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Box 37

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Contains 20 Results:

Writings: "A Remarkable Dream, the 30th of the 10th mo 1762", 1771, 1791

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2 ADs, copies of an account of a dream that begins, " I Thought I was Dead, and Saw my Body Lay like Corpse." 1771 copy addressed to Hannah Carter; 1791 copy by Elizabeth Painter. Two additional copies in FHL: Mss004 and Hussey Family Papers.

Dates: 1771, 1791

Writings: "Some Observations on a pamphlet", 1794

 File — Box: 37
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AD, Some Observations on a pamphlet "Preciousness of Truth and the Evil of Error by William M.Dowal, Belfast 1794." From Abraham Pennell

Dates: 1794

Writings: Minshall Painter, reflections on the Separation, 1828

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ADS, "Reflections and observations on Friends Treating with the Orthodox Elders." Thoughts on the Separation, property, and the damage the Yearly Meeting has done.

Dates: 1828

Writings: Answer to Queries, 1854, n.d.

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AD, draft answer to Queries and AD copy of "Articles of Agreement Between William Davis and Enos Painter (4 mo 1828) in which the answer to the query about Love and Unity is expanded.

Dates: 1854, n.d.

Writings: Concord Quarterly Meeting, 1827

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Recollections of the preparation of a report of a committee of the Quarterly Meeting held 11 mo 13, 1827, in which a minute was prepared defining the causes of the Separation. Recollection is that few were in favor of adopting the report, but it was entered in the records of the meeting.

Dates: 1827

Extract from Fox's Journal", n.d.

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AD, p. 276, copy of Fox's letter to the Lady Claypool.

Dates: n.d.

Middletown Meeting: See also Series 6, Manuscripts and Schools, 1770-1875

 File — Box: 37
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In 1875, Minshall Painter, with the help of local historian Gilbert Cope, mounted collected documents of interest in a large scrapbook. Included are papers concerning Middletown Meeting including the subscription lists to build the meeting house (1770), enclose the graveyard (1773, 1805), build a school at the meeting house ( ), and support the efforts of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's work with the Native Americans (1806). There is a ms index in the scrapbook.

Dates: 1770-1875