Papers, 1761-1909 (bulk 1761-1798, 1809-1811, 1824-1883).

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

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Elias Boudinot (May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and served as President of Congress from 1782 to 1783. He was elected as a U.S. Congressman for New Jersey following the American Revolutionary War. He was appointed by President George Washington as Director of the United States Mint, serving from 1795 until 1805. Born in Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, Boudinot received a classica...

Livingston, William, 1723-1790

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William Livingston (November 30, 1723 – July 25, 1790) was an American politician who served as the first non-Colonial governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the American Revolutionary War. As a New Jersey representative in the Continental Congress, he signed the Continental Association and the United States Constitution. He is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in Albany, New York, Livingston received his early education from local schools and tutors. At age...

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...

Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820

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George Dillwyn (1738-1820) was a Quaker minister born April 26, 1738, Old Style (May 7, New Style), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to John and Susanna (Painter) Dillwyn. He married Sarah Hill in 1759. Dillwyn was unsuccessful in business, but was recognized as a minister in 1766. In 1784, he and his wife traveled to England and the continent of Europe on a religious visit, along with Sarah Grubb, Mary Dudley, and Robert Grubb. In 1793, Dillwyn and his wife again visited England, where they staye...

Cooper, David, 1725-1795

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David Cooper (December 12, 1724 – April 1, 1795) was an American farmer, Quaker, member of Society of Friends, a pamphleteer and an author of abolitionist ideals in the latter 1700s. A native of New Jersey, he lived the greater part of his life in and around Gloucester and Salem, New Jersey. Cooper was outspoken on the issue of slavery and was devoted to the abolitionist movement before, during and after the American Revolution. As a devoted Christian and Quaker, he made numerous comparisons bet...

Tatum family.

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Allinson, James

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Allinson, David, 1774-1858

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Allinson, Samuel, 1808-1883

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Samuel Allinson, son of Bernice and James Allinson of Philadelphia, was a prominent Orthodox Quaker. He was a farmer at Yardville in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, and was also a philanthropist, particularly concerned with penal justice. From the description of Papers, 1812-1856. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 19114172 ...

Allinson, Martha Cooper, 1748-1823

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Martha Cooper Allinson was a Quaker minister from Burlington County, New Jersey. She was born to David Cooper and Sibyl (Matlack) Cooper on 10th Month 31, 1747, old style (January 11, 1748, by the Gregorian calendar). Martha married Samuel Allinson, widower of Elizabeth Smith, and the couple had seven children. Allinson died on the 9th of 3rd month, 1823....

Offley family.

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Alexander, William, 1726-1783

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American Revolutionary soldier; Lord Stirling. From the description of Document signed : [n.p.], 1772 July 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132554 Revolutionary soldier; better known as Lord Stirling. During the French and Indian War, he was aide and secretary to Governor Shirley, and defended Shirley before the House of Commons in 1756. From the description of Letter : on board the sloop Massachusetts, to Governor Robert Hunter Morris, 1755 July 6. (Buffalo...

Allinson family.

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Quaker family of the mid-Atlantic region: Samuel Allinson (1739-1791) compiled the 1776 edition of collected New Jersey laws, married the daughter of Daniel Cooper and was a lawyer of Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey (who, at the time of his death, resided in Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey); Samuel's son William (1766-1841) was a resident of Burlington; Samuel's son James (b. 1778), a tailor, lived in New York City before removing in 1809 to Philadelphia where he died about two...

Drinker, John, 1733-1800

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Allinson, William, 1766-1841

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During the Early Republic, the Society of Friends struggled to preserve its peculiar identity in the midst of a rapidly changing America. Conflict between the Society and the world led many Quakers into reformist activism, and others into introspective withdrawal, and conflict within its own ranks ultimately produced the schisms of the 1820s through 1840s. Confronted with such turmoil, few Quakers remained unaffected. The son of attorney Samuel Allinson (1739-1791), and ...

Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (after his death it was revived as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery); the first public school for girls in North America; and t...

Brearly, David, 1745-1790

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Brearley was a New Jersey lawyer, served as an officer in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War and was a delegate from New Jersey to the U.S. Constitutional Convention and a signer of the U.S. Constitution. He was the New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice from 1779-1789 and was appointed a federal judge in 1789 but died shortly thereafter. From the description of [Letter] 1788 May 27, Trenton, [N.J. to] Governor Livingston / David Brearley. (Smith College). WorldCat record ...

Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824

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The Dillwyn and Emlen family was joined in 1795 when Susanna Dillwyn married Samuel Emlen, Jr. Both the Dillwyn and Emlen families were prominent in early America as Quakers and advocates for abolition. William Dillwyn was born in Philadelphia on July 21, 1743, the son of John Dillwyn and Susanna Painter. According to Clarkson, William Dillwyn was “a pupil of the venerable [Anthony] Benezet, who took pains very early to interest his feeling on [abolition],” (Clarkson). A...

Read, Charles, 1715-1774

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Allinson, Anne

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Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813

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English philanthropist and writer. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Garden Court Temple, to Mr. Phillips, 1804 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662097 English abolitionist, reformer, and philanthropist. From the description of Copies of letters received, 1763-73. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58776522 British philanthropist and abolitionist. From the description of Granville Sharp correspondenc...