Papers. 1787-1936.

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Papers. 1787-1936.

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The Mahlon Day papers center on the 5 West Indies journals kept by Day on his religious visitation with Joseph John Gurney in 1839-40, and his letters which touch on a range of topics from religious to political to business and family. There are also letters from his wife, Mary Day, and children, and from Thurston family members (one of whom married a Day). There are some miscellaneous letters from Anna Braithwaite, Dorothea Dix, & Joseph John Gurney as well as photographs of Days and Thurstons.

ca. 300 items in 5 boxes.

Haverford College Library

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Gurney, Joseph-John, 1788-1847

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Quaker philanthropist, writer, and minister. From the description of Letter : Charleston, to Samuel Bettle, 1840 May 3. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28886177 An English Quaker reformer and writer, Gurney traveled widely in the U.S., Canada and West Indies. From the description of ALS, 1841 February 1 : Earlham, [Eng.] to Cecilia Baring / J.J. Gurney. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 44996509 ...

Braithwaite, Anna, ca. 1788-1859.

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Day, Mary Kerr, 1788-1854.

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Day, Mahlon, 1790-1854

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Quaker, publisher of children's books, printer, and bookseller of New York City. From the description of Journal of a voyage among the West India Islands, 1839 Nov. 11-1840 Apr. 20. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663089 Mahlon Day was an Orthodox Quaker printer and bookseller of New York City. He and his wife, Mary, joined the Society of Friends in 1820, and Mahlon Day travelled in the ministry with Joseph John Gurney. His press produced many t...

Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887

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Dix was a humanitarian crusader for the mentally ill. She investigated the conditions of the hospitalized insane in many U.S. states and some European countries, and petitioned state and national legislatures for reforms. She was also superintendent of army nurses during the Civil War. Eliot was a Unitarian minister, an educator, and assisted in the founding of Reed College in Oregon. From the description of Letters to Thomas Lamb Eliot, 1869-1885. (Harvard University). WorldCat reco...