Joshua Evans Diary and Autobiography, 1731-1798

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Joshua Evans Diary and Autobiography, 1731-1798

1731-1798

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/e/Evans,Joshua.html

Joshua Evans was a Quaker minister from New Jersey. The collection includes an autobiography, 1731-1793, and diary, 1793-1798, of Evans while he traveled through Canada, New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, the South-Atlantic states, and Tennessee. Entries follow his spiritual life as well as his travels and Quaker meetings he attended. Likely copied by George Churchman from the manuscript volumes at Swarthmore College.

1 volume (350 pages)

eng, Latn

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6626581

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Evans, Joshua, 1731-1798

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Joshua Evans, a Quaker farmer, minister, and abolitionist, was born in 1731, the son of Thomas and Rebecca Evans of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, New Jersey. In 1753, he married Priscilla Collins under the care of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. About the year 1754, he experienced a religious conversion and thereafter, devoted his life to sharing his rigorous interpretation of the gospel through an ascetic and pious life style and simple ministry. Barely educated, he was nevertheless acknowledged...