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Friends Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia

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Identifier: SFHL-RG4-031

Overview

Friends' Indian Aid Association of Philadelphia was an organization of Hicksite Quakers in Philadelphia founded in 1869 to solicit donations of money and goods to distribute to the Indian tribes in Nebraska assigned to the care of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) during the period of Grant's peace policy. The collection includes reports and minutes, financial reports, correspondence, and lists of goods.

Dates: 1869-1875

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Lightfoot Family Manuscripts

Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-184

Overview The Lightfoot family was a Pennsylvania Quaker family descended from Thomas Lightfoot, a Quaker minister who emigrated from Ireland to Kennett Monthly Meeting in 1716 with his family. The collection includes three journals which have been attributed to his grandson Thomas on the basis of contextual detail. These accounts document visits to meetings in the mid Atlantic region, New Jersey to Virginia, from 1757 to 1760. Jacob Lightfoot, a son of Thomas and Sarah Lightfoot, married Mary...

Dates: 1737-ca. 1948

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Subject: Society of Friends X
Subject: Society of Friends -- Nebraska X
Subject: Quakers -- Pennsylvania X
Names: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) X

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