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Richard T. Cadbury collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-954
Abstract
Letters of English and American Friends written at the end of the 18th century on topics relating to travel in the ministry in England and the northeastern United States, Friends, and health. Almost all the letters are directed to Quaker minister, James Thornton.
Dates:
1780 - 1878
Edward Hicks Manuscript Collection
Collection — othertype: MSS-016
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-016
Abstract
This collection is composed of the draft manuscript of the memoirs and journal of Edward Hicks and related miscellaneous papers. Included are his drafts of the first pages of the memoirs, photocopies of letters and sermons of Hicks relating to the Hicksite Separation, abolition, and Quaker spirituality. Also included are a typescript copy of Samuel Johnson's letter to Edward Hicks on slavery, the original of Hicks' responses, and a letter from Isaac Parry to Benjamin Ferris after the death...
Dates:
1836 - 1952; Majority of material found within 1836 - 1849
John Greenleaf Whittier Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-063
Abstract
John Greenleaf Whittier was a New England Quaker poet, journalist, and abolitionist. His poetry, inspired by his religious and moral beliefs, was well regarded during his lifetime, and he was respected by both Orthodox and Hicksite Quakers. The collection contains Whittier correspondence, manuscript poetry, books, photographs and miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1708-1896
New York Yearly Meeting collection of papers concerning slavery
Collection — othertype: SC-284
Identifier: SFHL-SC-284
Abstract
The collection contains a small number of miscellaneous papers relating to efforts within New York Yearly Meeting to support the manumission of enslaved people, abolition, and education of formerly enslaved people, 1778-1870. Most are copies of reports presented to New York Monthly Meeting or to the Yearly Meeting, compiled as a reference file.
Dates:
1778 - 1870
Pennsylvania Hall Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-074
Abstract
The Pennsylvania Hall Association was a stockholders association formed in 1837 to erect a building in Philadelphia dedicated “to Liberty and the Rights of Man.” Many of the primary movers behind the Association were Quakers involved in the anti-slavery movement. The building was opened on May 14, 1838, and, as a symbol of the abolitionist movement, was destroyed by an angry mob on May 17, 1838. This collection contains minutes of the Board of Managers of the Association, 1838-1847,...
Dates:
1837-1899 (bulk 1837-1849)
Price family papers
Collection — othertype: SC-101
Identifier: SFHL-SC-101
Abstract
This collection includes letters of Benjamin and Jane Price, among their family and with other Quakers. Also included are letters received by Benjamin's brother Eli K. Price regarding his legal practice, and by Benjamin's daughter-in-law Lydia H. Price, regarding family news. Bound volumes of letters record the correspondence of Benjamin and Jane Price while one or the other travelled in Quaker ministry. Of particular interest are : letters of Edward Hicks, regarding the Hicksite controversy...
Dates:
1809-1878
Protests Against Slavery
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-055
Abstract
This collection includes the 1688 Germantown Protest and the 1696 Merion Protest. The Germantown Protest was the first organized petition against slavery in the Americas. The Merion protest led to the first instance in which Phildadelphia Yearly Meeting addressed the slave trade.
Dates:
1688 - 1696
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- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 2
- Alexander, Samuel, 1840-1914 1
- Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
- Anna Morris Shinn Maier 1
- Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 1
- Brown, Moses, 1793-1879 1
- Cadbury, Richard Tapper, 1853-1929 1
- Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842 1
- Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880 1
- Collins, Isaac 1
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
- Cox, John, approximately 1754-1847 1
- Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 1
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 1
- Fisher, Thomas 1
- Ford, Alice, 1906- 1
- Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871 1
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 1
- Graeff, Abraham Isacks op den 1
- Hendericks, Gerret 1
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 1
- Hough, Oliver, 1804-1855 1
- Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 1
- James, John, -1710? 1
- Johnson, Samuel, 1763-1843? 1
- Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 1
- Lloyd, Mary Ann 1
- Logan, James, 1674-1751 1
- Mott, James, 1788-1868 1
- Mott, John, 1783-1848 1
- Mott, Thomas 1
- Neall, Daniel, 1784-1846 1
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 1
- Parrish, John, 1729-1807 1
- Parry, Isaac, 1774-1857 1
- Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 1
- Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 1651-1719 1
- Paxson family 1
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 1
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 1
- Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Pennsylvania Hall Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Price family 1
- Price, Benjamin, 1793-1872 1
- Price, Eli K. (Eli Kirk), 1797-1884 1
- Price, Jane, 1791-1876 1
- Price, Lydia H., 1827-1907 1
- Rathbone, William, 1757-1809 1
- Smith, Samuel, ca. 1738-1817 1
- Thornton, James, 1727-1794 1
- Truman, Joseph M. 1
- Tuke, Esther, 1727-1794 1
- Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911 1
- Watson, Jane, approximately 1739-1812 1
- Webb, Samuel 1
- Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888 1
- Wharton, William, 1790-1856 1
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