Turner Family papers, 1776-1954 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:This collection includes material from the family and descendants of Rebecca Sinclair Turner and Joseph Turner, Jr. The Turner Family Papers are significant for the source material they provide on Quaker concerns and 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 contains a series of letters (1861-1863) written during the Civil War by Joseph Turner (1831-1865), Rebecca Turner's diaries, and her journal traveling in the ministry with Priscilla Cadwallader in 1850-1851, journals and correspondence of her son, Richard Townsend Turner (1819-1892), and miscellaneous family papers. Among the correspondents are: Deborah Bringhurst, John Comly, Benjamin Ferris, Benjamin Hallowell, Samuel M. Janney, George M. Justice; Mary S. Lippincott, Martha E. Tyson, Deborah J. Wharton, and the families of Sinclairs, Townsends, Underhills and Yardleys