Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Richard T. Cadbury collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-954
Overview
Letters of English and American Friends written at the end of the 18th century on topics relating to travel in the ministry in England and the northeastern United States, Friends, and health. Almost all the letters are directed to Quaker minister, James Thornton.
Dates:
1780 - 1878
Sharpless Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-040
Overview
The collection represents two branches of the Sharpless family of Pennsylvania descended from Joseph and Lydia (Lewis) Sharpless). It contains correspondence between extended Sharpless family relations including Sharpless, Hunn, Jones, Drinker families and journals of Joshua Sharpless, a Quaker minister who worked with Native Americans and visited Quaker meetings in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Canada. Correspondence covers various topics including the travels of women ministers, yellow...
Dates:
1792-1892
James Thornton correspondence
Collection — Othertype SC-132
Identifier: SFHL-SC-132
Abstract
This collection includes letters written to and by James Thornton, mostly regarding his work and the work of other Friends in travelling ministry, both in the United States and in England. Among the correspondents are John Pemberton, Samuel Allinson, Henry Drinker, Thomas Fisher, Rebecca Jones, and William Rathbone.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1669-1792- 1771-1792
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- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Diaries 1
- Family -- Religious life -- Society of Friends 1
- Health 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Quakers -- Correspondence 1
- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- England 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century 1
- Quakers -- Relations with African Americans 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Society of Friends -- Antislavery movement 1
- Society of Friends -- England 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
- Society of Friends -- United States 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1 + ∧ less
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