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Quakers -- History

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 588 Collections and/or Records:

New England Yearly Meeting school record book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-026
Scope and Content note This collection is comprised of the single volume school record book of the New England Yearly Meeting. The record book records names of individuals, date of birth, kind of school attended, and whether taught by a friend, whether or not the student is receiving collegiate education, whether or not the student was desirous of collegiate education, the institution at which students are receiving higher education, and whether or not the students are engaged in Teaching. The records are...
Dates: 1876
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

New Jersey Association for helping the Indians records

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-019
Scope and Contents

This collection contains two copies of the Constitution for the New Jersey Association for Helping Indians, 1757. One copy has signatures of subscribers who gave money for the cause, including John Woolman. The other copy was found among records at Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, Haddonfield, New Jersey.

Dates: 1757
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

New Jersey Society of Promoting the Abolition of Slavery records

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-018
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of two volumes, one from the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and one from its Burlington County branch. They both contain minutes. The state Society provided nominations of members to the county groups, as well as created rules, by-laws, and constitutions to run those organizations. Much of their work was in the oversight of the county branches. The Burlington County branch minutes also contain the revised constitution, as well as...
Dates: 1793-1809
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

New York Quaker papers

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Identifier: HC.MC-950-139
Abstract This collection is comprised of a single folder of miscellaneous materials attributed to Quakers in New York. Included are extracts of letters to and from Dartmouth Monthly Meeting, materials related to Stephen Buffington, descriptions of the area around E. Nottingham Meeting, and manuscripts regarding Elias Hicks. Additionally, this collection includes manuscripts that appear to have lines drawn using a mathematical compass, with biblical extracts copied around the sides. Some of these...
Dates: 1800s
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Mary Ann Newbold commonplace book

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-059
Abstract

The commonplace book of Mary Ann Newbold contains extracts concerning nature, religion, and friendship.

Dates: 1824-1829
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Samuel Newitt journal

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-051
Abstract

Travel journal of Samuel Newitt. Entries detail Newitt's journey to Rhode Island, including descriptions of visits with Friends and attendance at Meetings in various towns in Rhode Island.

Dates: circa 1792
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Newlin family correspondence

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Identifier: HC.MC-950-136
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the correspondence of the Newlin family. The majority of letters are addressed to Rachel Newlin, written by her brothers, Nicholas and William, and her sister, Hannah Ann Walter. The letters discuss family news, social calls, and events attended, particularly marriages in the Quaker community.

Dates: 1839-1846
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Henry Newman sketchbook

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-04-020
Abstract

The sketchbook of Henry Newman features sketches and watercolors of Friends Training Home in Brummana, Lebanon.

Dates: 1875-1876
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

"Among the Red Indians"

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-070
Abstract Henry Stanley Newman's "Among the Red Indians" provides a narrative of Newman's travels among Native Americans west of the Mississippi River in 1889. The manuscript was prepared for Mary S. Kimber when she was proposing to write a book on the work that American Friends did with indigenous peoples, which was published in 1917 and entitled "Friends and the Indians." Newman's manuscript was never published. The manuscript describes the various settlements that Newman and his wife visited on...
Dates: Undated.
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Thomas P. Nichols correspondence

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Identifier: HC.MC-950-137
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the photocopies of 11 letters addressed to Thomas P. Nichols in the 1830s and 1840s concerning the Wilburite separation in the Quaker community in Rhode Island and New York.

Dates: 1839-1844
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections