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Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830

 Person

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

John Lockwood correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-074
Identifier: SFHL-SC-074
Abstract

This collection includes the letters of John Lockwood, received primarily from Aaron Leggett in 1827-28. Leggett, a Hicksite, relates business, news, and personal opinions concerning the Hicksite controversy in New York Yearly Meeting. His letters contain heated attacks on Orthodox Quakers, including Samuel Parsons, the Clerk of New York Monthly Meeting, Richard Mott, and Anna Braithwaite. He also gives news of Elias Hicks and of the progress of the Indiana Epistle.

Dates: 1827-1828

Matlack family commonplace books

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-053
Overview

The commonplace books of the Matlack family largely focus on Elias Hicks.

Dates: Undated.

Matlack Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1120
Overview

The collection includes miscellaneous historical and genealogical documents of the Matlack and other Quaker families focused on the 18th and 19th centuries. Collection is notable for its variety of formats, including commonplace books, diaries, account books, correspondence, and poetry.

Dates: 1685-1900

Tamar Roberts Matlack commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-024
Overview

The commonplace book of Tamar Roberts Matlack includes testimonies concerning the following Quakers: Elisha Kirk, Ruth Walmsley, Mary Knight, Martha Parry, and Peter Yarnall. The commonplace book also includes poetry and excerpts concerning Elias Hicks.

Dates: 1807-1823

Charles Smith Ogden family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-108
Overview Charles Smith Ogden (1822-1904) was a Quaker businessman, genealogist, and civic leader. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, educated in Friends' schools, and married Emma Corbit in 1848. He worked as a wholesale druggist before the Civil War, was active on the committee to elect Abraham Lincoln, and served as Consul to Quebec, Canada, 1860-1864. In 1886, he began a tour around the world, which is recounted in his travel letters, 1886-1891. This collection contains genealogical...
Dates: 1732-1938

Abraham Pennell commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-049
Overview

The commonplace book of Abraham Pennell contains excerpts from Elias Hicks’s letters and sermons, from George Fox’s sermons and writings, and from the bible.

Dates: 1826-1827

William Poole letters to Benjamin Ferris

 Collection — Othertype SC-100
Identifier: SFHL-SC-100
Abstract

This collection includes photocopies and typed transcripts of letters from William Poole to his relation, Benjamin Ferris. The letters primarily concern the Letters of Paul and Amicus, by Primitive Friend, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Poole's views on the issues of Quaker doctrine, including the divinity of Christ and baptism. Poole also relates his opinions on Elias Hicks and the developing controversy in New York.

Dates: 1821-1825

Post family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-176
Identifier: SFHL-SC-176
Abstract Correspondence received by Mary and Joseph Post from 1833 to 1882. Also includes a letter from Elias Hicks to Willet Robbins, a letter received from the English Quaker minister, Martha Routh (1782), and a number of family deeds and other papers. Correspondents of Joseph and Mary Post include Anna Greene, John Ketcham, Amy (Kirby) and Isaac Post, Joseph Dugdale, James and Lucretia Mott, and Cyrus Peirce. Topics include the illness of Priscilla Cadwallader"modern" abolitionism, spiritualism...
Dates: 1742-1908

Price family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-101
Identifier: SFHL-SC-101
Abstract This collection includes letters of Benjamin and Jane Price, among their family and with other Quakers. Also included are letters received by Benjamin's brother Eli K. Price regarding his legal practice, and by Benjamin's daughter-in-law Lydia H. Price, regarding family news. Bound volumes of letters record the correspondence of Benjamin and Jane Price while one or the other travelled in Quaker ministry. Of particular interest are : letters of Edward Hicks, regarding the Hicksite controversy...
Dates: 1809-1878

Some memorandum of the proceedings of the Select Preparative and Monthly Meeting of Jericho, in the case of Anne Willis, Thomas Willis, and Phebe Willis,

 Collection — Othertype SC-219
Identifier: SFHL-SC-219
Overview

This volume contains two copies in the same hand of the account of the charge against Anne, Thomas, and Phebe Willis before Jericho Preparative and Monthly Meetings and their defense of their views; the first version includes a copy of the essay written and signed in their defense, and the second version omits the essay but includes more detail about Elias Hicks' remarks.

Dates: circa 1828

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Subject
Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 17
Quakers -- History 10
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 7
Quakers 7
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 5
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Quakers -- Diaries 5
Society of Friends -- Doctrines 5
commonplace books 5
Quakers -- New York (State) 4
diaries 4
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 3
Quakers -- Social life and customs 3
Society of Friends -- New York (State) 3
Hicksites 2
Hicksites -- 19th century 2
Quaker abolitionists 2
Quaker authors 2
Quaker businesspeople 2
Quaker women 2
Quakers -- Delaware -- Wilmington 2
Quakers -- Genealogy 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
Quakers -- Travel 2
Sermons 2
Sermons, American 2
Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- Nassau County 2
Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 2
Spiritual life -- Society of Friends 2
genealogies (histories) 2
letters (correspondence) 2
manuscripts (documents) 2
Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Antislavery movements -- History 1
Antislavery movements -- United States 1
Baal (Canaanite deity) 1
Baptism -- Society of Friends 1
Bookstores -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Business 1
Canada -- Description and Travel 1
Congregational Friends 1
Conservative Quakers 1
England 1
England -- Description and travel 1
England -- Emigration and Immigration -- 19th century 1
Folk art -- Pennsylvania 1
Indigenous rights -- Civil rights 1
Literature 1
Mentally ill -- Care -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Mentally ill -- Care -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Netherlands 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Genealogy 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
Philadelphia County (Pa.) -- Genealogy 1
Poetry 1
Poetry -- Women authors -- 19th century 1
Quaker artists 1
Quaker church buildings -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Quaker deeds 1
Quaker publishers 1
Quaker social reformers 1
Quaker women -- 19th century -- Correspondence 1
Quaker women -- History -- Sources 1
Quaker women ministers -- 19th century 1
Quaker youth 1
Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Abolitionists 1
Quakers -- Correspondence 1
Quakers -- Delaware 1
Quakers -- Education 1
Quakers -- England -- Essex 1
Quakers -- New Jersey 1
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Quakers -- New York (State) -- Westbury 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs 1
Quakers -- Poetry 1
Quakers -- Songs and music 1
Québec (Province) 1
Seneca Indians 1
Seneca Indians -- New York (State) 1
Slave labor 1
Slavery 1
Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States 1
Slavery -- United States 1
Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 1
Social reform 1
Society of Friends -- Antislavery movement 1
Society of Friends -- Clergy 1
Society of Friends -- Education 1
Society of Friends -- England 1
Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 1
Society of Friends -- Indian affairs -- History 1
Society of Friends -- Indiana -- Epistles 1
Society of Friends -- Missions 1
Society of Friends -- Missions -- Japan 1
Society of Friends -- Netherlands 1
Society of Friends -- New Jersey 1
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