George M. Justice papers

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George M. Justice papers

1818-1853

http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/sfhl-sc-068

This collection includes various business correspondence, including a letter and testimony by John Comly encouraging changes in the Quaker discipline regarding marriage. Also contained are extracts of minutes from Abington Quarterly Meeting discussing marriage, a letter from George M. Justice to his sons, and a hymn printed in raised type for the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Also included are unsigned writings on the subjects of a possible war between the U.S. and France and public education.

.1 Linear Feet (4 folders.)

eng, Latn

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

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Comly, John, 1773-1850

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A birthright Friend, John Comly was the son of Isaac and Asenath Hampton Comly of Byberry. In 1803, John married Rebecca Budd of Mt. Holly, New Jersey. Over the course of his lifetime, John Comly worked as a farmer, an educator, a surveyor, a conveyancer, and published a number of books, including a grammar, spelling book, primer, and reader. He was also an acknowledged Quaker minister. From the description of Papers, 1830-1884. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 192...