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Richardson-Yarnall family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-187
Abstract The collection contains personal papers, primarily correspondence, of members of the Richardson and Yarnall families, Pennsylvania Quakers who emigrated to America in the 1680s. The families were united by the marriage in 1816 of Nathaniel Richardson and Hannah Yarnall of Byberry. Of special significance are the diaries of Quaker ministers Peter Yarnall (1754-1798) and his second wife, Hannah Haines Thornton Yarnall (1765-1822) and their correspondence with family and fellow ministers. ...
Dates: 1722 - 1962

Roberts Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-960
Abstract

Letters, diaries, genealogical material and legal papers of the 19th century Quaker Roberts, Hooton and related families.

Dates: 1709 - 1937

Roberts-French family papers

 Collection — othertype: SC-109
Identifier: SFHL-SC-109
Abstract

This collection includes letters and papers of the Roberts and French families. Included is a record of the disownment of Asa Roberts from the Orthodox meeting in 1828, presumably due to his Hicksite beliefs,and a letter from John Mott to Josiah Mott, regarding Quaker testimony and issues of the Hicksite separation. Also included are wills and deeds of Robert French and other members of the family, as well as maps and charts of their properties in Burlington County, NJ.

Dates: 1731-1910

Robinson Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1136
Abstract

Primarily the letters of Mary Robinson Morton (1757-1829), a member of the Society of Friends, reflecting the social and cultural attitudes of the day.

Dates: 1723 - circa 1980

Joseph Scattergood diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-063
Abstract

Joseph Scattergood, an Elder of Green St. Monthly Meeting, was a signer of the first letter of concern by the Elders of Philadelphia to Elias Hicks regarding the doctrine he was preaching (1822). Diary entries describe Quaker meetings, social calls and family news, visits to family and friends in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community, and Scattergood's work as a school teacher.

Dates: 1792-1820

David Seaman correspondence

 Collection — othertype: SC-114
Identifier: SFHL-SC-114
Abstract

This collection includes the correspondence of David Seaman, primarily relating to the Hicksite controversy. Correspondents include Edward Hicks, Samuel Mott, Halliday Jackson, and John Comly.

Dates: 1808-1843

Smedley Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-319
Abstract The collection contains correspondence, journals and other writings, business and legal papers, and miscellaneous items of the Smedley family, a large and prominent Quaker family of Penncrest Farm, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The family was related to the Kite and Sharples/Sharpless families of Chester and Delaware Counties. The papers include significant correspondence of the Kite family, especially Thomas Kite (1785-1845) and Mary Kite (1792-1861), both prominent...
Dates: 1751 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1821 - 1950

"Some Account of Baltimore Yearly Meeting 1825"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-003
Abstract

This collection is composed of the single, handwritten document by an unknown author. It reads similiarly to minutes that may have been taken. It also includes a note on the inside that "The Individuals to whose names the * is attached in the following sheets were acive and influential "Hicksites" at the time or afterwards" [Emphasis theirs].

Dates: 1825

Samuel L. Southard Papers concerning the Quaker Separation

 Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-312
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence and legal papers of Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey lawyer and politician, concerning his defense of the Hicksite position in the trial over the Crosswicks School Fund at the time of the Separation in the Society of Friends. The School Fund of Crosswick Preparative Meeting, New Jersey, was claimed by both factions, Hicksite and Orthodox.

Dates: 1827 - 1833

Mary King Swayne letters

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1346
Abstract

The collection contains handwritten letters from and to Mary King Swayne, the wife of Joel Swayne, a Quaker missionary to the Onondaga Tribe of Upstate New York. The letters cover family life and discussions on religion, including the Hicksite Schism.

Dates: 1807 - 1864

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 42
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 21
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 2
 
Subject
Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 62
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 12
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 12
Quakers -- History 12
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 11
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Quakers -- Social life and customs 10
Quakers 9
Quakers -- Diaries 8
diaries 7
Quakers -- New York (State) 6
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 5
Society of Friends -- Doctrines 5
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 5
manuscripts (documents) 5
Quakers -- Virginia 4
Society of Friends -- Schisms and separations 4
Society of Friends -- Sermons 4
Abolitionists 3
Hicksites -- 19th century 3
Philadelphia (Pa.) 3
Quaker women 3
Quakers -- Correspondence 3
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs 3
Society of Friends -- Hicksite Separation 3
Society of Friends -- History 3
Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 3
Society of Friends -- Reunification 3
Society of Friends -- United States -- History -- 19th century 3
correspondence 3
Diaries 2
Hicksites 2
Indians of North America 2
Lay ministry -- Pennsylvania 2
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History 2
Quaker artists 2
Quaker authors 2
Quaker deeds 2
Quaker women -- 19th century -- Correspondence 2
Quaker women -- Diaries 2
Quakers -- Antislavery movements 2
Quakers -- Delaware -- Wilmington 2
Quakers -- Education 2
Quakers -- New Jersey 2
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 2
Quakers -- Ohio 2
Quakers -- Travel 2
Quakers -- United States 2
Quakers -- Virginia -- Diaries 2
Sermons, American 2
Slavery -- United States 2
Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 2
Society of Friends -- Antislavery movement 2
Society of Friends -- Clergy -- Diaries 2
Society of Friends -- Correspondence 2
Society of Friends -- Delaware 2
Society of Friends -- Discipline 2
Society of Friends -- Doctrines -- History -- 19th century 2
Society of Friends -- Maryland 2
Society of Friends -- New Jersey 2
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 2
Society of Friends -- Testimonies and concerns 2
Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 2
account books 2
albums (books) 2
biographies (documents) 2
travel literature 2
Academic writing 1
Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- History 1
American poetry -- Quaker authors 1
Antislavery movements 1
Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania -- History 1
Architects -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Art, Quaker 1
Astronomical observatories 1
Baal (Canaanite deity) 1
Baltimore (Md.) 1
Bookstores -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Byberry (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Capital punishment 1
Children's literature 1
Children's poetry 1
Church work with Indians -- Society of Friends 1
Church work with prostitutes 1
Congregational Friends 1
Conscientious objectors -- Virginia 1
Conservative Quakers 1
Diaries -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
England -- Emigration and Immigration -- 19th century 1
Epidemics -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Folk art -- Pennsylvania 1
Freed persons -- Virginia 1
Freed persons -- Washington (D.C.) 1
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934 1
Indians of North America -- Missions 1
Indians of North America -- New York (State) 1
Jewish women 1
Justice family 1
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Names
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 18
Comly, John, 1773-1850 5
Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 5
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 5
Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 4
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Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 4
Jackson, John, 1809-1855 4
McClintock, Thomas, 1792?-1876 4
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 4
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 4
Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859 3
Evans, Thomas, 1798-1868 3
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 3
Jones, Ann, 1774-1846 3
Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 3
Mott, John, 1783-1848 3
Parrish, Dillwyn, 1809-1886 3
Poole, William, 1764-1829 3
Burr, George H. (George Harris), born 1791 2
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 2
Crosswicks Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1919-1958) 2
Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 2
Ford, Alice, 1906- 2
Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 2
Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 2
Janney family 2
Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 2
Kite, Thomas, 1785-1845 2
Mather family 2
Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 2
Mott, Richard, 1767-1856 2
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955) 2
Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 2
Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 2
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
Price, Benjamin, 1793-1872 2
Roberts family 2
Seaman, David, 1791-1844 2
Walker family 2
Waln, Nicholas, 1742-1813 2
Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888 2
Willis, Thomas, 1770 or 1771-1864 2
Allinson, Elizabeth 1
Balderston, Ida Smedley (Ida Roberts Smedley Balderston), 1896-1993 1
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Barbour, Hugh 1
Barnes, Gregory Allen, Sir 1
Bates, Benjamin, 1769-1812 1
Bates, Elisha, 1781-1861 1
Bennett, William, 1804-1873 1
Bettle, Samuel 1
Bettle, Samuel, 1774-1861 1
Biddle, Mary, 1780-1849 1
Bond, Carrie D.L. (Carrie Damon Lupton), b. 1883 1
Bowne, Amy Robinson 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
Bringhurst, Joseph, 1767-1834 1
Bristol Friends' School 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Gould 1
Brown, Lydia Neal Janney, 1844-1925 1
Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 1
Canby, Isaiah 1
Carmalt, Caleb 1
Chalkley, Thomas, 1675-1741 1
Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842 1
Claypoole, Jane 1
Cleaver family 1
Cleaver, Ellis, 1758-1829 1
Cleaver, Ellis, 1801-1874 1
Cleaver, Ezekiel, 1729-1785 1
Cleaver, Ezekiel, 1757-1832 1
Cleaver, Sarah, 1755-1820 1
Cleaver, Solomon, 1797-1865 1
Collins, Micajah, 1764-1827 1
Comly family 1
Comly, John, 1831-1916 1
Cooke, Lydia Barton 1
Cresson, Sarah 1
Day, Mahlon 1
Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824 1
Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 1
Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 1
Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896 1
Eldridge, Phebe, 1776-1845 1
Elkinton, Joseph, 1794-1868 1
Evans family 1
Evans, Charles, 1870- 1
Evans, Jonathan, 1759-1839 1
Female Association of Philadelphia for Promoting the Manufacture and Use of Free Cotton 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, Hannah Logan 1
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