Families of Philadelphia papers, 1700-1942 [manuscript]

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Families of Philadelphia papers, 1700-1942 [manuscript]

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The collection primarily consists of the correspondence and papers of members of twelve different families in the Philadelphia area. A great deal of the correspondence relates to concern for health and relationships among family members. The papers are often concerned with matters of business as well as estates, both in terms of the exchange of property, but also as property and possessions of deceased family members. Many of the principals in the collection traveled for business or pleasure. As some of the families or family members were Quaker, issues such as attendance at meetings and the conduct of business are also discussed. There are some photographs and other images. Families include: Bloomfield, Coates, Cresson, Emlen, Gumbes, Hornor, Howell, Lloyd, Macomb, Moore, Ramsay, Vaux, and Wetherill. There are many correspondents in this collection. Among the most prolific and/or significant are: Isabella Macomb Bloomfield, Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), Benjamin Coates (1808-87), Benjamin Hornor Coates (1797-1881), George M. Coates (1845-94), Rebecca Hornor Coates (1781-1853), Sarah Hornor Coates (1825-1912), William Morrison Coates, Fanny Jackson Coppin, Caleb Cresson (1775-1821) Francis Macomb Cresson, George Vaux Cresson (1836-1908), Isabella Bloomfield Gumbes Cresson (1844-1913), Mary B. Cresson, Sarah E. Cresson (1787-1870), Susan Vaux Cresson (d. 1890), William Penn Cresson (1814-1892), Stephen Grellet (1773-1855), Frances Gumbes, Rebecca W. Gumbes (1789-1869), Samuel Wetherill Gumbes (1813-65), Benjamin Hornor (1737-1823), Benjamin Hornor (1769-1810), Benjamin C. Hornor (1806?-1875), Sarah Hornor (1767-1848), William A. Muhlenberg, Isabella Wetherill (1807-71), Samuel Wetherill (1736-1816).

23 linear feet (46 boxes).

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Coppin, Fanny Jackson, 1837-1913

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Fanny Jackson Coppin (January 8, 1837 – January 21, 1913) was an American educator and missionary and a lifelong advocate for female higher education. Born a slave in Washington, D.C., her freedom was purchased by an aunt as a child. Another aunt took the little girl in, but Fanny had to go out and work as a domestic, getting schooling whenever she could. By age fourteen, she was supporting herself in Newport, Rhode Island, and struggling for education. “It was in me,” she wrote years later, ...

Bloomfield, Isabella Macomb.

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Cresson, Susan Vaux, d. 1890.

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Ramsey family.

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Vaulx family.

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Cresson, Mary B.

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Lloyd family.

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Cresson, Francis Macomb, 1867-

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Coates family.

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Hornor, Sarah, 1767-1848.

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Coates, George M., 1845-1894.

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Coates, Sarah Hornor, 1825-1912

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Cresson, Sarah E., 1787-1870.

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Horner family.

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Wetherill family.

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Gumbes family.

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Wetherill, Isabella

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Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855

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Stephen Grellet (28 October 1772 – 16 November 1855) was a prominent French-American Quaker missionary. Grellet was born Étienne de Grellet du Mabillier in Limoges, the son of Antoine Gabriel Grellet, a counsellor of King Louis XVI also director of the first chinaware fabric in Limoges. His family had some interest in iron making. Raised as a Roman Catholic, he was educated at the Military College of Lyons, now the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon, and at the age of 17 he entered the person...

Moore family.

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Hornor, Benjamin, 1769-1810

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Cresson, Isabella Bloomfield Gumbes, 1844-1913.

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Macomb family.

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Hornor, Benjamin, 1737-1823.

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Howell family.

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Coates, Rebecca Hornor, 1781-1853.

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Gumbes, Rebecca W., 1789-1869.

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Cresson, George Vaux, 1836-1908

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Bloomfield family.

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Coates, William Morrison.

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Emlen family.

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Coates, Benjamin

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Philadelphia physician Benjamin Horner Coates served as the attendant physician and clinical lecturer at Pennsylvania Hospital (1828-1841). From the guide to the Comments on some of the illustrations derived by Phrenology from Comparative Anatomy, 1823, 1823, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Wetherill, Samuel, 1736-1816

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Samuel Wetherill, a Philadelphia manufacturer of cloth, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, was a birthright Quaker. During the American Revolution, he actively supported the military effort and was disowned from Philadelphia Monthly Meeting in 1779. In 1781, he was a founder of an independent meeting known as the Society of Free Quakers. He corresponded with a New England group of similarly disowned Quakers, associates of Timothy Davis (1730-1798), a respected minister who published a pamphlet in 1...

Cresson, Caleb, 1775-1821

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Creason family.

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Cresson, William Penn, 1814-1892

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Bloomfield, Joseph, 1753-1823

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Bloomfield was a lawyer and a soldier in New Jersey. He was educated at the Rev. Enoch Green's Academy. He served as Mayor of Bloomfield (1795-1800), clerk of the state assembly, register of the court of admiralty, and attorney general of New Jersey. In 1801 he was elected governor of the New Jersey legislature over Richard Stockton; re-elected in1804, he served till 1812. As governor, he signed the gradual emancipation act in 1804, which reduced the slave population in New Jersey from six perce...

Gumbes, Samuel Wetherill, 1813-1865.

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Muhlenberg, William Augustus, 1796-1877

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American clergyman and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lancaster, to Rev. George Boyd, 1821 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612830 Distinguished Episcopal clergyman, rector of the Church of the Holy Communion, New York City, 1846-1877. His hymn "I would not live alone" is widely known. From the description of W. A. Muhlenberg letter and poems [manuscript], 1863 Dec 1 and [18]73 Nov 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record i...

Coates, Benjamin Hornor, 1797-1881

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Philadelphia physician. From the description of Papers, 1822-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122623222 Benjamin H. Coates was a Philadelphia physician. From the description of Ledger, 1824-1830. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122689786 Benjamin Horner Coates was a Philadelphia physician. He was attendant physician and clinical lecturer at Pennsylvania Hospital (1828-1841). From the description of Comments on so...

Gumbes, Frances.

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Haverford college

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Haverford College was founded in 1833 as a Quaker school for boys. Today it is a coeducational, non-sectarian college applying the Quaker values of consensus and honor code. From the description of Archival records, 1831-[ongoing]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 60246925 ...

Hornor, Benjamin C., 1806?-1875.

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