Box 8
Contains 83 Results:
Parker, Joseph (Philadelphia) to Ferris, Benjamin, 1826 4mo 4
ALS that informs Benjamin of the death of Thomas Parker, his father. Benjamin served his apprenticeship under Thomas Parker.
Parry, Isaac [to Ferris, Benjamin?], n.d.
Incomplete ALS with meeting matters
Parson, Samuel P. to Ferris, Benjamin, 1828 11 mo 10
ALS, developments in Virginia and Ohio Yearly Meetings
Pease, Frederick (Albany) to Ferris, Benjamin, 1856
ALS with copy of short note from Ferris to Pease concerning religious books.
Peirce, John to Ferris, Benjamin, 1832 3mo 1
ALS concerning appeal of Benjamin Webb to the Yearly Meeting
Pennington, John (Philadelphia) to Ferris, Benjamin, 1840-1841 10mo 30
2 ALsS, wants Ferris to join the Pennsylvania Historical Society
Pike, Mary (Byberry) to Ferris, Benjamin, 1855 8mo 2
ALS. Henry Pike(1795-1889) and his wife, Mary (Walton) Pike (1792-1875) operated a boarding school for boys in Byberry, Pa. Henry was imprisoned during the War of 1812 as a conscientious objector. Mary was an acknowledged minister. See Series 2-B for correspondence concerning the Ferris sons' schooling.
Pike, Thornton (Philadelphia) to Ferris, Benjamin, 1842
ALS. Thornton (1822-1885) was the son of Henry and Mary Pike; he transferred his membership to Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (H) in 1843 and married Elizabeth Justice, daughter of George M. Justice, in 1847.
Plummer, Joseph P. (Richmond) to Ferris, Benjamin, 1850 8mo 1
ALS. Plummer was Clerk of Indiana Yearly Meeting, and he laments the reformist environment.
Poole, William to Jones, Ann (?), 1820
Notes with religious sentiments, circa 1820, 5 pp with some sections missing. [Gift of Emma C. Bancroft, 1917, added to Ferris Collection at unknown later date.]
