Vaux Collection of Correspondence, Documents and Graphics, (28 document boxes and 2 albums (15 linear ft.)

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1 1 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM Vaux Collection of Correspondence, Documents and Graphics, (28 document boxes and 2 albums (15 linear ft.) Collection No Haverford College Library * Special Collections Haverford, PA Background note Scope and content Arrangement Administrative information Additional descriptive information Subject Headings Contact information Collection overview Correspondence and Documents Graphics: Detailed inventory Series I. Correspondence and Documents: Series II: Graphics: The collection provides insights into several issues important within the history of Quakerism, such as the abolition of slavery, education and Native American rights as examined by a number of well-known Quakers, as well as graphics depicting American travel views, Native American sites, Haverford College, Quaker individuals and places associated with Quakers. Return to Special Collections Return to Tripod George Vaux VIII ( ) was the son of George and Eliza Head Sansom Vaux. He was educated at Friends Select School in Philadelphia. In 1859, he married Sarah H. Morris with whom he had 3 children. He lived in Philadelphia, Pa., but had a country house in Bryn Mawr, Pa. and spent many summers in the Canadian Rockies. His business life centered around the Swatara Coal Company of which he was Secretary and Treasurer. He was for 45 years a manager of the Institute for Colored Youth, for more than 30 years a manager of Friends Select School, Philadelphia, and for many years, a manager of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; also, President of the Bible Association of Friends in America and Treasurer of The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Persons of African and Indian Descent. He had a great concern for Quaker records and the history of Philadelphia Friends and served for many years as correspondent for PYM with London Yearly Meeting. George Vaux IX ( ) was also born in Philadelphia. He graduated from Haverford College in 1884 and received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the law firm of P. Pemberton Morris, giving much time to penology and prison reform. He was a manager of the board of the Eastern Penitentiary. He was also on the board of the Academy of Natural Sciences from

2 2 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM 1894 until his death. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him to the Board of Indian Commissioners, a post he retained until his death. In 1907, GV Jr. married Mary W. James with whom he had two sons. Vaux had a great interest in mineralogy and was a student of glacial activity. GV Jr. was active in Friends' education, serving on the boards of Friends' Select School, Westtown School, Haverford College and the Institute for Colored Youth (Cheyney University). George Vaux X ( ) graduated from Haverford College in 1930, then studied at Cambridge and London Universities; he excelled in research of crystals. In 1941, he married Anne Hawks. Among other jobs, he was a manufacturer's representative for scientific equipment. He was a member of the boards of Bryn Mawr College, Ludwick Foundation, Richard Humphreys Foundation and others, and president of the Athenaeum (Philadelphia) for over 30 years. (Information from internal evidence, the Dictionary of Quaker Biography, obituary notices and GV VIII) The original accession of Vaux family papers contained in boxes 1-3 includes letters and documents from Jonathan Backhouse, Anthony Benezet, Thomas Clarkson, Stephen Grellet, Elias Hicks, Abel James, Rebecca Jones, Deborah Logan, James Logan, Margaret Morris, William Penn, William Robinson, Marmaduke Stevenson and others. Their topics include African Americans; Westtown School; the Quaker separation of ; Daniel Wheeler, Elizabeth Fry; a memorial for Anne Parrish (Female Society for Relief and Employment of the Poor); the Virginia Exiles (including the protest of the prisoners); manumission; early Quaker publishing; the will of Thomas Lloyd; Quakers and Native Americans; and women's property rights. The addition to the Vaux family papers of correspondence, documents and graphics in boxes 4-28 and albums 1 & 2 most prominently reflects the research interests of George Vaux VIII and the photographic work of George Vaux Jr. and George Vaux X. The correspondence and documents relate to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, including the Forrest Trust, Lewis Legacy for Poor Children, Richardson Trust, Josiah White Schools and the constituent meetings of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Northern District and Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District, but also Quaker topics such as Quakers in Tortola and Barbados, Quakers in Charleston, S.C., the Bible Association of Friends in America, The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Persons of African and Indian Descent, Friends Historical Society, and Haverford College. The graphics include glass slides of American travel views and Native American sites, and of Haverford College, especially those taken by George Vaux Jr., but also by William S. Vaux and M.M. Vaux, and photographs and other art media of Quakers and places with Quaker connections, such as Meetinghouses, burial grounds, Tortola and Barbados. There are also 2 albums of 35mm and stereoscopic slides by George Vaux X, including of Meetinghouses and Quaker sites on Barbados and Tortola. Especially prominent in the collection addition are George Vaux VIII, George Vaux IX and George Vaux X. Correspondents include: Joel Cadbury, Richard Cadbury, Harriet Durham, Amelia Mott Gummere, Henry Hartshorne, Rufus Jones, Albert Cook Myers, Norman Penney, James E. Rhoads, Charles Roberts, Isaac Sharp.

3 3 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM Organization Series List: Series I. Correspondence and Documents Series II. Graphics Subjects African Americans Barbados - Pictorial works Bible Association of Friends in America Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Persons of African and Indian Descent Friends' Historical Society Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, Haverford College Haverford College - Pictorial works Hicksite Separation Society of Friends Indians of North America - Pictorial works Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District Parrish, Anne, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox: ) Quaker cemeteries - Pictorial works Quaker church buildings - Pictorial works Quaker women Quakers - Barbados Quakers - Charleston (S.C.) Quakers - Tortola Quakers relations with Indians Slaves -- Emancipation Tortola - Pictorial works Trusts and trustees Pennsylvania Virginia Exiles Westtown School Wheeler, Daniel, Haverford College Library Special Collections [ Haverford, PA Names Backhouse, Jonathan Benezet, Anthony, Cadbury, Joel Cadbury, Richard Clarkson, Thomas, Durham, Harriet Frorer Grellet, Stephen, Gummere, Amelia M., Hartshorne, Henry, Hicks, Elias, James, Abel, d. 1790

4 4 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM Jones, Rebecca, Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), Logan, Deborah Norris, Logan, James, Morris, Margaret Hill, 1737?-1816 Myers, Albert Cook, Penn, William, Penney, Norman, Rhoads, James E. (James Evans), Roberts Charles, Robinson, William, member of the Society of Friends Sharp, Isaac, Stevenson, Marmaduke, d Vaux family Vaux, George, Vaux, George, Vaux, George, NAME 1: Achell, William CONTENT: Lines written on reading Barclay's Apology [18--?] NAME 1: Allen, Stafford RECIP_1: Vaux, George PLACE: New Garden, CONTENT: will be looking at Colored schools in Greensboro Note: NOTES: 361 potential NAME 1: Allinson, Samuel PLACE: Waterford, CONTENT: Reasons why he will not go to New York having given much time to the work laid on him by Meeting for Sufferings Note: NOTES: 361 potential NAME 1: Archer, Rebecca CONTENT: improvement at Westtown School and spiritual expressions CORP_NAME: Arch Street Meeting House TYPE_DOC: TS

5 5 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM CONTENT: re building of the Meetinghouse with annotations in the hand of Anna H. Garrett (according to George Vaux X) NAME 1: Backhouse, H.C. RECIP_1: Stewardson, I. RECIP_2: Stewardson, A. PLACE: New Hope, CONTENT: On the possibility of separation; unless slavery abolished, Friends may have to leave the South. Note: NOTES: 361 potential TITLE: (intro. to succeeding Backhouse records) 1835DATE_2: 1841 ITEM_COUNT: 14 NAME 1: Backhouse, H.C.? NAME 2: Backhouse, Jonathan CONTENT: On Beaconite controversy, traveling Friends, slavery, separation, personal matters. Note: NOTES: 361 potentials; (#41 Kane) NAME 1: Backhouse, Hannah PLACE:, OH CONTENT: sermon TYPE_DOC: copy NAME 1: Backhouse, Jonathan RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Darlington, CONTENT: Beaconite controversy and John Wilkinson NAME 1: Backhouse, Jonathan RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Norwich, CONTENT: Personal letter and some about Society of Friends NAME 1: Backhouse, Jonathan RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: London, NAME 1: Backhouse, Jonathan RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: London,

6 6 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM CONTENT: Re Yearly Meeting; received account of Daniel Wheeler in Pacific Is lands; on the slave trade. Note: NOTES: 361 potential NAME 1: Backhouse, Jonathan RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: London, CONTENT: Re various Friends -- Joseph John Gurney and Elizabeth Gurney Fry and property in the Northern Liberties NAME 1: Backhouse, Jonathan RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Polaris? Hill, CONTENT: Personal; cousin James Backhouse returned from South Africa NAME 1: Backhouse, Jonathan RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Darlington, CONTENT: resignations of various ministers and elders under duress NAME 1: Backhouse, Jonathan RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: New York, CONTENT: His wife serves in Tennessee and Ohio; Sarah Emlen would not have acceptance among English Friends. Note: NOTES: 361 potential NAME 1: Backhouse, Jonathan RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Stoke Newington, CONTENT: Daniel Wheeler about to go to Russia; other Friends' travels NAME 1: Backhouse, Jonathan RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: London, CONTENT: return of such Friends as Elizabeth Fry and William Allen from visits to Germany, Holland, Prussia; re Lucretia Mott at antislavery convention not being seated as a delegate; emancipation in W. Indies. Note: NOTES: 361 potential

7 7 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Backhouse, Jonathan RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Darlington, CONTENT: deaths of Roberts and George Vaux NAME 1: Barnard, Hannah PLACE: New York, NAME 1: Barton, Bernard RECIP_1: publisher? PLACE: Woodbridge, CONTENT: Requesting that a copy of his Friendship's Offering be sent to (poet Felicia) Hemans Note: NOTES: (#40 Kane) NAME 1: Bates, Elisha Note: NOTES: see Hall, Nathan; subject: Short Creek Monthly Meeting NAME 1: Baxter, Gertrude RECIP_1: Vaux, Mrs. George (Sallie) PLACE: New Bedford, MA CONTENT: after will of "Uncle Edward" was probated, she has to leave the home she was living in Note: NOTES: 361 potential NAME 1: Bean, Hannah NAME 2: Bean, Joel TYPE_DOC: extracts CONTENT: letters re David B. Updegraff NAME 1: Bedford, J. A. PLACE: Germantown, 1880o's? ? 28 NAME 1: Benezet, Anthony RECIP_1: Smith, John CONTENT: Bundle received from Christopher Sour (sic). A note signed J.C. on verso of letter states the vessel on which Mordecai Yarnall was sailing was taken by the French. Note: NOTES: 361 potential (#43 Kane)

8 8 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Benezet, Anthony TYPE_DOC: A.Ds.S. CONTENT: receipts for money received for teaching ITEM_COUNT: 1750DATE_2: NAME 1: Benezet, Anthony RECIP_1: Pemberton, Israel RECIP_2: Pemberton, John CONTENT: (Also to James Pemberton et al). recommends spiritual solace; refers to "inclosed Reflections" (which are not present) Note: NOTES: 361 potential; (#42 Kane); subject: Virginia exiles NAME 1: Benson, William RECIP_1: Vaux, George [19]07 NAME 1: Blakey, William NAME 1: Bowne, George PLACE: New York, NAME 1: Bradford, William 1703 ITEM_COUNT: 3 TYPE_DOC: holograph, ms, ts CONTENT: on various Christian practices Note: NOTES: Bradford signature should be checked for authenticity NAME 1: Brahm, John GW ITEM_COUNT: 1786DATE_2: NAME 1: Brahm, John GW PLACE: Greenwich, CONTENT: Mentions Col. Wall, beef and pork marketing and the Delaware being open.

9 9 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM Note: NOTES: 361 potential ITEM_COUNT: 1823DATE_2: NAME 1: Braithwaite, Anna CONTENT: Writing from England and America, mentions various Friends, visiting Meetings, family news Note: NOTES: (#45 Kane) NAME 1: Braithwaite, Anna RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: New York, CONTENT: re separation of several New York Meetings NAME 1: Braithwaite, Isaac RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Kendal, CONTENT: Difficulties caused by "blasphemous" views in the Society NAME 1: Brown, John RECIP_2: Savery, William PLACE: Baltimore, CONTENT: sickness in the city NAME 1: Brown, Joshua NAME 1: Brown, Moses RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Providence, CONTENT: Supplying Bibles to the Meeting Note: NOTES: This is Moses Brown ( , founder of Moses Brown School, now Brown University. NAME 1: Buckley, Phineas PLACE: Bristol & New York, ITEM_COUNT: 1791DATE_2:

10 10 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Budd, Thomas NAME 1: Cathrall, Hannah PLACE: Frankfort, NAME 1: Chavanne, E. C. RECIP_1: Society of Friends, Phila. PLACE: Port de Paix, PLACE_COUN: Haiti TYPE_DOC: copy CONTENT: asks information on how to establish a Meeting there Note: NOTES: originally in French. Appeared in FR and materials sent, says a note. TITLE: The vision of Isaac Childs... NAME 1: Childs, Isaac TYPE_DOC: copy 1757 Note: NOTES: copy made by Joseph Potts NAME 1: Churchman, George RECIP_2: Pemberton, John CONTENT: On business and spiritual matters ITEM_COUNT: 1783DATE_2: NAME 1: Clarkson, Thomas RECIP_1: Vaux, Roberts PLACE: London, CONTENT: in receipt of money for sale of his (Clarkson's) books Note: NOTES: (#46 Kane) NAME 1: Claypoole, James CONTENT: approval of a marriage NAME 1: Coates, Lydia [18--?]

11 11 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Collins, Sallie RECIP_1: Vaux, Sallie DATE_2: 1818 NAME 1: Comly, John RECIP_1: Kite, Thomas RECIP_2: Kite, Benjamin PLACE: Byberry, New Bedford, CONTENT: about publishing Meeting information and Tracts and travel ITEM_COUNT: 2 Note: NOTES: (#78 Kane) NAME 1: Cox, Henry PLACE: Yorktown, ITEM_COUNT: 1799DATE_2: ITEM_COUNT: 1794DATE_2: NAME 1: Cox, John RECIP_2: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Oxmead, CONTENT: (Also other recipients & locations). on the opening of Westtown (2 mo ) NAME 1: Cumming, David PLACE: Alexandria, NAME 1: Dillingham, John RECIP_1: Vaux, George PLACE: West Falmouth, MA Note: NOTES: (see also: H.P. Morris letter & sermon ITEM_COUNT: 1781DATE_2: NAME 1: Dillwyn, George RECIP_2: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Burlington & London, CONTENT: Also to James Vaux et al. On business affairs; recommendations concerning Westtown School (5 mo )

12 12 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM Note: NOTES: (#47 Kane) NAME 1: Dillwyn, S[usanna?] RECIP_1: Vaux, Ann NAME 1: Dillwyn, William RECIP_1: Buckley, Phineas PLACE: London, etc., CONTENT: Mentions various Friends and family. Note: NOTES: (#48 Kane) ITEM_COUNT: 1785DATE_2: NAME 1: Drinker, Joseph PLACE: Philadelphia, CONTENT: sickness in the city, rich have deserted with their serfs ITEM_COUNT: 1 NAME 1: D[rinker], Henry 1890 ITEM_COUNT: 2 TYPE_DOC: copies CONTENT: extracts of Henry Drinker letters? NAME 1: Elfreth, Jeremiah CONTENT: an affirmation NAME 1: Ellis, William PLACE: Muncy, etc., CONTENT: Business matters. ITEM_COUNT: 1793DATE_2: DATE_2: 1800 NAME 1: Ellis, William PLACE: Catawissa, CONTENT: establishment of new Muncy MonthlyMeeting ( ) ITEM_COUNT: 9 ITEM_COUNT: 1818DATE_2: 5

13 13 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Emlen, Samuel RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas RECIP_2: Cope, Thomas P. PLACE: London & Burlington, CONTENT: Also other places and n.d. Business matters NAME 1: Evans, Ellin RECIP_1: Philadelphia Monthly Meeting CONTENT: Approval of his son's marriage Note: NOTES: 361 potential CORP_NAME: Female Society for Relief and Employment of the Poor CONTENT: includes ms. memorial for Anne Parrish. ITEM_COUNT: 2 NAME 1: Field, John RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas NAME 1: Fisher, Thomas NAME 1: Foster, Robert RECIP_1: Pemberton, John PLACE: London, CONTENT: about a disputed will NAME 1: Foulke, Elizabeth PLACE: Brandywine, NAME 1: Fox, George RECIP_1: Friends TYPE_DOC: copy CONTENT: contemporary copy of epistle Note: NOTES: (#33 Kane) ITEM_COUNT: 4

14 aux Collection of Correspondence, Documents and Graphics, of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Fox, George CONTENT: history of Fox seal; ms. copy of a 1672 letter; 19th century copy of account of Fox's death; photolithograph of Swarthmoor Hall. Note: NOTES: (latter item: #80 Kane) ITEM_COUNT: 1880DATE_2: NAME 1: Fry, Francis RECIP_1: Vaux, George PLACE: Bristol, PLACE_COUN: England CONTENT: re items in his possession, such as pamphlets by George Fox and Yearly Meeting epistles. NAME 1: Fry, John PLACE: London, CONTENT: Has been appointed Consul of the U.S ITEM_COUNT: 3 Note: NOTES: 361 potential NAME 1: Gilbert, Benjamin RECIP_1: Kite, Nathan TITLE: To the Pres. & Council of Penna ITEM_COUNT: ADS NAME 1: Gilpin, Thomas NAME 2: Drinker, Henry CONTENT: (Also signed by Israel, James & John Pemberton et al). Protest of the prisoners about to be exiled to Virginia. Note: NOTES: 361 potential; 89 Kane); subject: Virginia exiles TITLE: Gospel truths.. in five discourses PLACE_COUN: 1787 CONTENT: Ministers' sermons 1786 Note: NOTES: Bound TITLE: A testimony for family meeting... [16--?] NAME 1: Gray, George CONTENT: (title cont.: and keeping Negro servants...). on manumission & Christian teaching. Note: NOTES: 361 potential ITEM_COUNT: 1801DATE_2: 2 n.d.

15 15 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Grellet, Stephen PLACE: New York, CONTENT: The n.d. is an account related by Grellet in another hand Note: NOTES: (#49 Kane) NAME 1: Griffith, John RECIP_1: Pemberton, John PLACE: Chelmsford, NAME 1: Gurney, Joseph J TYPE_DOC: copies ITEM_COUNT: 1836DATE_2: TITLE: Testimony of disownment against E. Bates NAME 1: Hall, Nathan TYPE_DOC: ADS CONTENT: Signed by Hall as clerk of Short Creek Monthly Meeting Note: NOTES: subject: Bates, Elisha NAME 1: Hartshorne, William RECIP_1: Buckley, Phineas PLACE: Antigua, NAME 1: Hicks, Elias RECIP_2: Shoemaker, Nathan CONTENT: (Group of Elias Hicks letters also to Joseph Warner). disappointed that Henry Drinker has taken a position in civil government which is against Friends' testimony. Note: NOTES: 361 potential NAME 1: Hicks, Elias RECIP_1: Shoemaker, Nathan RECIP_2: Drinker, Henry CONTENT: On doctrinal matters and Hicksite controversy. Note: NOTES: (#53 Kane) ITEM_COUNT: 1782DATE_2:

16 16 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Hicks, Elias RECIP_2: Shoemaker, Nathan et al CONTENT: Answers religious questions stating need to free oneself from "education" (ideas that are taught) and the bias of tradition and doctrinal right mindedness; some history of the Hicksite controversy at Darby M.M.; S.R. (a minister) comments re Hi Note: NOTES: 361 potential ITEM_COUNT: 1736DATE_2: NAME 1: Holme, Benjamin RECIP_1: Pemberton, J. RECIP_2: Kinsey, John CONTENT: (Also to William Hudson). On early Quaker publishing in various languages and mentions Tacy Sowle Raylton; accompanied by a copy of part of a letter about a new geography based on Robert Barclay and William Penn (1 mo ) Note: NOTES: 361 potential NAME 1: Hopkins, John PLACE: Haddonfield, NAME 1: Hopkins, Samuel RECIP_1: Mifflin, Warner PLACE: Rahway, NAME 1: Horne, Susanna RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Tottenham, Note: NOTES: (#54 Kane) PLACE_COUN: England CONTENT: Inventories of household goods NAME 1: James, Abel [18--?]

17 17 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: James, Ann PLACE: Cattawissa, NAME 1: Janney, John RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Alexandria, NAME 1: Janney, Joseph RECIP_1: Morris, William RECIP_2: Drinker, Henry PLACE:, MD CONTENT: (Also VA). Business matters DATE_2: ITEM_COUNT: 2 NAME 1: Jones, John PLACE: Peach Bottom, NAME 1: Jones, Rebecca RECIP_1: Thornton, James PLACE: London, CONTENT: Re some teachers at Ackworth School; bout with Yellow Fever. Also photostat of a letter mentioning Jones' visit. Note: NOTES: 361 potential TITLE: Impromptu by Rebecca Jones NAME 1: Jones, Rebecca NAME 1: Jordan, Richard RECIP_1: Jordan, Pharaby CONTENT: Meets with Josiah White while visiting various Meetings 1797DATE_2: 1808 NAME 1: Jordan, Richard RECIP_1: Jordan, Pharaby (his wife) RECIP_2: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE_COUN: U.S. & Europe CONTENT: Spiritual expressions, traveling to various Meetings ITEM_COUNT: 12

18 18 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Judge, Hugh PLACE:, NY TITLE: Keithian controversy ITEM_COUNT: 8 CONTENT: Queries of George Keith for his followers; a list of Friends who have joined Keith and discussion by London Yearly Meeting of George Keith. Note: NOTES: (#75 Kane); former 2 items have typed transcripts; 3 items written in hand contemporary to Keith NAME 1: Kendall, John RECIP_1:? PLACE: Colchester, NAME 1: Kersey, Jesse CONTENT: extract from anonymous journal re Kersey NAME 1: Kripner, Susanna CONTENT: Land indenture between Kripner and Sarah Bryan NAME 1: Ladd, Thomas PLACE: Richmond, CONTENT: Certificates for two Friends NAME 1: Lawrence, Richard PLACE: New York, NAME 1: Le Compte, Jourdan NAME 2: et al, RECIP_1: Fox, Edward PLACE_COUN: [France] [17--?] ITEM_COUNT: 2 TYPE_DOC: translation CONTENT: response to Fox's ad requesting "refund [of] his father's share of prize money to the sufferers in sundry captures of a privateer..."; writers comment on Fox's pure faith, adversarial position of Fox's country and France Note: NOTES: 361 potential

19 19 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Lindley, Jacob PLACE: London Grove, etc., ITEM_COUNT: 1781DATE_2: TITLE: Lines on hearing of death of R. Jordan 1826 CONTENT: genealogical notes NAME 1: Lloyd, John RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: London, NAME 1: Lloyd family, TYPE_DOC: Ms. copy CONTENT: Dialogue between Thomas and Charles Lloyd and Bishop of St. Asaph in 1681 Note: NOTES: (#83 Kane) NAME 1: Lloyd family, CONTENT: genealogical chart and notes Note: NOTES: (#82 Kane) NAME 1: Lloyd family, TYPE_DOC: ADS 1694 CONTENT: Will of Thomas Lloyd signed by Lieut. Gov. of Province of Penna., Wm. Markham Note: NOTES: 361 potential: (#81 Kane). subject: Thomas Lloyd NAME 1: Logan, Deborah RECIP_1: Buckley, Ann RECIP_2:? Note: NOTES: (#55 Kane) ITEM_COUNT: 1820DATE_2: 3 n.d

20 20 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Logan, James NAME 2: et al*, TYPE_DOC: ADS CONTENT: (*other signers include: Edward Antitt?, Edward Singleton, Jona Denniss, Hen. Tregeny, David Powell?, and for the Susquehannah, their marks & transliterations of names as Widaagh or Oreteyagh, Andaggy junkquagh, CunnyaTagaagh, ConnotaghSaw, Mo Note: NOTES: cont. on next record NAME 1: Logan, James CONTENT: (cont. from last record: Moyonteequagh, Misquohissy). On behalf of William Penn, Logan states that the Susquehannah & Shevahs request that only under certificate from Penn may anyone live amongst them, bring liquor or other goods; English are their friends Note: NOTES: Written in Logan's hand; removed to 990 B-R; (# Kane); CORP_NAME: London Yearly Meeting TYPE_DOC: original, copy 1673DATE_2: 1858 CONTENT: Records, mostly epistles; account of London Morning Meeting when Joseph John Gurney applied for a certificate for religious service in America Note: NOTES: subject: Wilburite-Gurneyite controversy NAME 1: Lower, Thomas CONTENT: See George Whitehead NAME 1: Massey, George RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: West Whiteland, NAME 1: Matthews, George PLACE: Baltimore, NAME 1: Mendenhall, Phoebe CONTENT: Discusses J.B. Braithwaite and other matters ITEM_COUNT: 1802DATE_2: ITEM_COUNT: 1790DATE_2:

21 21 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Mifflin, Warner CONTENT: on the placement of several slaves Note: NOTES: 361 potential; (#50 Kane); needs repair NAME 1: Mildred, Daniel PLACE: London, Note: NOTES: (#59 Kane) NAME 1: Morris, Caspar RECIP_1: niece NAME 1: Morris, Deborah CONTENT: copies of her 18th century will and materials re Note: NOTES: 361 potential; (#85 Kane) COLL_NO: GVAUXCOLL NAME 1: Morris, H. RECIP_1: Mary PLACE: Philadelphia, CONTENT: letter & outline of John H. Dillingham's sermon NAME 1: Morris, Isaac RECIP_1: Vaux, James NAME 1: Morris, Israel NAME 1: Morris, Margaret RECIP_1: Vaux, James PLACE: Burlington, CONTENT: issue of property ownership by women Note: NOTES: 361 potential TITLE: For The Friend ITEM_COUNT: 1783DATE_2: DATE_2: ITEM_COUNT: 5

22 22 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Mortimer, NAME 1: Morton, John RECIP_1: Vaux, James PLACE: Philadelphia, NAME 1: Mott, Richard RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Mamaroneck, CONTENT: Building new Meetinghouse in New York; also a copy of part of a sermon delivered by him in 1845 NAME 1: Murray, John RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: New York, NAME 1: Nevins, Tim RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Leeds, ITEM_COUNT: 1748DATE_2: CORP_NAME: New York Yearly Meeting CONTENT: Subscription list for New York City Meetinghouse and epistle from Women's Meeting NAME 1: Nisbet, Richard NAME 1: Parrish, John NAME 1: Parsons, Samuel RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Flushing, ITEM_COUNT: 1790DATE_2:

23 23 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Paxson, Oliver NAME 1: Pease, John CONTENT: sermon TYPE_DOC: copy NAME 1: Pemberton, Israel RECIP_1: Williams, Ennion RECIP_2: et al PLACE: Philadelphia, Note: NOTES: (#60 Kane) DATE_2: 1769 ITEM_COUNT: 1759DATE_2: NAME 1: Pemberton, James NAME 2: Pemberton, John CONTENT: Included is a letter to James Pemberton from E. Tarbot on arranging over 50 Meetings for people not necessarily acquainted with Quakerism (9 mo ) NAME 1: Pemberton, John RECIP_1: Zane, Sarah PLACE: Winchester, CONTENT: these are times of violence and sickness and hunger; worms are devastating the grain; "... Play House, that Seminary of Corruption and School of Satan...; There does not seem to be much prospect of our speedy release." Note: NOTES: 361 potential; (#96 Kane); subject: Virginia exiles NAME 1: Penn, W[illiam] RECIP_1: L[loyd], T[homas] PLACE_COUN: England TYPE_DOC: ALS, 5 p., 22cm DATE_2: i.e. 06 BOX_NO: * CONTENT: Penn's troubles; request for assistance from Lloyd in the governing of Penna. and to Penn's Commissioners of Property; monetary fines imposed on Penn as well as loss of 500 families to the province; death of Barclay, Fox et al; Keithian controversy Note: NOTES: Published: Proud's History of PA.& Papers of Wm. Penn, v.3, # 89; removed to Philips Coll; (#61 Kane)

24 24 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Penn family, TYPE_DOC: ms. CONTENT: genealogies Note: NOTES: 72 Kane) [ca. 18--] ITEM_COUNT: 2 ITEM_COUNT: 1914DATE_2: NAME 1: Penney, Norman RECIP_1: Vaux, George CONTENT: on article re diary of Caleb Cresson; Charles Thomson; and Penney's requests for information on Quaker history TITLE: Petition of sundry inhabitants of... [n.d.] RECIP_1: Speaker and House of Delegates RECIP_2: in Virginia TYPE_DOC: ms CONTENT: re gradual abolition of slavery Note: NOTES: (#87 Kane); 361 potential; subject: Virginia ITEM_COUNT: 2 CORP_NAME: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting TYPE_DOC: Ms. 1703DATE_2: 1815 CONTENT: (Also subordinate Meetings). Records: epistles, minutes, queries, extracts, including Phila. Monthly Meeting committee report of 1710 on Anthony Morris' assistance in forwarding a marriage NAME 1: Plumsted, Clement NAME 1: Prior, Edmund RECIP_1: Willson, Rogers RECIP_2: Pemberton, James CONTENT: (Also to Henry Drinker) ITEM_COUNT: 1788DATE_2:

25 25 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM CORP_NAME: Rathbone & Benson PLACE: Liverpool, NAME 1: Proud, Robert CONTENT: receipts NAME 1: Rathbone, William RECIP_1: Eliot, John PLACE: Liverpool, NAME 1: Reynolds, Richard PLACE: Bristol, Note: NOTES: (#59 Kane) NAME 1: Richardson, Samuel PLACE: Philadelphia, TYPE_DOC: Ms. CONTENT: Land indenture NAME 1: Roberts, Charles TYPE_DOC: TS CONTENT: sermons and prayers delivered at his funeral ITEM_COUNT: 1782DATE_2: NAME 1: Robinson, Isaac PLACE: Cockermouth, CONTENT: in our "sister kingdom" people are being murdered and property destroyed and they are ripe for hostilities with aid from France; one Quaker allied with Rebels. Note: NOTES: 361 used-1993 COLL_NO: ///6. GVAUXCOLLTITLE: Address of Wm. Robinson & Marmaduke* NAME 1: Robinson, William NAME 2: Stevenson, Marmaduke TYPE_DOC: Ms

26 26 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM CONTENT: (*Stevenson, the Boston Martyrs). a defense of Quakers against "rulers and priests" of Mass. Bay in New England Note: NOTES: (#91KANE; Published; bound; removed to Philips Coll.; intro. by GV8, 1878, on published version NAME 1: Sands, David TYPE_DOC: copy CONTENT: report of an incident that happened to Sands during the Revolution Note: NOTES: (#92 Kane) NAME 1: Sandwith, Joseph PLACE: Dublin, NAME 1: Sansom, Beulah RECIP_1: parents RECIP_2: friends PLACE: Fort Mifflin, TYPE_DOC: copy ITEM_COUNT: 1791DATE_2: CONTENT: account of her voyage with husband and Mary Pryor NAME 1: Savery, William PLACE: New York, NAME 1: Sharp, Isaac RECIP_1: Vaux, George ITEM_COUNT: 1913DATE_2: ITEM_COUNT: 1827DATE_2: NAME 1: Shillitoe, Thomas RECIP_1: Stewardson RECIP_2: Thomas CONTENT: visiting various Meetings; tensions produced for "Orthodox" Friends by Hicks Note: NOTES: (#63 Kane)

27 27 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Shillitoe, Thomas [18--?] TYPE_DOC: copy CONTENT: Shillitoe's testimony against the writings of Joseph John Gurney with remarks re this testimony NAME 1: Shoemaker, John NAME 1: Shotwell, William PLACE: New York, CONTENT: shipping of goods, prices, Friends names ITEM_COUNT: 2 Note: NOTES: 361 potential n.d. NAME 1: Shreve, T. RECIP_1: Sterling, T.C. CONTENT: various Friends' groups suspicious of each other creating dissension and separation NAME 1: Simpson, John RECIP_2: et al PLACE: Cockermouth, CONTENT: refers to high mortality rate in Philadelphia; also from Isaac Robinson on verso; both refer to making Henry Drinker et al executors NAME 1: Smith, Joseph NAME 2: et al, PLACE_COUN: Jamaica 1703 ITEM_COUNT: 2 TYPE_DOC: ms. & ts. CONTENT: about Samuel Bownas speaking against the Church of England Note: NOTES: place & date on endorsed portion of document NAME 1: Southebe, William CONTENT: on one Friend bringing another to court NAME 1: Stabler, Edward PLACE: Petersburg, ITEM_COUNT:

28 28 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Stacey, George RECIP_1: Stewardson, George PLACE: London, 1798DATE_2: Note: NOTES: (#64 Kane) NAME 1: Stanton, S ITEM_COUNT: 2 NAME 1: Stephens, William NAME 1: Stewardson, John H NAME 1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Baltimore, NAME 1: Stroud, Dan RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Stroudsburgh, CONTENT: timbered land needs to be saved from timber pilferers Note: NOTES: 361 potential ITEM_COUNT: 1 TITLE: [Surveying] CONTENT: text and map of land in Ireland [18--?] NAME 1: Taylor, Jacob RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas PLACE: Gina Singohta, CONTENT: On 3 Indians working as smiths; also Indians getting ready to visit Congress NAME 1: Thomas, Allen C. RECIP_1: Vaux, George PLACE: Haverford, CONTENT: comparing Haverford's early Bradford imprint with Vaux's

29 29 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Thompson, C NAME 1: Thornton, James PLACE: Byberry (Phila.), PA 1790 ITEM_COUNT: 3 NAME 1: Thornton, Joseph NAME 1: Townsend, A. E. RECIP_1: Vaux, Mrs. George (Sallie) PLACE: Overbrook, CONTENT: inner workings of a children's asylum for which they both serve as managers Note: NOTES: 361 potential NAME 1: Townsend, Thomas PLACE: Ohio, TYPE_DOC: copies ITEM_COUNT: 1829DATE_2: 2 n.d. CONTENT: On dissension among Friends: "Indiana & Ohio has been sadly priest ridden by the British embassidors [sic] NAME 1: Trimble, Joseph PLACE: Concord, ITEM_COUNT: 3 NAME 1: Vaux, George NAME 2: Hartshorne, Henry CONTENT: correspondence of Vaux and Hartshorne, the latter as editor of Friends Review re Thomas Kelly's quotations from George Fox as published in Friends Review. Note: NOTES: (#58 Kane) NAME 1: Vaux, George RECIP_1: Walton, Joseph PLACE: Philadelphia, CONTENT: about an article Vaux has written for The Friend about the Meetinghouse at 4th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia; notes attached ITEM_COUNT:

30 aux Collection of Correspondence, Documents and Graphics, of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Vaux family, CONTENT: various family issues, such as health & medical practice 7 NAME 1: Vaux George, RECIP_1: British Friend CONTENT: Vaux's letters or editorials to the British Friend 1896 ITEM_COUNT: 10 Note: NOTES: (#58 Kane) NAME 1: V[aux], W. S. RECIP_1: Vaux, Mrs. George (Sallie) PLACE: Vienna, PLACE_COUN: Austria CONTENT: about a Catholic celebration which included the Emperor and the opening of a canal and "odd" custom, especially of Jews, of being married at a hotel Note: NOTES: 361 potential 1767DATE_2: 1792 NAME 1: Waln, Nicholas CONTENT: primarily re legal property matters and copies of 2 prayers ITEM_COUNT: 7 Note: NOTES: (#99 Kane) NAME 1: Weale, John NAME 1: Wheeler, D[aniel?] TITLE: Observations respecting the memorial NAME 1: White, Alexander RECIP_1: Congress PLACE: Winchester, VA CONTENT: (title cont.: presented to Congress on behalf of Israel Pemberton and others [sic] prisoners at Winchester...") Plea for restitution of freedom or trial; principles on which new government was or should be founded. Note: NOTES: 361 potential NAME 1: White, Josiah RECIP_1: Stewardson, Thomas

31 31 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM NAME 1: Whitehead, George NAME 2: Lower, Thomas RECIP_1: Lloyd, David PLACE: London, CONTENT: William Penn's Secretary should be brought to trial for complaints against him on making affirmations instead of taking oaths for Friends; William Penn intends coming to Pennsylvania; refers also to William Meade. Note: NOTES: 361 potential; needs to be removed from backing paper NAME 1: Williams, William RECIP_1: Friends in Baltimore TYPE_DOC: fragment NAME 1: Williams, William 1794DATE_2: 1795 NAME 1: Wilson, Alexander CORP_NAME: Rogers & Wilson RECIP_1: "Thomas" PLACE: Pyrmont, CONTENT: attending Meetings, visiting people and death of John Pemberton ITEM_COUNT: 2 Note: NOTES: (#67 Kane) NAME 1: Wilson, William NAME 1: Woolverton, Charles RECIP_1: Norris, Isaac NAME 1: Worrilaw, Thomas NAME 1: Yarnall, Hannah 1798 ITEM_COUNT: 2 NAME 1: Zane, Sarah TYPE_DOC: copies ITEM_COUNT: 1816DATE_2:

32 32 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM CONTENT: indentures for land in Winchester, Virginia purchased by Zane and donated for the building of a Meetinghouse & burial ground Note: NOTES: 361 potential NAME 1: [Kinsey, J?] RECIP_1: Holme, Benjamin PLACE: Philadelphia, NAME 1: [Quary, Robert?] RECIP_1: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting PLACE: Philadelphia, CONTENT: Would like to understand the differences among Quakers, probably in light of the Keithian controversy. Note: NOTES: 361 potential Correspondence and Documents General Correspondence Box 4 Correspondence of Friends Historical Society Box 5 The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Persons of Box 6 African and Indian Descent: Financial & Property Documents Haverfordiana & Bible Society & Bible Association Box 7 Miscellaneous Box 8 PYM: Arch Street Documents, Committees, Box 9 Correspondence PYM: Forrest Trust, Lewis Legacy, Richardson Trust, Box 10 Josiah White Schools PYM: PMMND and PMMSD; PMM Deeds Box 11 PYM: PMMWD: Correspondence Box 12 PYM: PMMWD: Documents Box 13 Quakers in Barbados and Tortola Box 14 Quakers in Charleston, S.C. Box 15 Quaker Topics Box 16 Graphics: People: Various media Box 17 Buildings & Grounds with Quaker Connections; Box 18 Building and Burial Site Plans: Various media Meeting House Pictures: Various media Box 19 Quaker Groups Depicted: Various media; Miscellaneous Box 20 Text and Graphics Glass slides mostly by GV Jr.: Travel in US Box 21

33 aux Collection of Correspondence, Documents and Graphics, of 77 11/25/ :41 PM Glass slides by GV Jr.: North American Indian Trips Box 22 Glass slides by GV Jr.: Travels in the U.S.A. by GV Jr., Box 23 mainly Yellowstone Park Glass Slides by GV Jr. and M.M. Vaux: Scenes of CA, Box 24 UT, CO, NM Glass Slides by GV Jr.: Haverford College Box 25 Glass Slides by GV Jr. and William S. Vaux: Haverford Box 26 College Glycerin negatives by GV Jr.: Landscape scenes, Box 27 portraits, Yosemite Falls and Valley, Ca. Glycerin Slides by GV Jr. Box 28 Series I. Correspondence and Documents: General Correspondence, A-Z Box 4 A-R. 1 folder. Correspondents include: William Beck, Joseph Green, Lloyd E. Griscom, Sarah P.F. Hallowell, Haverford College (Edwin Bronner), Rufus M. Jones, John Letchworth, William Littleboy, Charles Robey, Some highlights include: Beck, W[illia]m. London, [Eng.], /27. [re likenesses of the Duke of York and William Penn in a print] Green, Joseph J. Tunbridge Wells, Eng., /26. [some years earlier, gave a Heemskerck painting depicting Quakers to The Friends Institute; references to Vaux family line] Haverford College (Edwin B. Bronner) to GV /12. X. Haverford, Pa., [acknowledgment of Vaux's deposit of the records of the Emlen Institution at Haverford on permanent loan] Letchworth, John. Germantown, Pa., /18. [re Hog Sty End Meeting in England] S-T, folder. Correspondents include: A.P. Sharp, Isaac Sharp, Joseph P. Tustin. Some highlights include: Sharp, A.P. Baltimore, Md., /17. [exiled Friends in Virginia during Rev. War; Hollingsworth and Neale families]

34 34 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM Sharp, Isaac. London, Eng., 22 items [Quaker pictures by Hicks and Parrish; map showing different American Yearly Meetings (example included with letter of 12/3/1906); Sharp's article on John Bellers; arranging a visit of two Friends from the Anti-Slavery & Aborigines Protection Society to present information on the slave trade in Angola and the Portuguese islands, with printed article on slave trade by Joseph Burtt; GV VII response to Sharp discusses the Roosevelt case which was a conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government and fear that current government will put in motion measures to repeal constitutional amendments to protect "colored" people (11/6/1912) +; have begun to raise funds in aid of the war victims in Turkey and the Balkan States (11/16/1912) +] Tustin, Joseph P. to GV X. 7 items [Quaker research relating to Bartlett family, Ewald's diary, Meeting Houses, Pembertons and other questions relating to the Revolutionary War] GV X responds. U-Z & unknown, folder. Correspondents include: Eliza Varney, GV VIII, Anna B. Warrington, G.S. Wetherill, Bill Worth. Topics include: Women speaking in Meeting; Institute of Colored Youth; Vaux pedigree; symbolism of the lily; scions of the William Penn treaty elm; Quaker Meeting Houses. Some highlights include: Vaux, George VIII items. to Anna B. Troth /31. [the women's Meeting cannot administer trusts without the intervention of the men] to Fannie Jackson Coppin /19. [asks if Coppin could write him a letter endorsing plans of the Board (of which Vaux is a member) of the Institute for Colored Youth to show to people who feel she is antagonizing their work] Coppin responds (1904 3/17, in the hand of a secretary) that she is grateful for their work, hoping they will raise all the money necessary for its completion] Worth, Bill to GV X. 3 items [questions concerning Romansville (Pa.) Meeting, accompanied by "Memories of Romansville Meeting" by J. Carroll Hayes] [?]. n.d. [on William Penn and the history of the illustration of Penn's treaty with the Indians] Correspondence of Friends Historical Society - George Vaux VIII with Norman Penney, Correspondents include: Rufus M. Jones, Albert Cook Myers, Norman Penney, Isaac Sharp, Allen C. Thomas and GV VIII. Topics include: Box folder.

35 aux Collection of Correspondence, Documents and Graphics, of 77 11/25/ :41 PM Establishment of the Friends Historical Society (Eng.) and the establishment of its Journal; details of the supplement "The First Publishers of Truth" or "The First Breaking Forth of Truth"; centennial celebration of the building of Arch St. Meeting House (Phila.) being planned people serving in various capacities for F.H.S. in ; books sent to be added to the Friends' Library in Philadelphia and items, such as epistles, to be added to GV VIII's personal collection. Correspondents include: Norman Penney and GV VIII Topics include: GV VIII's acceptance of the position of vice president of the Friends Historical Society (Eng.) George Fox and Margaret Fell Fox's ancestry and other genealogical issues; continuing pursuit of the publication of "The First Publishers of Truth"; GV VIII's acceptance of the position of president of F.H.S. extracts of minutes relating to the captivity of John Hanson among Native Americans in the 18th century; epistles to be added to GV VIII's personal collection; contents for future issues of Journal of F.H.S; distribution of "The First Publishers of Truth". Some highlights include: (1904 3/29); folder. (1906 2/26); (1907 3/25); GV VIII to Norman Penney. Bryn Mawr, Pa., /24. [attaches sketch of life of Elisha Bates] GV VIII to Norman Penney. Bryn Mawr, Pa., /22. [on getting a set of annual reports of the Institute for Colored Youth for the Meeting for Sufferings Library; the move of ICY to Cheney a few years earlier; the management of ICY and most funding executed by Friends; equality of all people in their ability to be educated; ICY entirely devoted to education of Black teachers; GV VIII a manager of ICY since 1862] + Correspondents include: Norman Penney and GV VIII; also one letter each from Allen C. Thomas and Jane Wylie. Topics include: Quaker research topics; writing by Vaux, especially his work on Quakers in Charleston, S.C., submitted for publication in the Journal of F.H.S.; historical facts; resignation of GV folder. (1908 3/30);

36 36 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM VIII as president of F.H.S. the proposed publication of George Fox's Journal; death of Vaux's son, William; introduction of penny postage between England and U.S.; portraits of George Fox and Thomas Story; reports of the Institute for Colored Youth and other institutions Some highlights include: GV VIII to Norman Penney. Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1908 ½8. [relating to Institute of Colored Youth; a paper read by Rufus Jones which purportedly criticized teaching of early Friends and that Vaux would not want these views to appear in the Journal of the F.H.S] Penney, Norman to GV VIII. London, Eng., /14. [proposed publication of George Fox's Journal which was previously in the hands of the Spence family to be edited by Penney and T. Edmund Harvey] GV VIII to Norman Penney. Bryn Mawr., Pa., /13. [refers to painting of George Fox by Charles Willson Peale which is in his possession, while the painting by Honthorst of Fox done in 1654 in possession of the widow of Dillwyn Parrish GV VIII to Norman Penney. [1909 7/27]. Attached to a letter from Norman Penney dated /10 thanking him is the pedigree of the 10 generations of Vauxes all named George] GV VIII to Norman Penney. Bryn Mawr., Pa., /18. [on the writing of biographies of a number of noteworthy Quakers, including some information on the authors; Charles Roberts (Haverford, class of 1864) whose collection included Penn papers, including a Wm. Penn diary] GV VIII to Norman Penney. Bryn Mawr., Pa /6. [that Elizabeth Vaux, widow of the 2nd George Vaux was a Friend shows Quaker ancestry one generation earlier than he had supposed and indicates that GV II may have been a Friend as well] folder. Correspondents include: Norman Penney and GV VIII. Topics include: Quaker research topics; writing by Vaux, especially his work on Friends in S.C., submitted for publication in the Journal of F.H.S.; Penney's editing of George Fox's Journal, Some highlights include: GV VIII to Norman Penney. Bryn Mawr, Pa /17. [GV VIII & Penney acquainted primarily through correspondence and request each other's portraits (photographs), GV VIII's most recent one having been taken 11 years earlier] GV VIII to Norman Penney. Bryn Mawr, Pa., /5.

37 aux Collection of Correspondence, Documents and Graphics, of 77 11/25/ :41 PM [GV VIII requests & receives help identifying people in a portrait of Elizabeth Gurney Fry reading to prisoners in Newgate] GV VIII to Norman Penney. Bryn Mawr., Pa., /27. [re latest Discipline published by Phila. Yearly Meeting, including pastoral system, declaration against forms of art etc.] GV VIII to Norman Penney. Canadian Pacific /7. Railway, [en route to his usual holiday in the Canadian Rockies; some Friends involved in misappropriation of trust funds; Amelia M. Gummere appointed president of (Friends) Historical Society] Penney, Norman to GV VIII. New York, /24 [arrives in the U.S. for a visit (including Philadelphia and GV VIII] GV VIII to Norman Penney. Philadelphia, Pa /8. [re trial of trade union murderers, the trade unions part of a "huge anarchistic organization"; election has turned crooks out of office] folder. Correspondents include: Anna Littleboy, Norman Penney and GV VIII. Topics include: Quaker business; George Fox portrait; Quaker dress; Quaker biography; various Quaker historical topics; historical notes about printed Philadelphia Discipline; John Pemberton; Inazo Nitobe; George Fox's Bible at Swarthmoor Some highlights include: Penney, Norman to GV VIII. London, /1. [refers to "Cadbury-Rowntree affair"] GV VIII to Norman Penney. Philadelphia, Pa., /18 elaborates on Cadbury-Rowntree "scandal" and also relates an earlier incident in which a Friend left a firm with whose business practices he disagreed in principle; has received but not yet read Penney's edited George Fox Journal; comments about Albert Cook Myers] GV VIII to Norman Penney. Philadelphia, Pa., /26. [extensive historical notes relating to the Charles Willson Peale painting of George Fox made from the Honthorst engraving] GV VIII to Norman Penney. Philadelphia, Pa /1. [prefers earlier style of Quaker women's dress to current] Penney, Norman to GV VIII May 7.

38 38 of 77 11/25/ :41 PM [ownership of original Honthorst painting of George Fox] GV VIII to Norman Penney. Philadelphia, Pa /3. [Inazo Nitobe and (Mary Elkinton) are visiting him; Nitobe on an important mission for his government] Materials relating to The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent: Financial Records and Correspondence re Financial and Legal Matters, Box 6 I. Financial records: Account books, & 1 folder Indicating payments by the Emlen Institution to such organizations as Friends Freedmen's Association, Institute for Colored Youth, Hampton and Tuskegee Normal Schools and the Moorestown Colored Kindergarten. (GV VIII was treasurer of the Emlen Institution in the 1890s and 1910s) I. Financial records: Reports and accounts, folder. Miscellaneous receipts and other financial accounts, accounts and reports re property in Kansas and Missouri, report on Campbell estate in which Emlen Institution was named a legatee. II. a. Correspondence re financial matters, 2 folders: A-L; M-Z. Correspondents include: Samuel Bines, David Brown, J.F. Corrigan, W.S. Elkinton, Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. of Kansas, First National Bank of Anthony, Isaac Forsythe, William H. Haines, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Institute for Colored Youth, Josiah Leeds, John J. Lytle, Charles Roberts, GV VIII Topics include: Financial issues, including investments, income, expenses, mortgages; farms owned by the Institution Some highlights include: Bines, Samuel. 4 items. Letter of Bines and reports of Josiah W. Leeds and John Lytle [on the mismanagement of funds by the treasurer of the Emlen Institution, Samuel Bines] Missouri Valley Trust Co. and Forsythe, Isaac to GV VIII. Philadelphia, Pa., 6 items. [recommendations on farm property mortgages owned by the Institution in Kansas and Missouri]