Gifts , 1935-1971, and Oct., 1963. (Additions, 1963-1971, are indicated by asterisks in left-hand margins of table of contents.)
These papers give a picture of the social, business, religious, and emotional relationships of two closely connected Quaker families, the Taylors and the Shoemakers, beginning in Burlington, N.J., and Philadelphia in the early 19th Century and extending westward, as Abraham Merritt Taylor (1799-1873) went to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1825, founded a tanning business there, and eventually brought his friend Isaac Shoemaker and his brothers, Dr. Joseph W. Taylor and Jacob M. Taylor, to Cincinnati and took them into partnership. The business grew until it had branches in several mid-western cities. For the next 25 years, both the families had ties in both the mid-West and the Philadelphia area. In 1851, the partnership was dissolved, and Dr. Joseph Taylor returned to the East; he was followed, a few years later, by his brothers, who settled near him in Burlington, N.J.
The westward expansion of the 1840s, `50s, and `60's is reflected in these papers in the letters of various members of the families who traveled to Colorado and California for their health, and nephew Walter Hinchman's letters, telling of the surveying of the route for the Acheson, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. Sheep-raising in Illinois, the 1849 gold rush to California, Indian raids, ranch life, and conditions in the growing metropolis of San Francisco are touched on.
The Civil War years bring us the correspondence of the Contraband Relief Commission, of which Abraham Taylor was Chairman and Isaac Shoemaker was an active member, and also of the American Freedmen's Aid Commission, with which they were concerned, as well as many scattered paragraphs in letters from members of the Taylor family in Burlington to Joseph Wright Taylor, who was in England at the outbreak of the War. All reflect Friends' concern for peace and for the liberation and welfare of African Americans in the South.
A number of letters in the late 1870s, addressed to Dr. Joseph W. Taylor, from contractors, civil engineers, educators, and others, concern his preparations for the founding of Bryn Mawr College. The collection also includes his travel diaries, 1849 and 1861-62, and a notebook of notes on Dr. Chapman's lectures in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1829.
Chief correspondents in the collection are Charles H. Shoemaker, Isaac Shoemaker, Abraham Merritt Taylor, Elizabeth Robeson (Shoemaker) Taylor, his wife, Hannah Taylor, his sister, Dr. Joseph Wright Taylor, and Thomas Wistar Jr. (The latter took a very personal interest in defending members of the Taylor family, especially Abraham and Elizabeth, in the lawsuit brought against them by Morgan Hinchman, husband of Margaretta (Shoemaker) Hinchman, for having had him certified as insane and committed to the Friends' Asylum, Frankford, Pa., in 1847.)
This collection is closely related to the Allinson Family Papers (Coll. no. 968)
A subsidiary collection, 962-A, which follows the main collection, consists of genealogical material on the Taylor, Shoemaker, and Allinson families.
See also: Commonplace books of Elizabeth R. Shoemaker Taylor in 975 C.
Joseph Wright Taylor (1810-1880) was the son of Quakers, Edward Taylor, M.D. and Sarah Merritt Taylor. He received a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1830 with a thesis on opium. He lived and practiced briefly in Germantown, Pa. In 1831, he served as a doctor aboard a trading vessel going to Calcutta, India. After his return to the U.S., he joined his two brothers in Cincinnati, OH in a tannery business, and having made a success in the business, retired to Burlington, N. J. In 1854, he was invited to the Board of Managers of Haverford College and began to work on behalf of Quaker education, eventually helping to establish Bryn Mawr College.
Biographical information from the
Also filed here: Testimonial appeal, after Samuel Aaron's death, for contributions to help his family. Signed by four of his friends. Mount Holly, N.J., Also, note from Charles S. Taylor, son of Abraham, about Samuel Aaron.
[Reference to “taking gas” - dental?; gives news of family and friends]
[Comments on Civil War events]
[Condolences on death of Dr. Jos. W. Taylor]
Also filed here: Photograph of Harrison Alderson [n.d.], gift n, 1940.
[Second letter, one of condolence, has note laid in, by Thomas E. Drake, suggesting that it may have been to Abraham Taylor, on the death of his wife]
[Letter of
[Letter of
Also filed here: Engraving of Liskeard, home of John Allen.
Also filed here: Note from Charles S. Taylor about Margaret Allinson, Nov. 9, 1912.
[Letter of
* [Letter of 8mo. 3, 1878 (ADDITION) expresses sympathy about the severe illness of one of J.W.T.'s relatives (probably sister Hannah)]
[Letter of 1874 returns to Jos. W. Taylor edited ms. of memorial to brother Wm. J. Allinson, which is to appear in the
Additions: 2 letters to “Dear Sister,” 5mo. 11, 1855-1mo. 14, 1868. [Gives news of self, family, and friends] Also, letter, unsigned, undated, addressed to [“My dr brother,” (probably 1861) which discusses Civil War, criticizes Gen. McClellan, mentions speech by a man named Train “to a large secret meeting of Irishmen in London,” in connection with British hostility to American Govt. policies. [Filed here because writing, style, and context indicate him as author]
Also filed here: photograph of Ellis Archer.
[Agrees to install heating system for Bryn Mawr College]
[Discusses questionable conduct of Henry Rowntree]
[
[concerning healthful climate of Bryn Mawr as location for a college (1878); soliciting funds for Haverford College1880]
[condoling on death of child [Margaret Wood Taylor]
[6 Friends agree to buy a house and lot and maintain it as a home for her and her children]
Typed summary of letters, also filed here.
[Concerns bequest made by Jos. W. Taylor to North Carolina Yearly Meeting, in 1881, and way in which it has been used]
[Invites to stay with her and her mother at time of Yearly Meeting]
[thanking him for offer of use of rooms in Carey House]
[Condolence on loss of Hannah's brother, Jos. W. Taylor]
Gift , Nov., 1970)
[States terms for renting of house and land from J.W.T.]
[Concern repairs to house in Bryn Mawr, damaged by fire]
[about the Commission and Abraham M. Taylor's connection with it]
See Box 1, No. 14
[Letters to Abraham Taylor, from Springdale, Iowa,
[Include addition: Letter from Abraham M. Taylor, authorizing Isaac Shoemaker, member of the Commission to investigate its affairs at Vicksburg, etc., and make changes he sees fit. Cincinnati, Jan. 26, 1864.]
See also, Evans, George, #31
[Correspondence of Abraham Taylor and Isaac Shoemaker with American Freedmen's Aid Comm.; Constitution of Comm.; appeal, 1863, of Soc. of Friends on behalf of Fugitives from Slavery in America
[Correspondence between its founders and Abraham M. Taylor; Constitution, and printed list of misdemeanors and penalties]
[Tells of celebration of a wooden wedding anniversary]
[Recommends George Otis as a workman]
Plus photograph.
[Discusses events of American Civil War]
[Speaks of parents and sister lost in ship wreck; sympathizes over death of Elizabeth (Shoemaker) Taylor, wife of Abraham]
[Humorous account of events since he went West]
(See also, Box 2, No. 15)
[Tells of Levi Coffin's work against the Contraband Relief Commission, in behalf of the Freedmen's Aid Commission]
[1849 letter tells of death of Thomas Brown's wife, of fright over illness of her husband]
[Speaks of Civil War]
[Letter about death of writer's brother and his many fine qualities]
[Letter of 1859 discusses slavery in U.S.]
[Mentions Civil War]
[Condolences on death of James Taylor, Hannah's brother, 1885;describes Dr. Joseph W. Taylor, 1930]
[Letter of Dec. 3, 1861, asks if the Northerners in the U.S. are “mad”?]
[Asks him to allow her to renew mortgage on her house, which he holds]
[Quotes prices for construction work]
[Concerns a house on the Bryn Mawr College property]
[Tells about flow of stream on Yarrow St. property (Bryn Mawr)]
Concerning African Americans, perils at sea, visits to French and German Friends, and the life of Benjamin Seebohm.
[Family news, before and after her marriage, 1869-70; description of Springfield, at end of Civil War, Nov. 1869]
[Discusses Southern and Northern attitudes, cotton crops, politics, etc.]
[telling of his ministry in Cincinnati and its favorable reception]
[Sends him a wedding invitation; reports on matrimony and recommends it]
[Asks about a job teaching physics and Chemistry at Bryn Mawr]
[Thanks her for memorial card about Jos. W. Taylor]
(see Contraband Relief Commission)
[Discusses and describes Friends' Relief work among the war refugees in South (mainly emancipated African Americans); reports on Mrs. Canfield's Asylum in Memphis]
[Religious discussion]
[Letter of June 2, 1867, mentions brother Walter Hinchman's going West to join surveying party mapping route for railroad across prairies]
[Burlington, N.J.] 9mo. 12, 1879. [Note enclosed, signed E.R. Mitchell, tells of birth of Lydia's son Walter, before she had time to mail her letter]
mainly concerned with news of family and friends
mainly concerned with news of family and friends
including poem, “Morning Thoughts for a little childe.”
]telling of his experiences in working and traveling around the country. 2 letters,
10 photographs of him,
[Speaks of Civil War]
[Speaks of Civil War]
[Deplores hostility, 1861, between England and U.S. about Civil War]
[Introduces Anthony W. Lockwood]
[concerning beginning of construction of Bryn Mawr College buildings]
[ letter of recrimination]
[12mo. 26, 1873. Condolence on death of Abraham M. Taylor]
[Encloses letters from English Friends, Joseph J. Neave, Leiston, Suffolk, 1mo. 10, 1876, and Joseph Smith, London, 3mo. 10, 1876, concerning provenance of old Quaker ms. Charles Taylor had purchased from Thos. Kimber]
[Letters to Dr. Jos. W. Taylor, concerning founding of Bryn Mawr College]
[founding of Bryn Mawr College]
[Speaks of Indian uprisings in West]
[Tells of meeting Hannah Taylor; mentions gold rush to California]
[Condolence on death of Eliza P. Gurney; encloses poem on old age]
[Asks him to be speaker at meeting of Assoc.]
[Asks him to come and spend the night, to advise on procedures at a business meeting]
[Concerns stone for building Bryn Mawr College]
[Reports on matters at home, while Dr. Taylor is in Europe]
[Letter of condolence]
[Enthusiastic account of visit to British Museum; letter,
[Concerns purchase of hemlock and spruce for Bryn Mawr campus]
[Same subject]
(Money to be paid to John Woolman)
[Asks his opinion of feasibility of a college to develop delicate young women into robust ones, while also educating; comments on financial difficulties of Penn College, where he is head of Math. Dept.]
[Declines place on Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr College]
[Concerns purchase of land for Bryn Mawr College]
[Picture of times (Civil War) (1862); after Jos. W. Taylor's death]
[Gives permission to use ideas from their drawings for the Smith College buildings, in designing Bryn Mawr College]
[1859 letter thanks hospitality and help in performing a mission; 1862 letter discusses Civil War and conflicts within Society of Friends]
(Original, No. 1 in Samuel Gurney Facsimile Coll., British Museum)
For details of provenance and location of originals, see this folder
[re land and building of Bryn Mawr College]
[Asks his financial help for Friends Meeting at Beach Haven; thanks him for contribution]
[Discusses Civil War]
Poem is enclosed with 1880 letter of condolence on death of Jos. W. Taylor
From a college friend who has just passed his Bar exams; business card enclosed
[Tell of Isaac Shoemaker's illness,
[Condolences on death of brother]
[Vivid descriptions of gold mining town. M.L. Putnam says Grass Valley was at one time the home of Lola Montez]
[Concerns layout of buildings in school he helped plan; offers suggestions for Bryn Mawr College]
[Concerns design of Class cup or trophy]
[Concern founding of Bryn Mawr College]
[Concerns plumbing for Bryn Mawr College]
[condoling about her mother's death, and sending her an article or tract, and exhorting her to strive toward Christian perfection]
[describing death of Rebecca's sister, Margaret Couch, of Richmond, Va.]
[Concern sale of flour]
[Discusses landscaping of Bryn Mawr College grounds; wants to Have J. W. Taylor's portrait painted, to be given to the College eventually. (Note on envelope says he never sat)]
[Soliciting money for construction of Barclay Hall (Haverford College)]
[concerning his visit [to Phil. Yearly Mtg.] in
[ mentions Civil War]
[speaks of Civil War]
[Concern business]
[Mainly business]
[About family history]
[Largely concerned with family business;
[Letters of
[Letter to sisters, Margaretta S. Hinchman and Elizabeth S., 8mo. 5, 1845, gives interesting description of a Hoosier]
[Letters from Big Tree Grove, Calaveras Co., Cal.,
[describes mining region]
[includes sketch of ferris wheel and merry-go-round, and group of Chinese; also remarks on healthful climate, low mortality rate among children; mentions Friends settled in San Francisco; describes the people and conditions there]
[discusses Civil War; describes sea lions]
[mentions Emancipation Proclamation and discusses the War]
[says he fears Lincoln has not the capacity to lead the country; describes Chinese New Year]
[describes Monterey, with sketches; tells of whaling (combination letter to nieces, nephews, and sisters]
[describes conditions in post-War South]
[describes cotton growing, with sketches]
[tells anecdote of George Washington; second letter, same date, describes Mississippi, levees, bayous, activity along river]
[tells of Irish Friend, Samuel Bewley, and daughter Alice coming to dinner.]
[detailed description of city and life there]
[Largely concerned with grocery business, meat shipments and sales, etc.]
[Signed “Ikey.”]
[1845 letters to Isaac, trying to persuade him to come to Illinois or thereabouts and join him in sheep-raising business - detailed description of conditions]
journey to California by the Santa Fe and Cimmaron Trails,
[Thank you letter]
[Condolence on death of Jos. W. Taylor]
[Thank you note]
[Concern affairs of orphanage of which they are both Trustees; mentions two Indian boys there]
[Expressing interest and offering help in planning for founding of Bryn Mawr College]
[Condolences on death of Jos. W. Taylor]
[Condolences on death of her father, Dr. Edward Taylor]
[Concern business matters and the verdict rendered against them and others in lawsuit by brother-in-law, Morgan Hinchman, after they had helped to commit him to Friends Asylum]
[Asks about an ancestor of his own, named Susanna (Taylor) Wood Hastings]
[Concerns foundations of house he is building for A. M. Taylor]
[Condolences re death of Jos. W. Taylor]
[Refers to friction between Phil. Yearly Meeting and London Yearly Meeting over American Civil War]
[Thanks her for kindness to sick child]
[condolences to Margaretta S. Hinchman and Abraham Taylor on the death of Elizabeth Shoemaker Taylor]
LETTERS AND PAPERS IN BOX 7.
* Mostly letters to his family from Burlington, N.J., Westtown, Haverford College, and Colorado, giving pictures of college and western life. Include Westtown and Haverford reports and program of exercises at Haverford,
[discusses selling tan yard]
[describes effect of Civil War on business, etc., in Cincinnati]
[discusses progress of War, future of slavery, etc.]
[discusses wheat farming in mid-West and great promise of Northwest in this field]
Letter fro Dr. Thomason also filed here
Sarah Merritt Taylor, wife of Edward and mother of Abraham, finishes many of the letters.
Letters of
Letter to Dr. Edward Taylor, Frankford, Pa., from John Smalley. New York, Jan. 10, 1831. [Concerns inquiries by Dr. Taylor about Taylor family in England and any property he might have claim on; quotes Dr. Eleazer Gidney, of Edinburgh, who will trace it for a fee] Also here: letter to Dr. Eleazer Gidney, Edinburgh, from Stacey Grimaldi, London, Oct., 1831, giving genealogy of Sir Herbert Taylor and saying American branch has no legal claims. [Letter presumably forwarded to Dr. Taylor by John Smalley: ADDITIONS, Gift OCT., 1963.
[says John is dying of pleurisy. Pencilled note on outside says death was announced in newspapers soon after receipt of this] Gift of Mrs. H. Andrew Heath, Oct., 1963.
[Discusses the Civil War]
[Serving in the Marines, on the flag ship of the Pacific Squadron; says he joined Marines, after finishing Army service, because his uncles did not come up to his expectations by offering him a job; asks them to tell him frankly if they have any intention of doing anything for him and says if not, he will not return home at all. (He did not return home, went to Illinois, married and settled there)]
[tells of accident in the Observatory. Remainder, from Antwerp, Berlin, and Strasbourg, tel of his medical studies, and conclude with a printed announcement (in German) of his engagement to Emma Görtz.]
[largely concern business matters in Cincinnati, which Henry is handling for Abraham]
[Bond given as one of the executors of will of Abraham M. Taylor, to be void at completion of duties as executor]
[Letter, Burlington, 10mo. 29, 1836, contains dissertation on men's fashions]
[Letters of 1848 concern his marriage to Elizabeth R. Shoemaker]
[Good illustration of Victorian preoccupation with sickness and death. Letters of 1855 tell of illness and death of Elizabeth R. S. Taylor]
[Letters of 1861-62, written to brother, Jos. Taylor, who had accompanied John Hodgkin to England, tell of Civil War. Letter to Isaac Shoemaker, 4mo. 30, 1864, concerns contraband relief.]
Mainly to his children
[Includes addition, Copy of a letter addressed to C. R. Ellis, 6mo. 15, 1869, saying his improvement in A. Taylor's house's heating system is inadequate and requesting him to come and do it right, before bill is paid]
Mainly to his children
[Include articles of agreement for partnership of A. M. Taylor and John Bullus, both of Cincinnati, to establish tanning business, Jan. 2, 1826.
Including an "Inventory of the effects of A.M. Taylor," 1846-1850
[Lament Anna's attachment to Samuel Richie, of whom family seems to disapprove]
[mentions sister Anna's marriage]
first part written by Margaretta (Shoemaker) Hinchman; second part, by Elizabeth
[telling of getting settled on farm in Bucks Co.; tells of Morgan Hinchman's unsettled state; mentions last illness of Elizabeth Fry, as told in a letter from Eliza P. Gurney]
[Letter to Isaac. Phil., 3mo. 16, 1845, discusses Wilburite controversy between Phil. and New England Yearly Meetings.]
[Letter to Isaac. Phil., 11mo. 29, 1845, mentions death of Elizabeth Fry, in England, and work of Dorothy Dix on prison reform in the U.S.]
[Letter, Phil. 2mo. 5, 1846, describes Phil. Quarterly Mtg. and feelings of disunity within it.
Letter, Phil., 3mo. 12, 1846, says she “cannot justify J. Wilbur.”
Letter, Phil. 4mo. 25, 1846, notes on Yearly Mtg. - Women's Mtg., interesting as giving informal view by one participant]
[Letter to Isaac, Cincinnati. Phil., 1mo. 21 1847, says, “...E. Hinchman came after dinner, to try to devise some means for preserving the remainder of Morgan's property (if there be any) and Placing him in an institution for the insane.”
Letter to Isaac. Plumstead, 1mo. 17, 1847, gives more details of Morgan Hinchman's incarceration.
Letter to Isaac. Germantown, 4mo. 14, 1847, mentions Germantown (Mtg.) giving over $1000. for Irish relief.
Letter to Isaac, Cincinnati. Germantown, 7mo. 2, 1847, tells of Morgan Hinchman's imminent release from asylum.
Letters to Isaac, 9mo. 19, 1847, and to Abraham and Hannah Taylor, 10mo. 4 and 14 1847, tell of further developments in Morgan Hinchman's lawsuit against his family.]
[Letters to Abraham, after engagement, good example of Quakerly reticence. Letter of 6mo. 18, 1848, mentions Morgan Hinchman's determination to sue as many people as possible.]
[Letter to sister, 1mo. 9, 1849, mentions book by Mary Howitt,
Letters to family from Phil. and vicinity, spring of 1854, refer to re-trial of Morgan Hinchman case.
Letter to brother and sister, Cincinnati, 10mo. 1, 1854, discusses the Wilburite Separation between Phil. Y.M. and Ohio Yearly Meeting.]
[Letters mostly from her last trip to Penna., in search of health plus telegrams concerning her death at Bedford, Pa., Oct. 20, 1855, and a memorandum book kept by her on the trip East.]
[Thanks her for sending him to Niagara Falls]
[Letter to brother Abraham, Burlington, 6mo. 6, 1827, discusses Hicksite conflict in Meeting. Letter to Abraham, Burlington, 1mo. 29, 1830, speaks of “Cincinnati Fire,” in which Abraham lost all his clothes; also tells of Abraham Merritt's disownment by Meeting, as a Hicksite. Letter of 4mo 19, 1830, has letter from father, Edward Taylor, M.D., on back pages. Letter to Jos. W. Taylor (in Europe) 2mo. 9, 1862, tells of developments in Civil War. Letter to Isaac Shoemaker (down South) 6mo. 3, 1866, tells of progress in building Taylor houses in Burlington; asks about progress in educating Freedmen. Letter, 10mo. 13, 1866, comments on chaotic conditions in South]
[Tells of conditions at home; mentions possibility of war with England]
FOR OTHER PAPERS, SEE BOX 10.
[concerning family ailments, etc.]
[Condolence on death Of Dr. Jos. W. Taylor]
[Concern sale of farm, “Wynona,” by C.S.T. to C. S. H[inchman] Letter of
Two letters,
[
[later Thomas]
[Letter from W[esttown], 12mo. 25, 1866, to uncle and aunt, describes Christmas day at Westtown -- school as usual.
Letter from Chelten, 4mo. 4, 1880, [to Charles Taylor and wife, in Colorado] describes a surprise birthday party held at Chelten: good picture of Quaker family fun.
Letter to Aunt H[annah Taylor] from Lafayette Hotel [Phil.], 1mo. 13, 1888, mentions attending a Bible Class at 12th St. Mtg., conducted by Rendel Harris]
[Letter from Haverford College, Nov. 21, 1865, to Chas. at Westtown, good picture of boys' social life then.
describes a “revival” meeting, led by Murray Shipley; discusses “progressive Friends” custom of “confessing.”
[speaks of William's approaching marriage to Julia [Kirkbride]
[Letters to E.R.S., from Cincinnati,
Include Addition, letter from Jos. Taylor to brother Edward Taylor, Riverside, N.J. [1mo., 1851] [Speaks of dividing up the assets of the Taylor leather business in Cincinnati, real estate, etc., preparatory to dissolving partnership; speaks of brother J.M.T.'s (Jacob's?) dissatisfaction with arrangements] (Gift of Mrs. MacIntosh.)
Include letters of a second trip abroad, 1861-1862. [Letter from Shelleys - Lewes, Sussex, 11mo. 21, 1861, describes arrival at home of John Hodgkin; mentions fact that Phil. Mtg. had not given J. H. certificate to take home, because of conflicts (Wilburite?) in Phil. Letter, 11mo. 22, 1861, tells of English reactions to Amer. Civil War. Also, letter, Paris, 1mo. 8, 1862.]
[Letter to R. F. Mott, from Cincinnati, 1mo. 2, 1865, suggests starting recreation room for young men in basement of Burlington Library and offers financial support.
Letter to nephew Charlie (Chas. S. Taylor) at Westtown, from Woodlands (Burlington, N.J.) 5mo. 18, 1865, mentions capture of Jefferson Davis in Georgia.
* Letter to Samuel Allinson, (Addition,) from Burlington, 3mo. 9, 1869, Thanks him for his work on the N. J. Prison Reform Comm.]
[Letter to nephew Charlie, at Haverford, speaks of brother David and D's wife Laura planning western trip via Panama, on which he will accompany them; also speaks of giving land and some funds to start a First Day School building near Burlington.
Letters, 4mo. 23-28, 1870, on board ship
Letters, 5mo. 13 - 7mo. 18, 1870, tell of travels across Panama and in California. (7 items)
Memo from Chas. S. Taylor, typed, June 13, 1918, explains Jos. W. Taylor's memo to self, 10mo. 3, 1872, concerning desirability of helping to erect and start a Temperance Hall, with library, refreshments, etc., in Burlington, to counteract evils of saloons, etc. (Scheme was tried, without great success, and dropped after J.W.T.'s death)
Letter to niece Sallie, from Cincinnati, 12mo. 28, 1873, condoles over death of her father (Abraham) Letters to Hannah and others, from Cincinnati, 12mo. 28-29, 1873, tell of arrival with Abraham's body, and funeral arrangements, “30 carriages ordered;” describes large funeral.]
[describe trip he and nephew Walter took; give Northerner's view of South]
[tells of “progressive element” having gained control of the Indiana Yearly Meeting. Letter,
[tells of his travels as companion to minister J[oseph] B[evan] B[raithwaite]; speaks of great work J.B.B. is doing]
speaks of visiting Pottawattomy Indian Reservation and of participation of two other Indians in the Kansas Y.M.
[tells of North Carolina Yearly Meeting]
[giving news of home and friends. Mentions of the founding of Bryn Mawr, very scarce and indirect. Letters of 10mo. 15-26, 1879, tell of his
Letter of 11mo. 4, 1878, suggests that Chas. W. T. collect birds and minerals of Colo., as basis for a Museum for Bryn Mawr College.
Letter of 11mo. 16, 1879, says he is busy at Bryn Mawr, getting ready for building in the spring.
Letter of 1mo. 6, 1880, speaks of continued progress at Bryn Mawr. (He died Jan. 18, 1880)]
[Condolences on death of Dr. Jos. W. Taylor]
[Letter of
[A former classmate at Haverford, now teaching school]
[Enthuses over prospect of Bryn Mawr College; urges care in selecting books for Library which will be doctrinally sound]
[Concerns sale by Naomi Morris of part of “Harriton” to J.W.T., for part of Bryn Mawr campus]
[Sends copy of letter from C. Magarge, re settlement of mortgage debt owed by Isaac to the Germantown Bank. Additional note re Isaac's debts, signed by George Escol Sellers, on same sheet]
[Says he will sell 20 acres of land, for Bryn Mawr College campus]
[Informs him of his appointment to committee to solicit funds for the Relief Union]
[Thanks for gift to expected child]
[Offers to sell him stone for College buildings]
concerning purchase of lands from R.R. for Bryn Mawr College, etc.; list of five deeds for lands purchased,
[Letter to Emma and Sallie, from Mt. Desert I. [Me.] 7mo. 18, 1867, description of vacation life around South West Harbor and Bar Harbor. Four letters, 1877-1881, to Aunt Hannah from England; one has enclosure of letter from
[Letter of
[Thanks her for gift of money]
[Letters of 1847 discuss problem of having Morgan Hinchman, brother-in-law of Elizabeth Shoemaker, certified as insane and committed to Friends Asylum.
[Letter of 2mo. 26, 1848, to E.R.S. discusses her engagement to Abraham Taylor.
Letters, 10mo. 8, 1848 - 5mo. 5, 1849, discuss further trouble with Morgan Hinchman; give full account of events in developing litigation and final verdict (later appealed)
Letter of 1mo. 10, 1849, p. 1, hints that Abraham may have been jealous of T.W.'s affection for Eliz.
Letter of 4mo. 15, 1849, tells of T. Wistar's being made Commissioner to the Menominee Indians; letter of 4mo. 25 tells of his meeting with the President of the U.S. (Zachary Taylor) in Washington.
Letters from Green Bay, 6mo. 11-19, 1849, tell of work with the Indians, corruption found in Administration, etc.
Letters, 8mo. 5, 1849 - 12mo. 3, 1849, tell of continued controversy over whether to settle Hinchman case by paying damages awarded to Morgan Hinchman, or to appeal; also occasional references to his Indian work.]
Letter of 9mo. 16, 1855, to Marguerite Hinchman, says a separation is likely in Phil. Y.M. over Wilburite issues.
Letter to Abraham M. Taylor, 10mo. 23, 1855, condolence on death of Elizabeth.
Letter to Isaac Shoemaker, 12mo. 9, 1863, speaks of death of his own wife, Elizabeth B. Wistar.
Letter (probably to Abraham) 9mo. 22, 1864, p.2, mentions visit to Washington to try to free 40 Oneida minors who had been illegally taken into the Army.]
signed by him for self and wife.
[Letter of 7mo. 17, 1844, and one following it, describe disintegration of Horsham M.M. over the Wilburite controversy.
[Uses
[says the N.Y. Meeting has split over the Hicksite controversy; she herself has left Meeting and attends church]
For an earlier note to Elizabeth Shoemaker, see last page of Deborah Wood's letter of
Photostatic copies of letters, some directed to his cousin Sarah M. Taylor
[Sent by hand of Abraham Taylor, for whom it is letter of introduction]
[Letter of 4mo. 29, 1862, to Jos. Taylor (abroad) discusses Civil War; letters (5) of 1865 discuss administrative difficulties at Haverford College; undated letter to Isaac Shoemaker has note at end from cousin Emma C. Yarnall, wife of Charles Yarnall]
Two boxes of Genealogical Material. 81 items, ca.1832-1953, concerning Shoemaker, Taylor, and Allinson families.
TABLE OF CONTENTS, IN BOX 1.
Gift , July, 1977.
The collection consists of Taylor correspondence, 1815-1835; extracts from the diary of Edward Taylor, M.D.; biographical sketches of Edward and Sarah Taylor as well as genealogies and biographies of the Taylor family; extracts from the Friends Hospital journal — Dr. Edward Taylor was a physician and superintendent of the hospital from 1823-1832 and his wife was a matron there then; miscellaneous material relating to the Taylors.
[business progressing well; speaks of pending suit]
[re claim for which Dr. Gidney of London examined wills but did not obtain information]
[relays information received from Attorney Smalley]
[re their claim to estates in England and thus possible relation of “one of the first families in England”, viz. Sir Hurbert Taylor]
[re claim on English property]
[re claim being handled by Gidney and Smalley; Taylor's opinion is that they have not served them (the Taylors) well.]
Copies of letters written by Edward Taylor, M.D. made by Margaret Taylor MacIntosh:
[re nephew John Bullus' upkeep]
[re brothers' business; family news.]
[refers to his wife's death; purchase of a horse; family news]
[refers to cholera epidemic; asks if there is a Cincinnati Monthly Meeting so certificates can be sent from Chesterfield Monthly Meeting]
[tells him to conduct himself in a manner befitting a Friend during his “Western tour'; employment in a leather business]
copied by Margaret Taylor MacIntosh
Removed from 962 to pamphlet collection: printed material re Friends Hospital.