Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Friends' Reading Room Association records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-013
Overview
The Friends' Reading Room Association was founded in 1835, and dissolved in 1842. Its Constitution, included in the minutes, states its purpose: "An Institution in a central part of the city, which shall be furnished with a judcious selection of books, maps and periodical publications, calculated to promote moral and religous improvement, a knowledge of the principles and history of the Society of Friends and an acquiantance with the arts, science and general literature." This volume...
Dates:
1835-1886
Richard Price correspondence with John Watson
Collection — Othertype SC-254
Identifier: SFHL-SC-254
Abstract
Richard Price's letters to fellow Hicksite Quaker John Watson provide a rich account of the Hicksite-Orthodox Separation with references and comments on many of the personalities involved: Elias Hicks, William Wharton, Jonathan Evans, as well as visiting Quaker ministers including George Truman, Lucretia Mott, Ann Jones, Mary and Susan Cox, and Martha Smith. Price also wrote a detailed account of the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1848. The collection contains a small number...
Dates:
1826-1867-1826-1848 (bulk)
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