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Rotch, William, 1759-1850

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Jackson-Conard Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-217
Overview

The Jackson-Conard Family Papers include correspondence and other manuscripts of the Jackson and Conard families of London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The primary recipients are William Jackson (1746-1834), a Quaker minister, and his nephew, William Jackson (1789-1864), who served a single term in the Pennsylvania State Senate and was active in the anti-slavery movement.

Dates: 1748-1910

Mott Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-035
Overview Lucretia Mott was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker minister and a leader in reform movements, especially antislavery, education, peace, and women's rights. She was born in 1793 in Nantucket, Mass., the daughter of Thomas and Anna Coffin, and educated at Nine Partners Boarding School in Dutchess Co., N.Y. In 1811, she married James Mott and they settled in Philadelphia, Pa. The Motts were active Hicksite Quakers, and Lucretia served as clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and traveled in the...
Dates: 1831-1898

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

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Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 2
Abolitionists -- United States 1
Antislavery movements -- United States 1
Botany 1
Conscientious objection 1