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“The Quakers and the American Revolution”

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-112

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single volume manuscript by Arthur Mekeel. It includes the following chapters: The Quakers in America in the eighteenth Century, The Problems of empire, The Quakers Take Alarm, The Breakdown of Non-Importation and the Challenge to Quaker Policy, The Tea Crisis and Its Sequel, The Quakers Cast Their Lot, Conciliation Efforts of the British Quakers, The First Year of War, the Quakers under the New Order, Suspicion of Quaker Treachery and the Virginia Exiles, The Later Years of the War in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, New England, New York, The Quakers in the South, The Free Quakers, Quaker Relief Work, and Post-War Problems and Readjustments.

Dates

  • Creation: Undated.

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Arthur J. Mekeel served in the Technical Assistance program at the United States Department of State, and was a T. Wistar Brown Fellow at Haverford College during 1976. He was a Quaker historian, and wrote many papers on the topic, including: Glimpses into Haverford Quakeriana (1936), A Quaker Loyalist and General Washington (1938), New York Quakers in the American Revolution (1940), Friends University: The Growth of an Idea (1948), and Elias Hicks on the Revolution and the Great Seperation of 1827-1828 (1979).

Extent

0.19 Linear Feet (1 volume)

Language

English

Overview

Arthur Mekeel's manuscript includes the following chapters: The Quakers in America in the eighteenth Century, The Problems of empire, The Quakers Take Alarm, The Breakdown of Non-Importation and the Challenge to Quaker Policy, The Tea Crisis and Its Sequel, The Quakers Cast Their Lot, Conciliation Efforts of the British Quakers, The First Year of War, the Quakers under the New Order, Suspicion of Quaker Treachery and the Virginia Exiles, The Later Years of the War in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, New England, New York, The Quakers in the South, The Free Quakers, Quaker Relief Work, and Post-War Problems and Readjustments.

Acquisition

Unknown.

Related Materials

  • HC.MC.975.07.113 "Quaker Lines"
  • HC.MC.1121 Addition to the Henry Joel Cadbury papers
  • HC.MC.1138 Mekeel family papers

Processing Information

Processed by Kara Flynn; completed November, 2015.

Title
“The Quakers and the American Revolution,” undated
Author
Kara Flynn
Date
November, 2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

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