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receipts relating to estates in Columbiana County, Ohio, 1840-1856

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2 typescripts: reminiscence of early settlement of the Richmond, Indiana, area, by Jeremiah Cox (1790-1876); and "A Short Account of the Moffitt Family," by Anna F. Stubbs, 1895.

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Travel Diary of Lydia (Newby) Palmer Pearson (1830-1912), a recorded Friends minister from New Castle, Indiana, mainly visits to North Carolina in 1884 and 1891.

Content Description An engaging mix of biography, poetry and diary entries, with strong religious overtones; being the combined thoughts and writings of Maria and Jane: the mother and sister of Robert Arthington, Jr., of the most important financial supporters of 19th-century Christian missionary work. The "memorial" volume describes Jane Crawshaw's search for a faith that would suit her. Maria Arthington, Jane's mother, transcribed and edited the volume. Jane Crawshaw (nee Arthington) was the sister of Robert...

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Business papers, mainly receipts, paid to Solomon Brumfield (1805-1865) of Wayne County, Indiana. Many pertain to the settlement of the estate of his father John Brumfield (1771-1835), a Friend originally from Berks County, Pennsylvania, who settled in Wayne County in 1819.

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The underground stamps feature five African American and five Quaker abolitionist. One of the Quakers featured on teh stamps is Catherine Coffin, wife of Levi Coffin. The stamps were released in 2024.

The collection consists of one sheet of unused stamps, 20 stamps total, and ten self-addressed envelopes with cancelled stamps for each of the ten unique stamps.

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Ancestry of Albert Sellers, born Berkeley County, West Virginia, 1812, died Greene County, Ohio, 1894, manuscript, author unidentified, except as a daughter of Albert Sellers