Anne Emlen Mifflin Explained

Anne Emlen Mifflin (April 30, 1755 - March 22, 1815)[1] was a Quaker minister, abolitionist, and social reformer in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[2] [3] Bryn Mawr has a collection of her papers including a diary.[4]

She was a member of the Emlen family in Philadelphia, daughter of George and Ann Emlen.[5] Her brother James Emlen was a signatory to the Treaty of Canadaigua in 1794.[6]

She was married to Warner Mifflin in 1788, after his first wife died in 1786.[7] They travelled together and convinced the Society of Friends to allow African Americans full fellowship. They had sons Samuel E. and Lemuel.[8] After Warner Mifflin's death she travelled, preached and was involved in Quaker education and missions to American Indians. She left her two boys in the care of her mother.[9]

She died March 22, 1815, and her will of 1811 left her estate to her two sons.

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  1. Web site: Congress . The Library of . Mifflin, Ann Emlen - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) . id.loc.gov . 29 October 2023.
  2. Web site: REVIEWED: Our Beloved Friend: The Life and Writings of Anne Emlen Mifflin . Friends Journal . 1 September 2023 . 8 November 2023.
  3. Book: Our Beloved Friend: The Life and Writings of Anne Emlen Mifflin. Gary B.. Nash. Emily M.. Teipe. October 5, 2022. Penn State Press. 9780271096421 . Google Books.
  4. Web site: Collection: Emlen and Mifflin Family collection | Archives & Manuscripts. archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu.
  5. Book: Justice . Hilda . Life and ancestry of Warner Mifflin, Friend--philanthropist--patriot; . 1905 . Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach . 16–17, 228 . 29 October 2023.
  6. Web site: Emlen and Mifflin Family collection - Philadelphia Area Archives. findingaids.library.upenn.edu.
  7. Web site: Faulkner . Carol . Creating an Abolitionist Genealogy . Reviews in American History . 29 October 2023 . 561–566 . 2018.
  8. Web site: Life and Ancestry of Warner Mifflin: Friend--philanthropist--patriot. October 28, 1905. Ferris & Leach. Google Books.
  9. Book: Wilson, Lisa. Life After Death: Widows in Pennsylvania, 1750-1850. October 28, 1992. Temple University Press. 9780877228837 . Google Books.

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