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'Penn Sewing School. 1868-1888. A Retrospect of Twenty Years."
Creator: Dorland, Annie Caley, 1839-1894
Date Created: 1888-04-28
2.
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution
Creator: Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women
Date Created: 1849
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Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women legal documents
Creator: Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women
Date Created: 1841-1902
4.
Report of the Penn Sewing School of Philadelphia for 1894-1895
Creator: Penn Sewing School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date Created: 1894-1895
5.
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 3
Creator: Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date Created: 1821-1823
6.
Friends Instruction Association treasurer's account book
Creator: Friends Instruction Association
Date Created: 1876-1894
7.
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women treasurer's book
Creator: Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women
Date Created: 1905-1926
8.
Rosine Association casebook
Creator: Rosine Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date Created: 1848-1851
9.
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution and by-laws
Creator: Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women
Date Created: 1844-1928
10.
Penn Sewing School Report of the Dorcas for 1886 and 1887
Creator: Penn Sewing School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date Created: 1886-1887
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Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.)
151
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
111
Schofield, Martha
42
Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893
41
Howland, Emily, 1827-1929
40
Palmer, Sarah Hopper, 1796-1885
35
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing
34
Schofield, Lydia A. (Lydia Ann), 1835-1909
29
Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912
28
Townsend, Mira Sharpless, 1798-1859
24
Tierney, Agnes L. (Agnes Leo), 1868-1947
20
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women
15
Ash, Sarah J. (Sarah Jane), 1835-1912
14
Corson, Robert Rodgers, 1831-1904
14
Penn Sewing School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
11
Ash, Samuel S. (Samuel Shinn), 1829-1911
10
Bunting, Anna Webster, 1842-1914
8
Gibbons, Julia, 1837-1889
8
Hopper, Edward, 1812-1893
8
Davis, Edward M., 1811-1887
7
Grew, Mary, 1813-1896
7
Hopper, Anna Mott, 1812-1874
7
Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer (Philadelphia, Pa.)
6
Davis, Maria Mott
6
Friends Instruction Association
6
Schofield, E. H. (Eliza Hough), 1840-1913
6
Corlies, Sarah Fisher, 1838-1904
5
Hancock, Cornelia, 1840-1927
5
Emerson, Sarah Hopper, 1835-
4
Hassenplug, J. H. (Jacob Henry), 1827-1899
4
Hopper, Maria, 1845-1899
4
Mott, James, 1788-1868
4
Rhoads, James E. (James Evans), 1828-1895
4
Albright, Charlotte Endicott, 1832-1916
3
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892
3
Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852
3
Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association
3
Rosine Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)
3
Wagner, Clinton, 1837-1914
3
Ames, Charles Gordon, 1828-1912
2
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
2
Ash, Henry Caleb, 1863-1920
2
Broadbent and Phillips
2
Burleigh, Margaret Jones, 1811-1891
2
Combe, George, 1788-1858
2
Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896
2
Howland, Isabel, 1859-1942
2
Hunt, Benjamin P. (Benjamin Peter), 1808-
2
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955)
2
Price, Isaiah, 1822-1901
2
Ramabai Sarasvati, 1858-1922
2
Stone, Mary Taylor, 1842-1926
2
The Trustees of the Sheppard Legacy
2
Anthony, Lucy Elmina
1
Ashworth, John, 1848-1935
1
Association of Friends for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the Free People of Colour
1
Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons
1
Baldwin, S. L.
1
Bartram, Thomas Chalkley, 1835-1931
1
Birdsall, William W. (William Wilfred), 1854-1909
1
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950
1
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
1
Burleigh, Cyrus Moses, 1820-1855
1
Business Woman's Union (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
1
Cadbury, Richard, 1825-1897
1
Chandler, Joseph R., 1792-1880
1
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
1
Dorland, Annie Caley, 1839-1894
1
Fell, Eliza, 1810-1891
1
Ferris, Henry, 1855-1941
1
Flanders, A. Gertrude (Anstrice Gertrude), 1844-1920
1
Fox, Mary Rodman Fisher, 1822-1903
1
Froiseth, B. A. M., 1839-1922
1
Fussell, Joseph, 1820-1904
1
Garrett, Mary Elizabeth, 1854-1915
1
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
1
Gates, Adelia Sarah, 1825-1912
1
Grier, Maria Cuyler, 1822-1902
1
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917
1
Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1838-
1
Haynes, Robert W.
1
Hopper, Elizabeth, 1803-1872
1
Howland, Hannah T. (Hannah Tallcot), 1796-1867
1
Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916
1
Jackson, William M. (William Morris), 1837-1919
1
Jacobs, Esther Ann Fussell, 1818-1901
1
Janney, Robert M. 1851-1920
1
Jenkins, Charles Francis, 1865-1951
1
Jenkins, Mary Ash, 1875-1948
1
Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948
1
Laing, Henry M., 1821-1900
1
Letterman, Jonathan, 1824-1872
1
Loines, Mary Hillard, 1844-1944
1
Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
1
Lukens & Kirkpatrick
1
Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839
1
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
1
McAllister, Matilda
1
Morse, Lucy Gibbons, 1839-1936
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Personal correspondence
209
Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.)
154
Orphanages
144
African American children
131
Charities
109
Schofield, Martha
106
Charity organization
87
Annual reports
81
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
81
Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893
48
Women in education
46
Charities--Finance
44
Quakers
43
Antislavery movements
37
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing
34
Death
32
Women teachers
30
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
29
Minutes (Records)
28
Palmer, Sarah Hopper, 1796-1885
28
African Americans--Education
27
Biography
26
Abolitionists
24
Townsend, Mira Sharpless, 1798-1859
24
Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1838-
23
Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.)
23
Freedmen--Charities
21
Quaker women
21
Quakers--Charities
21
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
20
Women--Charities
20
Women social reformers
17
Women's rights
17
Accounting
16
Society of Friends
16
African American schools
15
Freedmen--Education
15
Sewing schools
15
Bereavement
14
Gifts
14
Women orators
14
Women--Suffrage
14
Faith
12
Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852
12
Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association
12
Cost accounting
11
American Freedman's Union Commission
10
Books and reading
10
Davis, Edward M., 1811-1887
10
Freedmen
10
Health
10
Hopper, Anna Mott, 1812-1874
10
Portraits
10
Travel
10
Women abolitionists
10
Congresses and conventions
9
Constitutions
9
Funeral rites and ceremonies
9
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955)
9
Sick children
9
Temperance
9
Diseases
8
Endowments
8
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
8
Religion
8
Sick
8
Slavery
8
African Americans--Services for
7
Davis, Maria Mott
7
Female friendship
7
Finance
7
Fugitive slaves
7
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892
7
Marriage
7
Public health
7
Sewing--Study and teaching
7
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902
7
Women in community organization
7
African Americans--Charities
6
By-laws
6
Condolence notes
6
Diaries
6
Education--Finance
6
Fussell, Robert, 1875-1943
6
Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912
6
Mothers and daughters
6
Social service
6
Stratton, Caroline Chase, -1879
6
Swarthmore College
6
Women authors
6
Women--Services for
6
Women--Societies and clubs
6
Account books
5
Barker, Joseph, 1806-1875
5
Bunting, John, 1839-1904
5
Childbirth
5
Children--Death
5
Educational fund raising
5
Entrikin, Samuel J.
5
Garrison, Ellen Wright, 1840-1931
5
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
5
Gibbons, William, 1834-1855
5
Hancock, Cornelia, 1840-1927
5
Jackson, Anna M. (Anna Margaret), 1848-1920
5
Lectures and lecturing
5
Morse, Lucy Gibbons, 1839-1936
5
Mott, James, 1788-1868
5
Pugh, Sarah, 1800-1884
5
Travel--Planning
5
Vocational education
5
Wages
5
Weddings
5
Williamson, Passmore
5
Women--Economic conditions
5
Women--Education
5
Wright, Martha Coffin, 1806-1875
5
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
4
Apprentices
4
Bartram, Sadie (Sarah Mott Brouwer), 1844-1878
4
Birthdays
4
Botany
4
Child, Mary H. (Mary Hough), 1803-1874
4
Cholera
4
Fussell, Alice, 1871-1955
4
Fussell, Mary Townsend, 1849-1935
4
Future life
4
Gibbons, James Sloan, 1810-1892
4
Grew, Mary, 1813-1896
4
Hospitals
4
Household employees
4
Johnson, Jane, 1820?-
4
Pacifists
4
Peace movements
4
Puerperium
4
Rosine Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)
4
Teachers
4
Townsend, Mary, 1814-
4
War
4
Women in charitable work
4
Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927
4
Animal magnetism
3
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
3
Ash, Samuel S. (Samuel Shinn), 1829-1911
3
Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830
3
Camp William Penn (La Mott, Pa.)
3
Channing, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1884
3
Chapman, Mariana W. (Mariana Wright), 1843-1907
3
Charters
3
Children--Conduct of life
3
Christianity
3
Christmas
3
Climatotherapy
3
Clothing and dress
3
Dwellings--Maintenance and repair
3
Education
3
Emerson, Sarah Hopper, 1835-
3
Fairs
3
Fever
3
Finance, Personal
3
Fund raising
3
Furniture
3
Fussell, Linnaeus, 1842-1907
3
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
3
Magnetic healing
3
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
3
Poor women--Services for
3
Prostitutes
3
Prostitutes--Services for
3
Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
3
Quaker abolitionists
3
Railroad travel
3
Rodenbach, William T., 1845-1931
3
Rose, Ernestine L. (Ernestine Louise), 1810-1892
3
Schofield, Lydia A. (Lydia Ann), 1835-1909
3
Sewing
3
Sewing--Equipment and supplies
3
Slavery and the church--Society of Friends
3
Teachers--Salaries, etc.
3
Textile fabrics
3
Townsend, Samuel. 1800-1887
3
United States--History--1865-1921
3
Wagner, Clinton, 1837-1914
3
War--Religious aspects--Society of Friends
3
Wistar, Caspar, 1801-1867
3
Women educators
3
Women ex-convicts
3
American Equal Rights Association
2
Anniversaries
2
Antislavery movements in literature
2
Ash, Sarah J. (Sarah Jane), 1835-1912
2
Boards of directors
2
Boycotts
2
British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society
2
Burleigh, Gertrude Kimber
2
Capital punishment
2
Care of the sick
2
Checks
2
Children--Correspondence
2
Clergy
2
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Still image
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Martha Schofield papers
185
Lucretia Mott manuscripts
169
Association for the Care of Colored Orphans records
154
Abby Hopper Gibbons papers
125
Emily Howland Family papers
99
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing records
36
Lewis-Fussell Family papers
33
Mira Sharpless Townsend papers
26
Branson-Jackson Family papers
14
Penn Sewing School records
13
Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer records
7
Friends Instructional Association records
6
Mariana Wright Chapman Family papers
3
Emily Howland family photographs
2
Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons records
1
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Aiken (S.C.)
82
New York (N.Y.)
52
Sherwood (N.Y.)
28
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
25
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25
Charleston (S.C.)
21
Darby (Pa.)
18
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