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Box 1

 Container

Contains 26 Results:

Handmade Thomas Embree copybook with a verse correspondence between Embree and his uncle, Abner Elleman of Bush River, South Carolina, 1774

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier:  1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Embree-Thorn Collection consist of letters, essays, wills, and deeds from two Quaker families in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio, mainly between 1774 and 1860. They reflect especially the westward movement, antislavery activities, and business transactions of Friends.

Dates: 1774

Thomas Embree, "A Caution to Lawyers, Courts & juries," 4th Mo. 27, 1807, directed to James and John Cunningham, Washington County, Tennessee.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier:  2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Embree-Thorn Collection consist of letters, essays, wills, and deeds from two Quaker families in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio, mainly between 1774 and 1860. They reflect especially the westward movement, antislavery activities, and business transactions of Friends.

Dates: 1774-1997; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1997

Thomas Embree Account Book, 1809-1811

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier:  3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Embree-Thorn Collection consist of letters, essays, wills, and deeds from two Quaker families in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio, mainly between 1774 and 1860. They reflect especially the westward movement, antislavery activities, and business transactions of Friends.

Dates: 1809-1811

Leather wallet, ca. 1840 (placed at end of collection)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier:  4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Embree-Thorn Collection consist of letters, essays, wills, and deeds from two Quaker families in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio, mainly between 1774 and 1860. They reflect especially the westward movement, antislavery activities, and business transactions of Friends.

Dates: 1774-1997; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1997

William Thorn, Sr., Oldtown, Ohio, to Hannah Thorn, 2nd Mo. 12, 1811.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier:  5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Embree-Thorn Collection consist of letters, essays, wills, and deeds from two Quaker families in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio, mainly between 1774 and 1860. They reflect especially the westward movement, antislavery activities, and business transactions of Friends.

Dates: 1774-1997; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1997

"Extract of a Letter from Mary Peasly to a Friend in Pennsylvania," ca. 1756

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier:  6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Embree-Thorn Collection consist of letters, essays, wills, and deeds from two Quaker families in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio, mainly between 1774 and 1860. They reflect especially the westward movement, antislavery activities, and business transactions of Friends.

Dates: 1774-1997; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1997

Thomas Embree, "Copy of Advertisement Dated 3rd Mo. 7, 1810," concerning a controversy over the construction of a bridge on Massies Creek

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier:  7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Embree-Thorn Collection consist of letters, essays, wills, and deeds from two Quaker families in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio, mainly between 1774 and 1860. They reflect especially the westward movement, antislavery activities, and business transactions of Friends.

Dates: 1774-1997; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1997

Sarah Vail to William and Rachel Thorn, 8th Mo. 28, 1833

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier:  8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Embree-Thorn Collection consist of letters, essays, wills, and deeds from two Quaker families in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio, mainly between 1774 and 1860. They reflect especially the westward movement, antislavery activities, and business transactions of Friends.

Dates: 8th Mo. 28, 1833

David Chandler, Warren County, Ohio, to ?, on slavery, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier:  9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Embree-Thorn Collection consist of letters, essays, wills, and deeds from two Quaker families in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio, mainly between 1774 and 1860. They reflect especially the westward movement, antislavery activities, and business transactions of Friends.

Dates: undated

William Thorn, Sr., to Family, 1st Mo. 5, 1829, on the Hicksite Separation

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier:  10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Embree-Thorn Collection consist of letters, essays, wills, and deeds from two Quaker families in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio, mainly between 1774 and 1860. They reflect especially the westward movement, antislavery activities, and business transactions of Friends.

Dates: 1774-1997; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1997