Box 3

Asking for assistance because two friends, W. Williams and Robt Isaac Hollings, were arrested by soldiers of White's battalion by order of the rebel General.

Says that Secretary of War has decided that young Friends may be exempted from bearing arms and may be appointed to the relief of the freedmen.

Appoints meeting in Illinois with Hicksites, some Orthodox, and Norwegians. Meeting with General Sheridan on the subject of prisons (1864). Survived a severe train accident. Meeting with Stanton concerning claims from Loudoun people for war damages.

Concerning conscientious objection, raising money for the educational objectives of the Pennsylvania Society for the Aid of the Freedmen, and the "sisterhood" assuming full control of the Intelligencer.

Trying to obtain permission for Phineas to return to Virginia and meeting an old friend, Noah H. Swayne, Supreme Court Justice. Reported hearing that Lincoln "was a humane honest man & that many falsehoods had been told about him."

Family news.

Relief of Friends in the South, Circular meetings at Washington and Alexandria, Spring Dale Association, Friends' assimilatory work with Native Americans, and the mission of Caroline E. Talbott.

Draft of an epistle concerning dissension in their meeting.

Draft concerning reparations for war damage, particularly buildings burned by Sheridan.

From Washington, D.C. Discussion before the Senate (2mo). Meeting with Thaddeus Stevens. Also visits to Iowa, Pennsylvania, etc.; attends meeting of Friend Freedmen's Aid Society at Green Street meeting house.