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Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830

 Person

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

American Friends' letters

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-851
Abstract

The collection is composed chiefly of letters of members of the Society of Friends in the United States from the 17th to the 20th centuries; there are also documents, clippings, published articles, and miscellaneous manuscripts.

Dates: 1682-1986

Joshua L. Baily notes on quaker meetings

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-003
Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of Joshua Baily's notes on the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, as well as various Quarterly meetings. The collection includes Baily's original handwritten notes, a volume of typed notes compiled later, and related materials, such as letters and extracts of sermons.

Dates: 1826-1871

Hugh Barbour lecture papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-008
Identifier: SFHL-SC-008
Abstract

Includes outline and course materials for five lectures given at Pendle Hill in the winter of 1975, notes on "Ethics and Theology in the Hicksite Separation" and the manuscript of a lecture on "Quakers and the Trinity" given at Swarthmore College in the spring of 1975.

Dates: 1975

British Friends' letters

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-861
Abstract

Letters of English Friends containing information on Quaker history as well as religious and cultural activities. The collection also includes letters relating to the activities of early Friends.

Dates: 1650 - 1985

Samuel Comfort family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-304
Identifier: SFHL-SC-304
Abstract

Samuel Comfort (1776-1862) was a leader of the Hicksite Quaker movement and the grandson of John Woolman. The bulk of this collection is writings and correspondence of Samuel Comfort, many dealing with the Hicksite separation and questions of Quaker discipline; but there are also papers relating to other family members, including references to his grandparents John and Sarah Woolman.

Dates: 1701 - 1887

Commonplace book, Undated

 Item — Volume 1
Scope and Content note

This collection is composed of the single volume commonplace book of Abraham Pennell and includes extracts from Elias Hicks letters and sermons, extracts of early Friends writings, bible verses, and testimonies from various Quaker individuals, including: John Grafton, Samuel Fuller, Benjamin Holme, and sermons from various Meetings for worship.

Dates: Undated

Thomas Evans papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC.1324
Abstract This collection contains over 240 mainly incoming manuscript letters addressed to Thomas Evans, a Philadelphia druggist, author, editor, Orthodox Quaker minister of Philadelphia and, in 1833, one the founders of Haverford College. The letters, 1823-1859, contain material on his very active role in the Society of Friends and the problems of religious doctrine before and during the Hicksite and Wilburite schisms within the Quaker faith. The collection also includes papers and legal documents...
Dates: 1704 - 1868; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1859

Ferris Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-040
Abstract The collection contains correspondence, journals and other writings, business and legal papers, and miscellaneous items of the Ferris family of Wilmington, Delaware, a prominent Quaker family. Of particular note are the correspondence and writings of Benjamin Ferris concerning the Separation in the Society of Friends, as well as the journals and diaries of Anna M. Ferris, David Ferris, Matilda Ferris, Benjamin Ferris, and Henry Ferris. Correspondents include William Lloyd Garrison, William...
Dates: 1737-1940

Susan Foulke diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-026
Abstract

Susan Foulke was an Orthodox Quaker and a member of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Entries detail Susan’s daily life and include prayers, religious reflection, descriptions of visits to friends and family in Philadelphia and Burlington, New Jersey, and births, deaths, and marriages within her family and the Quaker community.

Dates: 1814-1840

John Mietou Griscom diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-030
Abstract

John M. Grisom was a physician who lived and practiced in Moorestown, Burlington, New Jersey. His diary focuses on his attendance at "Friendly Study Group" meetings, a group, according to Griscom, that gathers for "the study of the influences and causes leading to the separation of 1827." Entries describe discussions had at these meetings.

Dates: 1912-1914

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Type
Collection 38
Archival Object 1
Digital Record 1
 
Subject
Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 18
Quakers -- History 10
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 7
Quakers 7
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 5
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Quakers -- Diaries 5
Society of Friends -- Doctrines 5
commonplace books 5
Quakers -- New York (State) 4
diaries 4
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 3
Quakers -- Social life and customs 3
Society of Friends -- New York (State) 3
Hicksites 2
Hicksites -- 19th century 2
Quaker abolitionists 2
Quaker authors 2
Quaker businesspeople 2
Quaker women 2
Quakers -- Delaware -- Wilmington 2
Quakers -- Genealogy 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
Quakers -- Travel 2
Sermons 2
Sermons, American 2
Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- Nassau County 2
Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 2
Spiritual life -- Society of Friends 2
genealogies (histories) 2
letters (correspondence) 2
manuscripts (documents) 2
Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Antislavery movements -- History 1
Antislavery movements -- United States 1
Baal (Canaanite deity) 1
Baptism -- Society of Friends 1
Bookstores -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Business 1
Canada -- Description and Travel 1
Congregational Friends 1
Conservative Quakers 1
England 1
England -- Description and travel 1
England -- Emigration and Immigration -- 19th century 1
Folk art -- Pennsylvania 1
Indigenous rights -- Civil rights 1
Literature 1
Mentally ill -- Care -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Mentally ill -- Care -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Netherlands 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Genealogy 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
Philadelphia County (Pa.) -- Genealogy 1
Poetry 1
Poetry -- Women authors -- 19th century 1
Quaker artists 1
Quaker church buildings -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Quaker deeds 1
Quaker publishers 1
Quaker social reformers 1
Quaker women -- 19th century -- Correspondence 1
Quaker women -- History -- Sources 1
Quaker women ministers -- 19th century 1
Quaker youth 1
Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Abolitionists 1
Quakers -- Correspondence 1
Quakers -- Delaware 1
Quakers -- Education 1
Quakers -- England -- Essex 1
Quakers -- New Jersey 1
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Quakers -- New York (State) -- Westbury 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs 1
Quakers -- Poetry 1
Quakers -- Songs and music 1
Québec (Province) 1
Seneca Indians 1
Seneca Indians -- New York (State) 1
Slave labor 1
Slavery 1
Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States 1
Slavery -- United States 1
Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 1
Social reform 1
Society of Friends -- Antislavery movement 1
Society of Friends -- Clergy 1
Society of Friends -- Discipline 1
Society of Friends -- Education 1
Society of Friends -- England 1
Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 1
Society of Friends -- Indian affairs -- History 1
Society of Friends -- Indiana -- Epistles 1
Society of Friends -- Missions 1
Society of Friends -- Missions -- Japan 1
Society of Friends -- Netherlands 1
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