Collection, 1674-1888 (inclusive), 1674-1782, 1888 (bulk).

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Collection, 1674-1888 (inclusive), 1674-1782, 1888 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122316624

An artificial collection of manuscripts of early Welsh Quakers in both Wales and Pennsylvania, chiefly concerning the Jones, Lewis, Roberts, Thomas, and Wynne families: deeds, surveys, letters, certificates of removal, as well as several items dealing with Quaker education.

40 items.

wel,

eng,

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 6681884

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Roberts family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dc6w3q (family)

Lewis family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk1b41 (family)

Society of Friends

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s50g0g (corporateBody)

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...

Wynne family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v2104f (family)

Thomas family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62w19dw (family)

Levick, James J.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68d005p (person)

Jones family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sk0dv0 (family)