Box 1

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5 letters dated 8 mo. 4, 1779 to 10 mo. 1779

- explains how AB teaches accounting and math

- Samuel Wetherill controversy

- importance of Friends peace testimony

- AB's essay on Friends

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4 letters dated 4 mo. 1780 to 8 mo. 6, 1780

- religious discussion

- disapproval of wealthy Quakers

- mention of Conrad Weiser traveling with Indigenous Americans

- sends pamphlets

- AB wants to publish Elizabeth Webb letter

- re-publication of AB's The plain path to Christian perfection...

- AB's eye accident

- AB quotes Moses Brown's letter on taxes and war

- thoughts on grammar

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4 letters dated 5 mo. 1781 to 2 mo. 1782

- Elizabeth Webb's letter published

- discusses intolerance and inconsistency of professing Christians

- educational matters

Scope and Contents note 4 letters dated 1783 to 9 mo. 14, 1783- importance of bringing the slave trade before Parliament- education- extracts from Abbe Reynal- letter of Elizabeth Webb and difficulty of printing- interest in Indigenous Americans and AB's desire to remove mistaken prejudices against them, encloses his “Observations on Indians”- concerning AB's “Observations on Indians” in form of letter to GD- AB's proposed history...

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2 letters (dated 1st day and undated)

- “little book” proposes to reprint

- approval of Christian education of youth and sends books related to same

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Manuscript copy dated 4 mo. 28, 1773

- AB's views on slavery and desire to keep it from spreading

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2 letters (manuscript copy and typed transcript) 1757-1771 (folder labeled Roberts Coll.)

- slavery

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2 letters (photocopy of manuscript copy, photocopy of letter) 1774-1775

- slavery

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typed transcript of letter dated 1 mo. 1778

- letter addressed to Israel Pemberton and others

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Manuscript copy of letter dated 5 mo. 28, 1763

- slavery and the slave trade