Box 8

Scope and Contents

3 ALsS. Considering publishing "Paul and Amicus" letters.

Scope and Contents

7 ALsS concerning publication of Letters of Paul and Amicus. Included are two notes to Rakestraw, one from Robert Porter who was concerned about identifying the authors and one from Joseph Delaplaine.

Scope and Contents 9 ALsS. He urges Ferris to take an active role in the controversy. Letters mention upheaval in the monthly meeting, where Elders were investigating a charge of defamation regarding statements made about Elias Hicks. Visits of Elias Hicks and others. Disruption in the Quarterly Meeting in 11 month. Rakestraw eventually sided with the Orthodox faction and was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting-Northern District. Also correspondence concerning his publication of the diary of David Ferris...

Scope and Contents

2 ALsS. Religious concerns.

Scope and Contents

ALsS. Concerns property for which Reese wanted to clear the title. Ferris's draft with his response is written on the blank third page, urging him to keep it simple

Scope and Contents

ALS concerning an F. Jackson wrongly held in a Richmond, VA, jail as a freedom seeker.

Scope and Contents

ALS on gravestones

Scope and Contents

ALS forwarding information about the Jamaican Legislature allowing African-American emigration.

Scope and Contents

ALS concerning loan of books. Rosengarten became a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, author, and historian, a member of the American Philosophical Society and many philanthropic organizations.

Scope and Contents

ALS concerning disownment of David Buzby, birthright member of Wilmington, because of his involvement with music which Savy [name illegible] thinks is harsh.