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[QUAKERS -- CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS]. FOWLER, Albert [Vann] & HELENBiblio.com

[Cresson Family – Quakers]Biblio.com

William P. Cresson Company of Philadelphia 1837–1845 Manuscript Correspondence

143728Philadelphia and from Various Places. 1837â€“1845. Approximately 145 manuscript items viz. 38 handwritten letters and 109 manuscript receipts. All in very good condition. Housed in an archival box. William P. Cresson Co. of Philadelphia was actively engaged in the hardware commission business in the 1830â€™s and 1840â€™s. The company offered a variety of products with a strong focus on metal ware household building materials and household furnishings. In the late 1840â€™s the firm began selling cooking stoves and became stove manufacturers and likely hollow ware manufacturers as well. During the late 1840â€™s and 1850â€™s a number of stove patents were applied for in the firmâ€™s name. William P. Cresson manufacturer and philanthropist 1814â€“1892 was the son of Caleb Cresson 1775â€“1821. Caleb Cresson was himself a prominent and wealthy Philadelphia Quaker merchant and the husband of Sarah Emlen 1787â€“1870. W.P. Cressonâ€™s family clearly enjoyed a prosperous and affluent style of living that would have been consistent with the successful endeavors of Williamâ€™s father. This archive can be described as follows: I. William P. Cresson Co. Incoming Business Correspondence. 20 letters all written in 1842; 18 letters all written in 1845. Cresson had a sizeable business and this incoming correspondence records a variety of New England firms that were involved with this mid-Atlantic firm. An example of the correspondence in part: John D. Johnson writes an interesting letter to Cresson regarding brass makers and brass agents concerning manufacturing prices and the intricacies of dealing with the brass makers May 4 1842. Johnson later writes of other concerns selling brass at cheaper prices of the instability in the brass market and of a future hope: "On the whole I think that the manufacturers are beginning to have some confidence in each other and I believe the time is not very far distant when we shall all be willing to come under prescribed rules and regulations but until this can be achieved we must be somewhat irregular.â€ Johnson then writes briefly of â€œmaking an article for paper makersâ€¦" A one page ALS from Joel Bartlett of Harmony Maine concerns a discussion of the Cresson firm selling shank handles made by Bartlett on commission. Bartlett informs that the shank handles he is manufacturing are of high quality and is willing to send along samples. May 10 1842 On Bartlett ref. Folsom Fifty Years in the Northwest 1888 pp185â€“186. J. Danforth & Co. asks Cresson to sell bottles and Brittania ware and coffee pots May 12 1842. Later Danforth sent by steam boat from Middleton Connecticut â€œtea settsâ€ tea pots sugars and creamers and soup bowls. In exchange Danforth asks Cresson to send along some blind fastenings saw â€œstretchersâ€ and windows springs. Josiah Hayden of Haydensville wants to send Cresson cheap pens. A number of merchants ask plead for payments for goods sold or goods hoped to have been sold. Others ask for advice concerning the reduction of their manufacturing output and future trade prospects in wire and gauge metals. From Pine Plains Dutchess County New York Cresson purchased cradles scythes from Silas Harris May 29 1842. From Dotterer & Taylor of Reading Pennsylvania comes a letter of exact specifications for a proposed â€œ15 horse engineâ€ with three boilers June 5 1842. This is followed by an excellent letter from another steam engine manufacturer a John H. Gage in Nashua N.H. who writes to Cresson of a steam engine order and what he can offer the company at the present time June 10 1845. Another firm writes requesting Cresson to send by rail a large quantity of â€œcram paperâ€ that will be suitable for packing sad irons January 24 1842. A New York entity asks Cresson to provide prices and quantity available for a large order for tea kettles coffee mills hatchets shoe blacking mill saws cow hides Eagle and New England wood screws and shank augers June 30 1845. Various other letters are devoted to outstanding debts and bills paid or not paid or agents traveling to and from delayed by various inconveniences of pre-1850 American transportation. II. William P. Cresson Family and Business Receipts 1837â€“1845. 109 manuscript receipts a blend of business and private household expenses. These receipts range from 1837-1845 the majority are from the late 1830â€™s. Among the more interesting receipts in part: Two receipts one for gold fillings â€œreplacing part of a plugâ€ etc. are from noted dentist Samuel Sheldon Fitch 1801â€“1876. S.S. Fitch was a Jefferson graduate and a pioneer in dentistry. Fitchâ€™s A System of Dental Surgery 1829 was a standard work in its day and from its successful proceeds Fitch devoted his efforts as a publisher and patent medicine manufacturer. See Atwater I: 321â€“325 Receipts to benevolent societies: The Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor â€œfor one large comfortableâ€ and the Magdalen Society of Philadelphia. A receipt to Dennis Rearson for marble post stones for Laurel Hill cemetery to be cut and engraved. Jappaning 175 feet of iron chain; repairing stoves and ovens; one black Russian hat a receipt for a passage from Pittsburgh to Louisville; shovel and tong stands; â€œaltering pew cushionsâ€ a receipt for blankets a valice trunk â€œto hanging 4 Looking Glassesâ€ expenses for resetting curb stone; â€œ2 sett dishes Brittania Wareâ€; etc. A receipt for US almanacs bought of Watson & Reynolds by Cresson for what appears to be H. Peale. This is possibly Henrietta Peale 1806â€“1892 daughter of artist Rembrandt Peale 1778â€“1860. Twenty-five receipts specific to purchases by Mrs. William P. Cresson record a wide variety of Philadelphia merchants and providers of household and domestic services in part: Foodstuffs purchased: Peaches raisins prunes almonds wines hams soda & water crackers sherry mustard rice etc. Household wares: gold plates moulded dishes linens gold pencils sweeping brush cut lamps cone pitcher cone boats etc. Services rendered: glazing English glass paying Sarah Binns dressmaker capes and corsets made merino shirts made etc. A receipt is also seen for altering front chamber nursery dining room parlors stair and entry carpet; fixing stair rods and fitting oil â€œcloathsâ€; putting up parlor bed and window curtains payable to a Rachael Fletcher etc. Of mention a portrait of W.P. Cresson is located at the Smithsonian and this description includes a facsimile of a daguerreotype portrait of W.P. Cresson from an online source. unknown

Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

[African Americans; Quakers; Civil War] Cromwell, William; Benjamin Tatham; William Wood; Harriet JacobsBiblio.com

Report of a Committee of the Representatives of New York Yearly Meeting of Friends upon the Condition and Wants of the Colored Refugees.

186227695New York: The Religious Society of Friends 1862. First printing. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Three reports from the Quakers during the Civil War on their ministry amongst the "Colored Refugees" of Virginia & Washington DC reporting on the conditions and needs at Fort Monroe Camp Barker Craney Island Alexandria Hampton Norfolk etc. Conditions are tough in the refugee camps but none wish to return to where they have fled from. "Slaves have been abandoned and we must help. Don't we owe them for our prosperity--- enjoying indirectly from the unrequited labor of these people." Encyclopedia Virginia writes on their website- "In this report dated May 1864 the Committee on Colored Refugees who were representatives of the New York Yearly Meeting of Friends gives its assessment of the needs of the formerly enslaved people escaping behind Union lines and how Quaker charity efforts were meeting them in contraband camps across Virginia including Alexandria. One of their agents Harriet Jacobs wrote her own letter documenting what she saw in Alexandria and Washington D.C. For Quakers the abolition of slavery was a moral and religious imperative." Title continues: Address of the Representatives of New-York Yearly Meeting of Friends to Its Members.; Third Report of Committee of the Representatives of New York Yearly Meeting of Friends upon the Condition and Wants of the Colored Refugees 1862 Report OCLC: 21308787 8vo 30pp black title on cream paper wraps saddle stitched. Clean throughout. 1862 Address OCLC: 25519700 8vo 10pp. October 24th 1862. 1864 Third Report OCLC: 25113848 cites 9 copies; 8vo 23pp May 1864 slt. marked wrapper. All in their original self wrappers overall in very good condition. The Religious Society of Friends unknown

Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints · États-Unis600,00 $US≈ 507,66 €

[History of Education – Women – Quakers] Brown Brothers; Illustrations Bureau; EJ Reily E JBiblio.com

Eleven Photographs of Open Air Schools Including the Phebe Anna Thorne Model School at Bryn Mawr College

1910List2847Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania; and others 1910. Eleven photographs approximately 7 x 9 Â½ inch and smaller. With stamps for Brown Brothers Illustrations Bureau and E.J. Reily verso; most with captions verso. Most with chipping and wear at edges; overall good. Open-air schools became popular in the United States in the early 20th century in response to public health crises including tuberculosis.1 Conducting lessons in open-air classrooms reduced the transmission of diseases which allowed many children to attend school despite their often chronic illnesses. Offered here are eleven photographs of open-air schools three of which are identified as the Phebe Anna Thorne Model School at Bryn Mawr. The Phebe Anna Thorne Model School opened in 1913 under the direction of the Collegeâ€™s president Carey Thomas using funds donated by Samuel Thorne in memory of his sister Phebe Anna.2 The Thornes were an affluent New York Quaker family; Phebe Anna 1828â€“1909 was the only daughter to survive to adulthood and was a philanthropist and supporter of progressive social causes.3 The school was part of Bryn Mawrâ€™s Department of Education which trained its students in teaching younger pupils rather than those of highschool or college age â€“ the students in most of these photos are probably in about 4th or 5th grade.3 It also allowed testing of more cutting-edge pedagogical practices: the structure of the school was quite experimental including open-air classrooms outdoor naptime a flexible curriculum and less formal assessment. Of interest to scholars of the history of education especially experimental pedagogy. 1 Sherman C. Kingsley & F.B. Dresslar â€œOpen-Air Schoolsâ€ Department of the Interior Bureau of Education Bulletin 23 1916. 2 Cornelia Meigs What Makes a College A History of Bryn Mawr The MacMillan Company 1956. 3 Olive Floyd Phebe Anna Thorne: Quakeress Privately Printed in Rye New York 1958. unknown

Auger Down Books · États-Unis750,00 $US≈ 634,57 €

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