Correspondence of Richard Shackleton, 1658-1808 (bulk 1750-1795).

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Correspondence of Richard Shackleton, 1658-1808 (bulk 1750-1795).

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Correspondence of Richard Shackleton and his wife Elizabeth (Carleton) Shackleton. Many of the letters addressed to Richard Shackleton are from parents whose children attended Ballitore and former students. The remaining portion of the collection consists of letters written from the Shackletons to their friend Elizabeth (Pim) Pike of Dublin. There are a few items for the latter seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, including individual letters by George Whitehead and William Penn.

401 pieces.6 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723

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Ballitore School

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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...

Pike, Elizabeth Pim, fl. 1770s -1790s.,

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Penn, William, 1644-1718

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Shackleton, Richard, 1726-1792

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Richard Shackleton, son of Abraham Shackleton (1697-1771), founder of the Quaker school at Ballitore, Co Kildare, Ireland. In 1756, he succeeded his father as master of the school, where he remained until replaced by his son Abraham in 1779. Shackleton's first wife, Elizabeth (Fuller) Schakleton died in 1754; he later married Elizabeth (Carleton) Shackleton, who was active in local charities. From the description of Correspondence of Richard Shackleton, 1658-1808 (bulk 1750-1795). (H...

Shackleton, Elizabeth, 1726-1804

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