Thompson, Jonah, 1702 or 1703-1780
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Friends Historical Library Collection of Sermons
Collection — Othertype MSS-047
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-047
Overview
Collected sermons received from miscellaneous sources.
Dates:
1737 - 1870
Thompson Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-855
Overview
Correspondence, genealogy, silhouette, printed material, certificate, testimony, and accounts. Includes letters from Jonah Thompson (written 1756-1758) and son John Thompson to family in England (written 1773-1805). Letters (written 1840-1874) of John's grandson, John James Thompson, to cousin John Thompson (Hitchin, England) discuss family news, national and political questions, slavery, business, and financial conditions.
Dates:
1751 - 1876
Jonah Thompson correspondence
Collection — Othertype SC-131
Identifier: SFHL-SC-131
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence received by English Quaker Jonah Thompson. The bulk of these are written by Friends in Pennsylvania, relating the developing conflict between the Pennsylvania government and the Delaware Indians, and expressing concern with the role Quakers should have in a military defense of the colony. Included is a detailed account of developments regarding this issue in the Pennsylvania government by James Pemberton. Other prominent Philadelphia correspondents...
Dates:
1756-1759
