Job Scott letters
Abstract
This collection contains three letters written by Job Scott to fellow Quaker Hugh Judge. Scott wrote the letters while travelling in religious ministry in Oxbridge, Philadelphia, and Charleston, S.C. The letters mostly contain spiritual musings.
Dates
- Creation: 1788-1790
Creator
- Judge, Hugh, 1750?-1834 (Person)
- Scott, Job, 1751-1793 (Contributor, Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is available for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Hugh Judge was a Quaker minister. The son of Irish immigrants, Hugh and Margaret Judge, he was born around 1750. He was convinced to Quakerism and in 1776 married Susanna Hatton. He was a travelling minister, and died in 1834.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
Language
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Letters originally collected by John Comly.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Helen Comly White. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1921.
- Description rules
- Archives, Personal Papers, And Manuscripts (Appm)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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