Family papers, 1691-1955.

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Family papers, 1691-1955.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50418817

Collection documents the business career of Joseph Wharton as well as his activities as manager of Swarthmore College for over 35 years. Includes business correspondence (1855-1908) of the Joseph Wharton Gap Establishment, Lehigh Zinc Company, Bethlehem Iron company, Hibernia Mine Railroad Company, as well as more than fifty articles prepared by Wharton dealing with the mineral ore industry, tariff questions, political issues on a national and regional level, and his special concerns in education. The collection contains legal and financial papers for the family from 1778 to 1909. Among the most significant family items are the original diary of Samuel Rowland Fisher, one of the Quaker exiles in Virginia; travel diaries of Jabez Maud Fisher; and corrrespondence regarding the Hicksite/Orthodox Separation in American Quakerism. Also included are extensive correspondence of the Wharton, Corbit, and Lovering families.

71 boxes ; 35 linear ft.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7625404

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Wharton, William, 1790-1856

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William Wharton, a birthright Quaker, was the son of Charles and Hannah (Redwood) Wharton of Philadelphia. In 1817 he married Deborah Fisher at Pine Street Meeting. From the description of Manuscript, 5mo 10 1816. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 19496485 ...

Fisher family.

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Bethlehem Steel Corporation

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The Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, formed in Pennsylvania during the 1840's moved to a West Seneca, N.Y. site in 1899. Steelmaking began in 1903 and by 1909 the City of Lackawanna had been established around the steel plant. Purchased by Bethlehem Steel in 1922, the facility expanded until employment reached over 20,000 in the mid - 1950's. Decline in the 1970's led to the closing of the Lackawanna Plant in 1983. From the description of Bethlehem Steel Corporation photographs, 194...

Corbit family.

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Lovering family.

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Joseph Wharton, 1826-1909.

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Fisher, Jabez Maud, 1750-1779

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Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909

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Joseph Wharton (1826-1909) was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker merchant, industrialist, scientist, and philanthropist who was active in 19th century Delaware Valley manufacturing, business, and education development. He was descended from two of the oldest families in Pennsylvania. His father, William Wharton, was in the direct line of Thomas Wharton of Westmoreland, England, who came to America in 1683. The first American ancestor of his mother, Deborah Fisher Wharton, was John Fisher, who emig...

Wharton, Anna Lovering, 1830-1914.

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Wharton family.

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Fisher, Hannah Rodman, 1764-1819

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Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888

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Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834

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Fisher was a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia and a surviving partner in Joshua Fisher & Sons. From the description of Diaries and Account books, 1767-1856. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122585082 ...

Swarthmore college

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Founded by members of Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Swarthmore College was incorporated in 1864 under a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The College opened in 1869 as an college and preparatory school, although the preparatory division was phased out in the 1880s. The Charter was amended in 1908 to remove any formal links to the Society of Friends. The College continues to operate as a liberal arts college with a...