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Stephen G. Cary collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1320
Overview
This collection contains the personal materials of Stephen G. Cary and historical materials collected by Cary about his relatives.
Dates:
1714-2003
Palmer Brothers Civil War Letters
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-207
Overview
The Palmer brothers belonged to a Quaker family of Concord Monthly Meeting, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Three sons of William W. and Hannah Trimble Palmer, all birthright Quakers, served in the Union Army during the Civil War. This collection contains fifty letters and transcriptions of the same, written to family members by Quaker brothers, John, William T., and Edward L. Palmer during their service in the Union army. Letters from John Palmer also describe his post-military service...
Dates:
1845-1862
Eugene Vickers Civil War correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-138
Overview
This small collection of Civil War correspondence consists of letters of a Hicksite Quaker family of West Chester, Pennsylvania, received by Eugene Vickers while he was serving with Company C of the 97th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the coastal South. Most of the letters are from his mother, Elizabeth (Painter) Vickers. A few are from his brothers, Jonathan and Joseph P. Vickers, who also served the Union cause, and his father, Joseph Vickers. The material is particularly...
Dates:
1862-1864
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