a Quaker in 1819, the daughter of Samuel and Ruth Iddings Sharpless. She married William Lamborn Green in 1844. Their daughter Sadie, a graduate of Swarthmore College, married Jonathan Pierce in 1886. Sarah Sharpless died in 1915. From the description of Family Papers, 1825-1912. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 31403548 ...

Sharpless, Amy, 1818-1910

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