Thomas family papers, 1885-1963.

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Thomas family papers, 1885-1963.

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The collection contains correspondence, a guest book, 1914-1939, kept by Edward and Margaret Thomas, and miscellaneous writings. Family correspondence includes letters from and received by Rebecca M. and Allen C. Thomas, 1885-1888 and 1902, and childhood correspondence of Edward Thomas, 1887-1892, together with his student transcript from Haverford College, 1897. A letter to Allen Thomas from biblical scholar James Rendel Harris, dated Feb. 16, 1889, Jerusalem, describes his visit and collecting in that city. Writings include Edward Thomas's brief history of Twentieth Street Meeting, New York City, with additions.

7 folders.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 6945022

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New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1958-1974 : New York, N.Y.)

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While the Monthly Meeting of New York, also known as Flushing until 1795, was well established by 1682, the date of its first organization is unknown. After 1828, at the time of the Hicksite Separation, there were two New York Monthly Meetings: the Orthodox met at Rutgers Medical College and later on Henry Street, and the Hicksites retained the Rose Street and Hester Street Meeting Houses. The 15th Street (Hicksite) and 20th Street (Orthodox) New York Monthly Meetings were reunited in 1958. In 1...

Twentieth Street Meeting (Society of Friends : New York, N.Y.)

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Thomas, Edward, 1877-

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Little is known about Edward Thomas. From the description of Edward Thomas papers 1836. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 47259152 Edward Thomas was a chemist and chemical patent lawyer in New York City; his wife Margaret Loring Thomas had been active in settlement work and a teacher of home economics before marriage; both were activist, pacifist Quakers. From the description of Collected papers of Edward Thomas and Margaret Loring Thoma...

Thomas, Allen C. (Allen Clapp), 1846-1920

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Thomas, Margaret Loring

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Harris, J. Rendel (James Rendel), 1852-1941

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Epithet: biblical scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0002c2 For full biographical information, see entry for James Rendel Harris (1852-1941) in Who Was Who ; FBA, 1927. James Rendel Harris held many academic posts from 1882 including Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1882-5, Haverford College, 1885-92; lecturer in palaeography, Cambridge, 1893-1903; First Principal and Director of ...