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Society of Free Quakers

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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]

Pictures of Meetinghouses - City of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-911
Abstract

A collection of photographs, drawings, postcards, and news articles on meetinghouses around Philadelphia. Photographs feature both the building and meeting members. Drawings are both printed and originals.

Dates: undated

Quaker Disciplines

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-005
Abstract

The Society of Friends or Quakers (the terms are synonymous) was founded in the middle of the seventeenth century in England by George Fox and others. The Friends Historical Library has collected Quaker disciplines since its founding in 1871. FHL is also the official repository for the records of seven American yearly meetings.

Dates: 1689-2018

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Architecture 1
Conscientious objection 1
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
Quaker church buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1