Box 14
Contains 43 Results:
Indenture between Charles Turner and James Dilworth, William Seal, for land in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania for use of a school, 1756
Original in Chester County Historical Society. Gift of Dorothy Lapp, 1978.
Foulke, Samuel, A collection of some Scripture texts, 1756 2mo 10
"…recommended in Brotherly Love to ye consideration of Friends in Pennsylvania, especially those who appear dissatisfied with the late act of Assembly made for granting a sum of money to ye King’s use…to preserve and maintain the unity, peace and reputation of our Religious Society."
Champion, Richard to Ellis, Margaret. Bristol, [England], 1756 3mo 17
With mention of her recent trip and of the war. Purchased from Mark Benner, 1981.
Conference of Friends with the Red Indians, Philadelphia, 1756 4mo 19-5mo 31
Reporting a conference held in the house of Israel Pemberton between Friends and several Chiefs of the Six Nations, with the Governor’s message to the Susquehannock and their answer delivered in Philadelphia. Also, a second copy with slight differences in text and omitting the Governor’s message and the Susquehannocks' response. Found in the papers of Samuel R. Fisher.
"Substance of Conference between Quakers in Philadelphia and leaders of the Six Nations (Haudenosaunee)", 1756 4mo 19
Original deposited in Quaker Collection, Haverford College. Gift of Janet Olshevsky, 2004
Carnes, Joseph to Massachusetts Bay, province of, 1756 8mo 7
Bill for copying public documents, including Address to the Governor relative to the French Neutrals and Bill to compel Quakers to pay their proportion of the Expedition (French Neutrals – Acadian exiles). Gift of Albert A. Merritt, 1911.
Wilson, Christopher and Hunt, John to Friends, Philadelphia, 1756 11mo 4
Concerning Friends in the Assembly. From Newcastle Coll[ege]. British Museum, London
A dream dreamed in the year 1757 by one concerning Philadelphia…, [1757]
Account of a dream about a plague in Philadelphia. Falmouth.
Keith, George, The Way of God . . .1668., 1757
Includes also "Several glorious discoveries… by George Keith. This belongeth to Gilbert Mollison in Aldergate Street, London. E Libris Roberti Proudi, 1757."
Fothergill, Samuel to [wife]. Warrington, Pa., 1757 2mo 1
Written after the decease of a valuable Friend, to his wife in America