Papers, ca. 1741-1970.

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Papers, ca. 1741-1970.

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Correspondence, account books, autographs, diaries, wills, indentures (apprenticeships), pamphlets, legal documents, estate papers, insurance policies, shipping papers, genealogical materials, poems, and other papers, reflecting business and personal interests of the Robinsons and the related families of Fisher, Morton, Rodman, Rotch, Smith, Wharton, and Wood. Subjects include the Society of Friends, slavery, Haverford College, properties owned, ships and shipping, Wharton family shipbuilding in Scituate, Mass., Joshua Fisher & Sons (Philadelphia shipping merchants), the Vicomte de Noailles and the French in Newport and elsewhere during the American Revolution, N.A.A.C.P., Indians in Pennsylvania, and the family residence in Newport. Persons represented include Amy (Robinson) Bowne, Hannah Rodman Fisher, Esther Fisher, Joshua Fisher, Samuel Rowland Fisher, John Morton, Mary Robinson Morton, Robert Morton, Thomas Robinson, Abigail Robinson, Rowland Robinson, Sarah R. Robinson, William T. Robinson, Sarah Rodman, Lydia Rotch, William Rotch, Jr., Benjamin Raper Smith, Daniel B. Smith, Esther Morton Smith, Deborah Fisher Wharton, William Wharton, Anna Wharton Smith Wood, and Henry Austin Wood, Jr.

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Newport Historical Society

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Robinson, Thomas, 1731-1817

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Thomas Robinson was a Quaker minister from Newport, Rhode Island. He was born in 1731 to William Robinson and Abigail Hazard Robinson. In 1753 Robinson became a commission merchant in Newport, where he had an interest in distilleries and a part in the slave trade. Distressed by what he saw in this venture, he became an ardent opponent of the slave trade and eventually promoted the idea of freedom for all enslaved people. In 1754 Robinson married Sarah Richardson (-1817). The couple had 6 ...

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

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 ...

Robinson family.

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Quaker shipping merchants and businessmen, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Newport, R.I. From the description of Papers, ca. 1741-1970. (Newport Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70940551 ...

Bowne, Amy Robinson

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Wood family.

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Robinson, Rowland.

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Rodman, Sarah, 1764-1793

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Smith, Esther Morton.

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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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Fisher, Hannah Rodman, 1764-1819

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Morton, Mary Robinson, 1757-1829

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Rodman family.

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Robinson, Abigail, -1835

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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 ...

Wood, Anna Wharton Smith

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Morton, John, active 1790-1800

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Robinson, William T., 1754-

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Robinson, Sarah Richardson

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Morton family.

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Morton, Robert, 1800 or 1801-1848

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Robert Morton, the son of John Morton, Bank Officer for the Bank of North America and Mary Robinson Morton of Newport, Rhode Island, was a Philadelphia physician. He died on October 7, 1848, aged 47. From the description of Account book, ca. 1833. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122684127 ...

Rotch family.

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Smith, Benjamin Raper

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Smith family.

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Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888

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Wood, Henry Austin

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Noailles, Louis Marie, vicomte de, 1756-1804

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Wharton family.

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Rotch, William, 1759-1850

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Ship owner and merchant involved in whale fishery. Born Nantucket, Mass., 1734. Whaling business moved to France and England in 1791 as a result of American Revolution. Retired to New Bedford (Mass.) and died in 1828. From the description of William Rotch papers, 1793-1833. (Clams, Inc). WorldCat record id: 63123131 ...

Rotch, Lydia Scott, 1782-1863

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Fisher, Joshua, 1707-1783

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Fisher, Esther, -1795

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Joshua Fisher & Sons (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Smith, Daniel B., 1792-1883

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Daniel B. Smith and Benjamin R. Smith were Philadelphia, Pa. druggists and chemists. Daniel Smith was particularly active in the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy. From the description of Records, 1826-1851 (inclusive), 1826-1829 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122625312 ...