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Brinton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0453
Abstract

The Brinton family papers document several generations of the Brinton, Steinmetz, and Ward families, who flourished between 1760-1930 in Pennsylvania and New York. Several members of the family played prominent roles in their communities and included landholders, real estate developers, merchants, Civil War surgeons, medical doctors and professors, missionaries, a minister, an art critic, an anthropologist, lawyers, a judge, an engineer, and several authors.

Dates: 1715-1930

Delaware Folklore Society audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0695
Abstract

These audiotape recordings by members of the Delaware Folklore society feature folk tales, narratives, songs, sermons, and discussions of folklore. The recordings provide a glimpse into the work of an organization dedicated to preserving and studying the folk heritage of Delaware.

Dates: 1950-1955

Littell family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0449
Abstract

The Littell family papers include correspondence, letters, scrapbooks, commonplace books, copybooks, published material, ephemera, realia, financial records, diaries, books, artwork, photographs, greeting cards, postcards, clippings, and research notes created or collected by members of the Morris, Harrington, Littell, and Winslow families of Pennsylvania and Delaware from circa 1808 to 2004.

Dates: 1808-2005

McLeod family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0514
Abstract

The McLeod family papers, spanning the dates 1798 to 1893, primarily pertain to the careers of Rev. Alexander McLeod and his son Rev. John Niel McLeod, who consecutively served as pastors to the First Reformed Presbyterian Church in New York City.

Dates: 1798-1893

Sermons on various subjects preached at Apoquiniminck in the year 1765 : manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0130
Abstract

This holograph booklet was written by Philip Reading, an Episcopal minister and missionary in New Castle County, Delaware, in 1765, and contains five sermons on various subjects, including "On the Love of God," "On the Love of our Neighbor," "On the Love of our Brother," "On the Love of the World," and "On the Love of ourselves."

Dates: 1765

Reverend Nathan Stone sermons

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0380
Abstract

Reverend Nathan Stone (1708-1781) led the church in Southborough, Massachusetts, beginning in 1730. A religious conservative, like his father Nathanael Stone of Harwich, Massachusetts, he also served as secretary to the powerful "Marlborough Association" of local ministers.

Dates: 1705-1774

Athaliah Voorhies spiritual journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0116
Abstract

This spiritual diary and journal was kept by Athaliah Voorhies of Hamilton Square, New Jersey, from 1838-1844. Entries primarily are of a religious nature and feature meditations, biblical text, and comments on sermons delivered by a number of preachers. Brief entries also note community births, deaths, marriages, accidents, and events regarding family members.

Dates: 1838-1844

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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1
Brinton, Christian, 1870-1942 1
Brinton, George, 1804-1858 1
Brinton, John H. (John Hill), 1832-1907 1
Brinton, John Hill, 1772-1827 1
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Brinton, Ward, 1873-1935 1
Delaware Folklore Society 1
Episcopal Church 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Harrington family 1
Harrington, Maria (Mia) Ruán, -1926 1
Harrington, Mary Elizabeth, 1837-1928 1
Harrington, Mary Lofland,1813-1871 1
Harrington, Purnell Frederick, 1844-1937 1
Harrington, Richard, 1772-1821 1
Harrington, Richard, 1847-1884 1
Harrington, Samuel M. (Samuel Maxwell), 1803-1865 1
Harrington, Samuel Milby, 1840-1878 1
Higgins, Anthony, 1905-1986 1
Jefferson Medical College 1
Jones, Louis C. (Louis Clark), 1908-1990 1
Littell Families of America 1
Littell family 1
Littell, Charles Willing, 1832-1895 1
Littell, Eliakim, 1797-1870 1
Littell, Elton Gardiner, 1877-1962 1
Littell, Estelle Sherman, 1889-1978 1
Littell, Gertrude (Gretchen), 1905-2003 1
Littell, Gertrude Wilson, -1919 1
Littell, Harriet Hare, 1835-1885 1
Littell, Helen Arcadia Harrington, -1924 1
Littell, Helen Arcadia, 1880-1934 1
Littell, Helen, 1914- 1
Littell, John Stockton, 1806-1875 1
Littell, John Stockton, 1870- 1
Littell, Margaret, 1903-1990 1
Littell, Mary Morris, 1884-1984 1
Littell, Samuel Harrington, 1873-1967 1
Littell, T. Gardiner, 1837-1911 1
Littell, Thomas Gardiner, 1902-1929 1
Littell, Walter Wilson, 1910-1995 1
Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 1
McLeod family 1
Morris family 1
Morris, Elizabeth Carrington, 1775-1865 1
Morris, Susan Sophia, 1800-1868 1
Morse family 1
Munroe, John A. (John Andrew), 1914-2006 1
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis 1
Reading, Philip, 1720-1778 1
Shippen family 1
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain) 1
Steinmetz, Joseph J., active 1929-1930 1
Stone, Nathan, 1708-1781 1
Stone, Nathanael, 1667-1755 1
Tingle, Nathaniel, active 1950 1
Voorhies, Athaliah, 1799-approximately 1893 1
Ward, F. De W. (Ferdinand De Wilton), 1812-1891 1
Weslager, C. A. (Clinton Alfred), 1909-1994 1
Wilson family 1
Wilson, Jeanie Morse, 1851-1921 1
Wilson, Margaret, 1881-1953 1
Winslow, Jeanie Morse Littell, 1918- 1
Winslow, Julian D., 1914-2005 1
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