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Wilbur, John, 1774-1856

 Person

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Henry H. Albertson collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1110
Overview

Includes letters, many of which are by and to William Hodgson (1804-1878). All or most of the letter writers are Friends; a number of them are British Friends. Topics often include visits to other Friends, attending Meeting, health, religious or philosophical reflections, and because of the period of writing, often refer openly or obliquely to the Wilbur-Gurney controversy.

Dates: 1826-1918

Joseph Brinton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-233
Overview

Joseph Brinton, an outspoken member of the Society of Friends from southeastern Pennsylvania, was active in the Wilburite schisms of the 1850s and 1860's in New England. His family papers include his own journals, as well as his extensive correspondence. This collection also includes the correspondence of his two wives, Mary H. Brinton and Anna H. Brinton.

Dates: 1758-1931

Emlen Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-038
Overview Contains papers relating to the Emlen family, residents of Middletown and West Chester, Pennsylvania. Chiefly correspondence (1817-1849) of Sarah Foulke Farquhar Emlen (1787-1849), Quaker minister, relating to her travels to visit Friends' meetings in England, Ireland, New England, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Also correspondence of Quaker ministers 1740-1790, copybooks, and memorabilia. Includes material relating to Westtown School, a Quaker boarding...
Dates: 1740 - 1886; Majority of material found within 1817 - 1849

Fisher-Brinton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-332
Overview The Fisher-Brinton collection contains the papers of an Irish-American and Pennsylvania family with roots in the earliest years of the Society of Friends. It includes correspondence, diaries, memoirs, photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials that reflect family and Quaker concerns, and, in particular, the Conservative branch of the Society of Friends. Abraham Fisher (1823-1909) was a member of a prominent Quaker family of Youghal County, Ireland. In 1871, he assumed a position as...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1846 - 2020; 1764 - 2020

Sheppard Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-858
Overview

The collection particularly provides connections between the Irish and Philadelphia Friends in the 18th century, especially by the Sheppard and Wansborough families who intermarried. Included are letters of John Wilbur, central in the Gurney-Wilbur controversy.

Dates: 1656 - 1887

John Wilbur papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-856
Overview

Primarily letters of John Wilbur giving in great detail his position relative to the views of Joseph John Gurney and rhe separation of New England Yearly Meeting. His trip to Great Britain in 1853-54 is documented as well.

Dates: 1831-1873

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Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 5
Ercildoun (Pa.) 2
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 2
Primitive Quakers 2
Quakers -- Ireland 2
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Quakers -- New England 2
Quakers -- North Carolina 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 2
Antislavery movements -- United States 1
Boarding schools -- Pennsylvania 1
Church work -- Society of Friends 1
Conservative Quakers 1
Dairy farmers -- Pennsylvania 1
Farmers -- Pennsylvania 1
Free produce movement 1
Health 1
Irish American Quakers 1
Lay ministry -- Pennsylvania 1
Middletown (Delaware County, Pa. : Township) 1
Philosophy 1
Quaker businesspeople 1
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania 1
Quaker women -- United States -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Argentina 1
Quakers -- England -- 19th century 1
Quakers -- Great Britain 1
Quakers -- History -- 19th century 1
Quakers -- Maine 1
Quakers -- New York (State) 1
Quakers -- Ohio 1
Quakers -- Rhode Island 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
Quakers -- Tennessee 1
Quakers -- Virginia 1
Schools -- Pennsylvania 1
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Slave labor -- United States 1
Slavery -- United States 1
Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 1
Society of Friends -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
Society of Friends -- Great Britain 1
Society of Friends -- History 1
Society of Friends -- Ireland 1
Society of Friends -- New England 1
Society of Friends -- New York (State) 1
Society of Friends -- North Carolina 1
Society of Friends -- Ohio 1
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster County 1
Society of Friends -- Rhode Island -- Newport 1
Society of Friends -- Schisms and separations 1
Society of Friends -- Tennessee 1
Society of Friends -- Virginia 1
Teachers -- Pennsylvania 1
Voyages and travels -- 19th century 1
Women authors, American -- History -- Sources 1
Women clergy -- Pennsylvania 1
Women teachers -- Pennsylvania 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Correspondence 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
letters (correspondence) 1
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