Box 7
Contains 43 Results:
Pusey, Caleb and others. "The ancient and continued principles of the people called Quakers...abstracts out of some of their books"., undated
Ms in folder with printed Advice and Caution from Philadelphia Monthly Meeting 1768 9mo 23 pasted on front. Part of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Manuscripts, deposited 1975.
"A Quaker meeting in Dixie" [during the Civil War] 1861, undated
Signed "One who was present." Gift of Ida W. Keever, 1937.
Quitrents, 1704-1761, undated
On 250 acres in Cheltenham Twp., Pa., which belonged to John Ashmead. 6 receipts. See also: DEEDS: Ashmead, John to Thompson, William, 1761 April 15. Gift of Mary Sullivan Patterson, 1980.
"Recollections of Whittier", undated
Whittier's stay in Philadelphia, 1837-39, and mention of dinner in Whittier's honor in Boston, December 1877.
Record of marriages performed by William Newlin, Esq. Justice of the Peace for Chester County, Pa., undated
Listing marriages between 1813 and 1839. Gift of W.P. Drake, 1938.
Reminiscences of Isaac Perry, undated
Concerning a memorial to amend the Constitution of Pennsylvania in relation to the Militia Law. Committee appointed by Yearly Meeting of 1837 to present memorial: Dr. Joseph Parrish, William Wharton, John Watson, Benjamin Price, and Isaac Perry.
Richman, Irving B. to Robinson, James H. , St. Gallen., undated
Presenting a copy of his book, John Brown among the Quakers... Note: Tipped in Irving B. Richman John Brown among the Quakers and other sketches, Des Moines, 1897. Gift of Mary P. Engle, 1974.
"Riot in Byberry", undated
Account of an incident in which a Samuel Loyd, who called himself a commissioned officer from Lancaster Co., came to Byberry to apprehend an African American wanted in connection with a murder investigation. Unable to locate the suspect, he returned to the vicinity at night and proceeded to abuse other African American residents. Deposited by Byberry Monthly Meeting.
