Rebecca White papers | TriCollege Libraries Digital Collections

This collection is comprised of the papers of Rebecca White and relate primarily to religious and community affairs. Several of the included letters were written by Sarah Mapps Douglass (1806-1882) to White. Douglass was an American educator and abolitionist who founded a school for African-American girls in Philadelphia and helped to found the Female Literary Association in the 1830s. The letters are part of HC.MC-1166, Josiah White papers. Josiah White (1781-1850) was Rebecca White's father.

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Letter from Sarah Mapps Douglass to Rebecca White 1855 May 28

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1855-05-28

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Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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Letter from Sarah Mapps Douglass to Rebecca White between 1855 and 1858

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1855-1858

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Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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Letter from Sarah Mapps Douglass to Rebecca White 1855 July 30

Date:

1885-07-30

Collection:

Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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Chloe Lankton letter to Rebecca White and Hannah White Richardson

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Expresses thanks to White's sister Hannah White Richardson for the donations, and discusses Lankton's illness and dependence on charity.

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1862-03-27 - 1862-04-02

Collection:

Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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Clara A. Lindsay letter to Rebecca White

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Discusses White and Lindsay's health from a religious perspective, as well as other spiritual topics.

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1865 - 1906

Collection:

Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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Clarkson Sheppard letter to Rebecca White

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Discusses various religious tracts including Charles Wesley's "Awake Thou That Sleepest, Henry Ward Beecher's Power of the Spirit, and John Barclay's Three Letters."

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1881-06-23

Collection:

Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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E. F. Halloway letter to Rebecca White

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Extract of the minutes of the Board of Managers of the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, signed by secretary E. F. Halloway. Discusses the contributions of White's recently deceased sister Hannah W. Richardson to the Hospital.

Date:

1882-05-13

Collection:

Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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E. W. Lippincott letter to Rebecca White

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Comments on White's current situation. Expresses the author's happiness with their aquarium. Discusses their reading, including "Theologia Germania, as well as their other recent activities.

Date:

1858-12-05

Collection:

Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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Chloe Lankton letter to Rebecca White

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Thanks White for financial assistance and discusses Lankton's illness and dependence on others.

Date:

1878-11-16 - 1878-11-20

Collection:

Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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Chloe Lankton letter to Rebecca White

Description:

Thanks White for financial assistance and discusses Lankton's illness and dependence on others. Describes helping a woman who was commissioned to collect postage stamps, enclosing a newspaper clipping detailing her role in the project.

Date:

1879-11-07 - 1879-11-11

Collection:

Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

Title:

Chloe Lankton letter to Rebecca White

Description:

Thanks White for financial assistance and discusses Lankton's illness and dependence on others.

Date:

1880-11-15 - 1880-11-18

Collection:

Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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Chloe Lankton letter to Rebecca White

Description:

Offers her condolences over the recent deaths of White's sister and brother-in-law. Thanks White for financial assistance and discusses Lankton's illness and dependence on others.

Date:

1882-09-18 - 1882-09-20

Collection:

Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College