William Hunt letterbook, 1748-1772

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William Hunt letterbook, 1748-1772

1748-1772

http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hcmc-975-02-010

This collection is comprised of a single volume letterbook of William Hunt. Correspondence included is largely personal, though there are a few letters addressed to Hunt's Meeting. In addition to correspondence, the volume includes testimonies of Hunt's character and a short account of his travels on religious visits and his last illness and death. According to a note in the cover of the letterbook, it is believed the letters were copied by William Hunt's sister.

0.16 Linear Feet (1 volume)

eng, Latn

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 11653885

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Hunt, William, 1733-1772

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William Hunt was a Quaker minister born near Philadelphia who spent much of his adult life in Guilford, North Carolina. William was a very sober, religious child, and began to preach at the age of fifteen. Finding himself somewhat vain of the gift, which was encouraged by the elder Friends, he held his peace for some time, and finally began all over again, becoming eventually one of the foremost ministers of his denomination. He married early, before his majority, Sarah Mills, in 4mo.1753. Jus...