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Joshua L. Baily notes on quaker meetings
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-003
Scope and Content note
This collection is comprised of Joshua Baily's notes on the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, as well as various Quarterly meetings. The collection includes Baily's original handwritten notes, a volume of typed notes compiled later, and related materials, such as letters and extracts of sermons.
Dates:
1826-1871
Thomas Evans papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC.1324
Overview
This collection contains over 240 mainly incoming manuscript letters addressed to Thomas Evans, a Philadelphia druggist, author, editor, Orthodox Quaker minister of Philadelphia and, in 1833, one the founders of Haverford College. The letters, 1823-1859, contain material on his very active role in the Society of Friends and the problems of religious doctrine before and during the Hicksite and Wilburite schisms within the Quaker faith. The collection also includes papers and legal documents...
Dates:
1704 - 1868; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1859
Ferris Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-040
Overview
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
Susan Foulke diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-026
Overview
Susan Foulke was an Orthodox Quaker and a member of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Entries detail Susan’s daily life and include prayers, religious reflection, descriptions of visits to friends and family in Philadelphia and Burlington, New Jersey, and births, deaths, and marriages within her family and the Quaker community.
Dates:
1814-1840
John Mietou Griscom diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-030
Overview
John M. Grisom was a physician who lived and practiced in Moorestown, Burlington, New Jersey. His diary focuses on his attendance at "Friendly Study Group" meetings, a group, according to Griscom, that gathers for "the study of the influences and causes leading to the separation of 1827." Entries describe discussions had at these meetings.
Dates:
1912-1914
Isaac Hicks Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-197
Overview
Isaac Hicks (1767-1820) was a New York Quaker merchant. He established a large fleet of international trading vessels and financially helped to support his cousin, Edward Hicks (1780-1849), the Pennsylvania Quaker folk artist. Isaac Hicks traveled extensively with his cousin, Elias Hicks (1748-1830), the New York Quaker minister. The collection contains primarily the correspondence of Isaac Hicks, including letters from Isaac Hicks to his wife describing religious journeys taken with Elias...
Dates:
1798-ca. 1956 (bulk 1798-1818)
William Hodgson Jr. diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-035
Overview
William Hodgson Jr. was a Quaker minister. His diary entries describe the voyage from Liverpool, England, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including descriptions of the weather, books Hodgson read while on board, and the Captain and other passengers. Later entries related to Hodgson's time in Philadelphia describe the terrain, his attendance at the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other Quaker Meetings, visits to schools in Philadelphia, and discussions of the Hicksite separation.
Dates:
1827
Collection of Isaac T. Hopper papers
Collection — othertype: SC-058
Identifier: SFHL-SC-058
Abstract
This collection includes Isaac T. Hopper's original and photocopied letters and his letterbook. Much of the material concerns his bookselling business and the Hicksite separation. He relates news of figures central to the controversy, including Elisha Bates, Elias Hicks, and Anna Braithwaite. Also included is Hopper's copy of the book, The History of the Life of Thomas Elwood.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1833-1902 [ 1833-1845]
John Hunt Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-240
Overview
John Hunt, a Quaker minister from Chester, New Jersey, was born in 1740, the son of Robert and Abigail (Wood) Hunt. He kept a journal for more than 40 years, recording Quaker concerns and daily events. This collections consists primarily of the manuscript journal, 1770-1800; fragments of 1805, 1806 & 1808; and 1814-1824. There if also an account book, some correspondence received, and other miscellaneous materials.
Dates:
1770-1928
Hannah Hurnard family letters
Collection — othertype: SC-062
Identifier: SFHL-SC-062
Abstract
This collection includes the correspondence of Hannah Hurnard and her family, written between Essex, England, and Wilmington, Delaware. The letters document the family's emigration to America, their struggles adapting to life there, and finally their return to England. Letters between Hannah and her sister, Elizabeth Clark, share family and local news. Letters from Mary Thresher relate the activities of Quaker ministers, including Stephen Grellet, Jesse Kersey, and Nathan Hunt. The letters...
Dates:
1804-1836
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- Comly, John, 1773-1850 4
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 4
- Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859 3
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 3
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 3
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 2
- Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 2
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 2
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 2
- Hicks, Isaac, 1767-1820 2
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 2
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 2
- Matlack family 2
- Mott, James, 1788-1868 2
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 2
- Price family 2
- Routh, Martha Winter, 1743-1817 2
- Willis, Thomas, 1770 or 1771-1864 2
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 2
- Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell) 1
- Baily, Joshua L. (Joshua Longstreth), 1826-1916 1
- Barbour, Hugh 1
- Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690 1
- Bates, Elisha, 1781-1861 1
- Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 1
- Benezet, Anthony 1
- Bettle, Samuel 1
- Biddle, Mary, 1780-1849 1
- Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
- Bringhurst, Joseph, 1767-1834 1
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
- Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842 1
- Clark, Amanda K., 1822?-1895 1
- Conrow, Elizabeth Biddle, -1939 1
- Cook, Charity, 1745-1822 1
- Cox, John, approximately 1754-1847 1
- Darby, Deborah, 1754-1810 1
- Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896 1
- Elizabeth A. Lippincott 1
- Evans, Jonathan, 1759-1839 1
- Evans, Thomas, 1798-1868 1
- Fennell, George, b.1787 1
- Ferris family 1
- Ferris, Anna M., 1815-1890 1
- Ferris, David, 1821-1908 1
- Ferris, Fanny, 1778-1833 1
- Ferris, Henry 1
- Ferris, John, 1775-1802 1
- Ferris, Matilda, 1853-1937 1
- Ferris, Ziba, 1743-1794 1
- Fisher, Miers, 1748-1819 1
- Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834 1
- Foulke, Joseph, 1786-1863 1
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- Greene, Anna, b. 1799 1
- Griscom, John Mietou 1
- Hicks family 1
- Hodgson, William 1
- Hunt, John, 1740-1824 1
- Hunt, Nathan, 1758-1853 1
- Hurnard, Hannah, 1778?-1835 1
- Hurnard, Robert, b.1774 1
- Irish, William B. 1
- Jericho Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Nassau County, N.Y.) 1
- Johnson, Rowland, 1816-1886 1
- Jones, Ann, 1774-1846 1
- Jones, George 1
- Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 1
- Keith, George, 1639?-1716 1
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 1
- Ketcham, John, d. 1865 1
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- Lewis family 1
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- Lockwood, John, 1793?-1859 1
- Marriott, Charles 1
- Matlack, Ann R. 1
- Matlack, Asa 1
- Matlack, Tamar Roberts 1
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia held at Spruce Street (Hicksite : 1833-1903) 1
- Mott, John, 1783-1848 1
- Mott, Richard, 1767-1856 1
- Mott, Samuel, b. 1766 1
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1955). Women's Meeting 1
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955) 1
- Ogden family 1
- Ogden, Charles Smith, 1822- 1
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