Contents
Descriptive Summary
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Arrangement
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Ser. 1. Biographical and genealogical material, 1663-1875, n.d.
Ser. 2. Journals and Writings, 1797-1876
Ser. 3. Correspondence, 1828-1954
Ser. 4. Business papers, 1776-1907
Ser. 5. Memorabilia, 1839-1774, n.d.
Ser. 6. Reference Material, n.d.
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Rebecca Sinclair Turner Family Papers, 1776-1954
FHL staff
1966
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Creator
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Rebecca Sinclair Turner (1795-1877) |
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Title
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Turner Family Papers, |
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Dates:
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1776-1954 |
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Abstract:
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This collection centers around the family and descendants of Joseph Turner, Jr., (1790-1850) and his wife Rebecca (Sinclair) Turner (1787-1877), members of Baltimore Monthly Meeting-Western District. They raised eight children and had fifty-four grandchildren. As a young man, Joseph left the family plantation near Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland, and became a lumber merchant in Baltimore. He served as Clerk of the Lombard Street Meeting. Rebecca was a recorded minister and traveled widely. She served on the Standing Committee on Indian Concern of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, the Friends Association in Aid of Freedmen and on the first Board of Managers of Swarthmore College, 1862-1868. The Turner Family Papers are significant for the source material they provide on Quaker family life in Baltimore and the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the 19th century. The manuscripts include extensive correspondence concerning the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting and records of goods sent to the Pawnee Agency in Nebraska. There is also a series of letters written during the Civil War by Joseph Turner (1831-1865), Rebecca Turner's diaries and her journal travelling in the ministry with Priscilla Cadwallader in 1850-1851, journals and correspondence of her son Richard Townsend Turner (1819-1892), and miscellaneous family papers.
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Extent:
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5 boxes; 2.5 linear ft. |
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Identification:
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RG 5/152 |
The Turner Family Papers are significant for the source material they provide on Quaker family life in Baltimore and the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the 19th century. The manuscripts include extensive correspondence concerning the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting and records of goods sent to the Pawnee Agency in Nebraska; also included is a series of letters written during the Civil War.
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The Turner ancestors claimed land in Calvert County in 1653 and were associated with the Colonial Government of Maryland. From 1690 they were members of the Third Haven Meeting. Later they owned land in Kent County and were ministers and elders in Cecil Monthly Meeting until it was laid down in 1952. Through marriage they were related to Townsend, Bartlett, Corse (DeCourcy), Betterton, Rigbie, St. Clair and Yardley families. |
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19th century |
This collection centers around the family and descendants of Joseph Turner, Jr. (1790-1850) and his wife Rebecca (Sinclair) Turner (1787-1877), members of Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Western District. They raised eight children and had fifty-four grandchildren. Joseph left the family plantation near Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland, and became a lumber merchant in Baltimore. He served as Clerk of the Lombard Street Meeting. Rebecca was a recorded minister and traveled widely. She served on the Standing Committee on Indian Concern of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, the Friends Association in Aid of Freedmen and on the first Board of Managers of Swarthmore College, 1862-1868. |
Among the correspondents are: Rachel and Caleb Barker; Deborah Bringhurst; Levi K. Brown; John Comly; Jane M. Edgar; Jacob M. Ellis; Benjamin Ferris; Benjamin Hallowell; Rachel Hicks; Phoebe H. Howell; Cornelia Janney; Samuel M. Janney; George M. Justice; Mary S. Lippincott; Harriet I. Moore; William D. Parrish; Rachel Price; Mary L. and Rush Roberts; William Stabler; P.E. Thomas; Lydia M. Thorne; Anne W. and Jacob M. Troth; Martha E. Tyson; E.H. Walker; Deborah J. Wharton; Amos and Caroline Willets; and James Wood and the families of Sinclairs, Townsends, Underhills and Yardleys.
The family had a keen interest in education and were associated with a variety of schools including: Alexandria Boarding School; Eaton Academy, Kennett Square; Fair Hill Boarding School, Sandy Spring; Friends Free School, Darby, Pa.; Friends Boarding School, Providence, RI; McKim's School, Baltimore; New England Yearly Meeting Boarding School; Sharon Boarding School, Darby, Pa.; Samuel Smiths Boarding School, Wilmington; Southern Boarding School, Smyrna, Del.; Springdale Boarding School, Loudon County, Va.; as well as Swarthmore College.
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The Turner Family Papers are significant for the source material they provide on Quaker family life in Baltimore and the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the 19th century. In addition to family correspondence, the papers include extensive correspondence concerning the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting and records of goods sent to the Pawnee Agency in Nebraska. There is also a series of letters written during the Civil War by Joseph Turner (1831-1865), Rebecca Turner's
journals (1865, 1866, 1871-1876) and her journal of travelling in the ministry with Priscilla Cadwallader in 1850-1851, journals and correspondence of her son Richard Townsend Turner (1819-1892), and miscellaneous family papers, including a detailed farmbook detailing wages, livestock, etc., kept by Richard Townsend Turner, Jr., 1865-1907.
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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 six series:
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Ser. 1. Biographical and genealogical material, 1663-1875, n.d.
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Charts and miscellaneous genealogical notes collected primarily by Rebecca (Turner) Webb.
Names include: St. Clair/Sinclair, Turner, Webb, Williams, Bartlett, Corse, and Rigbie.
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Documents relating to marriage, 1789-1804:
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Letter of marriage approval for Joseph Turner from his mother Hanna Turner R. to Cecil MM
9/14/1789
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Copy of certificate of Joseph Turner and Sarah Corse
12/16/1789
In notebook with copy of memorials of Joseph Turner (1765-1841) and Cassandra (Rigbie) Corse (1746-1800)
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Marriage certificate of Joseph Turner and Sarah Mifflin
11/15/1804
See Chart case: Marr, T.
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Marriage certificate (non-Quaker) of John St. Clair and Elizabeth Williams.
5/26/1796
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Cassandra Corse (d. 1800)
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Joseph Turner (d. 1841) 2 copies
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Richard Townsend Turner Jr. (d. 1908)
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William Turner
1663 photocopy
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Rebecca (Sinclair) Turner and codicil (6/24/1877)
11/10/1875
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Rachel Turner (draft)
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From East Nottingham for James Rigbie
7/26/1760
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From West River for James Rigbie
8/29/1760 copies
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Ser. 2. Journals and Writings, 1797-1876
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Joseph Turner, manuscripts
1797-1812
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Rebecca (Sinclair) Turner (1797-1877), 1845-1876
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Petition to the Mayor of Baltimore regarding Chimney Sweeps
1845-1846
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Journal traveling in the ministry with Priscilla Cadwallader
12/21/1850-2/1/1851
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Diaries
1865, 1866, 1871-1876
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Richard Townsend Turner (1819-1892), 1836-1849
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Journals and typescripts
1836-1839 8 journals
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Martha Ellen (Birch) Turner (1840-1911), Poem, essay and drawing from school days
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William B. Webb (1824-1894), "Style in Writing and Conversation"
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Ser. 3. Correspondence, 1828-1954
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Rebecca (Sinclair) Turner, 1828-1877
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Letters and correspondence to family and friends
1828-1877
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Letters to Levi K. Brown
1865-1873
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Miscellaneous correspondence
1849, 1858-1871 1872-1875
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Joseph Turner, III (1831-1865), letters written during the Civil War
1861-1866
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Richard Townsend Turner, Jr. (1845-1908) letters
1894-1907
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Turner family correspondence
1803-1910, 1935, 1940, 1954
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Ser. 4. Business papers, 1776-1907
Arranged chronologically.
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Samuel and Hannah Rowland to her son J. Turner
9/8/1776
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Samuel and Hannah Rowland to J. Turner (and copy)
7/29/1788
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Power of attorney, John Corse to son-in-law J. Turner
3/29/1790
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Agreement between Samuel Marshall and Benjamin S. Roberts, trustees of Half Breed Lands
4/6/1839 copy
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Opinion relative to rents
10/7/1842
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Indenture between Thomas Dorsey and wife and Joseph Turner Jr.
6/24/1844
For land in Baltimore.
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Opinion on Section 6 of Joseph Turner's will
7/9/1845
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Financial statements
9/1/1845, 11/19/1845
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Release by Thomas Mifflin to Joseph Turner
12/19/1845
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Release by Isaac Turner to Joseph Turner
7/11/1846
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Bill of lading and freight for chimney sweeping machine
1/1847
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Receipt for payment of sweeping machine
1/22/1847
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Document: Rebecca Turner guardian of Jos. Turner and Mary G. Turner.
7/26/1850
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Indenture between John and Elizabeth Sinclair and Rebecca Turner
12/4/1850
Concerning Indian lands in Iowa.
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Release of mortgage, Leah and Sarah H. Gale to Rebecca Turner and Richard T. Turner
2/26/1851
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Agreement, R. Turner with William and Laurence, Attys
4/25/1854
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Narrative account by Rebecca Turner
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re: finanial matters of her husband with Robert Sinclair
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Estate papers of Isaac Turner
1852-1888
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Deed of Richard and Eliz. Turner to Rachel B. Turner
10/28/1870
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Indenture of Alfred and Mary Underhill to R. Turner
5/1/1871
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Estate of Rebecca Turner
1874-1881
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Miscellaneous business papers of Rachel B. Turner
1890-1901
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Farmbook of Richard T. Turner Jr.
1865-1907
Includes precise account of wages, livestock, orchards planted, etc. Indexed.
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Ser. 5. Memorabilia, 1839-1774, n.d.
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Invitations
1861-1874, n.d.
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Box
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Rebecca (Sinclair) Turner, Rebecca (Turner) Webb, Anne Webb Janney, Henry Chandlee, William B. Webb, Rebecca Webb Holmes.
Filed with Individual Portraits.
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Family of Charles Henry St. Clair of Morgan City, LA and Exeter, NH
These pictures remain in Box 5. Picture of painting of Old Lombard St. Meeting House filed with Meeting House Pictures.
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School reports, and verse
1839-1860
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Skytop Highlander Banner
Placed in RG6, Box 11a5.
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Ser. 6. Reference Material, n.d.
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Indexes to letters made by Donald C. Turner
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Cecil Meeting, historical notes
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