Papers, 1799-1863.

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Papers, 1799-1863.

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Chiefly letters (1799-1853) of Richard Mott on matters concerning the Society of Friends, as well as some misc. mss., receipts and portraits. Includes correspondence of Mott with John Cox and William Rotch, Jr. as well as letters from Richard Carpenter, Jonathan Evans, Thomas Evans, Josiah Forster, Joseph John Gurney, Henry Hull, John Pease, John Shoemaker, John R. Willis and others. Topics discussed include news of Friends, various Meetings and ministers, travel, Elias Hicks and Hicksite Separation, John Wilbur and Gurney-Wilbur controversy. Also includes letters of Richard and Abigail Mott to Margaret Allinson (later Parker), Samuel B. Tobey and others; letters of other members of Mott family.

ca. 400 items (2 boxes)

Haverford College Library

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Haverford College Library

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Hull, Henry, 1765-1834

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Henry Hull was a fuller and Quaker minister from Stanford, New York. Hull was born in 1765 to Tiddeman Hull and Elizabeth Franklin Hull of Purchase, New York but moved with family to Stanford at a young age and was educated at William Rickman's school in New York City. In 1785 he married Sarah Hallock, daughter of Edward and Phebe Hallock. Around the same time he became a minister in the Society of Friends. In this capacity he traveled extensively in the United States and Canada. In 1810 Hull se...

Cox, John, approximately 1754-1847

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John Cox was a minister in the Society of Friends. Cox was born around 1754 to John and Abigail Cox of New Jersey. He married Hannah Smith, daughter of John Smith and Hannah Logan. After Hannah's death in 1783, Cox remarried, this time to Ann Dillwyn, and spent much of his life at a home in Burlington County that Ann had inherited from her father called "Oxmead." While he was recognized as a Quaker minister, Cox traveled little. Like many Quakers, he devoted much of his time to civil service and...

Rotch, William, 1759-1850

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Ship owner and merchant involved in whale fishery. Born Nantucket, Mass., 1734. Whaling business moved to France and England in 1791 as a result of American Revolution. Retired to New Bedford (Mass.) and died in 1828. From the description of William Rotch papers, 1793-1833. (Clams, Inc). WorldCat record id: 63123131 ...

Parker, Margaret Allinson.

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Carpenter, Richard, 1784-1859

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Richard Carpenter (1784-1859) was a farmer in Scarsdale, N.Y. From the description of Correspondence, 1850-1859. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259226 ...

Wilbur, John, 1774-1856

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Quaker minister from Hopkinton, R.I. and leader of the opposition to the evangelical views of Joseph John Gurney. His lifelong opposition to Gurney led to his disownment in 1843 and the separation in 1845 of New England Yearly Meeting into Gurneyites and Wilburites. From the description of Papers, 1831-1873. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 25540875 ...

Mott, Abigail, 1766-1851

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Evans, Jonathan, 1759-1839

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Mott, Richard, 1767-1856

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Quaker minister. Richard Mott was the son of James and Mary Mott. He married Abigail Field (1766-1851). They lived in Mamaroneck and Purchase, N.Y. where they were both clerks of their respective Monthly Meetings and Richard was clerk of New York Yearly Meeting. From the description of Papers, 1799-1863. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 25734846 ...

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...

Shoemaker, John, 1764-1817.

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Gurney, Joseph-John, 1788-1847

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Quaker philanthropist, writer, and minister. From the description of Letter : Charleston, to Samuel Bettle, 1840 May 3. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28886177 An English Quaker reformer and writer, Gurney traveled widely in the U.S., Canada and West Indies. From the description of ALS, 1841 February 1 : Earlham, [Eng.] to Cecilia Baring / J.J. Gurney. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 44996509 ...

Willis, J. R. (John R.)

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Mott family.

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Forster, Josiah, 1782-1870

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Josiah Forster, prominent British Quaker. He served as presiding officer over the yearly meeting of British Quakers from 1820-1831. He was the brother of William Forster, philanthropist and Quaker minister. From the description of Josiah Forster manuscript material : 1 item, 1819 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 84841146 ...

Tobey, Samuel Boyd, 1805-1867

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Pease, John, 1797-1868

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Evans, Thomas, 1798-1868

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