An Inventory of the Elizabeth Pearsall Frazier Family Papers, 1769-1914 (bulk 1807-1848)
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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
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collection
Family Papers, 1769-1914 (bulk 1807-1848)
Elizabeth Pearsall Frazier (1869-1957)
Biographical History for: Family Papers, 1769-1914 (bulk 1807-1848)
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL This small collection of Quaker family papers appears to have been collected and preserved by Elizabeth (Pearsall) Frazier (1869-1957) and then passed to her daughter, Elizabeth P. Frazier (1902-198). The Frazier side of the family was not Quaker, but the Pearsall side and its allied families were members of the Society of Friends of long standing. Prior to 1800 the Pearsalls were a New York family, but after that they intermarried with Philadelphia Friends and made their homes in the area. There were strong ties with Burlington, NJ, and some of its Quaker families, including the brothers George and William Dillwyn and their relations. The bulk of this collection dates between 1807 and 1848.
SCOPE AND CONTENT This small collection of Quaker family papers appears to have been collected and preserved by Elizabeth (Pearsall) Frazier (1869-1957). They include family genealogy, some family correspondence, manuscript writings, financial papers, two wills, and printed material collected by the family. It includes material on the Parrish and Dillwyn families as well as Pearsall and Frazier. Included in the miscellaneous papers collected by the family are printed materials from the American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. The Friends Boarding School Association, and the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Quakers --Social life and customs
Quakers
Slavery -- United States -- Societies, etc.
Antislavery movements -- United States
American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery - Minutes - 1818
Friends Boarding School Association - 1839
Mott, James, 1788-1868 - Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pearsall family
Dillwyn family
Frazier family
Parrish family
Pusey family
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
series
Ser. 1. Genealogy
Charts and lists
Ser. 2. Correspondence, 1769-1846
George, Sarah, William Dillwyn, and Ann (Dillwyn) Alexander, 1769-1821
Parrish family 1823-1841, and n.d
Ann (Shoemaker) Pearsall (1797-1840) 1815-1831
Elizabeth, Sarah, Susan, Mary Shoemaker (daughters of Jacob and Mercy Shoemaker and sisters of Ann) 1816-1846
Ser. 3. Writings, 1828, n.d.
Essay on the study of man, by William Dillwyn Parrish (1815-1863)
Prophecy of Elizabeth Webb, copied 1828 2mo. 27 for Susan Parrish (1817-1900)
Joseph and Sarah Poole's Testimony on the death of their son
Material on the writings of Thomas Branagan, by George Dillwyn (1738-1820)
Elegy on the death of his wife, by John Scott
Copy of a letter from the Persian Envoy at the British Court, by Mirza Abul Hassan
Ser. 4. Legal papers, 1807, 1851, n.d.
Will of John Parrish (1729-1807) proved 12/16/1807
Will (copy) of Dr. Joseph Parrish (1779-1840)
Includes also the will of Susanna (Cox) Parrish, widow of Dr. Joseph Parrish, signed 1851 2mo. 27.
Ser. 5. Financial papers, 1820-1914
Receipts 1820-1845
Estate of William West 1832-1848
On Coates St. in the Spring Garden District of Philadelphia. Miscellaneous papers, including receipts, land surveys, etc.
Balance sheet 12/31/1914 for William West Frazier.
Ser. 6. Printed reference material, 1818-1846
Minutes of the 15th American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, Philadelphia 1818
Originally established in 1794 as the Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies established in different parts of the United States.
Proposed plan of Friends Boarding School Association 1839 12mo. 14
Copy addressed to Susannah Parrish, a member of the committee.
A Letter from a young woman to a member of the Religious Society of Friends, with his reply, by Dr. Joseph Parrish 1843
4th edition. First published in 1828, concerning the Separation of 1827-1828.
Circular of the Eastern Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, issued by James Mott, Chairman 6/30/1846requesting subscriptions to the National Anti-Slavery Standard