New York Yearly Meeting collection of Quaker poetry
Scope and Contents
A detailed inventory of the materials (and authors and/or transcribers, where known) is available at the Library.
Dates
- Creation: 1761-1937
Creator
- Baker, Aaron, 1772-1830 (Contributor, Person)
- Burling, Benjamin (Contributor, Person)
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is available for research use.
Extent
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (32 items ; 5 folders.))
Abstract
Contains poetry collected by New York Yearly Meeting as a topical collection. Folder 1 contains the commonplace book by an anonymous Quaker man which contains both original and copied works [n.d.]; Folder 2 contains the commonplace book of Aaron Baker (1772-1855) containing original and copies, ca. 1799-1855; Folder 3 holds loose manuscript poems; Folder 4 contains typed and printed poems and a detailed list of all the poems in the collection; Folder 5 contains loose poems by Benjamin Burling of New York City on religious themes, 1794.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--New York Yearly Meeting. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1997.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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