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Box 8

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Contains 83 Results:

Spencer, John C. (Albany) to Ferris, Benjamin, 1847 30mo 29

 File — Box: 8
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ALS concerning the Indigenous Peoples New York State

Dates: 1847 30mo 29
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Ferris Family Papers / Sub-Series 2-C: Benjamin Ferris Business and Quaker Correspondence

Willets, Amos (New York) to BF#, 1848-1853

 File — Box: 8
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12 ALsS concerning Ferris's dissatisfaction with a coat manufactured by Willets. Also financial disagreement between the Ann P. Merritt and Abraham Merritt (?), illness among the Native Americans (likely the Seneca at Cattaraugus). Report of the yearly meeting. 8mo 1849 letters reports cholera epidemic, the illness and death of Edward Hicks, and the illness of Abraham Hicks, son of Rachel (Seaman) Hicks. 1850, mentions mixed reviews to John D. Wright's ministry.

Dates: 1848-1853
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Ferris Family Papers / Sub-Series 2-C: Benjamin Ferris Business and Quaker Correspondence

Trimble, George T. (NY) to Ferris, Benjamin, 1848 1mo 26

 File — Box: 8
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ALS mentions article about persecution of early Friends in Massachusetts by Hull, an Orthodox Friend. Hears about much illness amongst the Seneca at Cattaraugus and worries that they will not be able to continue the school there if Joseph Walton declines to go.

Dates: 1848 1mo 26
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Ferris Family Papers / Sub-Series 2-C: Benjamin Ferris Business and Quaker Correspondence
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