Cox-Parrish-Wharton papers


Collection 0154

( Bulk, 1740-1870 ) 1700-1900
(9.3 Linear feet ; 19 boxes, 40 volumes)
© The Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Summary Information

Repository
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator
Cox family.
Creator
Parrish family.
Title
Cox-Parrish-Wharton papers
ID
0154
Date [bulk]
Bulk, 1740-1870
Date [inclusive]
1700-1900
Extent
9.3 Linear feet ; 19 boxes, 40 volumes
Author
Finding aid prepared by Cary Majewicz.
Sponsor
Processing made possible by generous donations from Shelia Bodine, Mary Dugan, and Donna J. Rilling.
Language
English
Mixed materials [Volume]
1-32
Mixed materials [Box]
1-19
Abstract
This collection of papers that originated mostly from the Cox family of Oxmead, Burlington County, New Jersey, and the Parrish family of Maryland and Philadelphia, contains information on the religious, humanitarian, social, and economic influence of the Quakers in American life. Spanning two centuries from 1700 to 1900, the collection contains family and some business correspondence, personal and financial volumes, petitions, deeds, publications, prints and photographs, and materials from the Friends Association of Philadelphia.

Preferred Citation note

Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Cox-Parrish-Wharton papers (Collection 154), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Background note

The Cox family of Burlington County, New Jersey, originated from one John Cox (circa 1641-circa 1724), thought to be from Gloucester, England, who immigrated to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the late 1680s. He later settled in Rancocous, New Jersey with his family. Cox's great-great grandson, John Cox (1755-1847), was a member of and preacher for the Society of Friends. Like many Quakers, he devoted much of his time to civil service and was particularly interested in helping maintain peaceful relations with the local Native American tribes. He married Ann Dillwyn (1755-1797) and they lived at a home in Burlington County that Ann had inherited from her father called "Oxmead." John and Ann had one daughter, Susan (or Susannah). John remarried after Ann died in 1797 and had one more daughter, Hannah. Susan Cox (1788-1851) went on to marry Philadelphia physician Dr. Joseph Parrish (1779-1840).

The Parrishes were a prominent Quaker family in Philadelphia, and many members were involved in relief or service organizations, such as the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. Joseph Parrish, son of Isaac Parrish of Baltimore, Maryland, and Sarah Mitchell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received a classical education in Philadelphia. He studied medicine under Dr. Caspar Wistar in 1800 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a medical degree in 1805. He worked as a physician and surgeon at a number of local medical institutions and was a member of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He was also a member of the Society of Friends, as well as the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, of which he later was named president. He authored several publications on medical topics and contributed to the North American Medical and Surgical Journal.

Joseph and Susan Parrish had a large family of three daughters and eight sons (one of whom died as a child). Among their progeny were Dillwyn Parrish (1809-1889), great-grandfather of celebrated artist Maxfield Parrish; Joseph Parrish (1811-1891), a physician who worked mosly in New Jersey and served with the United States Sanitary Commission during the Civil War; and Edward Parrish (1822-1872) who, most notably, helped establish Swarthmore College. One of their daughters, Susanna Dillwyn Parrish (1827-1915), married into another old Philadelphia family, the Whartons. Her husband, Rodman Wharton (1820-1854), worked as a merchant and for a time was in business with his brother Joseph.

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Scope and Contents note

The Cox-Parrish-Wharton papers span two centuries and are housed in nineteen boxes and thirty-two volumes. The collection primarily highlights the religious, humanitarian, social, and economic influence of the Quakers in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Included are numerous documents and correspondence pertaining to Indian relations and the abolition of slavery. Of particular interest are the founding documents of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, which include early minutes of the 1770s that contain details on which members of the community were still holding illegal African-American and Indian slaves and indentured servants. Much of the correspondence is personal in nature and provides some insight into Quaker family life. Papers of the Cox and Parrish families dominate the collection; however, there are also scattered, mainly late nineteenth century letters to and from members of the Wharton family.

The collection is arranged into eight series. The first three series are devoted to papers and correspondence of John Parrish (circa 1689-1745) of Maryland; John and Ann Cox of Oxmead, New Jersey; and Dr. Joseph and Susan (Susannah) Parrish of Philadelphia, respectively. Series 4 is a collection of alphabetically arranged papers and letters, the majority of which are addressed to John Cox or members of the Pemberton family. Series 5 and 6 contain a variety of printed documents, images, old deeds and certificates on parchment, and clippings. Series 7 contains a small assortment of papers from the Friendly Association of Philadelphia. The final series is made up of bound volumes from members of the Cox, Parrish, and Dillwyn families. There are also number of miscellaneous volumes such as school books and scrapbooks on Quaker history.

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Overview of arrangment

I. John Parrish, 1704-1807, undated; 2 boxes

II. John and Ann Cox, 1781-1844; 4 boxes

III. Dr. Joseph and Susan Parrish, 1769-circa 1879; 2 boxes

IV. Alphabetical papers, 1700-1900; 7.5 boxes

V. Printed materials, 1738-1864; 0.5 boxes

VI. Graphics, 1764-1899; 1 box

VII. Friendly Association papers, 1751-1776; 1 box

VIII. Volumes; circa 1719-1879; 1 box, 32 volumes (some volumes in box)

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2011

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Revision Description

 Finding aid updated with more description and a detailed inventory ; May 2011

Conditions Governing Access note

The collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Gift of Mrs. Rodman Wharton and Miss Susan Wharton, 1914.

Processing Information note

The Quaker scrapbooks (Volume 27, numbers 1-3) were formerly catalogued under the number Am .12780.

Some folder titles in the lists that follow contain references to the "A. A. Guide" -- these numbers correlate to those found in the guide  Afro-Americana, 1553-1906: author catalog of the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (call number INDEX Z 1361.N39 P48 1973), copies of which are available in HSP's library.

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials note

At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:

Friendly Association (extra illustrated books) by Samuel Parrish (Ap 877 P 26 [XI 6])

Dillwyn Parrish diary (Am .11115)

John Parrish diaries (Am .565)

Parrish family papers (Collection 1653)

Pemberton family papers (Collection 484A)

Rodman and Susan D. Wharton correspondence (Society Small collection - Collection 22B)

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Company of Merchants Trading to Africa.
  • Society for the Relief of Free Negroes.

Family Name(s)

  • Dillwyn family.
  • Mitchell family.
  • Wharton family.

Genre(s)

  • Poems.
  • Religious literature.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Pennsylvania--Commerce.

Personal Name(s)

  • Bacon, Job, b. 1768.
  • Barclay, David.
  • Bringhurst, John, d. 1795.
  • Cox, Ann.
  • Cox, John, 1758-1832.
  • Emlen, Samuel, 1789-1828.
  • Fothergill, John, 1712-1780.
  • Hill, Hannah Lloyd Delaval, b. ca. 1674.
  • Lightfoot, Benjamin, 1726-1777.
  • Logan, William.
  • Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849.
  • Mifflin, George, d. 1785.
  • Parrish, Isaac, 1735-1826.
  • Parrish, John, 1729-1807.
  • Parrish, Susannah Cox, 1788-1851.
  • Pemberton, Israel, 1715-1779.
  • Pemberton, James, 1723-1809.
  • Pemberton, John.
  • Penn, William, 1644-1718.
  • Rodman, John.
  • Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836.
  • Wilkinson, Thomas.

Subject(s)

  • Indians, Treatment of--North America.
  • Meteorology--Observations.
  • Quakers--Pennsylvania--18th century.
  • Slavery.
  • Weather.

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Bibliography

Cox, Henry Miller. The Cox Family in America. New York, [Printed for the author by the Unionist Gazette Association], 1912. [call number Fa 929.2 C877c 1912]

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Collection Inventory

 Series 1: John Parrish (1704-1807, undated) 

Series description

This first series contains correspondence and writings primarily concerning John Parrish's work among the Indians. There is a contemporary copy of "An Indian's answer to a Swedish missionary, 1704" (Box 1, Folder 1), as well as an 1805 address to slaveholders in America (Box 2, Folder 5). There is a folder of prose and poetry from one Richard Nesbit (Box 1, Folder 20), and the rest of the material consists of correspondence and other documents. Prominent correspondents include George Churchman; John Forman; Isaac Foster; Samuel and Gerard Hopkins; the Nesbit family; Edward, George, and Isaac Parrish; John Pemberton; James Simpson; and Robert Willis.

 Box
1-2
Box Folder

"An Indian's Answer to a Swedish Missionary" (1704) 

 1 1

Correspondence and other papers (1722-1762) 

 1 2-3

Correspondence and other papers (1764-1795) 

 1 4-19

Richard Nesbit papers, "Condemnation," "A Narrative" (circa 1795-1796) 

 1 20

Correspondence and other papers (1796-1799) 

 1 21-26

Correspondence and other papers (1800-1804) 

 2 1-4

"An Affectionate Address to the Inhabitants of The United States of America, more especially The Rulers, and Such as hold Slaves" (1805) 

 2 5

Correspondence and other papers (1805-1807, undated) 

 2 6-9

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 Series 2: John and Ann Cox (1781-1844) 

Series description

This small series contains the papers and correspondence of John and Ann Cox of Oxmead, Burlington County, New Jersey. The vast majority of the letters are between the Coxes and son-in-law and daughter Dr. Joseph and Susan Cox Parrish of Philadelphia, but there is also correspondence between John and Ann, and between the Coxes and other family members and friends. The papers are mostly personal in nature with occasional references to business or current events.

 Box
3-6
Box Folder

Mixed correspondence (1781-1794) 

 3 1

Mixed correspondence (1796-1799) 

 3 2

Mixed correspondence (1802-1810) 

 3 3-17

John and Ann Cox to Joseph and Susan Parrish (1811-June 1813) 

 3 18-25

Ann Cox to John Cox (May 1813) 

 3 26

John and Ann Cox to Joseph and Susan Parrish (July-December 1813) 

 3 27

John Cox to Roberts Vaux (May 1813) 

 3 28

John and Ann Cox to Joseph and Susan Parrish (1814) 

 4 1-5

John and Ann Cox to Robert Cox (May 1814) 

 4 6

John and Ann Cox to Joseph and Susan Parrish (1815-1816) 

 4 7-13

Letters between John and Ann Cox (October-December 1816) 

 4 14-15

John and Ann Cox to Joseph and Susan Parrish (1817) 

 4 16-19

Mixed correspondence (1818-1819) 

 4 20-27

Mixed correspondence (1820-1827) 

 5 1-33

Mixed correspondence (1828-1839) 

 6 1-28

Ann Cox to Margaret Morris (undated) 

 6 29

Mixed correspondence (1840-1844) 

 6 30-31

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 Series 3: Dr. Joseph and Susan Parrish (1769-circa 1879, undated) 

Series description

The papers and letters of Dr. Joseph Parrish and his wife Susan (Susannah) Cox Parrish span from the 1760s to the 1840s. Many of Dr. Parrish's letters concern his medical practice and theories and incoming ones are often from people asking for advice on particular ailments or treatments. In addition to correspondence, there are also testimonials and tributes to Dr. Parrish (Box 18, Folders 12 and 18). The letters of Susan Parrish are in the mixed correspondence files (most of Boxes 7 and 8) and they mainly concern family matters.

 Box
7-8
Box Folder

Joseph Parrish to Elizabeth (Stott?) (1769) 

 7 1

Joseph Parrish to Catherine T. Wister (1798-1799) 

 7 2

Joseph Parrish mixed correspondence (1800-1809) 

 7 3-8

Mixed correspondence (1810-1829) 

 7 9-33

Mixed correspondence (1830-1840) 

 8 1-11

Mixed correspondence, including tribute of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society to Dr. Parrish (circa 1840) 

 8 12

Mixed correspondence and miscellaneous documents (1815, 1844-1849, undated) 

 8 13-17

Testimonials to Dr. Joseph Parrish (circa 1840) 

 8 18

Memorial of Dr. Joseph Parrish with regard to John Randolph and his manumitted slaves (circa 1879) 

 8 19

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 Series 4: Alphabetical papers (1700-1900) 

Series description

This series of collected papers is akin to an autograph collection except that the papers appears to have been collected for their subject matter rather than their signatures. Each item or group of items is arranged alphabetically by author. ("Anonymous" or "miscellaneous" papers are filed alphebtically under those titles.) Recipients that could easily be identified are noted in the box and folder list below. Overall, the papers tend to be correspondence, however there are also bills, receipts, wills, legal documents, lists, essays, and notes. Note that some folder titles contain references to the A. A. Guide -- these numbers correlate to those found in the guide  Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (call number INDEX Z 1361.N39 P48 1973), copies of which are available in HSP's library.

While individual letters make up much of the series, many of which are written to John Cox of Oxmead or members of the Pemberton family, there are larger groups of correspondence for several people including George and Ann Dillwyn (Box 10, Folders 33-36), Susan (Susanna) Emlen (Box 10, Folders 54-64), Ann(e) Parrish (Box 13, Folders 18-22), Dillwyn Parrish (Box 13, Folders 24-28), Isaac Parrish (Box 13, Folders 33-35), and Susanna Vaux (Box 15, Folders 60-62). Additionally, there is a significant group of papers from the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (Box 14, Folders 22-26), as well as petitions concerning slavery that were brought before Congress (Box 15, Folders 52-54). While there is some personal correspondence throughout, overwhelmingly the papers in this series concern the Society of Friends and their interests in the abolition of slavery and Indian relations.

 Box
9-16
Box Folder

John Abraham to John Pemberton (January 1763) 

 9 1

William Allen and Thomas Clarkson to Roberts Vaux (5 May 1825) 

 9 2

Eliza Allison to Joseph Parrish; Margaret Allison to John Cox (11 February 1810, 19 April 1810) 

 9 3

Mary Allinson to John Cox (1844) 

 9 4

Sibyl Allinson to John Cox (26 February 1843) 

 9 5

Hester Andrews indenture (1777) 

 9 6

Anonymous (undated) 

 9 7

Anonymous - list of slaves in the U. S. from the last census [ A. A. Guide #145] (circa 1810) 

 9 8

Anonymous (undated) 

 9 9

Anonymous - "copy of a letter to several Friends in Maryland respecting the sufferings of Black People" [ A. A. Guide #149A] (26 October 1802) 

 9 10

Anonymous (1744-1874) 

 9 11A

Mary Archer on the Archer family (1838) 

 9 11B

John Jacob Astor bill to Isaac Parrish (April 1802) 

 9 12

Edwin A. Atlee to John Cox and Joseph Parrish (1820-1823) 

 9 13

C. A. Atwell of Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons to Susan D. Wharton (May 1900) 

 9 14

Jacob Ballenger Estate - bills, will, and other papers (1844-1846) 

 9 15-16

David Barclay to Samuel Powell Griffiths (4 March 1797) 

 9 17

David and John Barclay letters (1764-1772, 1789) 

 9 18

Robert Barclay letters (1769-1773) 

 9 19-20

Abigail Barker letter (24 February 1838) 

 9 21

Peter Barker agreement (July 1764) 

 9 22

Sarah Barker obituary (undated) 

 9 23

J. Barton to Joseph Parrish, regarding slavery (undated) 

 9 24

James Benezet promissory note (September 1758) 

 9 25

Mary Berry with Ann Mifflin to the General Assembly of Maryland [ A. A. Guide #361] (circa 1800) 

 9 26

Joseph Besse to Israel Pemberton (August 1756) 

 9 27

Sam Bettle to John Cox (1843) 

 9 28

Increase Billing - "Northampton County goals at Easton" (8 August 1756) 

 9 29

Thomas Bindle letter (undated) 

 9 30

James Birket letter, regarding the organizing of a fire company (October 1756) 

 9 31

Samuel Bissell estate accounts (1762) 

 9 32

Robert Bolton to Mrs. Mitchell (1773) 

 9 33

Phineas Bond to Thomas Parke (3 October 1780) 

 9 34

George Bowne letter (2 April 1774) 

 9 35

Margaret Bowne letter (15 September 1757) 

 9 36

Sam Bowne to John Pemberton (18 December 1771) 

 9 37

John de Brahm testimony on African slavery [ A. A. Guide #521] (28 August 1787) 

 9 38

(Brazil) Note on the mortality of slaves [ A. A. Guide #529] (undated) 

 9 39

Deborah Bringhurst letters (1820-1843) 

 9 40

John Bringhurst to James Pemberton (22 November 1743) 

 9 41

Joseph Bringhurst letter (13 February 1809) 

 9 46

Brissot's reflections in confinement (undated) 

 9 43

Joseph Brown account of Friends' sufferings in England (1795) 

 9 44

Levi Brown to Rev. Absalom Jones (September 1801) 

 9 45

Moses Brown letters (letter dated 1784 to Anthony Benezet) (3 May 1784, 21 June 1787) 

 9 46

Moses Brown to James Pemberton [ A. A. Guide #637] (17 November 1794) 

 9 47

Moses Brown to J. Cox (1842-1843) 

 9 48

R. E. Brown letters (1865-1880) 

 9 49

Gran Buchanan letter (29 August 1783) 

 9 50

Rebecca Budd to John Cox (2 April 1800) 

 9 51

Candice Bull manumission (9 August 1811) 

 9 52

David Bustill receipts (1840) 

 9 53

Edward Cathrell letter (January? 1750) 

 9 55

Henry Chads will (1760-1789) 

 9 55

Chandler family general notes (undated) 

 9 56

B. Chew to Dr. Parke (January 1782) 

 9 57

"The vision of Issac Child which he saw concerning the land of his Nativity" (undated) 

 9 58

George Churchman to Israel Pemberton and map (1758, 1768) 

 9 59

John Churchman letters (1758, 1765) 

 9 60

Joseph Clark on African Schools [ A. A. Guide #1035) (1 January 1805) 

 9 61

Susan Clark will (1805) 

 9 62

Thomas Clark to Roberts Vaux (12 September 1831) 

 9 63

John D. Coates to James Pemberton (6 March 1787) 

 9 64

Joshua Coffin letter (undated) 

 9 65

William Coffin letter (February 1783) 

 9 66

Nathaniel Coleman to Israel Pemberton (3 October 1749) 

 10 1

Cato Collins letter (10 October 1809) 

 10 2

Isaac Collins to John Cox (10 March 1843) 

 10 3

Micujah Collins to Charles Shoemaker (7 April 1817) 

 10 4

Peter Collinson to B. Franklin (1750) 

 10 5

Thomas Colly to James Pemberton (21 July 1787) 

 10 6

Jomes H. Conway letter (10 July ____) 

 10 7

Sarah Conyers to Deborah Wright (7 December 1811) 

 10 8

Thomas Corbyn letters (1768-1771) 

 10 9

Cox family genealogical notes (undated) 

 10 10

Cox-Dillwyn property, including map of Third Street (undated) 

 10 11

Susan Cox letter and embroidery (1803, undated) 

 10 12

John Redman Coxe to Joseph Parrish (21 March 1832) 

 10 13

William Coxe letter (29 March 1764) 

 10 14

Tench Coxe letters (1788, undated) 

 10 15

James Cresson papers (1827-1845) 

 10 16

Grace Crossdale to Mary Pemberton (2 December 1759) 

 10 17

H. Crooks to Dr. Parrish (15 April 1822) 

 10 18

Jane Crosfield to Israel Pemberton (30 January 1762) 

 10 19

Hannah Davis letters (1809, 1817) 

 10 20

Henry P. Davis papers (1879, 1880) 

 10 21

Jane Davis to John Pemberton (30 August 1768) 

 10 22

John Davis to William Miller (November 1787) 

 10 23

Tim Davis to John Pemberton (21 November 1771) 

 10 24

Elisha Dawson acceptance into Friends (1836) 

 10 25

Delaware, Kent County, descriptions to re-enslavement of free Blacks (1801) 

 10 26

Delaware Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery [1794 item - A. A. Guide #1330] (1794, 1795) 

 10 27

Lundon Derry account of life and verse [ A. A. Guide #1344] (undated) 

 10 28

John Dickinson to James Pemberton (June 1774) 

 10 29

S. Dickinson to cousin Cox (undated) 

 10 30

Zachariah Dicks testimony (undated) 

 10 31

Dillwyn family notes (undated) 

 10 32

Ann Dillwyn letters, including those to Margaret Morris (1784-1785, undated) 

 10 33-34

George Dillwyn papers, including poetry and religious material (1779-1825, undated) 

 10 35-36

L. L. Dillwyn letters (1878, 1879) 

 10 37

S. G. Dillwyn to Susan Parrish (undated) 

 10 38

Sarah Dillwyn papers (1820-1825, undated) 

 10 39

Susanne Dillwyn papers (1784-1795, undated) 

 10 40

William Dillwyn letters (1773, 1834) 

 10 41

R. J. Dimsdale letter (4 October 1775) 

 10 42

J. W. Dorsey to Dr. Parrish (undated) 

 10 43

Silas Downing to Ann Dillwyn (3 June 1784) 

 10 44

Henry Drinker to John Pemberton (25 February 1760) 

 10 45

George Eberly letter (7 March 1770) 

 10 46

George Eddy land patent (January 1789) 

 10 47

Thomas Eddy letter (22 February 1782) 

 10 48

John Eliot account of William Dillwyn's will (22 July 1825) 

 10 49

Lawrence Embree to James Pemberton [ A. A. Guide #1641] (24 January 1795) 

 10 50

Ann Emlen letters (1779, 1782) 

 10 51

Sam Emlen papers (1795-1835) 

 10 52-53

Susan (Susanna) Emlen letters, primarily to members of the Bringhurst family (1795-1819) 

 10 54-64

John Emslie to Robert Barclay (1759) 

 11 1

Cadwallader Evans to Dr. Parrish on yellow fever from the years 1793-1809 (21 July 1809) 

 11 2

Ellen Evans to James Pemberton (1753, 1754) 

 11 3

Thomas Evans to John Cox (1843-1846) 

 11 4

"S. F." to "E. E" (2 February 1757) 

 11 5

Abraham Farrington letters (1750-1756) 

 11 6

Jane Farson papers (1765, 1781) 

 11 7

Hannah Fenimore to Susan Cox (1796) 

 11 8

Sarah Ferrell letters (1794) 

 11 9

Benjamin Ferris to Isaac Parrish (1847) 

 11 10

First Baptist Church, Opinion of Judge Huston (1791, 1828) 

 11 11

Thomas Follett letter (15 February 1794) 

 11 12

James Forten to George Thatcher on behalf of African slaves (January 1800) 

 11 13

Joseph Foster to John Cox (4 October 1830) 

 11 14

Mary Foulke deed (December 1744) 

 11 15

Samuel Foulke letter (7 April 1765) 

 11 16

George Fox (the younger) statement (undated) 

 11 17

Ann Franklin to Nancy Parrish (16 March 1791) 

 11 18

William Franklin on the Stamp Act (1765) 

 11 19

A. Freeman to Dr. Parke (14 July 1773) 

 11 20

Society of Friends petition to the General Assemby of Maryland [ A. A. Guide #1832] (1801) 

 11 21

Friends miscellaneous (1700-1828, undated) 

 11 22-25

Jane Galloway to Susan Dillwyn (4 July 1744) 

 11 26

Frances Gamble to Charles Swaine (17 July 1755) 

 11 27

T. Gapper letter (1826) 

 11 28

Thomas Gawthrop letters (1747-1771) 

 11 29

Manuel Gayoso de Lemos document (13 June 1798) 

 11 30

William Gazaways to Jane Farson (16 April 1763) 

 11 31

Bessie Gill to Mrs. R. Wharton (December 1899) 

 11 32

Stacy Gillinghaus to Dillwyn Parrish (9 July 1838) 

 11 33

Patty Gipson letter (10 November 1797) 

 11 34

Samuel Gordon letter (circa 1784) 

 11 35

John Gough to John Pemberton (21 December 1785) 

 11 36

H. E. Gould poem "The Yankee Tea Party" (undated) 

 11 37

Isaac Gray to Own Biddle (1781) 

 11 38

John Greene deed to William Buckley (December 1793) 

 11 39

Rebecca Grellet papers (1825-1842) 

 11 40

Stephen Grellet to John Cox (28 April 1845) 

 11 41

John Griffith letters (1761-1787) 

 11 42

Hannah Griffiths (as "Fidelia") in Hannah Shoemaker (15 January 1779) 

 11 43

William Griffiths letter (24 November 1748) 

 11 44

Jacob Gregg to Burlington County Medical Society (1879, 1880) 

 11 45

John Hayward to Robert Jordan (7 May 1742) 

 11 46

___ Griscom to John Cox (1842) 

 11 47

Elizabeth H. Gummere receipt (1879) 

 11 48

Henry Gurney letter (June 1749) 

 11 49

I. Gurney to Susan Parrish (23 April 1838) 

 11 50

James Hardie to Isaac Parrish (1 April 1793) 

 11 51

Lydia Hendrick to Sally Aston (18 June 1798) 

 11 52

Nat Henry of Portsmouth, Virginia, document [ A. A. Guide #2132] (1798) 

 11 53

Robert Mott Hickory to John Cox (10 December 1816) 

 11 54

Nathaniel Holland letter (May 1750) 

 11 55

W. J. Holland to Mr. Parrish (1879) 

 11 56

Benjamin Holme letters (1742-1746) 

 11 57

Elizabeth Hilton biographical note (10 April 1757) 

 11 58

S. Hopkins to Anthony Benezet (8 December 1783) 

 11 59

Samuel Hopkins letter (7 November 1792) 

 11 60

Jaby Hornor to Hannah Cooper (10 March 1746) 

 11 61

Edward Horne to John Dillwyn (12 mo 10th 1733/4) 

 11 62

John Hoskins letter (6 January 1772) 

 11 63

Benjamin Hough letter (19 May 1774) 

 11 64

David Howell to James Milnor (1 January 1805) 

 11 65

Matthew Howland letter (28 May 1845) 

 11 66

Rachel Howland letter (1842-1844) 

 11 67

Jeremiah Hubbard to Uriah Hunt (16 July 1832) 

 11 68

Job Hughes to John Pemberton (December 1780) 

 11 69

Wager Hull letters (1820-1849) 

 11 70-71

Sophia Hume to Israel Pemberton and James Pemberton (1748, 1749) 

 11 72

John Hunt letters (1742-1820) 

 11 73

Peter Hunt letter (May 1801) 

 11 74

Nathan Hunt to Uriah Hunt (12 March 1821) 

 11 75

William Hunt papers (1767, 1771) 

 11 76

Thomas Jackson to James Pemberton (28 April 1762) 

 12 1

Joseph Jacob letters (1757-1773) 

 12 2

John James letter (8 September 1774) 

 12 3

Peter Jaquet receipt (23 December 1782) 

 12 4

Elijah Jenkins and James Neal to "Friend Pemberton" (December 1771) 

 12 5

Johns family papers (1868, undated) 

 12 6

George Rice Jones papers (1740) 

 12 7

James Jones eulogy (1801) 

 12 8

Rachel Jones, a free Black girl, indenture (1802) 

 12 9

Mary and Robert Jordan letters to the Jordans (1742-1743) 

 12 10

Sam Jordan to Israel Pemberton (1760) 

 12 11

Elizabeth Kendall letter (27 January 1756) 

 12 12

James Kenny letters (1762-1773) 

 12 13

James King letters concerning William Hunt (September 1772) 

 12 14

Eliza Kirkbride to John Cox(e) (16 June 1840) 

 12 15

Sam Kirkland letter (14 June 1791) 

 12 16

A. Kneeland letters (1826, 1829) 

 12 17

Kinckel & Company to Jacob Shoemaker (10 November 1804) 

 12 18

Lydia Lancaster, deceased, testimony from the Women's Quarterly Meeting in Lancashire (April 1792) 

 12 19

John Zane letter (June 1773) 

 12 20

E. Lawrence to Dr. Parke (August 1787) 

 12 21

Benjamin Lay obituary (undated) 

 12 22

The Liberator - letter supporting paper to Joseph Parrish (January 1836) 

 12 23

Library Company papers (1769, 1788) 

 12 24

Benjamin Lightfoot letters (1759-1765) 

 12 25

Michael Lightfoot biographical notes (1754) 

 12 26

Dorcas Lillie to James and Phebe Pemberton (May 1789) 

 12 27

Ruth Little to Susan Parrish (undated) 

 12 28

Thomas Livesay receipt (27 May 1809) 

 12 29

Grace Lloyd letters (1744-1758) 

 12 30

Harford Lloyd letters (1766, 1768) 

 12 31

John Lloyd letters (March 1776-May 1780, 1782-1789) 

 12 32-33

Deborah Logan papers (1821-1828) 

 12 34

James Logan letter and will (23 November 1750, circa 1799) 

 12 35

M. D. Logan letters (undated) 

 12 36

Mary K. Logan to Samuel Parrish (undated) 

 12 37

William Logan letter and extract of letter (1761, 1772) 

 12 38

H. W. Longfellow letters (7, 14 February 1873) 

 12 39

Joshua Longstreth to Joseph and Susan Parrish (10 September 1819) 

 12 40

Mary Anna and Susan Longstreth to John Cox (May 1842) 

 12 41

Archibald McClean papers (1795, 1796) 

 12 42

Colonel Thomas McKinney to Dillwyn (Parrish?) (March 1840) 

 12 43

Dolly P. Madison to John Parrish (undated) 

 12 44

M. Magraw letter (1814) 

 12 45

Alexander Magruder deed freeing a slave (March 1842) 

 12 46

Major Marcanny letter (22 October 1796) 

 12 47

Charles Mahoney v. Reverend John Aston (1799) 

 12 48

Charles Marriott to Susan Parrish (1 February 1842) 

 12 49

Benjamin Marshall to John Pemberton (1780) 

 12 50

General Assembly of Maryland, "An Act to withdraw certain funds from the cities of Baltimore, Annapolis, and the town of Easton..." (undated) 

 12 51

George Mason verses on John Woolman (1771-1772) 

 12 52

Account of the death of Charles Massey (undated) 

 12 53

W. Matthews letters (1785, 1787) 

 12 54

"Epistle to the Meeting for Sufferings in London from that in Philadelphia" to David Barclay (October 1782) 

 12 55

Ann Mifflin letter (January 1838) 

 12 56

Charles Mifflin to Joseph Parrish (undated) 

 12 57

"Elegiac verses to the memory of the late Daniel Mifflin Esquire addressed to the river Swarrszegut(?) in which is situate his late dwelling" to John Parrish (1803) 

 12 58

George Mifflin to James Pemberton (30 April 1749) 

 12 59

Warner Mifflin letters (1781-1798, undated) 

 12 61

Daniel Mildred re: tea in Boston Harbor (January 1774) 

 12 62

Daniel L. Miller on slavery to Edward Hopper (circa 1870) 

 12 63

Genealogy of Mitchell family (undated) 

 12 64

Abraham Mitchell on Thomas Mayberry (1764) 

 12 65

Deborah Mitchell will and other papers (1789-1813) 

 12 66

Hannah Mitchell will (1809) 

 12 67

Samuel E. Mifflin prayer (1811) 

 12 60

Thomas Mitchell will (1800) 

 12 68

Milcah Martha Moore Estate inventory (undated) 

 12 69

Margaret Moore to Richard Hill (9 August 1742) 

 12 70

Jacob Mordecai letter (June 1821) 

 12 71

Catherine W. Morris letters to Aunt D. Wright and William Wharton (1827-1853) 

 12 72

Margaret Morris letter (6 January 1812) 

 12 73

Polly and Sally Morris letter (19 February 1763) 

 12 74

P. Morris letter (September 1768) 

 12 75

Samuel George Morton letter (1820) 

 12 76

Thomas Moss recollections(?) during illness (undated) 

 12 77

John Mott address on "a beloved daughter of...J. Walton" (July 1830) 

 12 78

Richard Mott letters to John Cox (1819-1845) 

 12 79

Valentine Mott paper (13 November 1824) 

 12 80

Lindley Murray to George Dillwyn (13 October 1804) 

 12 81

Samuel Neal letters (1783-1790) 

 13 1

Ann New letter (August 1806) 

 13 2

Joseph New letter (1801) 

 13 3

New Jersey Historical Society printed items (1888-1890) 

 13 4

New York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves [ A. A. Guide #3076] (1787) 

 13 5

Rachel Nickson deed (1749) 

 13 6

John Nixon regarding North Carolina slaves [ A. A. Guide #3108] (1796) 

 13 7

Isaac Norris note (3 March 1755) 

 13 8

"State of Georgia orphan houses" broadside (1746) 

 13 9

J. Oxley to James Pemberton (21 February 1742) 

 13 10

William Paige biographical information (1829?) 

 13 11

Minshall Painter to Samuel Parrish (14 December 1870) 

 13 12

Richard Panglos to "Peter Porcupine Esq." (undated) 

 13 13

Henry Papson and J. West funeral bill to John Pemberton (October 1767) 

 13 14

Thomas Parke letters (1771-1773) 

 13 15

Margaret Parke letters to John Cox (1841-1843) 

 13 16

Parrish family papers (1830-1900) 

 13 17

Ann(e) Parrish papers, including journal of a trip to Maryland (1785-1799, undated) 

 13 18-22

Anne Parrish letters to Susan D. Wharton (1900) 

 13 23

Dillwyn Parrish papers (1815-1848, undated) 

 13 24-28

Edward Parrish, 1669-1723, will (1722, 1728) 

 13 29

Edward Parrish, 1731-1770, will (1770/1) 

 13 30

Edward Parrish, 19th century?, papers (undated) 

 13 31

George D. Parrish to Susan Parrish (1842) 

 13 32

Isaac Parrish, 1734-1836, papers (1745-1768, 1792, 1813-1826, 1829-1835) 

 13 33-35

John Parrish essay (undated) 

 13 36

Joseph Parrish papers and letters to Susan D. Wharton (1857, 1883, 1887, 1889) 

 13 37

Lydia Parrish essay (undated) 

 13 38

Margaret Parrish receipt (1878) 

 13 39

Samuel Parrish letters to Dillwyn Parrish (undated) 

 13 40

S(arah) Parrish letters (1820, undated) 

 13 41

Sarah Parrish letters to sister and Susan D. Wharton (1899-1900) 

 13 42

Susan Parrish essay (undated) 

 14 1

Obitual record of Charles Parry (1814) 

 14 2

Paul family papers (1802-1812, undated) 

 14 3-4

Henry Paxton to Israel Pemberton (25 March 1773) 

 14 5

"Some account of Thomas Payne received from Mary Roscow" (undated) 

 14 6

Catherine Payton to John Pemberton (27 December 1754) 

 14 7

Mary Pearce letter (20 February 1715) 

 14 8

John Pease to John Cox (1844, 1845) 

 14 9

Edmund and Joseph Peckover letters (1744-1745, 1783) 

 14 10

Pegg family to John Dillwyn (1723) 

 14 11

Mary Peisley to Francis Parvington (1755) 

 14 12

Hannah Pemberton letters to Hannah Cox (1780-1781) 

 14 13

Israel Pemberton letters (1740-1760) 

 14 14

James Pemberton papers (1758-1783) 

 14 15

John Pemberton papers (1773-1782) 

 14 16

William Penn copy of letter to Indians (1681, 1700) 

 14 17

Thomas and Richard Penn letters on "Indian problems" (September 1760) 

 14 18

Nancy Penington to Sally Pemberton (June 1785) 

 14 19

William Penington letter (20 July 1841) 

 14 20

E. Pennock to H. Cooper (June 1742) 

 14 21

Pennsylvania Abolition Society (1784, 1794-1797, undated) 

Folder inventory

Box 14, folder 22: List of vessles cleared out from Rhode Island to Africa, 1784  [A. A. Guide #3270]

Box 14, folder 23: Papers, 1794-1795 [including  A. A. Guide #3311, 3314]

Box 14, folder 24: Papers, 1796 [including  A. A. Guide #3317, 3318, 3319]

Box 14, folder 25: Papers, 1797 [including  A. A. Guide #3321]

Box 14, folder 26: Papers, undated

 14 22-26

Pennsylvania General Assembly, copy of letter (1774) 

 14 27

Pennsylvania General Assembly, report of the committee on Timothy Green (1797) 

 14 28

Pennsylvania Hospital resignation of Joseph Parrish (1829) 

 14 29

Pennsylvania, laws, statues, etc., "An Act of the Legislature of the Pennsylvania for the gradual Abolition of Slavery" (1780) 

 14 30

Philadelphia Medical Society letter to Dillwyn Parrish (March 1840) 

 14 31

Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity notice, February 1880 (facsimile) (undated) 

 14 32

John Pierce description of an earthquake (1796) 

 14 33

John Pleasants to Israel Pemberton (20 March 1762) 

 14 34

S. Pleasants to E. Stabler on the slave trade [ A. A. Guide #3563] (7 May 1767) 

 14 35

Captain Porter facsimilies on naval rights (1812) 

 14 36

T. T. Price letters to Joseph Parrish (1880, undated) 

 14 37

J. Poulson note (1 January 1825) 

 14 38

Prison, Pennsylvania (description?) (undated) 

 14 39

Catherine Quachmut to Sally Parrish (8 November 1797) 

 14 40

Randolph of Roanoke, from the deposition of Dr. Parrish (undated) 

 14 41

Rat trap, instructions for making (undated) 

 14 42

"The substance of a speech delivered by Red Jacket, a Seneca [illegible] of behalf of the Five Nations" (1792) 

 14 43

David Redick to the President of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (15 March 1798) 

 14 44

William Redwood letter and "Memoir of Redwood Family" (8 August 1772) 

 14 45

David Rice to William Rogers [ A. A. Guide #3696] (4 November 1794) 

 14 46

John H. Rice to Dr. Parrish (6 June 1820) 

 14 47

W. Richards to President of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery [ A. A. Guide #3701] (24 March 1795) 

 14 48

John Richardson will (October 1703) 

 14 49

William Ricketts to friends in Barbados (1759) 

 14 50

Sarah Robinson letters (1788-1801, undated) 

 14 51

Thomas Robinson notes (1792) 

 14 52

Rodman genealogy (1847) 

 14 53

John Rodman letters (1700, 1702) 

 14 54

Charity Rotch to Jacob Waln (15 February 1806) 

 14 55

Love Rotch to John Pemberton (October 1762) 

 14 56

Martha Routt letter (16 October 1787) 

 14 57

Joseph Row letters (1772, 1787, 1789) 

 14 58

Rules concerning law (undated) 

 14 59

Ignatio Sancho letter (1766) 

 14 60

W. Sandeford letters (May, July 1774) 

 14 61

S. Samson letter (undated) 

 14 62

William Savery letters to Sarah (Sally) Savery (1796-1798) 

 14 63

John George Schneider letter (10 August 1783) 

 14 64

Benjamin Sewett to John Pemberton (29 December 1768) 

 14 65

Susanna Sharalet letters (1808-1809) 

 14 66

Granville Sharpe papers [ A. A. Guide #3936, 3944, 3945] (1794, 1796) 

 14 67

S. Sharpless letter to Susan Parrish (undated) 

 14 68

Sarah Sharpless to Susanna Cox (25 September 1808) 

 14 69

E. Sheldon letters to the Pembertons (1745-1747) 

 14 70

_____ Shinn to John or Isaac Parrish regarding "Black Hannah" [ A. A. Guide #3963] (1792) 

 14 71

L. H. Sigourney to Uriah Hunt and Son (20 July 1850) 

 14 72

John Sims letters (1772-1773) 

 14 73

S. Sims letter (20 February 1773) 

 14 75

W. D. Sims to Joseph Parrish (4 November 1890) 

 14 75

Esther Singletary letter (23 November 1773) 

 14 76

C. S. Shreve to Dillwyn Parrish (9 June 1838) 

 14 77

Joseph Sloan to James Pemberton (11 March 1788) 

 15 1

Patrick Skitton indenture to A. Montgomery (March 1753) 

 15 2

Dr. Samuel Randall Smalley biography (undated) 

 15 3

_____ Smith to Samuel Smith (18 September 1773) 

 15 4

Benjamin Smith obituary (undated) 

 15 5

C. Smith letter (1770) 

 15 6

D. Smith letters (1769-1771) 

 15 7

Daniel B. Smith letters (1809-1838) 

 15 8

Gerritt Smith letter (1867) 

 15 9

Gulielma M. Smith (poem?) (undated) 

 15 10

Hannah Smith letters (February 1749, September 1773) 

 15 11

John Smith papers (1742-1765) 

 15 12-13

Joseph Smith to Samuel Parrish (19 April 1869) 

 15 14

M. H. Smith letters (1819) 

 15 15

Richard Smith letters (1742, 1773) 

 15 16

Robert Smith letters (1787) 

 15 17

Sam Smith letters (1760, 1774) 

 15 18

Sarah Smith letters (1762-1768) 

 15 19

Thomas Smith letters (July 1753, January 1754) 

 15 20

Richard Spaight to Israel Parrish (1794) 

 15 21

Samuel Spavold "prophecy" and letter (1749, 1760) 

 15 22

Edward Stabler papers (1767-1782) 

 15 23-24

John Stanford to John Pemberton [ A. A. Guide #4126] (22 July 1795) 

 15 25

Samuel Starbuck letter (10 October 1769) 

 15 26

James Stephens to Mrs. Nisbet (undated) 

 15 27

John Stephenson letter (30 November 1762) 

 15 28

Daniel Stevenson to Israel Pemberton (May 1748) 

 15 29

George and Ann Stokes indenture and biographical notes (June 1747) 

 15 30

John Storer to James Pemberton (1761, 1787) 

 15 31

John Stuart memorandum of expressions (undated) 

 15 32

Joseph Sturge John Cox with some account of John Woolman (1841) 

 15 33

H. Swift to Mr. Pemberton (May 1784) 

 15 33

Joseph Talcott to John Cox (1 July 1844) 

 15 34

Henry Taylor letter (18 June 1787) 

 15 35

J. Thibon letter (March 1754/6) 

 15 36

P. E. Thomas to Patricia Marshall (24 December 1808) 

 15 37

Peter Thomas epistle (1790) 

 15 38

Philip Thomas letters (1770, 1772) 

 15 39

Joshua Thomas to James Permberton (7 April 1762) 

 15 40

James Thorton papers (1771, 1778) 

 15 41

Joseph Towne papers (1772) 

 15 42

Uriah Tracy to Sam Coates (undated) 

 15 43

Samuel Troth papers concerning Richard Johns (November 1862) 

 15 44

Caleb Trueblood, manumission of slave named Moses [ A. A. Guide #4408] (4 November 1776) 

 15 45

Joseph Truman letter (23 July 1900) 

 15 46

Sam Tucker letter (14 April 1773) 

 15 47

Esther and William Tuke letters on John Woolman (1772) 

 15 48

Dan Tyson letters to Dr. Thomas Parke (1782-1790) 

 15 49

Patience Tyson to Debby Wright (7 January 1816) 

 15 50

Rachel Tyson to Debby Wright (31 July 1832) 

 15 51

United States. Congress. "Petition of the people of color, free men, within the city and suburbs of Philadelphia" [ A. A. Guide #4462] (undated) 

 15 52

United States. Congress. "Petition of the free Blacks of the city of Philadelphia" [ A. A. Guide #4462] (undated) 

 15 53

[United States. Congress. Senate] Commitee report relative to Blacks... [ A. A. Guide #4464] (circa 1795) 

 15 54

Wilkins Updike to Rodman Wharton (July, September 1847) 

 15 55

D. B. Van Wyck to Joseph Parrish (June 1880) 

 15 56

George Vaux to Samuel Parrish (25 January 1867) 

 15 57

Roberts Vaux to John Cox (2 September 1811) 

 15 58

Susan Vaux letters (1794-1802) 

 15 59

Susanna Vaux letters (1803-1812) 

 15 60-62

Verse (no authors identified) (undated) 

 15 63

Charles Vinsey letter (30 April 1872) 

 15 64

Virginia, Governor and Council of. Memorial of exiled Quakers (1777) 

 15 65

Virginia Gazette, essay on slave keeping (19 March 1767) 

 15 66

Virginia Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery [A. A. Guide #4515] (2 December 1795) 

 15 67

Ann Warder to George Aston (undated) 

 16 1

Jeremiah Warder to John Warder & Sons (undated) 

 16 2

Thomas Waystaff to Joseph Kendall (April 1771) 

 16 3

William Webb letter (16 March 1807) 

 16 4

Gideon Wells to Samuel Emlen (14 August 1822) 

 16 5

Susanna Wesson to Suzanna Robert or Suzanna Printar (18 May 1732) 

 16 6

Joseph West letter (14 August 1781) 

 16 7

Thompson Westcott to Samuel Parrish (12 February 1877) 

 16 8

Dan Weston to John Pemberton (14 August 1753) 

 16 9

John Whalen to John Pemberton (1 January 1789) 

 16 10A

Chamless Wharton to Joseph Parrish (undated) 

 16 10B

Wharton genealogy (1804) 

 16 11

Rodman Wharton letter to his cousin Elizabeth and account of ilness and death (December 1846, undated) 

 16 12

Susan D. (Mrs. Rodman) Wharton letters (1880-1900) 

 16 13

"Extract of D. Wheeler letter to J. (Hoetching?) written a few days before sailing the last time to this country" (undated) 

 16 14

Daniel Wheeler to John Clapp (1839) 

 16 15

Dobson Wheeler to James Pemberton (26 May 1760) 

 16 16

"Wheeler's Lot", a recollection of (circa 1825) 

 16 17

Barclay White to Dillwyn Parrish (14 September 1865) 

 16 18

Joseph White letters (1760-1767) 

 16 19

J. G. Whitten to Daniel Neall (26 June 1885) 

 16 20

Stephen Wicks letter and testimonial (1888, 1890) 

 16 21

W. Wigglesworth letter (3 September 1810) 

 16 22

William Wilberforce to the Pennsylvania Abolition Society [ A. A. Guide #4791] (30 May 1794) 

 16 23

Elizabeth Wilkinson letters (1862, 1863) 

 16 24

A. J. Williams to Dillwyn Parrish (18 August 1838) 

 16 26

Hezekiah Williams, regarding the James McCarty estate (September 1769) 

 16 26

Joseph Williams to J. Pemberton (7 January 1787) 

 16 27

Robert Willis letter (July 1761) 

 16 28

Christopher Wilson letter and document (1744, 1759) 

 16 29

George Wilson to George Aston (6 November 1801) 

 16 30

Isaac Wilson to John Pemberton (25 February 1782) 

 16 31

Catherine Wistar letters (1800-1801) 

 16 32

Thomas Wistar letter (4 Arpril 1842) 

 16 33

Thomas Woodward to Israel Pemberton (5 October 1769) 

 16 34

Peter Worrall and others to James and Edward Pemberton and will (December 1772, 1787) 

 16 35

Isaac Whitlock letter (30 August 1773) 

 16 36

D. Wright papers, including letters to Dillwyn Parrish, and Catherine W. Morris (1825-1851) 

 16 37

H. Wright to William Parry (1879) 

 16 38

Joel Wright letters (1771, 1772, 1782) 

 16 39

W. Wright to (Joseph?) Parrish (3 May 1802) 

 16 40

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 Series 5: Printed materials (1738-1864) 

Series description

Taking up the remainder of Box 16 is this small series of printed items, including mainly broadsides and pamphlets, as well as a few miscellaneous receipts and maps. Most of the materials pertain to issues regarding the Society of Friends and the abolition of slavery. Items include a broadside entitled "Contraband Slave Trade" (Box 16, folder 45), a 1755 printed list of the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa (Box 16, Folder 48), several pamphlets on slavery including one from England (Box 16, Folder 58), and a bill put before the U. S. Congress to amend an act pertaining to fugitive slaves from 1801 (Box 16, folder 60).

 Box
16
Box Folder

American Convention: "To the Free Africans and other free People of color in the United States" broadside (1796) 

 16 41

Baxter's Panoramic view of Philadelphia with merchant listing, showing Chestnut Street between 6th and 7th streets (1859) 

 16 42

Certificates (1817) 

 16 43

Confederate war bond (1864) 

 16 44

"Contraband Slave Trade" broadside (undated) 

 16 45

Currency (1773-1864) 

 16 46

Freedmen's Journal, to William Tilghman from committees concerning livestock (3 July 1822) 

 16 47

List of merchants trading to Africa (23 June 1755) 

 16 48

Maps (undated) 

 16 49

New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery certificate (undated) 

 16 50

Pennsylvania Abolition Society: "Plan for improving the condition of the Free Negroes" broadside [ A. A. Guide #84] (1789) 

 16 51

Pennsylvania Abolition Society preamble and resolutions (23 May 1839) 

 16 52

Timothy Pickering report on troops for the frontier (26 January 1795) 

 16 53

Public Ledger, vol. 1, no. 1 (25 March 1836) 

 16 54

Quakers to Pennsylvania General Assembly broadsides (1781, 1782, undated) 

 16 55

Receipts (1738-1863) 

 16 56

Meeting concerning a Friends' school (1837) 

 16 57

Slavery pamphlets (1807, 1839) 

 16 58

Society for the Purpose of effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade resolution [A. A. Guide #9587A] (20 July 1790) 

 16 59

United States. Congress. "A Bill to amend the act, intituled 'An Act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters'." (18 December 1801) 

 16 60

United States. Congress. Presidential address (undated) 

 16 61

"To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of Great Britain, in Parliament assemble. The Petition of the Sharks in Africa" (undated) 

 16 62

United States. Congress. List of members of the Senate and House of Representatives (Thomas Jefferson, Vice President) (undated) 

 16 63

Virginia. General Assembly. "Memorial and Remonstrance" (on religous freedom) (undated) 

 16 64

Miscellaneous (1808-1847, undated) 

 16 65

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 Series 6:  Graphics, parchments, and clippings (1764-1899) 

Series description

The prints and photographs in this series include those of prominent Quakers, local buildings and scenes, and cartoons and caricatures of Quakers. Among some of the prints are also a few original documents. While the prints of portraits (Box 17, Folder 3-5) tend to show identified subjects, the photographs of portraits (Box 17, Folder 8) are a mix of indentified and unidentified people. Some of the Quaker caricatures (Box 17, Folder 2) are in German (translations provided in folder) and most depict members of the faith in an unfavorable light. The remaining three folders (Box 17, folders 9-11) in the series contain a miscellaneous selection of certificates and deeds on parchment, a few images of and related to North American Indians, and clippings.

 Box
17
Box Folder

Prints - Buildings (undated) 

 17 1

Prints - Quaker caricatures (1777-1835, undated) 

 17 2

Prints - Portraits, A-W and unidentified (circa 1800-circa 1870) 

 17 3-5

Photographs - Buildings (circa 1860-circa 1895) 

 17 6

Photographs - Quakers - Groups (undated) 

 17 7

Photographs - Portraits, A-Y and unidentified (circa 1860-circa 1890) 

 17 8

Parchments (1764-1809, undated) 

 17 9

Indians (1827, undated) 

 17 10

Clippings (1820-1899, undated) 

 17 11

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 Series 7:  Friendly Association papers (1751-1776) 

Series description

The papers of the Friends Association of Philadelphia, also called the "Friendly Association," take up the contents of Box 18. At fourteen folders it is a small series that is nonetheless rich with information about the Quakers and their concern for the welfare of Native Americans. There are letters (Box 18, Folder 3), minutes of the organization (Box 18, Folders 10-11), and lists of contributors (Box 18, Folders 5-9). Other interesting documents include a petition concerning peace measures with the Native Americans (Box 18, Folder 2) and a list of good supplied to them (Box 1, Folder 13).

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Declaration of the frontier inhabitants of Pennsylvania (1764) 

 18 1

Petition to the Proprietors of Pennyslvania for "regaining and preserving peace with the Indians by pacific measures." (1760) 

 18 2

Letters (1757, 1764, 1768) 

Folder inventory

Richard Peters to Committee of Friendly Association (25 January 1757)

Lord Loudoun to Governor Derry (5 May 1757)

Susannah Wright to Dr. Reiger (1764)

Sir William Johnson to Joseph Galloway (22 January 1768)

 18 3

Questions asked concerning "relief of the Friendly Indians" (1761) 

 18 4

Lists of contributors (1756-1760, undated) 

 18 5-9

Minutes (1756-1764) 

 18 10-11

Miscellaneous (1756-1761) 

 18 12

Lists of goods supplied to the Indians and expenses (1761, 1764-1776) 

 18 13

Government papers relating to the Indians (1751-1756) 

 18 14

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 Series 8: Volumes (circa 1719-1879) 

Series description

The volumes in the collection are an assortment of personal and financial items, most of which belonged to members of the Parrish, Dillwyn, or Cox families. There are bound notes from John Parrish regarding the Society of Friends (Volume 4) and his thoughts on African Americans (Volume 5). Several volumes are commonplace or sentiment books from Dillwyn Parrish (Volume 12), Susanna Parrish (Volume 13), and Sukey Dillwyn (Volume 22). Also included are diaries from John Cox (Volume 23, Numbers 1-4) that include detailed weather observations, presumably from the Oxmead, New Jersey, area from the years 1808 to 1846. One volume is a medical notebook from Dr. Joseph Parrish (Volume 9) that contains his thoughts and discourses on physiology. There are also several volumes that are not attributed to a particular individual, such as school notebooks (Volume 25, Numbers 1-3), a "medley on religous subjects" (Volume 26), and a volume of "anecdotes, witticisms, etc. of members of the Society of Friends" (Volume 32). The scrapbooks on Quaker history (Volume 27, numbers 1-3), which may have been compiled by Samuel Parrish, are particularly unique and contain numerous images, clippings, and original documents from Friends as well as notable individuals of the time, such as William Penn.

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John Parrish ledger (1766-1797) 

 1

John Parrish ledger B (1773-1778) 

 2

John Parrish visit to Friends diary (1801) 


    Volume Box Folder
Mixed materials (00006453)   3 19 1

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John Parrish "Part of Friends Discipline" (circa 1719) 

 4

John Parrish "Notes related to the Blacks" (circa 1797) 


    Volume Box Folder
Mixed materials (00006454)   5, Numbers 1-2 19 2

Volume

Isaac Parish receipt book (1761-1811) 

 6

Isaac Parrish receipt book (1826-1827) 


    Volume Box Folder
Mixed materials (00006456)   7 19 3

Ann Cox Parrish memorial (1825-1845) 


    Volume Box Folder
Mixed materials (00006457)   8 19 4

Dr. Joseph Parrish medical notebook (1802) 


    Volume Box Folder
Mixed materials (00006458)   9 19 5

Volume

Joseph Parrish to Samuel Emlen (bound letter) (October 1826) 

 10

Joseph and Susan Parrish estate book (1839-1858) 

 11

Dillwyn Parrish commonplace book (1825) 


    Volume Box Folder
Mixed materials (00006461)   12 19 6

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Susanna Parrish commonplace and sentiment book (circa 1820) 

 13

Samuel Parrish and Job Bacon consignments from Calcutta (1806-1807) 

 14

Ann Parrish letters and extracts to Catherine W. Morris (circa 1800-1805) 

 15

Parrish family history and genealogy (circa 1870) 

 16-17

George Dillwyn extract from memoirs of Sir William Jones Cowper (undated) 


    Volume Box Folder
Mixed materials (00006467)   18 19 7

Volume

George Dillwyn account book (1793-1820) 

 19

George Dillwyn estate account book (1820-1822) 

 20

Ann Dillwyn book of receipts [recipes] (undated) 


    Volume Box Folder
Mixed materials (00006470)   21 19 8

Volume

Sukey Dillwyn commonplace book (1787) 

 22

John Cox diaries, including weather observations (1808-1846) 

 23, nos. 1-4

John Cox Sr. ledger (1756-1780) 

 24

School exercise books (circa 1797, 1802, undated) 


    Volume Box Folder
Mixed materials   25, Numbers 1-3 19 9

Medley on religious subjects (circa 1780) 


    Volume Box Folder
Mixed materials (00006478)   26 19 10

Volume

Quaker scrapbooks, probably compiled by Samuel Parrish (circa 1730-circa 1870) 

Processing Information note

These three volumes were formerly catalogued as Am .12780.

Scrapbook number 1 is extremely fragile. Please handle with care.

 27, nos. 1-3

Hannah Hill "Expressions and dying sayings together with Griffith Owen's and Thomas Chalkley's testimony concerning her" (circa 1714?) 

 28

Formulation of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (1775-1788) 

 29

Army Discipline and Regulation Bill (15 July 1879) 

 30

Commitee for Employing the Poor minute book (1801-1806) 

 31

Miscellaneous ["Anecdotes, witticisms, etc. of members of the Society of Friends"] (undated) 


    Volume Box Folder
Mixed materials (00006486)   32 19 11

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