Wood, William, 1797-1877
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gathered Leaves: Miscellaneous Papers from New York Yearly Meeting
The bulk of the collection is epistles, sorted roughly by topic. William Wood, the Clerk of New York Yearly Meeting who arranged the collection, was particularly interested in the issues of slavery, welfare of freedmen and Native Americans, and peace testimony, and religious education. Also included are correspondence, Quaker documents, and miscellaneous papers. Correspondents include Moses Brown, William Rickman, John Pemberton.
Wood Family Papers
The Wood Family Papers contains papers from a Quaker family active in 19th century New York City Friends affairs, compiled by M. S. (Mary Sutton) Wood. Included are business correspondence concerning the printing house founded by Samuel Wood and his sons, correspondence from prominent Friends concerning work for social causes including abolition, freedmen, prisoners, First Day schools, and peace, and genealogical material, writings, and reminiscences by Mary S. Wood.
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- Abolitionists 1
- Authors and publishers -- United States 1
- Church work with prisoners 1
- New York (State) -- History 1
- New York (State) -- Social life and customs 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
- Prison visits 1
- Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker authors 1
- Quaker women -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Social reformers 1
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Sunday schools -- New York (N.Y.) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women and peace 1
- diaries 1 + ∧ less
