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American Friends' letters

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-851
Abstract

The collection is composed chiefly of letters of members of the Society of Friends in the United States from the 17th to the 20th centuries; there are also documents, clippings, published articles, and miscellaneous manuscripts.

Dates: 1682-1986

George Churchman diaries

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-011
Abstract

Churchman frequently traveled throughout the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions, and thus many of his diary entries describe his travels to visit various meetings and Quaker families from Pennsylvania to as far north as Massachusetts. Entries describe meetings attended and families visited in the various towns and cities that Churchman traveled to, as well as family news, and marriages and deaths within the Quaker community.

Dates: 1759-1813

Henry Drinker correspondence

 Collection — othertype: SC-031
Identifier: SFHL-SC-031
Abstract

This collection includes letters received by Henry Drinker regarding various business and personal matters. The correspondents include Ruth Anna Rutter (later Lindley), George Churchman, and William Brinton, who wrote concerning a subscription from Lampeter Preparative Meeting for relief in Europe.

Dates: 1791-1801

Henry Drinker papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-061
Abstract

Correspondence relating to Henry Drinker (1734-1809).

Dates: 1785-1808

Elias Hicks Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-044
Abstract Elias Hicks (1748-1830) was an eminent Quaker minister from Jericho, Long Island, N.Y. In the 1820s, a religious controversy within the Society of Friends which focused on Hicks' ministry led to the Hicksite-Orthodox Separation of 1827-1828. The collection includes correspondence written and received by Elias Hicks, sermons, surveyor's drawings, family correspondence, and other papers. Also includes the original 1748-1822 manuscript journal of Elias Hicks (in three parts) and the 1828 Ohio...
Dates: 1779 - 1948; Majority of material found within 1779 - 1830

Jonah Thompson correspondence

 Collection — othertype: SC-131
Identifier: SFHL-SC-131
Abstract This collection contains correspondence received by English Quaker Jonah Thompson. The bulk of these are written by Friends in Pennsylvania, relating the developing conflict between the Pennsylvania government and the Delaware Indians, and expressing concern with the role Quakers should have in a military defense of the colony. Included is a detailed account of developments regarding this issue in the Pennsylvania government by James Pemberton. Other prominent Philadelphia correspondents...
Dates: 1756-1759

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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 3
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Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 2
Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 2
Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 2
Brinton, William, 1759-1842 1
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1