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Caroline von Gersdorff letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Creator: von Gersdorff, Caroline, 1834-1889
Date Created: 1864-02-05
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Lacey C. Zapf letter to Emily Howland
Creator: Zapf, Lacey C. (Lacey Courtland), 1882-1962
Date Created: 1928-12-31
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M. Helena Zachos letter to Anna M. Jackson
Creator: Zachos, M. Helena (Mary Helena), 1856-1951
Date Created: 1875-1920
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Adah Sparhawk Young letter to Emily Howland
Creator: Young, Adah Sparhawk, 1853-1941
Date Created: 1928-12-14
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Stanley R. Yarnall letter to Emily Howland
Creator: Yarnall, Stanley R. (Stanley Rhoads), 1871-1964
Date Created: 1928-02-12
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Ellis Yarnall letter to Maria
Creator: Yarnall, Ellis, 1817-1905
Date Created: 1880-11-27
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Lucretia Mott biographical sketch
Creator: Yarnall, Ellis, 1817-1905
Date Created: 1878-11-13
8.
Frederick W. Wurster letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Creator: Wurster, Frederick W., 1850-1917
Date Created: 1897-05-04
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Phebe C. Wright letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Creator: Wright, Phebe C., 1824-1916
Date Created: 1894-06-26
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Phebe C. Wright letter to the Committee on Isolated Friends of New York
Creator: Wright, Phebe C., 1824-1916
Date Created: 1915-02-17
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463
Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893
458
Howland, Emily, 1827-1929
438
Schofield, Martha
313
Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.)
164
Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912
154
Child, Mary H. (Mary Hough), 1803-1874
65
Gibbons, Julia, 1837-1889
54
Davis, Maria Mott
53
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892
49
Schofield, Lydia A. (Lydia Ann), 1835-1909
49
Emerson, Sarah Hopper, 1835-
48
Schofield, E. H. (Eliza Hough), 1840-1913
43
Stone, Mary Taylor, 1842-1926
41
Tierney, Agnes L. (Agnes Leo), 1868-1947
40
Palmer, Sarah Hopper, 1796-1885
37
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing
34
Chapman, Mariana W. (Mariana Wright), 1843-1907
31
Townsend, Mira Sharpless, 1798-1859
28
Morse, Lucy Gibbons, 1839-1936
26
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
25
Bartram, Sadie (Sarah Mott Brouwer), 1844-1878
25
Lowell, Josephine Shaw, 1843-1905
25
Stearns, John, 1827-1898
25
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
24
Dana, Thesta Dorcas, 1816-1907
24
Howland, Isabel, 1859-1942
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Bunting, Anna Webster, 1842-1914
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Ash, Sarah J. (Sarah Jane), 1835-1912
21
Wagner, Clinton, 1837-1914
18
Curtis, Elizabeth Burrill, 1861-1914
16
Lewis, Esther, 1782-1848
16
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women
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Corson, Robert Rodgers, 1831-1904
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Morgan, Maria M., 1818-1896
15
Price, Jane Jackson, 1817-1895
15
Putnam, Caroline F., 1826-1917
15
Stone, William, 1842-1897
15
Corlies, Sarah Fisher, 1838-1904
14
Hancock, Cornelia, 1840-1927
14
Ash, Samuel S. (Samuel Shinn), 1829-1911
13
Cornell, Thomas Clapp, 1819-1894
13
Graves, Frank Pierrepont, 1869-1956
13
New York Female Association
13
Hopper, Edward, 1812-1893
12
Davis, Edward M., 1811-1887
11
Grew, Mary, 1813-1896
11
Hopper, Rosa De Wolf (Rosalie), 1826-1910
11
Penn Sewing School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
11
Ridgeway, William Oldden, 1838-1925
11
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902
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Thayer, Sarah Smith, 1827-1903
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Woolsey, Abby Howland, 1828-1893
11
Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown, 1825-1921
10
Mott, James, 1788-1868
10
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
10
Woolsey, Jane Stuart
10
Hopper, Elizabeth, 1803-1872
9
Jackson, Anna M. (Anna Margaret), 1848-1920
9
Jacobs, Esther Ann Fussell, 1818-1901
9
Mott, Thomas, 1823-1899
9
Rantoul, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1832-1922
9
Bell, Eliza H. (Eliza Hough Jackson), 1813-1901
8
Collins, Ellen, 1828-1912
8
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Hartwell, Alfred S. (Alfred Stedman), 1836-1912
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Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899
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Price, Paxson, 1818-1905
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Backus, Helen H. (Helen Hiscock), -1906
7
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Blatch, Harriot Stanton, 1856-1940
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Dorsey, Elizabeth, 1837-
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Fagnani, Charles P. (Charles Prospero), 1854-1940
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Hanaford, Phebe A. (Phebe Ann), 1829-1921
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Hopper, Anna Mott, 1812-1874
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Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852
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Hopper, Maria, 1845-1899
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O'Meally, George
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Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902
7
Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Burleigh, Margaret Jones, 1811-1891
6
DeRivera, Belle, 1848-1943
6
Dodge, Grace H. (Grace Hoadley), 1856-1914
6
Friends Instruction Association
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Greenleaf, Jean Brooks, 1831-
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Hepworth, Adaline A. Drury
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Howland, Hannah Letchworth, 1829-1902
6
New York State Woman Suffrage Association
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Patrick, Ellen M., 1842-1910
6
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
6
Towne, Laura M. (Laura Matilda), 1825-1901
6
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
6
Whitney, Rosalie Loew, 1873-1939
6
Anthony, Mary S.
5
Bacon, Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey, 1833-1906
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Baker, George E.
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Barnard, James M. (James Munson), 1819-1904
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Bigelow, Jane Tunis Poultney, 1829-1889
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Boyer, Sidney Taliaferro, 1854-1927
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Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
494
Schofield, Martha
488
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
266
Women in education
260
Women teachers
221
Death
197
Women--Suffrage
194
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
185
Jackson, Anna M. (Anna Margaret), 1848-1920
182
Quakers
174
Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.)
171
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163
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161
African American children
148
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140
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134
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133
African Americans--Education
131
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122
Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, S.C.)
117
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108
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105
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102
Women's rights
94
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88
Society of Friends
87
Books and reading
76
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73
Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1838-
72
Freedmen--Education
66
Gibbons, William, 1834-1855
65
Hammond General Hospital (Point Lookout, Md.)
65
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65
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63
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62
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61
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59
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58
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57
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56
Howland, Emily, 1827-1929
56
Charities--Finance
55
Chapman, Mariana W. (Mariana Wright), 1843-1907
54
Bartram, Sadie (Sarah Mott Brouwer), 1844-1878
53
Diaries
51
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51
Women--Education
49
Temperance
48
Bereavement
47
African Americans--Services for
46
Freedmen--Charities
43
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43
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42
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41
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41
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39
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39
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39
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37
Swarthmore College
37
Emerson, Sarah Hopper, 1835-
36
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36
Marriage
35
Social service
35
Women--Services for
35
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing
34
Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912
34
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902
34
Women--Diaries
34
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
33
Christmas
33
Condolence notes
32
Racism
32
Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852
31
Endowments
30
Policewomen
30
Quaker women
30
Birthdays
29
Mott, James, 1788-1868
29
Palmer, Sarah Hopper, 1796-1885
29
Educational fund raising
28
Household employees
28
Townsend, Mira Sharpless, 1798-1859
28
Women abolitionists
28
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892
27
United States--History--1865-1921
27
Davis, Edward M., 1811-1887
26
Genealogy
26
Vacations
26
Funeral rites and ceremonies
25
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
25
Letters to the editor
25
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
25
Mothers and daughters
25
Religion
25
Women--Political activity
25
Fussell, Robert, 1875-1943
24
Gibbons, James Sloan, 1810-1892
24
Lord, Martha Mott, 1828-1916
24
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955)
24
Sherwood Select School
24
Teacher-student relationships
24
Bunting, John, 1839-1904
23
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
23
Finance, Personal
23
Fund raising
23
Morse, Lucy Gibbons, 1839-1936
23
Quakers--Charities
23
Weddings
23
Women prisoners
23
African Americans--Social conditions
22
Childbirth
22
Military hospitals
22
Accounting
21
Botany
21
Schools
21
Women--Charities
21
Draft Riot (New York, New York : 1863)
20
Fussell, Alice, 1871-1955
20
Hopper, John, 1815-1864
20
Kowaliga School (Tallapoosa County, Ala.)
20
Meetings
20
Sedgwick, Charles, Mrs., 1801-1864
20
Teachers--Salaries, etc.
20
Wagner, Clinton, 1837-1914
20
Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)
20
Women authors
20
African American students
19
Shipping
19
Travel--Planning
19
Education
18
Mann, Maria R., 1817-1894
18
National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children (Washington, D.C.)
18
Teachers
18
Walker, James, 1794-1874
18
Future life
17
Hopper, Anna Mott, 1812-1874
17
Stratton, Caroline Chase, -1879
17
African Americans--Crimes against
16
Bills, Legislative
16
Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917
16
Davis, Maria Mott
16
Furniture
16
National American Woman Suffrage Association
16
Posey, L. O. (Lawrence Obanyon), 1850-1907
16
Sewing schools
16
Suffragists
16
United States. General Hospital (Beverly, N.J.)
16
Women ex-convicts
16
Women--Employment
16
Wright, Martha Coffin, 1806-1875
16
Climatotherapy
15
Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932
15
Entrikin, Samuel J.
15
Grew, Mary, 1813-1896
15
University of the State of New York
15
Woman's Municipal League (New York, N.Y.)
15
Women educators
15
Women--Finance, Personal
15
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
14
Clothing and dress
14
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887
14
Hopper, De Wolf, 1858-1935
14
New York Female Association
14
Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association
14
Police stations
14
Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902
14
Women's rights--Societies, etc.
14
Child, Mary H. (Mary Hough), 1803-1874
13
Collyer, Robert, 1823-1912
13
Diseases
13
Fairs
13
Girls' schools
13
House furnishings
13
Inventories
13
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
13
New York State Woman Suffrage Association
13
Peace movements
13
Pugh, Sarah, 1800-1884
13
Railroad travel
13
School management and organization
13
Soldiers
13
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893
13
Stone, Mary Taylor, 1842-1926
13
Woolsey, Jane Stuart
13
Account books
12
Bacon, Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey, 1833-1906
12
Children--Death
12
Death--Religious aspects
12
Fussell, Mary Townsend, 1849-1935
12
Hartwell, Alfred S. (Alfred Stedman), 1836-1912
12
Pacifists
12
Putnam, Caroline F., 1826-1917
12
Underground Railroad
12
Women political activists
12
American Freedman's Union Commission
11
Benson, William E.,1873-1915
11
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996
Emily Howland Family papers
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Lucretia Mott manuscripts
706
Branson-Jackson Family papers
458
Mariana Wright Chapman Family papers
240
Lewis-Fussell Family papers
206
Association for the Care of Colored Orphans records
170
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing records
36
Mira Sharpless Townsend papers
30
New York Female Association records
14
Penn Sewing School records
13
Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer records
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Friends Instructional Association records
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Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons records
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Elizabeth P. Bond papers
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