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Letter to Selina, Countess of Huntington, 1775-04-10
Title:
Letter to Selina, 1775-04-10
Description:
Xerox copy of a letter from Anthony Benezet to Selina, Countess if Huntington. This letter is in regard to the orphanage in Georgia established and run by George Whitefield, under the patronage of the Countess. Whitefield had encouraged the colony of Georgia to end its prohibition of slavery. Benezet expresses respect for Whitefield but indicates that his reasoning for slavery is self serving rationalization.
Date:
1775-04-10
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Black Water Monthly Meeting, Manumissions, 1776 - 1779
Title:
Black Water Monthly Meeting, 1776 - 1779
Description:
Minute book from Blackwater Monthly Meeting 1779-5-13 through 1795-4-18. The first 30 pages are Manumissions dated 1776-1779.
Date:
1776-11-14 - 1779-05-31
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
1911 November 20, Bridgewater Cottage, Hampton, Va, to My very dear friends
Title:
1911 November 20, to My very dear friends
Description:
Sydney, Nova Scotia, is located on the island of Cape Breton. Known as “the Steel City, ” Sydney is the third largest city in the province of Nova Scotia and is home to the Dominion Steel and Coal Company. A number of railway lines travel through Sydney . “Both girls” who join Sibylla in greeting the Cope sisters are Sibylla’s two daughters Annie Sayne and Mary Morris. Her two sons working on the railroads are Frederick Cox Morris and Caleb Carmalt Morris.
Date:
1907-11-20
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1866 February 22, Petersburg, to Anna
Title:
1866 February 22, to Anna
Date:
1866-02-22
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1780-10-23
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1780-10-23
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to Robert Pleasants. Benezet sends recently published pamphlets concerning the Meeting of Suffering and discusses Soame Jenyns' "A View of the Internal Evidences of the Christian Religion" .
Date:
1780-10-23
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Mary Kite letter to William Kite and Mary F. Kite
Title:
Mary Kite letter to William Kite and Mary F. Kite
Description:
Written while minister Mary Kite was visiting Quaker meetings in the Southern states. Discusses her travels through Virginia, including the landscape and various transportation projects they saw in progress. Also talks about religious matters. Mentions an encounter with a female slaveholder who Kite thought treated enslaved people very kindly.
Date:
1851-09-20
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1872 August 14, Newport, to Dear Anna & Carry
Title:
1872 August 14, to Dear Anna & Carry
Date:
1872-08-14
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
A serious expostulation with the members of the House of Representatives of the United States
Title:
A serious expostulation with the members of the House of Representatives of the United States
Description:
Printed in Philadelphia; Reprinted by J. Spooner in Newbedford, 1793
Date:
1793
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur diary, October to December 1865
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, October to December 1865
Description:
See also Wilbur's pocket diary for 1865 (mc1158_01_02_004).
Date:
1865-10-01 - 1865-12-31
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1853 July 8, to Dear Clemmy
Title:
1853 July 8, to Dear Clemmy
Date:
1853-07-08
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
1866 March 1, Farmville, to Anna
Title:
1866 March 1, to Anna
Date:
1866-03-01
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Mary Passmore diary
Title:
Mary Passmore diary
Description:
Account of journey to and visits in North Carolina with Pennock Passmore and Mary Kite.
Date:
1851 - 1852
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur diary, May to September 1865
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, May to September 1865
Description:
See also Wilbur's pocket diary for 1865 (mc1158_01_02_004).
Date:
1865-05-14 - 1865-09-30
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1840 July 6, Philadelphia, to Dear Father
Title:
1840 July 6, to Dear Father
Description:
Letter is typed and numbered (9 & 10). Handwritten copy not present.
Date:
1840-07-06
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1865
Title:
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1865
Description:
Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Primarily documents events of the Civil War and early postbellum period, including her relief work for Contraband (enslaved people who escaped to Union territory during the war) and freedmen. Relocated from Alexandria, Virginia, to work out of Washington, D.C., during this time. Records the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Attended multiple post-war trials including that of Henry Wirz. The memoranda at the end include a list of patients, many Native American, who Wilbur interacted with at the L'Ouverture Hospital for people of color in Alexandria.
Date:
1865
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1900 July 15, Woodbourne to Mr. Evans
Title:
1900 July 15, Woodbourne to Mr. Evans
Description:
Phrase "milk of human kindness" a reference to William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." The hymn "Break, Break, Break" adapted from the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Date:
1900-07-15
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1781-03-17
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1781-03-17
Description:
Typed copy of a letter from Anthony Benezet to Robert Pleasants. Discussing education for the "poor blacks".
Date:
1781-03-17
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Moses Brown, 1774-05-09
Title:
Letter to Moses Brown, 1774-05-09
Description:
Copy of a letter from Anthony Benezet to Moses Brown. Discussing Eastern States' petitions and bills to the King and Parliament in opposition to slavery and the slave trade. Benezet discusses his friend Samuel Nottingham and his wife's slaves. Also includes an account of a letter concerning the lives and future of slaves from Nathanial Gilbert of Antigua.
Date:
1774-05-09
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
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

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