Backhouse Papers Chiefly 18th - early 20th centuries but including deeds of 1352 and 1657

Gurney, Joseph-John, 1788-1847

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Quaker philanthropist, writer, and minister. From the description of Letter : Charleston, to Samuel Bettle, 1840 May 3. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28886177 An English Quaker reformer and writer, Gurney traveled widely in the U.S., Canada and West Indies. From the description of ALS, 1841 February 1 : Earlham, [Eng.] to Cecilia Baring / J.J. Gurney. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 44996509 ...

Fox family, of Cornwall.

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Barclay family.

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Backhouse, John Church, 1811-1858

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Fuller family, of Norfolk.

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Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845

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Elizabeth Fry was a philanthropist and prison reformer. From the description of Letter [manuscript]. 1838. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225718240 Elizabeth Gurney Fry, English penal reformer and philanthropist. From the description of Elizabeth Gurney Fry manuscript material : 4 items, 1817-1830 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 226237390 Fry was a prison reformer in England. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Ha...

Backhouse, Jonathan Edmund, 1849-1918

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Gurney family, of Norfolk.

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Hoare family, of Yorkshire.

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Hustler family.

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Chapman family.

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Backhouse, John Henry, 1844-1869

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Barclay, Eliza, 1812-1844

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Backhouse family

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Family and business papers of and concerning the Backhouse family of Darlington, Co. Durham, and the Gurney family of Lakenham Grove, Norwich, Norfolk, prominent Quaker bankers, their descendants and related Quaker families. The collection relates primarily to the family of Jonathan Backhouse junior (1779-1842), Quaker banker of Darlington, Co. Durham, his wife Hannah Chapman Backhouse (1787-1850), daughter of Joseph Gurney (1757-1830), Quaker banker of Lakenham Grove, N...

Backhouse, Hannah Chapman, 1787-1850

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Backhouse, Edmund, 1824-1906

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Fell family, of Lancashire.

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Backhouse, John, 1784-1847

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Birkbeck family.

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Hird family, of Yorkshire.

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Backhouse, Jonathan, 1779-1842

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Hornor family, of Yorkshire.

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Society of Friends

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...