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John Comly Separation papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-022
Abstract
The papers relate to the Hicksite Separation of 1827. Included are copies of the published Orthodox declaration of 1828, a letter from John Comly (1773-1850) in defense of his own actions in the Separation, a copy of the address by John Comly to Green Street Monthly Meeting, and a refutation of Orthodox charges against Hicksites by William Gibbons.
Dates:
1827-1908
Alice Ford research notes for the biography of Edward Hicks
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-040
Abstract
This collection contains the research notes made by Alice Ford for her book, Edward Hicks Painter of the Peaceable Kingdom. These notes include genealogical information on the Hicks family and on several of his correspondents. Also included are typescripts of letters of Edward Hicks and his family. Among the correspondents are Emmor Kimber, John Comly, Elias Hicks, Benjamin and Richard Price, Elias Hicks, and Thomas McClintock. Topics include family news, issues of Quaker Spirituality, and the...
Dates:
c. 1952
Samuel M. Janney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-183
Overview
Samuel McPherson Janney was a Virginia Quaker minister, author, educator, and reformer. In 1839 he opened a boarding school for girls in Loudoun County. He traveled widely in the ministry, meeting with other denominations as well as being immersed in the contemporary issues facing the Society of Friends. Among his activities were establishing schools for African Americans and women, creating public schools in Virginia, and the abolition of slavery. In 1869 he was appointed Superintendent of...
Dates:
1815-1880
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
David Seaman correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-114
Abstract
This collection includes the correspondence of David Seaman, primarily relating to the Hicksite controversy. Correspondents include Edward Hicks, Samuel Mott, Halliday Jackson, and John Comly.
Dates:
1808-1843
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- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 3
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 3
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 3
- McClintock, Thomas, 1792?-1876 2
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 2
- Price, Benjamin, 1793-1872 2
- Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888 2
- Bennett, William, 1804-1873 1
- Brown, Gould 1
- Carmalt, Caleb 1
- Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842 1
- Comly family 1
- Comly, John, 1831-1916 1
- Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 1
- Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896 1
- Evans, Thomas, 1798-1868 1
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
- Ford, Alice, 1906- 1
- Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935 1
- Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871 1
- Gibbons, William, 1781-1845 1
- Griscom, Samuel S., 1802-1878 1
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 1
- Hicks family 1
- Hopkins, Elizabeth 1
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 1
- Hunt, Uriah, 1796?-1967 1
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 1
- Janney family 1
- Janney, Elizabeth, 1802-1893 1
- Janney, Joseph, 1800-1866 1
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 1
- Jewett, Tacy M. 1
- Johnson, Jane 1
- Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893 1
- Kimber, Emmor, 1775-1850 1
- Macy, William H., 1805-1887 1
- Mott, James, 1788-1868 1
- Mott, John, 1783-1848 1
- Mott, Samuel, b. 1766 1
- Parrish, Edward, 1822-1872 1
- Paxson family 1
- Price family 1
- Price, Eli K. (Eli Kirk), 1797-1884 1
- Price, Jane, 1791-1876 1
- Price, Lydia H., 1827-1907 1
- Price, Richard, 1723-1791 1
- Quimby, Daniel 1
- Saunders, John, 1814-1891 1
- Seaman, David, 1791-1844 1
- Thomas, Philip E. (Philip Evan), 1776-1861 1
- Thomas, Philip W. 1
- Truman, George 1
- Wharton, William, 1790-1856 1
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