Tortola Quaker Stamp Celebration
Scope and Contents
This collection contains various letters and corresponding items from the Tortola Quaker Stamp Celebration in 1973. This includes a program of the individuals who made the Quaker stamps possible, a letter from George Vaux on behalf of the Friends Historical Association, and multiple Tortola Quaker stamps on letters belonging to Henry J. Cadbury.
Dates
- Creation: 1973
Creator
- Friends Historical Association (Organization)
- Vaux, George, III, 1909-1996 (Person)
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)
Historical Note
The Tortola Quaker meeting spanned between 1727 and 1762. Quakers in the Carribbean first settled in Barbados in 1655 and spread all throughout various island nations, including Jamaica and the British Virgin Islands. The Quaker meeting in the British Virgin Islands first began in the former capital Virgin Gorda and later moved to the new capital in Tortola. John Pickering, governor of Tortola, was a Quaker and held meetings in his home.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 Folder)
Language
English
Overview
This collection contains various letters and corresponding items from the Tortola Quaker Stamp Celebration in 1973. This includes a program of the individuals who made the Quaker stamps possible, a letter from George Vaux on behalf of the Friends Historical Association, and multiple Tortola Quaker stamps on letters belonging to Henry J. Cadbury.
Arrangement
One Folder.
Acquisition
Unknown Acquisition
Processing Information
Processed by Erick Iraheta, completed March 2023.
- Title
- Tortola Quaker Stamp Celebration
- Author
- Erick Iraheta
- Date
- March, 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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