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Commonplace book , ca. 1815

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Includes extract from an address of the Reverend Jeremiah Hume; also "Copied for Ann Clendenon a Short account of Ruth Ann Rutter," etc. Note on back cover requesting Elizabeth to take it to town "if it gets to read," signed by L[ydia?] Clendenon. Ann died in 1819, Elizabeth in 1825.

Dates: ca. 1815

Poem, 1816-07-11

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"When little hand shall press thee," copied from Lord Byron

Dates: 1816-07-11

Elizabeth Clendenon, Will, 1819-05-29

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Fragment of Will of Elizabeth (1787-1825) with personal bequests to her parents and siblings, including to her "dear sick sister Ann." Ann died that year, Elizabeth recovered and died in 1825.

Dates: 1819-05-29

Handmade account book , 1826-ca. 1834

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"Account of the grain raised by Asahel Wright on John King's land harvested 1826" In two parts. Also single sheet with list (of property owners?) in Glenn which includes Henry Chevalier. Transcribed in Quaker History.

Dates: 1826-ca. 1834

“A Vision” and copy of an account by Jacob Greaves, undated

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“I know not by whom.” Copy of Greaves account, 1822, of man who was converted to Quakerism by Priscilla Hunt.

Dates: undated

Elizabeth Clendenon, Will , 1833-08-31

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Will of Elizabeth [Battin] Clendenon which designates daughter Lydia her sole heir. Transcript in Quaker History.

Dates: 1833-08-31

Marriage certificate of Lydia Clendenon and Henry Chevalier , 1834-08-09

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They were married in the manner of Friends, but not under care of a Quaker meeting. Witnesses include sister Mira Bee and her husband who also married outside of Quaker Discipline. Both were disowned for disunity by Muncy Monthly Meeting

Dates: 1834-08-09