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Box 7

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Contains 66 Results:

Hopper, Isaac T. (Philadelphia) to Ferris, Benjamin, 1828 10mo 31

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ALS concerning the law suit against Friends in Steubenville, Ohio.

Dates: 1828 10mo 31

Jackson, Halliday (Darby) to Ferris, Benjamin, 1827-28

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Scope and Contents 8 ALsS. Description of dissention in Darby Monthly Meeting and Quarterly, with complaints written for Jackson and others for attending conference at Green Street. Halliday Jackson (1771-1835) was a Quaker minister from New Garden and Darby, Pa. In 1828, he visited meetings to promulgate the Hicksite perspective. In letter of 9 mo 9 from Mount Pleasant, Ohio, he describes the meeting of six Orthodox with Elias Hicks. Before his death in 1835, Jackson wrote an incomplete history of the...
Dates: 1827-28

Jackson, John (Antigua), 1841

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ALS, long description of his visit in St. John (oversized)

Dates: 1841

Janney, Samuel M. (Alexandria) to Ferris, Benjamin, 1838 12mo 28

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ALS concerning Indian Committee and John Ross. Part of third page of letter is missing.

Dates: 1838 12mo 28

Janney, Samuel M. (Philadelphia), 1850, 1855, 1856

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3 ALsS. 1850: Plans to pass through Wilmington and wants visit, planning a biography of William Penn 1855: Publication and review of suitable books.

Dates: 1850, 1855, 1856

Jewett, John (Deer Creek) to Ferris, Benjamin, 1830, 2mo 11

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ALS asking for an update on Quaker affairs in Wilmington; word is that Dr. Gibbons has left the meeting.

Dates: 1830, 2mo 11