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Quakers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 563 Collections and/or Records:

The Fell

 Collection
Identifier: HCL-003-043
Abstract

A Quaker Zine.

Dates: 2000

Female Anti-Slavery Sewing Society records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-010
Abstract The Female Anti-Slavery Sewing Society's mission was to: "We organise ourselves a Sewing Society, for the purpose of relieving the sufferings of that class of our countrymen, who have fled from the oppression which they endured under the unjust laws of our country, and found a refuge in Canada." The minutes do not indicate location, founding or ending dates for the Society. The collection includes one book from 1852 - 1854 which begins with the mission of the society, and otherwise includes...
Dates: 1852-1854

Financial records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-951-05
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the single folder collections of financial records.

Dates: 1700-1917

Hannah Logan Fisher commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-057
Abstract

The commonplace book of Hannah Logan Fisher includes Quaker testimonies, extracts of letters, hymns, and religious poems. Notes on the inside covers of the volume describe that Fisher gave the volume to Rebecca Byrd Young in 1796, upon Young's departure for America from England.

Dates: 1796

Joseph Fisher manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-129
Abstract

This poem, written by Joseph Fisher to Carmel Friends, is related to the religious tensions among Quakers during the Hicksite-Orthodox separation. It is addressed to a meeting in Carmel, to which Joseph Fisher used to belong. The original poem was written in 1832, and this copy was made by Lydia Morlan in 1833.

Dates: 1833

Samuel Rowland Fisher correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-069
Abstract

This collection includes the personal correspondence between Samuel Rowland Fisher, a Quaker merchant, and his friends and family, as well as a number of photocopies.

Dates: 1767-1768

Sarah Logan Fisher letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-006
Abstract

The letterbook of Sarah Logan Fisher includes personal correspondence. The majority of letters are written to Fisher's family members, including her brother, Charles Fisher, and her cousin, Mary Arch, as well as a number of unnamed cousins. Letters largely concern family and friends, and births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community.

Dates: 1783-1788

Thomas Fisher manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-119
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the single volume manuscript of poetry, written by Thomas Fisher. Poems included in the volume are largely related to related to American history.

Dates: Undated.

Thomas Fisher signature album

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: HC.MC-975-05-003
Abstract Thomas Fisher (1801-1856) was a Quaker poet, a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, and the author of books on science and mathematics. This collection is comprised of his single volume signature album. The note on the inside cover reads: "The undersigned have examined Mr. Thomas Fisher's Diagrams for Generalizing and Simplifying Mathematical Principles; and believing them to be Novel and useful, subscribe in order to promote their publication." At the back of the volume there is a...
Dates: Undated.

John Fling commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-012
Abstract

The commonplace book of John Fling includes poetry and extracts arranged by topic. Some of the later extracts are signed by Hannah Fling.

Dates: 1786-1816