Sarah Hopper Palmer Papers

Sarah Hopper Palmer (1796-1885) was the eldest child of Isaac T. Hopper (1771-1852), noted Hicksite Quaker abolitionist and social reformer. The collection was apparently compiled as a basis for Lydia Maria Child's Life of Isaac T. Hopper, which was first published in 1853. This collection includes the correspondence of Isaac T. Hopper which includes references to his work with Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the Anti-slavery Society of New York, and the New York Prison Association.

Sarah Hopper Palmer Papers
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Isaac T. Hopper Correspondence, Miscellaneous
Title:
Isaac T. Hopper Correspondence, Miscellaneous
Description:
This collection consists of correspondence and associated papers written and received by Isaac T. Hopper. The letters and documents are gathered from various sources, but they mainly consist of letters from Isaac Hopper to his daughter Sarah, and which comprise part of the Sarah Hopper Palmer Family Papers. Also included are correspondence with prominent Quakers including Elias Hicks, Thomas M'Clintock and Elijah Pennypacker. The collection touches on an enormous variety of subjects, ranging from Friends doctrine, simplicity, and the Separation of 1827; social justice, abolitionism, and prison reform; and personal anecdotes, accounts of meetings with friends, and the 1832 Cholera Epidemic.
Date:
1807 - 1889
Collection:
Sarah Hopper Palmer Papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Isaac T. Hopper Correspondence, Other Correspondence
Title:
Isaac T. Hopper Correspondence, Other Correspondence
Description:
This collection consists of correspondence and associated papers written and received by Isaac T. Hopper. The letters and documents are gathered from various sources, but they mainly consist of letters from Isaac Hopper to his daughter Sarah, and which comprise part of the Sarah Hopper Palmer Family Papers. Also included are correspondence with prominent Quakers including Elias Hicks, Thomas M'Clintock and Elijah Pennypacker. The collection touches on an enormous variety of subjects, ranging from Friends doctrine, simplicity, and the Separation of 1827; social justice, abolitionism, and prison reform; and personal anecdotes, accounts of meetings with friends, and the 1832 Cholera Epidemic.
Date:
1807 - 1889
Collection:
Sarah Hopper Palmer Papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Isaac T. Hopper Correspondence, Family Correspondence
Title:
Isaac T. Hopper Correspondence, Family Correspondence
Description:
This collection consists of correspondence and associated papers written and received by Isaac T. Hopper. The letters and documents are gathered from various sources, but they mainly consist of letters from Isaac Hopper to his daughter Sarah, and which comprise part of the Sarah Hopper Palmer Family Papers. Also included are correspondence with prominent Quakers including Elias Hicks, Thomas M'Clintock and Elijah Pennypacker. The collection touches on an enormous variety of subjects, ranging from Friends doctrine, simplicity, and the Separation of 1827; social justice, abolitionism, and prison reform; and personal anecdotes, accounts of meetings with friends, and the 1832 Cholera Epidemic.
Date:
1807 - 1889
Collection:
Sarah Hopper Palmer Papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore