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Gidley and Carter family papers
Collection — othertype: RG5-309
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-309
Overview
Contains correspondence of Job Scott Gidley, Wilburite minister, of New England Yearly Meeting, (2) notebooks of notes taken by Jessie Gidley Carter during London Yearly Meeting and Friends Service Council in 1938, and miscellaneous Carter property records and family papers.
Dates:
1843 - 1938; Majority of material found within 1892 - 1938
Howland-Kirby Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-067
Overview
Howland and Kirby families were Quakers of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford, Mass. The collection contains primarily transcripts and photocopies of their papers. Of particular interest are dairies of Weston Howland, Jr., with notes on the arrival of whaling ships in New Bedford and details of a controversy over the New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge; those of Abby S., and Rachel, which describe a trip taken by Abby to New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. (1888) and women preaching at Friends...
Dates:
circa 1790-circa 1973
Howland-Shearman Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-303
Overview
The collection is composed of correspondence of the family of David Sands Shearman and his wife, Hepsa Hathaway Howland Shearman of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Poughkeepsie, New York. The Shearman and Howlands were prominent New England Quaker merchant and whaling families, intertwined by business and marriage. Much of the correspondence is directed to Hepsa, largely from her children who pursued a range of careers. Early correspondence is with her husband Captain David Sands...
Dates:
1800 - 1916; Majority of material found within 1832 - 1899
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- Carter, Jessie Gidley, 1876-1946 1
- Crosbie, Archibald, 1830-1912 1
- Garrett, Alice H. Howland, b. 1867 1
- Gidley, Job Scott, 1844-1928 1
- Howland family 1
- Howland, Abigail Hathaway, 1774-1867 1
- Howland, Rachel, 1853-1934 1
- Howland, Rebecca Kirby, 1825-1895 1
- Howland, Weston, 1815-ca. 1901 1
- Howland, Weston, 1852-1878 1
- Kimber, Thomas, 1825-1890 1
- Kirby family 1
- Kirby, Abigail H. Smith, 1798-1861 1
- Kirby, George, 1794-1882 1
- Shearman, Alice Delano, 1840-1931 1
- Shearman, David Sands, 1802-1852 1
- Shearman, Henry F. (Henry Franklin Shearman), 1842-1922 1
- Shearman, Hepsa Hathway Howland, 1806-1892 1
- Shearman, Joseph Tucker, 1834-1894 1
- Shearman, Mary Eliza (Mary Eliza Shearman Kimber), 1838-1921 1
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