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Truman, George

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1798 - 1877

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

John Jackson correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-204
Identifier: SFHL-SC-204
Abstract

Contains primarily correspondence from John Jackson to George and Catherine Truman. Letters are largely religious in content, with reflections on education and the death of his father. Also contains a copy of a letter to William B. Irish, an account of Priscilla Hunt's sermon, and extracts of a letter from Elias Hicks.

Dates: 1834-1835

Samuel M. Janney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-183
Overview Samuel McPherson Janney was a Virginia Quaker minister, author, educator, and reformer. In 1839 he opened a boarding school for girls in Loudoun County. He traveled widely in the ministry, meeting with other denominations as well as being immersed in the contemporary issues facing the Society of Friends. Among his activities were establishing schools for African Americans and women, creating public schools in Virginia, and the abolition of slavery. In 1869 he was appointed Superintendent of...
Dates: 1815-1880

Friends Historical Library Collection of Sermons

 Collection — Othertype MSS-047
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-047
Overview

Collected sermons received from miscellaneous sources.

Dates: 1737 - 1870

Filtered By

  • Subject: Lay ministry -- Society of Friends X

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Subject
Hicksites -- 19th century 2
Quakers -- Education 2
Sermons, American 2
Society of Friends -- Sermons 2
Abolitionists 1