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Hannah Mary Trimble papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2517
 

Hannah Mary Trimble papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2517

This collection consists of two major divisions: 1) Family Correspondence and Personal Papers and 2) Family Legal and Financial Papers.

The first division includes correspondence, diaries, and miscellaneous items. The correspondence mainly revolves around Hannah Mary Trimble, her immediate family, and her close friend Mary Wallace. The majority of the letters are incoming to Hannah Mary and discuss such affairs as the death of Rachel Ann Trimble, family health and activities, the life of a school teacher (Mary Wallace), and religion.

There are four journals/diaries. Two pocket journals, kept by Hannah Mary when she was attending West Chester Female Boarding School, lists mainly the names of her schoolmates. A diary kept by Hannah Mary contains a wealth of information on everyday life as well as a record of the various family and friends prominent in her life. She lists visitors; discusses books, speeches, and other past times; describes viewing Baltimore album quilts; and reports on illnesses, funerals, and Quaker meetings. Read entry by entry, the diary gives a broad glimpse of the life of a young, single Quaker woman in Antebellum Maryland. She mentions everything from who came to dinner and what they did for entertainment to cutting and sewing carpets. Much of the diary is a release for Hannah's religious fervor as she struggles within herself to live by the Christian principles of her Quaker faith.

Uriah Brown, Sr. was the maternal grandfather of Hannah Mary. His letterbook/journal is a combination of letters, records, finances, prose, and includes a broadside. Apparently around 1816, Brown was contracted by several Baltimore businessmen, among them John Trimble, to investigate various matters in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Brown leaves a detailed account of the various businessmen for whom he was working, the places where he found records of land transactions, the people with whom he dealt, and the finances of the trip.

The second division includes the family legal and financial papers such as deeds, wills, contracts, promissory notes, indentures, cargo insurance policies, and stock certificates (1748-1872). These papers involve family matters as well as dealings with outsiders.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Dates
1748-1916
Extent
0.8 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Related Names
Trimble, Hannah Mary, b. 1826
Language of Materials
English

Letter Fragment, 1801 April 2

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Dates
1801 April 2
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1809 October 15
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1836 June 27
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1837 July 6 and 1837 August 10
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1839-1849; undated
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1842 August 22
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1843 December 7; 1844 July 16; undated
Dates
1844-1866; 1880
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1845-1858; undated
Dates
1848-1849

Mahlon Kirk to unidentified, 1849 March 25

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Dates
1849 March 25
Dates
1849 April 7

Kirk to Han [nah M. Trimble], 1851 June 22

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Dates
1851 June 22
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1852 April 5
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1855 June 4
 
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1855 October 26
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1856 May 4
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1858 March 5 and 1858 May 5
Dates
1859; 1862; undated

M.B.K. to Hannah M. Trimble, 1861; undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Dates
1861; undated
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1863 November 14
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1878 March

Aunt Eliza to “Sis”, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Dates
undated

Cousin Mary to Hannah [Trimble], undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Dates
undated

David E. Kirk to Hannah [Trimble], undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Dates
undated
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undated
Dates
1840; 1852; undated
Dates
circa 1760-1820
Dates
1836-1838
Dates
1850 January - May
Dates
1850 June - 1851 January and undated

Genealogy of Brown Family, 1724-1890

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Dates
1724-1890

Genealogy of Trimble Family, 1760-1924

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Dates
1760-1924