SFHL/FHL/SC. Small Collections
Record Group Term
Identifier: SFHL/FHL/SC
This record group includes small collections that are less than a box-worth of material.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Janney family correspondence
Collection — Othertype SC-065
Identifier: SFHL-SC-065
Abstract
This collection primarily includes correspondence of Mahlon and Sarah Janney. These letters relate mainly to family and local news of Loudon Co., Virginia. One letter, written by Thomas Scattergood and Josiah Bunting, provides a brief account of their travels as Quaker ministers. Also included are unsigned fragments, one of which provides an account of a visit to Virginia Yearly Meeting, and another of which concludes a poem addressed to Richard Mott. Also included are notes from the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1763-1932, 1763-1823
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
