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Benjamin Ferris family papers
Collection — othertype: SC-039
Identifier: SFHL-SC-039
Abstract
This collection includes letters between Benjamin Ferris and his wife Hannah, his daughters Deborah and Anna M., and his son David. The letters primarily concern farming and local news. One letter by Benjamin Ferris to his daughter describes in detail his encounter with the dancer Fanny Essler. Also included in the collection are several invitations to Deborah Ferris.
Dates:
1839-1842
Ferris Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-040
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, journals and other writings, business and legal papers, and miscellaneous items of the Ferris family of Wilmington, Delaware, a prominent Quaker family. Of particular note are the correspondence and writings of Benjamin Ferris concerning the Separation in the Society of Friends, as well as the journals and diaries of Anna M. Ferris, David Ferris, Matilda Ferris, Benjamin Ferris, and Henry Ferris. Correspondents include William Lloyd Garrison, William...
Dates:
1737-1940
Ferris-Wetherald Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-041
Abstract
Contains correspondence, legal papers, deeds, and memorabilia of the Ferris and Wetherald families, who were Quakers of Wilmington, Delaware, and Lancashire, England. Persons represented include Benjamin Ferris (1780-1867), of Wilmington, Del., and his daughters, Deborah (1813-1897) and Anna M. Ferris (1815-1890), and Joseph Wetherald (1787-1842), of Wilmington, and his brother, James Wetherald, of Wakefield, England.
Dates:
1773-1888
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
Halliday Jackson Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-182
Abstract
Halliday Jackson (1771-1835) was a Quaker minister from New Garden and Darby, Pa.. From 1798 to 1800 he joined the Quaker mission to the Seneca Indians organized by the Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Shortly after his return from the mission to the Seneca, Halliday Jackson married Jane Hough and moved to Darby, Pa. Following Jane's death in 1830, Halliday Jackson remarried in 1833 to Ann P. Paschall (1792-1874), also a Quaker minister. These records contain documents...
Dates:
1755-1833
Samuel M. Janney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-183
Abstract
Samuel McPherson Janney was a Virginia Quaker minister, author, educator, and reformer. In 1839 he opened a boarding school for girls in Loudoun County. He traveled widely in the ministry, meeting with other denominations as well as being immersed in the contemporary issues facing the Society of Friends. Among his activities were establishing schools for African Americans and women, creating public schools in Virginia, and the abolition of slavery. In 1869 he was appointed Superintendent of...
Dates:
1815-1880
Joint Committee on Indian Affairs of the Four Yearly Meetings of Genesee, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-046
Abstract
The Indian Committees of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Genesee (Hicksite) united in 1838 to protect the Seneca Indians from the Ogden Land Company which was trying to buy their land. This collection contains papers relating to the joint committee of representatives, including correspondence chiefly concerning the ceding of Seneca lands in New York by treaty under questionable circumstances. Correspondents include Benjamin Ferris (1780-1867).
Dates:
1836-1850
Charles Smith Ogden family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-108
Abstract
Charles Smith Ogden (1822-1904) was a Quaker businessman, genealogist, and civic leader. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, educated in Friends' schools, and married Emma Corbit in 1848. He worked as a wholesale druggist before the Civil War, was active on the committee to elect Abraham Lincoln, and served as Consul to Quebec, Canada, 1860-1864. In 1886, he began a tour around the world, which is recounted in his travel letters, 1886-1891. This collection contains genealogical...
Dates:
1732-1938
William Poole letters to Benjamin Ferris
Collection — othertype: SC-100
Identifier: SFHL-SC-100
Abstract
This collection includes photocopies and typed transcripts of letters from William Poole to his relation, Benjamin Ferris. The letters primarily concern the Letters of Paul and Amicus, by Primitive Friend, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Poole's views on the issues of Quaker doctrine, including the divinity of Christ and baptism. Poole also relates his opinions on Elias Hicks and the developing controversy in New York.
Dates:
1821-1825
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- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 4
- Poole, William, 1764-1829 4
- Ferris, Anna M., 1815-1890 3
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 3
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 3
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 2
- Ferris family 2
- Ferris, David, 1821-1908 2
- Ferris, Deborah, 1813-1897 2
- Garrigues, Edward, 1756-1845 2
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 2
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 2
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 2
- McClintock, Thomas, 1792?-1876 2
- Seaman, David, 1791-1844 2
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1968). Standing Committee on the Indian Concern 1
- Bennett, William, 1804-1873 1
- Biddle, Mary, 1780-1849 1
- Bringhurst, Joseph, 1767-1834 1
- Brown, Gould 1
- Carmalt, Caleb 1
- Churchman, George, 1730-1814 1
- Collins, Micajah, 1764-1827 1
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 1
- Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 1
- Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896 1
- Essler, Fanny 1
- Farris family 1
- Ferris, Fanny, 1778-1833 1
- Ferris, Hannah, 1793-1860 1
- Ferris, Henry 1
- Ferris, John, 1775-1802 1
- Ferris, Matilda, 1853-1937 1
- Ferris, Ziba, 1743-1794 1
- Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834 1
- Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935 1
- Francke, Marie Ogden, 1878-1955 1
- Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends 1
- Gibbons, Mary, 1795-1876 1
- Gilbert, E. W. (Eliphalet Wheeler), 1793-1853 1
- Griscom, Samuel S., 1802-1878 1
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 1
- Hicks, Jemima, 1750-1829 1
- Hunt, Uriah, 1796?-1967 1
- Janney family 1
- Janney, Elizabeth, 1802-1893 1
- Janney, Joseph, 1800-1866 1
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 1
- Jesus Christ 1
- Jewett, Tacy M. 1
- Johnson, Jane 1
- Joint Committee on Indian Affairs of the Four Yearly Meetings of Baltimore, Genesee, New York, and Philadelphia (Society of Friends : Hicksite) 1
- Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893 1
- Judge, Hugh, 1750?-1834 1
- Kimber, Emmor, 1775-1850 1
- Macy, William H., 1805-1887 1
- Mott, James, 1788-1868 1
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 1
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1955). Indian Committee 1
- Ogden family 1
- Ogden, Charles Smith, 1822- 1
- Ogden, Emma Corbit, 1827-1874 1
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 1
- Parrish, Edward, 1822-1872 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1837-1850) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee 1
- Quimby, Daniel 1
- Rakestraw, Joseph, 1780?-1860 1
- Saunders, John, 1814-1891 1
- Seaman, Valentine, 1770-1817 1
- Shoemaker, Nathan, 1788-1868 1
- Thomas, Philip E. (Philip Evan), 1776-1861 1
- Thomas, Philip W. 1
- Truman, George 1
- Wetherald family 1
- Wetherald, James 1
- Wetherald, Joseph, 1787-1842 1
- Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888 1
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