Special Collections Research Center
Walker Family papers
SC 01992
/repositories/2/resources/10028
.01 Linear Feet
One legal size folder
1817-1873
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was purchased with the assistance of the Molly Elliot Seawell fund.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in one series: Series I., chronologically by file.
General
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Preferred Citation
Walker Family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Content Description
This collection contains letters and photographs of the Walker family. The Walker family were Quakers in Virginia and Pennsylvania. Materials include 14 letters signed to and from Rebecca Jane Walker and her family from 1817 to 1833 regarding Lucretia Mott. Each letter is accompanied by a full annotated transcription.
Conditions Governing Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Quaker abolitionists
Quaker women
Quakers--Virginia--History
Quakers--United States--History--19th century
Letter writing
Correspondence
Series I. letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/6554541817-1873Walker, Isaac, Philadelphia, PA to wife Susanna Walker, Waterford, VA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650974September 28, 181711Walker, Rebecca Jane, Kimberton, PA, Boarding School, to mother Susannah Talbott Walker and Grandmother Rebecca Hirst Talbott/repositories/2/archival_objects/650975April 26, 183012Walker, Rebecca Jane, postmarked West Chester, PA, to "Grandmother" Rebecca Hirst Moore, second wife of James Moore (married 1818), care of Isaac Walker, Waterford, VA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650976May 8, 183013Rebecca Jane Walker, Waterford, VA From Jenkins, Ruth Anna, Kimberton, PA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650977July 10, 183014Walker, Isaac, Waterford, VA to daughter Rebecca jane, Kimberton, PA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650978July 18, 193015Walker, Rebecca Jane, from Kimberton, PA to father Isaac Walker, Waterford, VA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650979August 19, 193016Walker, Rebecca Jane, Kimberton, PA to parents, Waterford, VA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650980October 19, 193017Walker Rebecca Jane, Kimberton, PA to parents, Waterford, VA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650981November 14, 183018Walker, Rebecca Jane, Kimberton Boarding School, PA to grandmother Moore, Rebecca, Waterford, VA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650982December 12, 183019Walker, Rebecca Jane at Kimberton PA to parents, Isaac and Susan Walker, Waterford, VA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650983January 10, 1831110Walker, Rebecca Jane, Kimberton, PA to Grandmother, Waterford VA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650984April 17, 1831111Rebecca Jane Walker, West Chester BS [PA] to her mother Susanna Talbott Walker, Waterford, VA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650985October 14, 1832112Rebecca Jane Walker, West Chester B. School, PA, to her father Isaac Walker in Waterford VA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650986April 1, 1833113Walker, Rebecca Jane, Waterford, VA from Brooke, M.A. West Chester, PA/repositories/2/archival_objects/650987September 2, 1833114Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/6509881873115