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J & J Darlington Brothers Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-333
Content Description
Business records of the historic Delaware County, Pennsylvania, dairy farm and creamery of J and J Darlington, as well as the business records of the Darlington/Darling Post Office, about 1879-1922. The rural branch of Postal Service was established about 1879 and officially closed in 1976. The name was changed to Darling Post Office in 1896 to avoid confusion with a Darlington in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
Majority of material found within about 1875-1922
Darlington Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-296
Overview
This collection contains the papers of the Darlington family of Delaware County, Pa., and Woodstown, NJ. Quakers with strong ties to Swarthmore College, the family was involved in education, social and peace concerns, and businesses in the Philadelphia area. Charles J. Darlington (1894-1966) served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends during the reunification of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings. The collection includes family correspondence relating...
Dates:
1831-2012
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- American Friends Service Committee 1
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- Darlington, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1894-1966 1
- Darlington, Esther 1
- Darlington, Richard Stiles 1
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 1
- Gause family 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 1
- Sharpless family 1
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