Thomas Wistar and family papers, 1705-1936.

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Thomas Wistar and family papers, 1705-1936.

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The collection has its roots in the Revolutionary War, but is concentrated in the period of Indian Commissioner Thomas Wistar (1798-1876) and his work among Native Americans, especially the Comanche, Kiowa, and Osage Indians, of the mid-nineteenth century, offering detailed views on Indian affairs, and with many references to Enoch Hoag and other commissioners. The collection ranges widely due to the many activities of the Waln and Wistar families, including Edward M. Wistar's work in Turkey and Armenia and while visiting Quaker missions among Native Americans and travel in Switzerland. There are graphics including a photograph of the Northwestern Indian Commissioners, including Thomas Wistar (1798-1876) and an engraving by Samuel Sartain of Caspar Wistar (1761-1818). Principal or outstanding authors include: Cyrus Beede, John Cox, John Garrett, James Pemberton, Jonathan Richards, Richard Waln, Edward M. Wistar, Mary Waln Wistar, Thomas Wistar (1765-1851), Thomas Wistar (1798-1876), Thomas Wistar (1826-1862), Thomas Wistar (1877-1960), and Asher Wright. There is also a copy of President Andrew Johnson's letter appointing Thomas Wistar as Indian Commissioner in 1865 on official stationery.

2 boxes and 2 volumes ; 1.5 linear ft.

Haverford College Library

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Haverford College Library

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Wistar, Thomas, 1764-1851

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Thomas Wistar was born to a prominent Quaker family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 17, 1764; his brother Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) was a noted physician. Thomas Wistar worked as a merchant in Philadelphia, and partnered with several local businessmen in the late 18th century. He dealt in goods such as fabrics and cotton and owned land in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. From 1787-1793, Wistar was professionally associated with Richard Adams. When Adams & Wistar dissolved in January 1793...

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennes...

Wistar, Mary Waln, 1765-1844

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Wright, Asher, 1803-1875

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Born in Hanover, N. H.; graduated from Andover Seminary. Served as missionary to the Seneca Indians on the Buffalo Creek Reservation from 1831 to 1846, and on the Cattaraugus Reservation from 1846 until his death in 1875. He established the Mission Press which published texts in the Seneca language. From the description of Asher and Laura M. Wright letters, 1850-1871. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 181085057 ...

Wistar, Thomas, 1798-1876

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Wistar, Edward Morris, 1852-1941

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Richards, Jonathan, ca. 1812-1882.

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Jonathan Richards (principal of Haverford School, 1853-1857) served as an Indian agent for the Wichitas and affiliated bands at Wichita, Kansas from 1870-1876. He was appointed under President Grant's Peace Policy which officially gave the management of the Central Superintendency (all of Kansas and the Indian Territory) to the Orthodox branch of the Society of Friends. From the description of Papers, 1870-1881. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 25541073 ...

Wistar, Thomas, 1826-1862.

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Pemberton, James, 1723-1809

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Quaker merchant, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1777-1812. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 27134245 Quaker merchant and philanthropist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to James Phillips, (probably the Quaker bookseller in London), 1788 Nov. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872094 Clerk of the Philadelphia and New Jersey Society of Friends. From the description of Quaker pape...

Beede, Cyrus, 1828-1908.

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Wistar, Thomas, 1877-1960.

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Garrett, John Biddle

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