Papers, 1614-1874.

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Papers, 1614-1874.

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This collection consists of letters, memoranda, notes of members of the Society of Friends, chiefly from the Pemberton and Parrish families of Philadelphia. Letters are of personal and religious matters. Among correspondents are John and Ann Ball, Robert Barclay, Abraham Scott, and Richard Vaux. Papers of the Society of Friends include epistles, testimonies, memorials; extracts from earliest records of the Friends meetings in America at Salem and Plainfield, N.J.; and extracts from Friends writings. Among the other manuscripts are: Friendly Association for Regaining and Promoting Peace with the Indians minutes, 1756-1759; James Carter account of sufferings of his family as slaves, 1807; Ann Parrish case book recording her "Visitations of the Sick," 1841; transcripts of Joseph Parrish articles on capital punishments, Friends doctrines, the popular worm, and the death of John Randolph; Robert Proud "extracts of letters and memorandums relative to Pennsylvania in former times," 1785-1806.

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Scott, Abraham

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Proud, Robert, 1728-1813

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Quaker educator and scholar. From the description of Papers, 1754-1806. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 27357783 Philadelphia educator and historian. From the description of Quotations and translations from Virgil and Cato : AMsS : Philadelphia, 1801 May 9-July 18. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122316913 Pennsylvania educator and historian. From the description of Notebook, 1791 and later. (Rosenbach Museum &...

Pemberton family.

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Parrish, Anne, 1760-1800

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Ball, Ann.

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Epithet: of Newport Street Westminster British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x00005a ...

Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690

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Robert Barclay, Quaker theologian, was born in 1648, the son of Colonel David Barclay of Ury, Scotland. He became a Quaker in 1667, shortly after his father joined the Society of Friends. His writings, especially his "Apology for the True Christian Divinity" (Latin, 1676; English, 1678) systemitized the principles of Quakerism. He travelled to Holland and Germany as a lay minister and served as the nonresident govenor of East Jersey. In 1669 he married Christian Molleson, a Quaker, and he died i...

Vaux, Richard, 1816-1895

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Parrish, Dillwyn, 1894-1941

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Parrish family.

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Ball, John

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Lawyer, Troy, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1825-1836. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122364429 ...

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...

Carter, James P.

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Friendly Association for Regaining and Promoting Peace with the Indians.

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Parrish, Joseph, 1779-1840

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Joseph Parrish was a Philadelphia, Pa. physician and prominent member of the Society of Friends. From the description of [Documents] 1737 Apr. [and] 1738 Dec. / Joseph Parrish. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 314413385 Physician of Philadelphia. From the description of Document, 1817, May 17 : [Philadelphia]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35231074 ...