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Quakers -- Great Britain

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

"The Theology of Early Friends with Special Reference to that of Isaac Penington"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-049
Overview

Robert Ion's undergraduate thesis, entitled "The Theology of Early Friends with Special Reference to that of Isaac Penington," includes a history of Quaker theology, a summary of Isaac Penington's life, and a brief biography of Robert Barclay and William Penn.

Dates: 1947

"Cromwell and the Quakers: A Historical Dissertation"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-050
Overview

Paul M. James's manuscript, entitled "Cromwell and the Quakers: A Historical Dissertation," compares the lives of Oliver Cromwell and George Fox, their relationship to each other, and their affect on the Puritan movement in England. The manuscript was James's thesis for his bachelor's from University College, University of Wales, in 1952.

Dates: 1952

Ann Jones Papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-251
Identifier: SFHL-SC-251
Overview

This collection contains letters and other manuscripts relating to visits of English Friends to America in the 1820s and the controversies which led to the Hicksite-Orthodox Separation. Also included are letters from Elizabeth Rathbone, Liverpool, England, to "My Beloved Uncle;" Joseph Bringhurst, Philadelphia, to "My Esteemed Friend;" also Abel Thomas to Thomas and Mary Wistar (copy) as well as some miscellaneous Quaker papers.

Dates: 1793 - 1831

Robert Judson Leach manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-114
Overview

This collection is comprised of the typed manuscripts of Robert Judson Leach, which focus on Quaker history.

Dates: Undated.

“Selections from memorandums by Sarah Lindsey”

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-125
Overview

Sarah Lindsey's journal entries describe travel, places visited, attendance at Quaker meetings, and people met on their travels.

Dates: 1857-1860

London Yearly Meeting minutes

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-031
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one volume of transcribed minutes. The minutes were transcribed by Sarah Dillwyn, and were originally from London Yearly Meeting in 1794, signed by Mary Copper.

Dates: 1794

"An Account of a Religious Visit, Made by Hannah Hall"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-133
Overview

This manuscript, written by Joshua Maule, describes Hannah Hall's religious visit to England, Scotland, and Ireland. The manuscript describes her trip, including details of her travel, meetings attended, and Quaker families visited. The volume includes extracts of some of Hall's letters.

Dates: 1872-1873

Anne North Hinton collection on the North family

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-141
Overview

This collection is composed of three folders of Anne North Hinton's research on the North family genealogy. She was especially focused on George North (1711-1816), who emigrated from the United Kingdom to the colonies.

Dates: Undated.

Parrish family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-184
Identifier: SFHL-SC-184
Abstract Collection of family papers includes letters received by Abraham Scott, 1700-1704, a volume containing copies of letters written by George Dillwyn in relation to his wife's inheritance of part of the estate of Richard Hill, Hannah Moore, and Henry Hill, including a house in Madeira, 1799-1816, and an almanac with notations by Captain John Hollitt. Of particular interest is John Parrish's diary of his journey in the ministry from Philadelphia to Virginia in 1782. Also included are copies of...
Dates: 1662-1873

Mary Sullivan Patterson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-118
Overview Mary Sullivan Patterson (1906-1987) was a Quaker historian and genealogist from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. The collection contains family papers and correspondence; genealogical notes on the Thomson, Sullivan, and other related families; writings on various topics, especially Delaware County history and the Caleb Pusey House; diaries, notes, correspondence, and a manuscript concerning Patterson's 1957 research trip to England to study Quaker emigration to America. Also a diary and letters...
Dates: 1782-1982