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Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-320
Abstract The collection contains papers of Mira Sharpless Townsend, a major Quaker social activist and reformer in Philadelphia. Mira Sharpless Townsend (1798-1859) was born in Philadelphia, attended Friends Select School, and in 1828 married Samuel Townsend (1800-1887). He was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting by whom she had six children, only two surviving to adulthood: Emily Sharpless Townsend who married Powell Stackhouse and Clara Gordon Townsend, married William Penn Troth. During...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1815 - 1858; 1806 - 1910

"The Congregational or Progressive Friends in the Pre-Civil War Reform Movement"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-140
Abstract

This typed manuscript, entitled "The Congregational or Progressive Friends in the Pre-Civil War Reform Movement," was written by Albert J. Wahl as his dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Education at the Teachers College at Temple University.

Dates: 1951

Thomas Wetherald papers

 Collection — othertype: SC-143
Identifier: SFHL-SC-143
Abstract

This collection includes letters from Thomas Wetherald written to his family while he traveled in the ministry. Some of his letters concern Elias Hicks and the Hicksite controversy. Also included is a sermon of Thomas Wetherald.

Dates: 1823-1828

Thomas Willis writings relating to the Separation and Quaker testimonies

 Collection — othertype: SC-220
Identifier: SFHL-SC-220
Abstract These writings, apparently a draft in answer to Evan Lewis's defense of Hicks, elucidate Willis's beliefs and his account of the Separation, including his being part of the committee that presented the complaint against Hicks which culminated in the disownment of Hicks in 1829 by the Orthodox faction. Willis defends the importance of the Bible, the divinity of Jesus, and the authority of the Church. Includes a draft of a letter to Josiah Forster (1848) in which Willis refers to the Wilburite...
Dates: 1807-1848

William Woodman correspondence

 Collection — othertype: SC-125
Identifier: SFHL-SC-125
Abstract

This collection includes letters received by William Woodman, primarily from his cousins Mary Anna Stradling and Annie Michener. Mary Anna Stradling's letters recount the rise of spiritualism in her community, her views on and interests in literature, and her conception of God. In one letter she muses on the changes among Orthodox Friends, and that they are now little different from Hicksite. Her writings reflect the daily life of women in the 19th Century.

Dates: 1861-1872

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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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