Lewis-Fussell family papers, 1698-1978.

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Lewis-Fussell family papers, 1698-1978.

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Correspondence, journals, other writings, account books, albums, photographs, and miscellaneous notes of members of the Lewis and Fussell families of Chester and Delaware Counties in Pennsylvania. Includes the papers and drawings of Graceanna Lewis, prominent Quaker natural scientist and social reformer. Educated at the Kimberton Boarding School, she also taught at a number of female seminaries, including a boarding school managed by her uncle, Bartholomew Fussell, and the Foster School for Girls at Clifton Springs, N.Y. Of particular interest is her correspondence with a cousin concerning a school for black children in which he was teaching and phrenology, and her manuscript memoirs of the Underground Railroad. The collection also includes the correspondence (1836-90) of Henry B. Fussell, with his observations on politics and the Civil War, and that of Linnaeus Fussell, with descriptions of his travels in China and in other parts of Asia from 1867-69 while aboard the U.S.S. Unadilla. The early life of the artist, Charles Lewis Fussell is mentioned in the correspondence of his mother, Rebecca Lewis Fussell; the letters of the former are also part of this collection. Other correspondents include Rebecca F. Trimble, Esther Jane Trimble, Esther Lewis, Henry M. Fussell, Rebecca L. Fussell, and many other family members.

12 boxes (6 linear ft.)

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7318441

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Fussell family.

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Fussell, Henry B. (Henry Bartholomew), 1815-1890

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Fussell, Linnaeus, 1842-1907

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Fussell, Rebecca L. (Rebecca Lewis), 1820-1893

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Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912

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Graceanna Lewis (August 3, 1821 – February 25, 1912) was an American naturalist, illustrator, and social reformer. An expert in the field of ornithology, Lewis is remembered as a pioneer female American scientist as well as an activist in the anti-slavery, temperance, and women's suffrage movements....

Lewis family.

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Faulk family.

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Trimble, Rebecca F. (Rebecca Fussell), 1796-1882

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Foster School for Girls (Clifton Springs, N.Y.)

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Kimberton Boarding School

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Fussell, Charles Lewis, 1840-1909

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Fussell, Henry M. (Henry Moore), -1917

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Trimble, Esther Jane, 1838-1888

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Lewis, Esther, 1782-1848

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