Letter, 1817 8mo 5, Downingtown [to] Samuel Bettle, Philadelphia.

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Letter, 1817 8mo 5, Downingtown [to] Samuel Bettle, Philadelphia.

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ALS inquiring about course to be pursued by urban Friends concerning conscientious rights and likely reactions of civil authorities. The letter also reflects the growing tension between some rural and urban Quakers. Bettle, Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, had an evangelical orientation, and Kersey was a reformer who later sided with the Hicksites.

1 item, 32.5 x 39.5 cm.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Bettle, Samuel, 1774-1861

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Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. From the description of Letters : Philadelphia, Pa., New Cornwell, [N.Y.], and Mount Pleasant, Ohio, to Jane Temple Bettle, Pennsbury and Philadelphia, Pa., 1802-1803, 1813 July 23, 1817 Aug. 18, and 1828 Sept. 7. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 24857582 ...

Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845

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Jesse Kersey of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was a prominent minister in the Society of Friends. The son of William and Hannah Kersey, he married Elizabeth Coates and had eleven children. From the description of Letter, 1817 8mo 5, Downingtown [to] Samuel Bettle, Philadelphia. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 20031262 A minister in the Society of Friends. From the description of Letter : to Samuel Bettle, Philadelphia, Pa. Undated. (Bryn Mawr College). Wor...