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Burlington Monthly Meeting 300th Anniversary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-298
Abstract

This collection contains various materials including photocopies, newspaper clippings, deeds, and maps about the Burlington Meeting House, with an emphasis on the tercentenary celebration.

Dates: 1964 - 1982
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Cornelia Hancock Correspondence

 Collection — othertype: RG5-308
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-308
Abstract Cornelia Hancock (1840-1927) was a Civil War nurse, Reconstruction-era teacher in South Carolina, and, later, Philadelphia social worker. The papers consist primarily of her letters written in the post-Civil War years, 1865-1879, when she was teaching the children of formerly enslaved people in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The collection includes reference material used by the donor, Henrietta Stratton Jaquette, in preparation for her book South after Gettysburg which was based on...
Dates: 1861 - 1937; Majority of material found within 1865-1880
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Vail Family Letter

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-307
Abstract

This collection contains a letter sent to Miriam Loughborough Vail by Martha C. Parker (her mother) and Anna Maria Vail (her younger sister) in 1846. The letter was recieved by Miriam Loughborough Vail when she was a student at Westtown School. The letter describes her mother's hopes that living at Westtown School is satisfactory. Her sister elaborates in the letter by sending her support and love to Miriam.

Dates: 1846
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
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