Ferris Family papers, 1737-1940

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Ferris Family papers, 1737-1940

1737-1940

http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/5040ferr

The collection contains correspondence, journals and other writings, business and legal papers, and miscellaneous items of the Ferris family of Wilmington, Delaware, a prominent Quaker family. Of particular note are the correspondence and writings of Benjamin Ferris concerning the Separation in the Society of Friends, as well as the journals and diaries of Anna M. Ferris, David Ferris, Matilda Ferris, Benjamin Ferris, and Henry Ferris. Correspondents include William Lloyd Garrison, William Gibbons, Isaac T. Hopper, Joseph Bringhurst, Mary Gibbons, William Poole, Mary Biddle, Joseph Rakestraw, Halliday Jackson, and John Jackson. This collection includes a great variety of family correspondence that reveals much about the life of a Quaker family in Wilmington and of the reform activities of members of the Society of Friends.

15 Linear Feet (36 boxes)

eng, Latn

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 11651254

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Ferris, Zachariah, approximately 1717-1803

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Zachariah Ferris was a tanner and Quaker minister from Wilmington, Delaware. He was born to Zachariah and Sarah Ferris of New Milford, Connecticut, about the year 1717. Between 1739 and 1741 Ferris moved to Wilmington, Delaware, as did his brothers David and John. There he worked as a tanner. In 1741 Ferris married Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Patrick and Eleanor Scott. The couple had five children, three of whom (Hannah, John, and Elizabeth) lived to adulthood. Ferris was an active minister in ...

Lindley, Jacob, 1744-1814

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Jacob Lindley was a male Quaker minister from Chester County, Pennsylvania. Lindley was born in New Garden to Jonathan and Deborah (Halliday) Lindley in November 1744. He became active in the ministry around 1774, and advocated non-violence during the American Revolutionary War. Lindley also worked for temperance and the rights of African Americans. In addition, he was involved in the Society of Friends' work with Native Americans and took part in the 1793 Sandusky River Council. In 1783 Lindley...