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Quakers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 563 Collections and/or Records:

Marriage Certificates

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-951-08
Abstract

This collection is comprised of Quaker marriage certificates from various Quaker families.

Dates: 1600s-1898, undated

Christopher Marshall Jr. account book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-016
Abstract

The account book of Christopher Marshall Jr. records the accounts of various individuals, including payments made and account balances.

Dates: 1771-1796

Edward W. Marshall journal

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-214
Abstract

This collection contains the journal of Edward W. Marshall.

Dates: 1919

Josiah P. Marvel scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-04-017
Abstract

The scrapbook of Josiah P. Marvel includes Nazi documents, such as certificates and letters, from Marvel's time in occupied France during the summer of 1940, while travelling to and from Paris in service to the American Friends Service Committee. Documents include permissions from Nazi commanders in France, as well as The Hague and Brussels. Also included is a map of the location of prison camps, clothing lists, and a printed booklet on the National Work for Infants.

Dates: 1940-1941

Wilmer G. Mason papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-123
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the correspondence and photocopies and reproductions of Quaker documents.

Dates: 1964

Margaret Parvin Masters commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-045
Abstract

The commonplace book of Margaret Parvin Masters includes poetry copied by various Friends, including Jane Edwards, Rebecca B. Johnson, Amy Eastlack, Susanna Lightfoot, Anna Mendenhall, Sidney Stevenson, and James Emlen. The poetry included in the commonplace book generally relates to friendship and faith.

Dates: 1838-1841

Matlack family notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-033
Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the three volumes of miscellaneous notebooks of the Matlack family. Included is a notebook of Asa Matlack, a notebook which includes copied inscriptions from Quaker tombstones, and a notebook with land records of the Matlack family.

Dates: 1818-1823

“Satan’s Harbinger Encountered”

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-110
Abstract "Satan's Harbginer Encountered, His False News of a Trumpet Detected, His Crooked Ways in the Wildernesse, laid open to the view of the impartial & judicious, Being Some thing by way of answer to Daniel Leeds his book entitled News of a Trumpet Sounding in the Wildernesse etc. wherein is shown," as indicated by the title, was a response to Daniel Leed's publication, which criticized the Society of Friends and sought to correct the accusations made by Leeds. The original manuscript was...
Dates: Undated.

Matlack family commonplace books

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-053
Abstract

The commonplace books of the Matlack family largely focus on Elias Hicks.

Dates: Undated.

Matlack family financial records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-017
Abstract

The financial records of the Matlack family include the account books of Ann Roberts Stackhouse Matlack and Asa Matlack, and the receipt book of Mordecai Matlack.

Dates: 1837-1876