Quakers -- Revolution, 1775–1783
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Esther Tuke sermon
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-312
Samuel Wetherill Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-257
Abstract
Samuel Wetherill (1736-1816), a Philadelphia manufacturer of cloth, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, was a birthright Quaker born in Burlington, N.J. During the Revolutionary War, he actively supported the military effort and was disowned from Philadelphia Monthly Meeting in 1779. In 1781, he, along with other disowned Quakers, founded an independent Quaker meeting, called the Society of Free Quakers. This collection contains correspondence primarily from another group of disowned Quakers...
Dates:
1780-1816
