%eadnotat; ]> 5159mawa Margaretta Walton Family Papers, 1812-1961 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1963 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, May 2002. ENG Margaretta Walton Family Papers, 1812-1961 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1963 Descriptive Summary Family Papers, 1812-1961 RG 5/ 159 Margaretta Walton (1829-1904) 4 boxes; 2 linear feet Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728 Margaretta Walton (1829-1904), eminent Quaker minister of Ercildoun, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The collection contains diaries and correspondence of Walton and her husband, Jesse Pusey Walton; business papers and memorabilia; sermons; and related papers. Also included in the collections are journals (1836-1853) of her father, Joseph Shoemaker Walton, who was companion to several Quaker ministers. BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTROICAL

Margaretta Walton (1829-1904), eminent Quaker minister of Ercildoun, Chester County, Pennsylvania, left an extensive series of journals (1846-1902) describing her spiritual growth, travels in the ministry, and family life. She was the daughter of Joseph Shoemaker and Abigail (Mann) Walton and a birthright member of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting. Her parents were farmers and active Quakers; their diaries reflect their work with Indians in New York State and other visits accompanying Quaker ministers, including Joseph Kersey.

In 1854, Margaretta married Jesse Pusey Walton (1825-1859), a distant cousin. After his death from consumption, she devoted herself to Quaker service and worship. As well as serving as a visiting minister, she served as clerk of the Monthly, Quarterly, and Yearly Meeting. In the last two decades of her life, she lived with her brother George's family, first with George and his wife, and later with their son, Joseph Solomon Walton, who became headmaster at the George School in 1901.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Walton family was a long-time Quaker family, with many generations of the family active in Quaker concerns. Margaretta Walton devoted her life to Quaker ministry and affairs, and her correspondence reflects this, with accounts of Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly, and other types of meetings and of the messages of ministers. The collection contains diaries and correspondence of Margaretta Walton and her husband, Jesse Pusey Walton; business papers and memorabilia; sermons; and related papers. Correspondents include Hannah Clothier Hull, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Sarah M. Griscom. Also included in the collections are journals (1836-1853) of her father, Joseph Shoemaker Walton, who was companion to several traveling Quakers ministers, especially Jesse Kersey.

 Arrangement

The collection is divided into seven series. Diaries and journals Memorabilia Business papers Sermons by Margaretta Walton Pictures Correspondence Reference Material

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Accession information:

Donor: George A. Walton, 1963

The collection was given by George A. Walton, grandnephew of Margaretta and Jesse Pusey Walton.

 Access

Collection is open for research

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], RG5/ 159, Margaretta Walton Family Papers, 1812-1961, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

 Processing information

The papers were sorted, labeled, and annotated by the donor who also donated the Joseph Solomon Walton Papers, RG5/ 158, and whose own papers were given to Friends Historical Library by the George School (George A. Walton Papers, RG 5/ 157). The order and the folder units and titles have been retained, with papers organized chronologically within each folder.

The following materials, originally part of the collection, have been recatalogued:

Marriage certificate, 4/13/1854, Margaretta Walton to Jesse Walton, filed in Chart Case Bibliography Diaries and Correspondence, Margaretta Walton, 1829-1904, compiled by George A. Walton and J. Barnard Walton, 1962.

See also:

Related Material RG 5/158, Joseph Solomon Walton Papers RG 5/157, George A. (George Arthur) Walton Papers SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

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.

Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County Pennsylvania -- Quakers Quakers --Social life and customs Sermons -- Quaker Quaker women Ministry of women -- Society of Friends Society of Friends --Ministry of women --19th century Diaries Quakers -- Diaries --19th century Travel -- Quakers Western Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends) Fallowfield Monthly Meeting of Friends Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1827-1955) Walton, Margaretta Walton, 1829-1904 Griscom, Sarah M., 1839-1895 Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 Walton, Joseph S. (Joseph Shoemaker), 1792-1876 Walton, Jesse Pusey, 1825-1859 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Ser. 1. Diaries and journals, 1836-1902 Margaretta Walton 23 items 1846-1902, with gaps 1 Jesse Pusey Walton (husband of Margaretta) 3 items 1855-1858 1 Joseph Shoemaker Walton (father of Margaretta) journals 1836-1853, with gaps 11 items and fragment

Includes notes on his travels as companion of itinerant Friends' ministers to the following places:

 Ohio 1836 1 To Indians of New York State, Cattaraugus 1845 1 New York, Long Island, Nantucket 1841 1 Baltimore Yearly Meeting 1850 1 East Wellville (Ohio?) 1852, 1853 1 Warrington and Centre Quart. Mtg., in company with Eliz. Newport and Hannah Lukens 1853 1 Across the Allegheny Mountains n.d. 1 Philadelphia n.d. 1 Ser. 2. Memorabilia, 1834-1865 Margaretta Walton memorabilia, 1834-1865, including: Grammar book English Grammar...Originally Compiled for the Use of West-Town Boarding School, Pa. 1834 2

By John Comly. Published in Phila., Kimber & Sharpless.

 Copy book 1841 2 Piece books 1841, 1848 2 Autograph book 1847 2 Phrenology of M. Walton, written by John L. Capen 5/17/1865 2 Quotations from Scripture and other sources 2 Jesse P. Walton memorabilia, including: 2 English composition books 1845 2 Ser. 3. Business papers, 1850-1900 Will (copy) of Margaretta Walton 2/9/1900 2 Business and financial correspondence of M. Walton 1855-1901 2 Business papers of Jesse P. Walton 1850-1856 2 Ser. 4. Sermons by Margaretta Walton, ca. 1866-1900 Sermons by Margarette Walton ca. 1866-19002 Ser. 5. Pictures, n.d. Margaretta Walton 2 3 pictures Margaretta Walton and husband, Jesse P. Walton 2 3 pictures Margaretta Walton, Jesse P. Walton and David Walton, father of Jesse 2 2 pictures Margaretta Walton in a group picture 2 Margaretta Walton and the "4 boys" (grandnephews?) 2 Joseph S. Walton, father of Margaretta 2 Ser. 6. Correspondence and other papers, 1812-1961 Correspondence sent, 1849-1904: Letters from Margaretta Walton, most to relatives 1854-1872 2

Includes a diary of Margaretta Walton's Virginia trip with Hugh and Anne T. Foulke (8/1868) and letter from Jesse P. Walton to Joseph S. Walton, her father.

 Margaretta Walton to relatives and others 1880-1900 2 Letters from Margaretta Walton to her niece, Abigail Foulke 1892-1904

Includes a letter containing a brief description of a wedding in the Clothier family home, 2 letters from Abigail Foulke to Margaretta Walton, and 6 letters from various authors to Abigail Foulke.

 Correspondence of Jesse P. Walton and Margaretta 1849-1854 3 Correspondence received, 1847-1902 John G. Whittier 3/8/1881 3 John G. Whittier 4/26/1889 3 H. Clothier (Hull) 8/10/1890 3

Describes scenery on visit to Alaska.

 Sarah Griscom 8/29/1894 3

Mentions preparations for opening year at the George School.

 J. Dunbar Wright 5/1/1898 3

Describes "beautiful Japan."

 A.D. Sharpless 8/9/1899 3

Includes mention of the uniting of Instruction and Household Committees at the George School.

 Hannah Clothier 7/20/1898 3

Announcement of her engagement to Dr. William I. Hull.

 Sarah Cooper 10/14/1902 3

Refers to the death of Howard Jenkins.

 Blanche Early 1899-1902 3 From the family circle 1861-1900 3 Lydia Foulke (sister) 1852-1883

Includes a description of the Polyglot Petition against intoxicating liquors and opium and a copy of a note from Phillips Brooks to Whittier on his 84th birthday.

 Friends from school days 1847-1854 3 Edward Hopper 1879-1889 3 Mann family 1853, 1859 3 Anna Mary Martin and other cousins 1846-1853, 1901, 1902 3 Preston family 1893-1901 3 New York Waltons 1848-1853 3

Includes photograph of J. Dunbar Wright.

 Sharpless family 1879-1900 4 Deborah Stubbs (niece) 1895-1900 4 Letters of tribute concerning Margaretta Walton and condolences to Joseph Walton and family after the death of Margaretta Walton. By various authors, 1904-1905. Includes: Letter from Dean Elizabeth Powell Bond 5/10/1904 4 Memorial prepared by Fallowfield Monthly Meeting, read and approved by Western Quarterly Meeting held at London Grove 1/23/1905 4 Memorial published in Friends' Intelligencer, by J. Rushmore 5/21/1904 4 Letters by various authors, concerning Margaretta Walton. Includes: 1957-1961 Correspondence of George Walton and Olive Floyd regarding book on Phoebe Anne Thorne 4 Postcard of the painting by Charles Yardley Turner, "Moved by the Spirit" 4

The family believes the speaker in the picture is Margaretta Walton (See letter in this same series, Esther F. Sharples to George Walton, 1/20/1958, with an account.)

 Letters from the Walton family from Cattaraugus 1833-1855

Recipients include Deborah F. and William Wharton, Solomon and Sarah Pusey. Also includes a circular from the Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children on the Reservation.

 Letters by Joseph and Abigail Walton and others 1812-1903

Recipients include John Comly, William and Sarah Sharpless, Amos Willets. Also includes:

 Two journals of visitation by Joseph S. Walton and Jesse Kersey 1840, 1850 4

Visits were to New Jersey and Virginia Meetings, 1840, and Maryland and Virginia Meetings, 1850.

 Minute for Joseph S. Walton as companion for Ruth Pyle, visiting Friend 10/20/1836 4 Statement by Friends to Indians, Council House 10/4/1847 4

Includes notes from donor, 1961, with information about Joseph S. Walton and his work with the Indians, together with two volumes from Joseph Walton's personal library.

Ser. 7 Miscellaneous, 1778, n.d. Miscellaneous papers kept for reference by Margaretta Walton 4

Mainly verse

 Ten Year Club Articles of Agreement 4 Facsimiles of 2 letters by George Washington and one by Mary Pemberton 1778 4

Concerning permission to send supplies to Quakers imprisoned at Winchester, Va.