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Ford, Alice, 1906-. Research notes for the biography of Edward Hicks, c. 1952.

Title: Research notes for the biography of Edward Hicks, c. 1952.

This collection contains the research notes made by Alice Ford for her book, Edward Hicks Painter of the Peaceable Kingdom. These notes include genealogical information on the Hicks family and on several of his correspondents. Also included are typescripts of letters of Edward Hicks and his family. Among the correspondents are Emmor Kimber, John Comly, Elias Hicks, Benjamin and Richard Price, Elias Hicks, and Thomas McClintock. Topics include family news, issues of Quaker Spirituality, and the 1827 Hicksite separation in the Society of Friends.

ArchivalResource: 11 folders.

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Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830. Elias Hicks Manuscript Collection, 1779-1948 1779-1830 (bulk).

Title: Elias Hicks Manuscript Collection, 1779-1948 1779-1830 (bulk).

The collection includes correspondence written and received by Elias Hicks, sermons, surveyor's drawings, family correspondence, and other papers. Also the original manuscript journal of Elias Hicks, 1748-1822, and the 1828 Ohio travel journal. The papers relate primarily to Hicks' travels in the ministry and to theological controversies within the Religious Society of Friends. Correspondents include many prominent Quakers of his day including William Poole, Valentine Seaman, Edward Hicks, Hugh Judge, David Seaman, Benjamin Ferris, George Churchman, Samuel Rowland Fisher, Edward Garrigues, Jesse Kersey, Emmor Kimber, Thomas McClintock, James Mott, and Nathan Shoemaker.

ArchivalResource: 20 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57196249 View