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1838 November 6, Haverford, to Mother, Philadelphia
Title:
1838 November 6, Philadelphia
Description:
Miserable dictu is Classical Latin, and can be translated loosely as "wretched words". For information about the debate over Classical language study versus modern language study at Haverford, see "Report of the Board of Managers of Haverford, Ninth day of the Fifth month, 1836, Charles Yarnall reporting for a facutly of six."
Date:
1838-11-06
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1886 July 24, Philadelphia, to My dear wife
Title:
1886 July 24, to My dear wife
Date:
1886-07-24
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1877 May 29, Connymead, to Sisters
Title:
1877 May 29, to Sisters
Date:
1877-05-29
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1885 July 23, Awbury, to My dearest wife
Title:
1885 July 23, to My dearest wife
Date:
1885-07-23
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1864 October 9, Awbury, to Father and Mother
Title:
1864 October 9, to Father and Mother
Date:
1864-10-09
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1842 August 17, Schooley's Mountain, to Rachel Reeve Cope
Title:
1842 August 17, Schooley's Mountain, to Rachel Reeve Cope
Description:
Note in another hand: Eleanor Cope Tyson to her sister iin law Rachel R. Cope; Schooley's Mountain (N.J.) note from OCLC: History of Morris County, N.J., 1914 (Schooleys Mountain; health & summer resort with mineral spring)
Date:
1842-08-17
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes, 1789-09-28 to 1789-10-03 [extracts]
Title:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes, 1789-09-28 to 1789-10-03 [extracts]
Description:
Reports to the Congress and the President on the constitutional powers over slavery. Also includes an address to the President of the United States, independent of Congress.
Date:
1789-09-28 - 1789-10-03
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, November 28, 1888
Title:
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, 1888
Description:
Mary Garrett writes to M. Carey Thomas during her journey to Ringwood. She makes allusions to fundraising, presumably for Johns Hopkins, but is somewhat cryptic, even in her personal letters to Thomas. She also makes it clear that she doesn't necessarily want people to know that she has been paying for the building of the Bryn Mawr School. She also expresses concern for Miss Barrett's health.
Date:
1888-11-28
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, December 09, 1888
Title:
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, 1888
Description:
Mary Garrett writes to M. Carey Thomas, expressing her disappointment that she has been unable to get through all of the work she was meaning to accomplish, and saying that it might prevent her from visiting. She asks if she would be able to come soon after the holidays if she is unable to come before. She then mentions missing her train by just a few minutes.
Date:
1888-12-09
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, October 14, 1888
Title:
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, 1888
Description:
Mary Garrett writes to M. Carey Thomas, remarking on the fact that Thomas's recent letter was unsealed upon arrival. She expresses her disappointment at not being able to go to the theatre with Mamie Gwinn to see Coquelin, due to being laid up by a headache. She asks Thomas if she has seen Dr. Cushier, and whether there has been a decision about whether she will have to have "it" removed, referencing a mass in Thomas's abdomen. She also tells Thomas that she is glad that the College has been successful, and that attendance is full.
Date:
1888-10-14
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
1850 April 8, Washington, to My dear Cousin
Title:
1850 April 8, to My dear Cousin
Date:
1850-04-08
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
October 13, Locust Shade, to my dear Anna
Title:
October 13, to my dear Anna
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1773-04-08
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1773-04-08
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to Robert Pleasants. Benezet addresses the Maryland Assembly's petition to increase the tax on imported slaves and notes the increased danger of a slave revolt if the slave trade continues.
Date:
1773-04-08
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Abner Woolman's Journal
Title:
Abner Woolman's Journal
Description:
Manuscript bound together made up of two smaller manuscripts loosely sewn together. Much of the document is in John Woolman's hand, and some is in his brother Abner's. The document is Abner Woolman's diary which John Woolman finished after Abner's death. It also has information about Woolman submitting work to the Committee for approval before publication in August 1772.
Date:
1770 - 1772
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
1842 August 15, Philadelphia, to My Dear Parents
Title:
1842 August 15, to My Dear Parents
Description:
Letter is half typed and half a transcribed photocopy, original not present.
Date:
1842-08-15
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Letter to Samuel Allinson, 1844-06-09
Title:
Letter to Samuel Allinson, 1844-06-09
Description:
Letter from Theodore Dwight Weld and Sarah Moore Grimke to Samul Allinson regarding a committee meeting and convention on slavery and suffrage for free African-Americans
Date:
1844-06-09
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
1861 August 24, Awbury, to Daughter
Title:
1861 August 24, to Daughter
Description:
The daughter to whom the letter is addressed could be either Elizabeth Stewardson Cope or Rachel Reeve Cope Evans.
Date:
1861-08-24
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Meeting for Sufferings Minutes, 1788- 10-08 [extracts]
Title:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes, 1864-12-20 [extracts]
Description:
Address to the New Jersey Assembly requesting that they pass legislation making it illegal to outfit slave ships.
Date:
1788-10-08
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
1836 July 9, Haverford, to dear Mother, Philadelphia
Title:
1836 July 9, Philadelphia
Date:
1836-07-09
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1872 September 23, Connymeade, to Dear Alexis
Title:
1872 September 23, to Dear Alexis
Date:
1872-09-23
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers

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