Samuel Pennock autograph letters collection

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1 Coll.950.Pennock Finding aid prepared by Jon Sweitzer-Lamme. Last updated on October 28, Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

2 Table of Contents Summary Information...3 Biography/History...4 Biography/History...4 Scope and Contents... 5 Administrative Information... 9 Controlled Access Headings Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Creator Pennock, Deborah Ann Yerkes, Creator Pennock, Samuel, Title Call number Coll.950.Pennock Date Extent 1 item Language English Abstract This scrapbook contains documents connected to various nineteenthcentury luminaries, collected by Samuel Pennock ( ). Such documents include a signature of Abraham Lincoln, as well as documents by Susan B. Anthony ( ), Anna Dickinson ( ), William Still ( ), Ezra Cornell ( ) and John Greenleaf Whittier ( ). Cite as: Haverford College Library, Haverford, PA, Quaker Collection, Samuel Pennock autograph collection, Coll. No. 950 Pennock. - Page 3 -

4 Biography/History Deborah Ann Yerkes Pennock ( ) was the wife of Samuel Pennock and the daughter of John and Catharine Dull Yerkes. She, along with her husband, was active in the abolitionist movement, the Underground Railroad and the Progressive Friends of Pennsylvania (also known as Longwood Meeting). She was also involved in the women's suffrage movement and the cousin of Susan B. Anthony. Sources: Internal evidence, The Pennocks of Primitive Hall Surname Index entry for Samuel Pennock, The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Vol. 5 (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1997), p. 5. Biography/History Samuel Pennock ( ) was one of the leading inventors of agricultural machinery in the United States. He was a son of Moses and Mary J. (Lamborn) Pennock, and was born in East Marlborough township, Chester county, Pennsylvania on October 8, Samuel Pennock was reared on his father's farm, received his education in the schools of his neighborhood, and then learned the trade of carriage maker. Later he went to Wilmington and for one year was engaged with the firm of Harlan & Hollingsworth. Leaving Delaware he returned to the farm to study the agricultural machinery then in use, and soon made improvements on a rude grain drill which his father had patented. This improved drill, which he patented, contained the idea upon which all the modern grain drills are constructed. In 1859 Pennock invented and patented the 'Iron Harvester,' the first mowing machine in America that was equipped with a cutter-bar that could be raised and lowered without the driver leaving his seat. Fifteen years later, in 1873, he invented, patented, and introduced into use, the 'Pennock Road Machine,' the first practical machine in this country for the construction and repair of roads. Pennock came to Kennett Square in He was originally a Republican, but became a political independent. A Quaker and a Mason, he did not smoke or drink. In September 1853, Pennock married Deborah A. Yerkes, a daughter of John Yerkes. They had three children: Frederick M., Charles J. and Theodore. Pennock died at Kennett Square, his family?s farm, on August 19, Sources: the 'Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Comprising a Historical Sketch of the County', by Samuel T. Wiley, revised and edited by Winfield Scott Garner, published by the Gresham Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1893, pp , and the Friends? Intelligencer for September 5, 1903, (Vol. 60 p. 567). - Page 4 -

5 Scope and Contents The collection is formed around a scrapbook. mostly of autographs of luminaries, kept by Samuel Pennock ( ), which contains the following (listed from front to back): Throughout: pressed flowers and leaves, labeled with their original locations. Circular photograph of unidentified woman Letter from?ml? [identified as Mary Lamborn, who married Moses Pennock] to?brother Joseph? Print of?robert Fulton?s first experiment with paddle wheels in the summer of 1779-on the Conestoga? Four envelope covers, pasted together at one corner: from Horace Greely, unidentified, Susan B. Anthony, Thadius [sic] Stevens Letter from Laura G. Julian, to Samuel Pennock Unsigned letter with Lamberton family history information, to?cousin S.? Manuscript poem(?) of Walter Savage Landor Letter from Sarah Lewis, to?debby? Facsimile of a letter from Toussaint L?Ouverture Letter from H.R. Revels, to George W. Julian Letter from W.E. Langon(?) to?mrs. Pennock? Letter from?aunt Sarah? to?my dear neice [sic]? Advertisement for?pennock?s Patent Plow Sulky? Letter from Susan B. Anthony to?mrs. Darlington,? on The Revolution stationery. Letter concerns Anthony and others coming for a speech on a Saturday, after which they will "attend the regular morning meeting at Longwood meeting house if they have such." Letter from George W. Julian to Sarah Pennock Letter from Ezra Cornell to Samuel Pennock, declining the invitation to serve on a committee. Letter from Susan B. Anthony to?mrs. Pennock,? on National Woman Suffrage Association stationery. Letter concerns the death of their aunt Dinah Mendenhall and the disposition of her estate. Note from John Comly(?) Dated signature of John Greenleaf Whittier, April Signature of Abraham Lincoln - Page 5 -

6 2 signatures on the same sheet of Samuel B. Chase 3 signatures on the same sheet of L.M. Mason Letter from L.B. Chandler to?mrs. Pennock? Note from Laura De Force Gordon to Samuel Pennock Letter from Abraham L. Pennock to Samuel Pennock Letter from L.D. Parker to Samuel Pennock Letter with illegible signature, to?friend? Letter from William Still to Samuel Pennock, setting up an abolitionist speech by a black woman, Susan Laning(?). Letter from Sarah Lewis to?debby? Letter from Theobald Mather, to?friend? Letter from Hannah Pennock to Deborah A. Pennock Letter from Harris(?) Sains(?) to Deborah Pennock Letter from Anna Dickinson to Deborah A. Pennock Letter from Barclay Pennock to Samuel Pennock Short death notice of Donald Pennock, Letters (on same paper) from J. Elizabeth Jones to?mrs. Pennock? and from R.S.J. to Samuel Pennock 2 signatures on same sheet, from Joseph Miller Letter from Eleanor D. Richmond(?) to?mrs. Pennock? 3 signatures on same sheet of J. Erastus Lester Obituary of T. Clarkson Taylor Letter from T.C. and E.S. Taylor, to?friends? Letter from Joseph(?) G. and Elizabeth Jackson Note from Luis(?) Voith Hull(?) Letter from William Bill Murphy, to Deborah Pennock Note from Phebe Earle Gibbons, to Samuel and Deborah A. Pennock Letter from Robert Collyer, to?madame? Note labelled as from?dickens? Newspaper clipping:?characteristic Sayings by Americans? - Page 6 -

7 Letter from Stone, to?mr. Pennock? Note from Anna Dickinson to A.M. Powell 4 signatures on scraps of paper: Dom(?) Walter(?), Richard D. Wibb, C. Schwartz(?), Jacob Freeman(?) Glocks(?) Letter from Joseph May, to?mrs. Pennock? Letter from _ B. Stebbins, to?mrs. Pennock? Note on torn printed anti-slavery publication, unsigned Note from F. Jacob(?) Signatures of Benjamin Hallowell and S.M. Savery, glued to note Note from Thaddeus Stevens Signatures of Ellen E. Miles, Phebe A. Hanaford, Florence E. Hanaford Letter from Lucinda B. Chandler, to?mrs. Pennock? Two pencil drawings of shoes, by signed by N. Hozima Letter from?fred and Cora? to?charlie and Nellie? Article on the funeral of Lucretia Mott Letter from William Bill Murphy, to Deborah Pennock Letter from W.H. F Letter from W. Fiske, to Samuel Pennock Letter from H. Evells(?) to Bayard Taylor Article on a surprise party thrown for Samuel and Deborah Pennock Letterhead from?s. Pennock and Sons Co.? Invitation to the?semi-centennial of Freedom? celebration of 50 years of the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1883 Letter from P.T. Barnum to Bayard Taylor Letter from Anna E. Dickinson to Deborah A. Pennock Letter from N. Fri, to E.M. Davis Letter from J.B. Fremont, unaddressed Letter from M.A. Livermore, to Deborah A. Pennock Letter from M.F. Eastman, to Deborah A. Pennock - Page 7 -

8 Poem by T.E.D. Obituary of John Cox, 1880 Clipping, about a slave with a huge, riveted band of iron around his neck during the Civil War Letter from William Henry Furmers, unaddressed Letter from William Henry Furmers, unaddressed Clipping of an article by Victor Hugo Letter from C.C. Burleigh, to Samuel Pennock Letter from Mary Grew, to?mr. and Mrs. Pennock? Printed letter from the American Missionary Association Letter from Frank Buchanan, unaddressed Obituary of John Allen Letter from Marie Taylor, to Deborah [Pennock] Letter from Lilian Taylor, to?mrs. Pennock? Sketched map Letter from H.M. Lang, to Deborah Pennock Letter from P. Hanaford, to Deborah Pennock Reproduction of the first front page of the Philadelphia Public Ledger?Midnight Thoughts,? religious tract Letter from Mary Grew, unaddressed Letter from Mary Grew, unaddressed Letter from Sarah Pugh, unaddressed Letter of acknowledgement from Cornell University library (William Fiske) for books donated by Samuel and Deborah Pennock Clipping,?Our Turkey Hunt? Invitation to the?semi-centennial of Freedom? celebration of 50 years of the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1883 Obituary of Hannah Cox, 1876 Letter from Waldo Masearaz(?), to Deborah Pennock Engraving of C.H. Mcormick(?) - Page 8 -

9 Letter from Marie Taylor, to Deborah Pennock Administrative Information Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Finding aid prepared by Jon Sweitzer-Lamme. Access Restrictions This collection is open for research use. Use Restrictions Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact Special Collections with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material. Custodial History note According to a label on the cover of this scrapbook, "the two most valuable albums" of Samuel Pennock's autograph collection were parted, "one for Fred, the other for Charles." It is unclear which album this is. Immediate Source of Acquisition note Jane Marshall Cox gift, March Accession No Controlled Access Headings Personal Name(s) Cox, Jane Marshall - Page 9 -