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Collection
Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Title
Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Object ID
MG0846
Date Range
1727 - 1980s
Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School Search Terms: Business records Correspondence Deeds Diaries Lampeter Twp. Leacock Twp. Letters Mills Philadelphia Quakers Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633
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Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Title
Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Description
This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.
Date Range
1727 - 1980s
Creator
Gibbons family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
People
Bonsall, Daniel
Bonsall, Edward Horne
Bonsall, Rachel
Brinton, William
Brown, Ellen
Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons
Conrad, Abraham
Dunbar, Andrew
Dunbar, Mary
Eaby, Christian
Eaby, Samuel
Earle, Mary Hussey
Evans, Thomas
Evans, Rebecca
Evans, William
Gibbons, Abraham
Gibbons, Caroline
Gibbons, Daniel
Gibbons, Deborah
Gibbons, Joseph
Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle
Gibbons, Rachel
Gibbons, Samuel
Gibbons, William
Grigs, Joseph
Hamilton, James
Hertzkey, John
Kendall, John
Kirk, Jeremiah
Lightfoot, Jepthat
Miller, Eliza
Miller, John
Reynolds, Margaret
Stauffer, Christian
Steer, Joseph
Stevens, Thaddeus
Thomas, William B.
Wartnaby, Elizabeth
Subjects
Business records
Deeds
Letters
Mills and mill-work
Quakers
Society of Friends
Westtown Boarding School
Search Terms
Business records
Correspondence
Deeds
Diaries
Finding aids
Lampeter Twp.
Leacock Twp.
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mill Creek
Mills
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Quakers
Society of Friends
Westtown Boarding School
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0846
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copies
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2021.008
Other Numbers
MG-846
Other Number
MG-846
Classification
MG0846
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.
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Collection
Seth L. Kinsey Papers
Title
Seth L. Kinsey Papers
Object ID
MG0930
Date Range
1938-1948
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Seth L. Kinsey Papers
Title
Seth L. Kinsey Papers
Description
This collection contains poetry written by Seth L. Kinsey (1857-1948); letters written to Olive King and her children, A. Ruth, Katherine and James; real photo postcards of the Indian Steps Museum and miscellaneous ephemera.
Admin/Biographical History
Seth Leonard Kinsey was born 11 May 1857 in Harford County, Maryland, to Elam and Mary Ann Johnson Kinsey. He was a member of Eastland Friends Meetinghouse and worked as a reporter for newspapers in York County. He married twice - first to Anna Thomas in 1884 and to Phebe Coates in 1938. He died in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County on 15 August 1948 and is buried at Eastland Friends Burial Ground.
Date Range
1938-1948
Year Range From
1938
Year Range To
1948
Date of Accumulation
1938-1948
Creator
Seth L. Kinsey (1857-1948)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
People
Kinsey, Seth L.
Kinsey, Phebe Coates
King. A. Ruth
King, James
King, Katherine
King, Olive
Pownall, Hazel
Pownall, Laverne
Matthews, Donald Harry
Earnhart, Elizabeth
Swisher, Joel
Keefer, Florence
Coates, Florence
Poole, Robert
Reynolds, Howard
Blackburn, Jason
Clement, Samuel
Wood, Robert
Wood, Hanna
Lamborn, Helen
Bachelor, Daniel
Jones, Rufus
Smith, Rev. Ivan Robert
Myers, Ethyl Kinsey
Maxwell, Grace Kinsey
Kinsey, Seth
Kinsey, Rachel Pickering
Subjects
Society of Friends
Quakers
Poetry
Letters
Search Terms
Correspondence
Eastland Friends Meetinghouse
Finding aids
Indian Steps Museum
Letters
Manuscript groups
Old Gunpowder Friends Meetinghouse
Penn Hill Friends Meetinghouse
Poetry
Postcards
Quakers
Society of Friends
Extent
6 folders
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0930
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Seth L. Kinsey Papers, 1938-1948 (MG0930), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
Unknown.MG0930
Other Numbers
MG-930
Other Number
MG-930
Classification
MG0930
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Transferred from Library 27 May 2022.
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A history of Friends in Lancaster County

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Author
Whitely, Paul L.
Date of Publication
1947
Truth," sometimes in derision called "Quakers," and now officially known as The Religious Society of Friends, was a part of a larger mystical movement that belongs to the seventeenth century. Its founder, George Fox, born in Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire, England, in the year 1624, was the son of
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Responsibility
by Paul L. Whitely.
Author
Whitely, Paul L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1947
Physical Description
[1]-33 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 1
Subjects
Fox, George, - 1624-1691.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 1 (1947), p. 1-33Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51
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The Quakers : a brief account of their influence on Pennsylvania

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Author
Comfort, William Wistar,
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
974.802811 C732f
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Responsibility
by William Wistar Comfort.
Author
Comfort, William Wistar,
Place of Publication
Gettysburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical Assn.,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
iii, 65 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania history studies,
Notes
Cover title.
"A select bibliography": p. 64-65.
Subjects
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802811 C732f
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Stories of Pennsylvania, 1616-1860

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Author
Singmaster, Elsie
Date of Publication
c1937-1940.
Call Number
813.52 S428
823.52 S428
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Responsibility
by Elsie Singmaster ; illustrations by Alden Turner.
Author
Singmaster, Elsie
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Book Service,
Date of Publication
c1937-1940.
Physical Description
4 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Illustrated lining papers.
v.2 includes juvenile stories of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Cresap, Conrad Weiser, Daniel Boone, Henry William Stiegel, Martyr's Mirror and John Fitch.
v. 2 with orginal paper cover and signataure of author.
Contents
v. 1. 1616-1781 -- v. 2. 1723-1797 -- v. 3. 1787-1830 -- v. 4. 1835-1860.
Subjects
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - History - Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania - History - Juvenile fiction
Juvenile works.
Additional Author
Turner, Alden.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.52 S428
823.52 S428
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