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John Mott papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-208
Abstract
Contains transcriptions of John Mott's letters to family and friends and journals, probably compiled to circulate in manuscript form. Also some original letters from John Mott to his family. Mott wrote extensively on his religious views, particularly on Quaker testimony and the issues of the Hicksite separation, as well as the conflicts within Genesee Yearly Meeting which led to the separation of Congregational (Progressive) Friends. Of special interest is a draft of responses to queries dated...
Dates:
1822-1851
Price family papers
Collection
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
William Woodman correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-125
Abstract
This collection includes letters received by William Woodman, primarily from his cousins Mary Anna Stradling and Annie Michener. Mary Anna Stradling's letters recount the rise of spiritualism in her community, her views on and interests in literature, and her conception of God. In one letter she muses on the changes among Orthodox Friends, and that they are now little different from Hicksite. Her writings reflect the daily life of women in the 19th Century.
Dates:
1861-1872
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- Mott, John, 1783-1848 2
- Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842 1
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
- Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871 1
- Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends 1
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 1
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 1
- Michener, Annie, b. 1848? 1
- Mott, James, 1788-1868 1
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 1
- Paxson family 1
- Price family 1
- Price, Benjamin, 1793-1872 1
- Price, Eli K. (Eli Kirk), 1797-1884 1
- Price, Jane, 1791-1876 1
- Price, Lydia H., 1827-1907 1
- Stradling, Mary Anna, 1847-1917 1
- Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888 1
- Wharton, William, 1790-1856 1
- Woodman, William, 1838-1917 1
- Yearly Meeting of Congregational Friends (Waterloo, N.Y.) 1 ∧ less
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