Parrish Family Papers, 1780-1966.

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Parrish Family Papers, 1780-1966.

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Collection includes correspondence, writings, and other papers of Edward Parrish, first president of Swarthmore College. Also of particular interest is the correspondence of Dillwyn Parrish and his aunt and uncle, William and Deborah Parrish Wright; the letters of the Wrights in 1835 and 1836 give information about abolition and anti-slavery efforts in Lancaster Co. A scrapbook assembled by Clemmons Parrish, a son of Edward Parrish, contains autographs and letters collected by his brother, Thomas C. Parrish. While most of the items in the scrapbook contain merely a short note and signature, there is some substance in the letters from John Dickinson, Samuel Parsons, John Neagle, and Maria Mitchell.

2 boxes ; 1 linear ft.

eng, Latn

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889

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Maria Mitchell, astronomer, was born on the island of Nantucket in 1818. Through her father, William Mitchell, she became interested in astronomy and assisted him in his observatory. In the late 1830s she was appointed librarian at the Nantucket Athenaeum, using its collection to educate herself while she worked with her father in the evenings. In 1847 she discovered a new comet, named for her, and was subsequently awarded a gold medal by the King of Denmark. A year later she became the first wo...

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808

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John Dickinson (November 13, 1732 [O.S. November 2, 1732] – February 14, 1808) was a Founding Father of the United States. A solicitor and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, he was known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, published individually in 1767 and 1768. Born at his family's tobacco plantation in Talbot County, Maryland, Dickinson was educated at home by his parents and by recent immigrants employe...

Parrish, John, 1730-1807

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Quaker minister of Philadelphia and Baltimore. Born in Maryland in 1729, the son of John and Elizabeth Roberts Parrish, he was apprenticed in Philadelphia and afterwards married Ann Wilson in 1753. Parrish travelled in the ministry to the Delaware Indians of western Pennsylvania in 1773 and again in 1784 to Barbadoes. In 1806 he wrote Remarks on the Slavery of the Black People. From the description of Notes on Abolition, circa 1805. (Swarthmore College). Wor...

Cox, John, approximately 1754-1847

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John Cox was a minister in the Society of Friends. Cox was born around 1754 to John and Abigail Cox of New Jersey. He married Hannah Smith, daughter of John Smith and Hannah Logan. After Hannah's death in 1783, Cox remarried, this time to Ann Dillwyn, and spent much of his life at a home in Burlington County that Ann had inherited from her father called "Oxmead." While he was recognized as a Quaker minister, Cox traveled little. Like many Quakers, he devoted much of his time to civil service and...

Parrish family.

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Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886

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Dillwyn Parrish was the son of Joseph and Susanna M. Parrish. He was apprenticed to a druggist and later graduated from the College of Pharmacy (Philadelphia). He was a Quaker and am active philanthropist. From the description of Diary, 1833-1836. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122524186 Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1865-1872. From the description of Letter : To Edward Stabler, Jr., 1864 Nov. 15. (Duke University Library). Worl...

Swarthmore College

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Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841

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Samuel Parsons was the son of James and Mary Parsons and in 1806 married Mary Bowne. He was an Orthodox Quaker, serving as an elder and long-time clerk of New York Yearly Meeting; he was Clerk at the time of the Hicksite-Orthodox separation. From the description of Samuel Parsons correspondence, 1805-1831. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 182857127 ...

Neagle, John, 1796-1865

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John B. Neagle was a portrait painter. From the description of Notebooks, 1825-1850. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616046 John Neagle was a portrait painter who lived and worked in Philadelphia in the mid nineteenth century. While serving as an apprentice to Thomas Wilson, a "coach and ornamental painter," he began to consider painting as a career for himself. He studied under Thomas Sully, and in 1818 ventured to Lexington, Kentucky, with ...

Parrish, Edward, 1822-1872

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First President of Swarthmore College, 1865-1872. Member of the Board of Managers, professor of Ethics, Chemistry, and the physical sciences. Viewed as a liberal, his ideas and permissive attitudes toward student discipline caused friction with more conservative members on the board. From the description of Papers, 1859-1872. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 42283491 ...