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Edward Hicks Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-016
Overview
This collection is composed of the draft manuscript of the memoirs and journal of Edward Hicks and related miscellaneous papers. Included are his drafts of the first pages of the memoirs, photocopies of letters and sermons of Hicks relating to the Hicksite Separation, abolition, and Quaker spirituality. Also included are a typescript copy of Samuel Johnson's letter to Edward Hicks on slavery, the original of Hicks' responses, and a letter from Isaac Parry to Benjamin Ferris after the death of...
Dates:
1836 - 1952; Majority of material found within 1836 - 1849
Collection of Edward Hicks papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-056
Abstract
This collection is composed of miscellaneous papers concerning Edward Hicks. Included are a draft of the first pages of his memoirs, later published, and contura prints of letters and sermons of Hicks, relating to the Hicksite Separation, abolition, and Quaker spirituality. Also included are a typescript copy of Samuel Johnson's letter to Edward Hicks on slavery, the original of Hicks' responses, and a letter from Isaac Parry to Benjamin Ferris after the death of Edward Hicks, concerning the...
Dates:
1836-1849
Jesse Herman Holmes Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-064
Overview
Jesse Herman Holmes (1864-1942), was a Quaker philosophy professor at Swarthmore College, 1900-1937. Holmes was an active participant in AFSC relief after World War I, travelling to oversee work in reconstruction throughout Europe. Holmes was the president of the National Federation of Religious Liberals and an active member of the Socialist party. Collection contains correspondence, biographical data, writings, and sermons. Also audio cassettes of reminiscences of friends, former students, and...
Dates:
1905-1973
John Jackson correspondence
Collection
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
Jesse Kersey papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-199
Abstract
Includes letters, sermons, and manuscript fragments, as well as an 1824 printed epistle from London Yearly Meeting. The papers provide important insight into Kersey's faith and his thoughts on the Separation in the Society of Friends.
Dates:
1824-1841
Margaretta Walton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-159
Overview
Margaretta Walton (1829-1904), eminent Quaker minister of Ercildoun, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The collection contains diaries and correspondence of Walton and her husband, Jesse Pusey Walton; business papers and memorabilia; sermons; and related papers. Also included in the collections are journals (1836-1853) of her father, Joseph Shoemaker Walton, who was companion to several Quaker ministers.
Dates:
1812-1961
Samuel Walton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-254
Overview
The Waltons were prominent Quakers in Philadelphia, Pa., and Belmont County, Ohio. Joseph Walton (1817-1898) taught at Westtown School, edited the Quaker periodical, The Friend, and served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox). His brother, Samuel Walton (1827-1899), moved to Ohio in 1847 and in 1854 married Sarah James Edgerton at Stillwater Monthly Meeting, the center of Wilburite Quakerism in Ohio. The family was deeply involved in matters relating to the Society of Friends....
Dates:
1813-1890
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- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 2
- Johnson, Samuel, 1763-1843? 2
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 2
- Parry, Isaac, 1774-1857 2
- Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 1
- Evans, William, 1787-1867 1
- Fallowfield Monthly Meeting of Friends 1
- Ford, Alice, 1906- 1
- Griscom, Sarah M., 1839-1895 1
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 1
- Holmes, Jesse Herman, 1864-1942 1
- Hough, Oliver, 1804-1855 1
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 1
- Irish, William B. 1
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 1
- Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 1
- Kite, Nathan 1
- Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative : 1854- ) 1
- Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1854) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 1
- Stratton, Edward F., 1876-1968 1
- Swarthmore College 1
- Truman, Catherine 1
- Truman, George 1
- Wahl, Albert John, 1909-1996 1
- Walton family 1
- Walton, Jesse Pusey, 1825-1859 1
- Walton, Joseph S. (Joseph Shoemaker), 1792-1876 1
- Walton, Joseph, 1817-1898 1
- Walton, Margaretta, 1829-1904 1
- Walton, Rebecca, 1814-1859 1
- Walton, Samuel, 1827-1899 1
- Walton, Sarah J. (Sarah James), 1826-1911 1
- Western Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
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