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Descriptive Summary
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Arrangement
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Ser. 1. Correspondence, 1835-1887, 1918-1932, n.d.
Ser. 2. Memorabilia
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An Inventory of the Stabler-Lea Family Papers,
1835-1932
Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas
Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections
Libraries
1969
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Title
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Stabler-Lea Family Papers,
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Dates:
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1835-1932 |
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Abstract:
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The Stabler and Lea families were Quakers of
Sandy Spring, Maryland, and Alexandria, Virginia. The collections contains
chiefly correspondence of Mary Lea Stabler (1822-1888), with her mother,
Elizabeth Ellicott Lea (1793-1858), her sister, Martha Lea (1819-1900), her
brother, James Lea (1816-1857), and Martha Ellicott Tyson (1795-1873).
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Extent:
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1 box;.5 linear ft. |
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Identification:
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RG 5/139 |
The Stabler and Lea families were Quakers of Sandy Spring, Maryland,
and Alexandria, Virginia.
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The collections contains chiefly correspondence of Mary Lea Stabler
(1822-1888), with her mother, Elizabeth Ellicott Lea (1793-1858), her sister,
Martha Lea (1819-1900), her brother, James Lea (1816-1857), and Martha Ellicott
Tyson (1795-1873).
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials
about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these
headings: Researchers are advised to search by subject and author, when
applicable.
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The collection is divided into two series:
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Ser. 1. Correspondence, 1835-1887, 1918-1932, n.d.
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Principally family correspondence
Correspondents include
Elizabeth E.
Lea, her daughter Mary (Lea) Stabler, and Mary's husband, Henry Stabler.
Elizabeth Lea lived near Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, and the
Stablers lived in Alexandria, Virginia, though by the 1860's the Stablers had
moved to Brighton, Montgomery County, Maryland, near Sandy Spring.
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Martha Ellicott Tyson to niece Mary Lea Stabler
1865-1872 8 letters
There are also a few letters addressed to Rebecca
Russell on the occasion of her 100th birthday,
12mo 24 1886.
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Ser. 2. Memorabilia
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Drawing of a man in uniform
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Receipt,
$5.00 from Elizabeth E. Lea to George
L. Stabler in payment for two pigs.
1853
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“Lines Addressed to Oliver Matthews of Baltimore County,
In the 102nd year of his age” by R.H. Townsend
1888, 2nd Month 21st
Copied by his sister
Hadassah J. Moore.
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See also ancestral chart at front of box.
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