Memoirs and correspondence, Vol. 5, (bound and indexed), 1870-1872
Scope and Contents
Detailed memoirs and correspondence. Impact of the “Great Revival” on Friends. On Select School committee, attends many funerals, comments on Gurneyites. Visit to Woodbury meeting where both Orthodox and Hicksites met, tension between groups. Debate with a clergyman while traveling in New Jersey in 1871. Smallpox scare. Luke Woodard (1832-1925) and John Henry Douglas (1832-1917), Quaker revivalist ministers. Rufus King and the Beans also visit, 1872. Due to dwindling numbers, his meeting, Philadelphia, Southern District, laid down 11/1872. Members merged with Arch Street meeting
Dates
- Creation: 1870-1872
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Physical Facet
1 folder
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