ALsS, 1827-1830, Philadelphia, Pa. to John Watson.

Comly, John, 1773-1850

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A birthright Friend, John Comly was the son of Isaac and Asenath Hampton Comly of Byberry. In 1803, John married Rebecca Budd of Mt. Holly, New Jersey. Over the course of his lifetime, John Comly worked as a farmer, an educator, a surveyor, a conveyancer, and published a number of books, including a grammar, spelling book, primer, and reader. He was also an acknowledged Quaker minister. From the description of Papers, 1830-1884. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 192...

Shipley, Joseph.

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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...

Emlen, James, 1792-1866

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Owen, Robert L., 1940-

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Born in Newtown, Great Britain 1771, died in Newtown 1858; cooperator and utopian socialist; made name as an educational philanthropist during his management of the industrial community New Lanark, Scotland; agitated for factory reform; founded New Harmony, a communitarian experiment in the USA 1825-1828; back in Britain launched the National Equitable Labour Exchange in 1832, the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union in 1834 and the Association of All Classes of All Nations in 1835; continue...

Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830

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Elias Hicks was an eminent Quaker minister from Jericho, Long Island, N.Y. He was a farmer, partner in a tannery, and had a knowledge of surveying. Elias Hicks was born on March 19, 1748, a birthright member of Westbury Monthly Meeting, New York, and the son of John and Martha (Smith) Hicks. At thirteen he went to live with his older brother and was apprenticed to a carpenter. During this time, he became increasingly devoted to religious principles. In 1771, he married Jemima Seaman, th...

Wright, Frances.

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Mott, James, 1788-1868

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Abolitionist. From the description of Circular letter of James Mott, 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454648 American abolitionist and advocate for women's rights. From the description of Autograph note signed : Philadelphia, 1858 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 640128449 ...

Price, R.

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Watson, John, 1946-

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Baptist minister, of New Jersey; held pastorates at Northfield, Livingston Township, Essex County, 1815-1818, and at Mount Bethel, Warren Township, Somerset County, 1818-1826. From the description of Papers, 1787-1839 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122525225 ...

Gibbons, William Heyward

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Aaron Ogden operated a steamboat line between Elizabethtown, N.J. and New York City, on a license from Robert Livingston and Robert Fuller, who had been granted exclusive monopoly rights by the New York Legislature in 1800. When Thomas Gibbons, a former partner of Ogden, began running his own competing line, state courts issued an injunction against Gibbons. The case was brought to the U.S. Supreme Court where Marshall's decision in favor of Gibbons established the principle of freedom for inter...