Howell family papers, 1841-1885.

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Howell family papers, 1841-1885.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31452387

This collection includes the papers of Elizabeth Howell and her family. Included are a receipt for tuition at Friends Select School, a letter of acknowledgement from Israel Howell to Chester Monthly Meeting, and a short note relating the reaction of the author to the assasination of Abraham Lincoln. Also included is correspondence between members of the Howell family relating family news. Correspondents include Sally R. Howell and Jacob Howell. Also included is a chart of Howell family genealogy.

3 folders.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7319287

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Howell, Elizabeth, 1834-1876

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Elizabeth Howell was a birthright Quaker. She was born in 1834, the daughter of Israel and Elizabeth Rowland Howell. She died unmarried in 1876. From the description of Howell family papers, 1841-1885. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 31452387 ...

Howell, Jacob, 1827-1891

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Howell family.

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Friends Select School (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Howell, Israel, 1786-1864

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Howell, Sally R., 1829-1850

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...