Samuel Bettle, Jr. journals 1841-1860 Bettle, Samuel

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Samuel Bettle, Jr. journals 1841-1860 Bettle, Samuel

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The Samuel Bettle journals consist of four small leather-bound volumes kept during Bettle's tours as a minister for the Society of Friends during the summers of 1841 and 1860, containing accounts of his ministering activities, missionary work, and participation in a mission to the Oneida Indian School and reservation.

144 pages (4 volumes)

eng,

William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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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...

Bettle, Samuel, 1809-1880

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Philadelphia Quaker. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to Jane Bettle, Philadelphia, 1840 Jan. 13. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28328276 Samuel Bettle, Jr., a Quaker minister from Philadelphia, spent several weeks during the summer of 1841 traveling between the isolated Quaker meetings scattered through the counties of central Pennsylvania. An Orthodox Quaker and probably the son of the clerk of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the sam...