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Lay ministry -- Society of Friends

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:

Eyre Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-179
Abstract The collection contains papers concerning the Eyre family, Pennsylvania Quakers. descendents of Isaac and Eleanor (Cooper) Eyre, of Philadelphia and Bucks County. Isaac Eyre (1778-1843) was a prominent Philadelphia shipbuilder. In 1828, he removed to a farm in Bucks County, Pa. William Eyre (1804-1885) was their oldest son, a Philadelphia master builder. His brother, Isaac (1819-1904) was a farmer and promoter of the railroad from Bucks County, Pa. He was also one of the founders of the...
Dates: 1840-1912

Farrer, William (1738-1826) . Journal of a Religious Visit to Germany & Holland, 1796 - 1797

 Item
Identifier: MSS 003/207
Scope and Contents A Journal of a Religious Visit to Germany and Holland by William Farrer as Companion to David Sands in Company with William Savery and Benjamin Johnson and Also George Dillwyn and Wife as far as Pyrmont. Manuscript, 1796-1797. 1 bound volune, 160 pages.Farrer was a member of the party of Friends who toured Germany and Holland from August 1796 to February 1797. The party included David Sands of Cornwall, NY; William Savery and Benjamin Johnson of Philadelphia, PA; and George and...
Dates: 1796 - 1797

Marshall Fell writings

 Collection — Othertype SC-256
Identifier: SFHL-SC-256
Abstract

The collection contains drafts of poems, letters to the editor, and a few personal letters. 1880-1890. Most of the letters express support for prohibition; one letter mentions the school run by Bradford Preparative meeting.

Dates: 1880-1890

Marie Ogden Francke "My Little Talks with You" collection

 Collection — Othertype SC-235
Identifier: SFHL-SC-235
Abstract

The collection contains a signed typescript of short religious messages addressed to "Our separate but united meeting." These apparently were part of an informal group which worshipped together and prepared inspirational "messages" for distribution among the group and for institutions.

Dates: 1933-1948

Gidley and Carter family papers

 Collection — Othertype RG5-309
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-309
Abstract

Contains correspondence of Job Scott Gidley, Wilburite minister, of New England Yearly Meeting, (2) notebooks of notes taken by Jessie Gidley Carter during London Yearly Meeting and Friends Service Council in 1938, and miscellaneous Carter property records and family papers.

Dates: 1843 - 1938; Majority of material found within 1892 - 1938

Grellet-Gurney correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-049
Identifier: SFHL-SC-049
Abstract This collection includes correspondence of members of the Grellet and Gurney families. Letters between Stephen and Rebecca Collins Grellet to her Collins and Longstreth relations relate primarily family news. Also included are letters of the Gurneys, Joseph John and his wife, Elizabeth Paul, from William Forster, and from Stephan Grellet. These letters share news of traveling ministers and discussions of spiritual issues. Also of interest are a letter of Edward Pease, a letter from Mary Anna...
Dates: 1799-1859

Stephen Grellet travel papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-234
Identifier: SFHL-SC-234
Abstract

The collection contains travel minutes for Stephen Grellet's ministry in 1800-1805 in the northeastern U.S., a copy of Stephen Grellet's account of the religious conversion of a Swede who was called upon to preach to pirates, and the original and a manuscript copy of Grellet's religious epistle dated 24, 6mo, 1813, to New York Monthly Meeting, sent from Morlaix, France.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1800-1813

Nicholas Hallock papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-228
Identifier: SFHL-SC-228
Abstract The collections contains a draft or copy of a letter dated 6 mo. 1846 from Nicholas Hallock to Elizabeth Paxson which explains his religious beliefs; an 1848 letter from Henry Titus and others, Jerusalem, Long Island, NY, expressing their thanks for Hallock's religious visit; a copy of a letter dated 1835 from George Hull to Hallock, dispirited by the divisions among Friends; a record of the births of the family of Edward Hallock, younger brother of Nicholas; and a copy of the minute adopted...
Dates: 1835-1884

Elias Hicks Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-044
Abstract Elias Hicks (1748-1830) was an eminent Quaker minister from Jericho, Long Island, N.Y. In the 1820s, a religious controversy within the Society of Friends which focused on Hicks' ministry led to the Hicksite-Orthodox Separation of 1827-1828. The collection includes correspondence written and received by Elias Hicks, sermons, surveyor's drawings, family correspondence, and other papers. Also includes the original 1748-1822 manuscript journal of Elias Hicks (in three parts) and the 1828 Ohio...
Dates: 1779 - 1948; Majority of material found within 1779 - 1830

William Hobson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-062
Abstract

William Hobson, 1820-1891, was a Quaker minister and farmer from North Carolina, Iowa, and Oregon. The collection contains chiefly diaries (1859-1891) describing rural life in Iowa and ministerial visits to California, Kansas, Missouri, and Oregon; together with autobiographical fragments and notes for sermons.

Dates: 1851-1891