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Eli and Sybil Jones letter

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-239

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a letter written by members of the New England Jacob family, including Charles R. Jacob, to "dear friends" enclosing a copy of the 1867 poem by J.G. Whitter to Eli and Sybil Jones as they prepared to depart for the Middle East.

Dates

  • Undated.

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Eli Jones (1807-1890) was born in China, Maine, the son of Abel and Susannah Jepson Jones. He married Sybil Jones in 1833. He was acknowledged a minister and began traveling in the ministry with his wife to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Together they also visited most of the Yearly Meetings in the United States; in Africa they visited Liberia; in Europe, they journeyed to England, Ireland, France, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, and Greece. Finally, they went to do religious work in the Middle East. Jones was active in most New England Yearly Meeting committees, working for the causes of temperance, education, and peace. He served in the legislature in Augusta, Maine, in 1854, and was responsible for re-opening Oak Grove Seminary in 1856, serving as principal that year.

Sybil Jones (1808-1873) was born in Brunswick, Maine, the daughter of Ephraim and Susannah Dudley Jones. She taught in a Friends School from 1824 to 1825, then in public schools for eight years. Jones was acknowledged a Quaker minister, traveling with her husband in the ministry. In 1850, she felt moved to minister in Africa; she and her husband were guests of President Roberts in Liberia. During the Civil War, she tended the wounded in Washington D.C. and Philadelphia. She comforted Mrs. Lincoln after the President's assassination and gave spiritual advice to President Johnson. In 1867, Sybil and Eli Jones began their last missionary journey to Europe, Athens, Syria, Egypt England, and Palestine, establishing missions on Mt. Lebanon and Ramallah, Palestine. Sybil Jones was a member of China (Maine) Monthly Meeting.

Extent

0.005 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language

English

Overview

This collection contains a letter written to Eli and Sybil Jones.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in a single folder.

Acquisition

The Eli and Sybil Jones letter was donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1999 by Janet Battey Snyder. Accession # 6376.

Related Materials

  • Eli and Sybil Jones family papers HC.MC.1009.A
  • "Sermons by Eli and Sybil Jones" HC.MC.975.07.053
  • Eli Jones papers HC.MC.950.106

Processing Information

Processed by Alexandra Stern; completed April, 2019.

Title
Eli and Sybil Jones letter, undated
Author
Alexandra Stern
Date
April, 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

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