%eadnotat; ]> 5140stle An Inventory of the Stabler-Lea Family Papers, 1835-1932 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1969 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Stabler-Lea Family Papers, 1835-1932 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1969 Descriptive Summary Stabler-Lea Family Papers, 1835-1932 RG 5/139 1 box;.5 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
The Stabler and Lea families were Quakers of Sandy Spring, Maryland, and Alexandria, Virginia. The collections contains chiefly correspondence of Mary Lea Stabler (1822-1888), with her mother, Elizabeth Ellicott Lea (1793-1858), her sister, Martha Lea (1819-1900), her brother, James Lea (1816-1857), and Martha Ellicott Tyson (1795-1873). BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL

The Stabler and Lea families were Quakers of Sandy Spring, Maryland, and Alexandria, Virginia.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collections contains chiefly correspondence of Mary Lea Stabler (1822-1888), with her mother, Elizabeth Ellicott Lea (1793-1858), her sister, Martha Lea (1819-1900), her brother, James Lea (1816-1857), and Martha Ellicott Tyson (1795-1873).

 Arrangement

The collection is divided into two series:

Correspondence Memorabilia ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donor: Isabel Stabler Moore, 1969-1971

The collection was given.

 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], RG 5/140, Stabler-Lea Family Papers, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

 Processing information

Formerly known as Stabler-Moore Family Papers.

 Related Material

See also:

Hallowell-Stabler Papers, RG 5/057 Eleanor Stabler Clarke Family Papers, RG 5/185 Stabler Family papers, RG 5/234 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 - Maryland Quakers - Virginia Quakers--Social life and customs Women, Quaker- Maryland Women, Quaker - Virginia Alexandria (Va.) - Family and personal papers Maryland flx Family and personal papers - 19th-20th centuries Sandy Spring (Md.) - Family and personal papers. Virginia - Family and personal papers - 19th-20th centuries Lea, James, 1816-1857 - Correspondence Lea, Martha, 1819-1900 - Correspondence Stabler, Mary Lea, 1822-1888 Lea, Elizabeth E. Tyson, Martha Ellicott, 1795-1873 Stabler family Moore family Lea family DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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

 Ser. 1. Correspondence, 1835-1887, 1918-1932, n.d. Principally family correspondence 1

Correspondents include Elizabeth E. Lea, her daughter Mary (Lea) Stabler, and Mary's husband, Henry Stabler. Elizabeth Lea lived near Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, and the Stablers lived in Alexandria, Virginia, though by the 1860's the Stablers had moved to Brighton, Montgomery County, Maryland, near Sandy Spring.

Martha Ellicott Tyson to niece Mary Lea Stabler 1865-1872 8 letters 1

There are also a few letters addressed to Rebecca Russell on the occasion of her 100th birthday, 12mo 24 1886.

 Ser. 2. Memorabilia Drawing of a man in uniform 1 Receipt, 1853 $5.00 from Elizabeth E. Lea to George L. Stabler in payment for two pigs. 1 “Lines Addressed to Oliver Matthews of Baltimore County, In the 102nd year of his age” by R.H. Townsend 1888, 2nd Month 21st 1

Copied by his sister Hadassah J. Moore.

 See also ancestral chart at front of box.