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Conscientious objection

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Mary G. Cary and John R. Cary papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-038
Overview

This collection includes letters, documents, and photographs of 18th, 19th, and early 20th century family members mostly of the Quaker Cary, Cope, Elkinton, Gilpin, Newlin, Stokes, and Waln families.

Dates: 1780-1920

Solomon Frazer prison letters, 1864-1865 (copies)

 Collection — Othertype SC-042
Identifier: SFHL-SC-042
Abstract

This collection is a compilation of photocopies and typescripts of the letters of Solomon Frazer, written while he was imprisoned at Salisbury Confederate Prison as a religious objector to the Civil War. The letters are arranged as an informal history of the prison and of the Quaker community of North Carolina during the Civil War. Also included are letters from several other Quakers, some of whom were imprisoned as religious objectors and others who participated in the conflict.

Dates: 1864-1865

Joseph Scattergood (collector) An account of the Free Quakers

 Collection — Othertype SC-113
Identifier: SFHL-SC-113
Abstract This volume contains the collection of Joseph Scattergood of original and manuscript copies of documents relating to the Free Quakers, bound by his son George Scattergood. The Free Quakers disagreed with the strict disownment policy for members of the Society of Friends who fought in the Revolutionary War. Led by Samuel Wetherhill, this group wanted to practice Quakerism without the strict rules of discipline and disownment. The papers in Scattergood's collection include petitions, published...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1781-1885 [ 1781-1802]

"War Inconsistent with the Christian Character"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-037
Overview

Thomas Greene's manuscript, entitled "War Inconsistent with the Christian Character," discusses the "pacific sentiments" of Quakers.

Dates: 1822

Haridas Thakordas Muzumdar Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Muzumdar, Haridas
Abstract

Includes pamphlets and typescript.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920-1942

New York Yearly Meeting collection of militia regulations

 Collection — Othertype SC-283
Identifier: SFHL-SC-283
Overview

The collection contains Quaker correspondence concerning various states' regulations on military conscription and conscientious objection in the early 19th century.

Dates: 1812, 1821

Quakers Exiled in Virginia collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-153
Overview This collection is comprised of the two folders of materials related to a group of Quakers exiled in Virigina during the American Revolutionary War, from 1777 to 1778. The collection includes originals, photocopies, and transcripts of the materials. The materials are largely composed of correspondence, but also include decisions made by Congress, financial records of the exiles, and a single photograph of the Isaac Brown house, where Quaker exiles were held in Virginia in 1777. Includes a...
Dates: 1777-1778

David S. and Mary W. Richie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-264
Overview

David S. Richie (1908-2005) spent his life devoted to public service, particularly in the areas of work camps and cooperatives. A birthright Quaker, he served as Secretary of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Social Order Committee from 1939–1973 and was president of the Board of Friends Housing, Inc. He also was involved with the American Friends Service Committee and other organizations. These papers are divided into correspondence, writings, and topical files as assembled by Richie.

Dates: 1935-2005

Sharpless Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1111
Overview

Letters, accounts, diaries, and journals of members of the interrelated Sharpless and Kite families, including the papers of Joshua Sharpless (1746/7-1826) and letters of Mary Kite (1792-1861) as well as the papers of Edward G. Smedley, ca. 1836-1908, dealing with his experiences as a conscientious objector during the Civil War, 1863-1866.

Dates: 1748-1875

Hubert Ritchie Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1335
Overview

This collection consists of materials related to Hubert Richie Taylor, a Haverford alumni and Quaker lawyer.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1934-1956, 1997-1998, 2008, 2015