Box 19

Asking advice about liberating enslaved people. Also a cover letter signed “G.I.H.”

Regarding the recent death of his uncle, John Parrish. Gift of Rebecca Simmons Gill, 1933

Copy of an address presented by representatives of Baltimore Yearly Meeting concerning war, Native Americans and slavery. Includes also Thomas Jefferson’s reply

Visits to various monthly, quarterly and yearly Meetings. Gift of William C. Coles, Jr., 1975. Originals of the 2 photocopies were in the possession of William C. Coles, Jr., Moorestown, N.J., in 1975

Discusses visits with Friends in Upstate NY and Canada and the effect of the embargo on Quaker trade in potash. Purchased from Autograph Alcove, 1998, Tolles Fund. Acc. 98-022.

To learn the trade of coach making. Gift of Edward W. Jenkins Cooper, 1985.

Kersey (1768-1845) and Bettle (1774-1861) were both Quaker ministers. The letters indicate a close friendship and their mutual concern for the poor. A.L.S. of 1 mo 11 1826 details controversy at Sandy Spring meeting with visit of English Friends. Gift of Thomas Hamm, 2012-005

Addressed to "Dear Brother and Sister." Silas Downing (1747-1822) provides an update on Nine Partners School, and his wife, Phebe, adds an advice to chidren; she laments that they are abandoning plainness and simplicity. Phebe Downing and Silas's first wife, also named Jane, were sisters, the daughters of Isaac and Sarah Rushmore. Gift of New York Yearly Meeting, 1997

Enclosing a donation to the African Institution and discussing Paul Cuffe’s plans. Includes typed biographical information. Purchase, 1997