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MARY ANNA LONGSTRETH Quaker Ledger Philadelphia PA

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Born in Philadelphia, Mary Anna Longstreth (1811-1884) began her schooling at 2 years old, "according to the strictest traditions of the Society of Friends."  

At 13, Longstreth was already instructing her younger sisters in Latin.


In 1829, at the age of 18, Mary Anna Longstreth with the support of her younger sister, Susan, started a Quaker school for girls. Founded in a private residence at 3 N. 11th St., the school counted five pupils on its inaugural roster. The class size quickly reached fourteen in early 1830. To help with classes, Mary Anna and Susan were later joined by their younger sister. Elizabeth.


This ledger is an unusual artifact in that it was a dedicated business business ledger for her father. Mary Anna maintained the transactions for her father's accounts, and used other portions of the large sized ledger for writing Quaker verse, and for rendering embroidery designs.


Date of Isaac Longstreth's business entries: 1816 - 1819


Embossed suede leather cover with hand stitched spine


The 19.5" x 13" ledger contains:


21 pages of Isaac Longstreth's accounts payable 

17 pages of embroidery designs

  4 pages of Quaker verse and writings

  1 page of watercolor design



Mary Anna Longstreth


Birth: 9 Feb 1811, Philadelphia

Father: Isaac Thomas Longstreth (26 Feb 1785 - 6 Oct 1849)

Mother: Mary Collins (27 Jul 1789 - 7 Jul 1865) m. 27 Oct 1808 in Burlington, NJ

Spouse: Israel Morris

Marriage: 1839

Death: 15 Aug 1884

Memorial ID:  20490863



This also includes a 1885 edition of the Memoir of Mary Anna Longstreth by Margaret Newlin and Helen W. Ludlow


The handwriting matches precisely with documents from the Bryn Mawr collection:  

https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/hc12476#page/1/mode/1up


DATE:

c. 1816 - 1819


SIZE:

19.5" x 13"


CONDITION:

Darkening, foxing, and small tears to paper appropriate to age. Spine has pulled away in part from leather cover.

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