Letters to Thomas Evans, 1826-01 - 1829-04

Letters to Thomas Evans from Isaac Stephenson, Stephen Gould, William Hobbs, Elis Robson, Samuel Parsons, Hannah Eddy, Joseph Withall, Elisha Bates, Martha Carey, George Williamson, Anna Nilly, Margaret Carey, Isaac Robson, Thomas Willis, Peter Barker, Elisha Bates, Hugh Balderston, George Withy, Benjamin Hoyle, Joseph Elkinton, Josiah Foster, Elijah Coffin, Charles Tatum, Hannah Rhodes and others. From Liverpool England, Manchester England, New York NY, Baltimore MD, Jericho NY, Providence RI, Milton IN, Cincinatti OH, Moorfield VA, Guilford County NC and other unstated locations. Includes copies of letters between Anna Braithwaite and Elias Hicks. The letters include commentary on the Hicksite-Orthodox schism of 1827, requests for updates on the state of society in Philadelphia, religious writing on the schism, criticism of Elias Hicks and discussion of work that will need to be done after the schism. These letters give insight into Orthodox Quaker viewpoints from a variety of locations in the United States and England following the Hicksite-Orthodox schism in 1827.