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Box 7

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Contains 2 Results:

Memoirs and correspondence., Vol. 1 (bound and indexed), Early recollections to 1854

 File — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Detailed memoirs of his early life, education, with visits and comments on prominent Friends - William and Elizabeth Evans, Mary Kite, Elizabeth Gurney, and many others. Of particular interest are the detailed accounts of meetings for worship and the quarterly and yearly meetings and the discord in Ohio Yearly Meeting, including controversies concerning the Meaders and Wilbur.

Dates: Early recollections to 1854

Memoirs and correspondence, Vol. 2, (bound and indexed), 1854-1861

 File — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Detailed memoirs cover his marriage to Malinda Patterson in 1856, visits to Ohio, attendance at yearly and other Quaker meetings. Sister Sarah’s call to Friends Boarding School for Indian Children and other problems at Tunasassa.

Dates: 1854-1861