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New York Yearly Meeting collection of Quaker poetry

 Collection — othertype: SC-226
Identifier: SFHL-SC-226

Scope and Contents

A detailed inventory of the materials (and authors and/or transcribers, where known) is available at the Library.

Dates

  • 1761-1937

Creator

Language of Material

Materials are in English.

Restrictions on Access

This collection is available for research use.

Extent

.1 Linear Feet (.1 linear feet (32 items ; 5 folders.))

Abstract

Contains poetry collected by New York Yearly Meeting as a topical collection. Folder 1 contains the commonplace book by an anonymous Quaker man which contains both original and copied works [n.d.]; Folder 2 contains the commonplace book of Aaron Baker (1772-1855) containing original and copies, ca. 1799-1855; Folder 3 holds loose manuscript poems; Folder 4 contains typed and printed poems and a detailed list of all the poems in the collection; Folder 5 contains loose poems by Benjamin Burling of New York City on religious themes, 1794.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--New York Yearly Meeting. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1997.

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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