British Friends' letters, 1650-1985.

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British Friends' letters, 1650-1985.

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Chiefly letters; also documents, clippings, published articles, portraits, silhouettes, photographs and misc. mss. related to Friends in England, Ireland and Scotland. Letters shed light on Quaker history and cultural activities; topics discussed include family news, Hicksite Separation, peace, business, slavery, education, N. American Indians, politics, travel, traveling Friends, relief work in Armenia and Quaker publications (especially John Barclay's Diary of Alexander Jaffray, 1833). Includes letters and papers of early Friends. Correspondents include Samuel Alexander, Robert Barrow, Isaac Braithwaite, J. Bevan Braithwaite, John Bright, John Broadhead, John Candler, William Caton, William Dewsbury, Richard Farnworth, Josiah Forster, Ann Fothergill, Samuel Fothergill, Margaret Askew Fell Fox, Elizabeth Fry, David Hall, James Rendel Harris, Mary Howitt, William Howitt, Hannah Kilham, Roger Longworth, Daniel Mildred, Mary Neale, Henry Stanley Newman, Amelia Alderson Opie, Robert Sandilands, Thomas Shillitoe, William Smith, Thomas Story, Joseph Sturge and Ann Whitehead.

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Fell, Margaret, 1614-1702

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Margaret Askew Fell Fox was an early Quaker, and infused the movement with her feminist ideals. She had joined the Quakers in 1652, and later, a widowed mother of nine, married Quaker founder George Fox. Her belief that men and women were equal in the eyes of God became a key tenet in Quakerism, where women were accepted as equals in church preaching and ministry. She is thus a keystone in both the Quaker movement and early feminism. From the description of Margaret Askew Fell Fox ma...

Neale, Mary Peisley, 1717-1757

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Mary Peisley (1718-1757, married name Mary Neale, sometimes misspelled Paisley) was an Irish Quaker writer. Peisley was born 19 January 1718 at Ballymore, County Kildare: her mother Rachel (née Burton) was from Mannin, County Tipperary, and her father John from Baltiboys, County Wicklow. The family moved in 1723 to a farm at Paddock, Mountrath, County Laois (then known as "Queen's County"), where she was based for the rest of her life until her marriage. She had little formal education and en...

Barrow, Robert, -1697

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Jaffray, Alexander, 1614-1673

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Alexander, Samuel, 1749-1824.

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Fothergill, Samuel, 1715-1772

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Samuel Fothergill (1715–1772), was a Quaker minister from Yorkshire, England. He was the sixth son of John Fothergill and his wife Margaret, well-to-do Quakers of considerable means at Carr End, Wensleydale, Yorkshire. He was born in November 1715. He was educated at Briggflats, near Sedbergh, and afterwards at a school at Sutton in Cheshire, kept by his uncle, Thomas Hough. At the age of seventeen he was apprenticed to a Quaker shopkeeper at Stockport. As soon as his apprenticeship was over,...

Kilham, Hannah, 1774-1832

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Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853

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Opie was an English Quaker author. From the description of ALS, [18]52 May 26 : Norwich [Eng.] to "Dear friend" / A. Opie. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 46956520 Amelia Opie was an English Quaker. From the description of ALS, 1824 September 29, Norwich, [Eng.] / Amelia Opie. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 262363074 Amelia Opie, née Alderson, English novelist and poet. From the guide to the Amelia Opie man...

Fothergill, Ann, 1718-1802.

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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 ...

Whitehead, Ann, 1624-1686

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Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845

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Elizabeth Fry was a philanthropist and prison reformer. From the description of Letter [manuscript]. 1838. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225718240 Elizabeth Gurney Fry, English penal reformer and philanthropist. From the description of Elizabeth Gurney Fry manuscript material : 4 items, 1817-1830 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 226237390 Fry was a prison reformer in England. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Ha...

Newman, Henry Stanley

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Braithwaite, Isaac, 1781-1861

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Howitt, William, 1792-1879

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English miscellaneous writer. Married Mary Botham, also a miscellaneous writer. From the description of Letters, [1830?-1868]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122464413 Author. From the description of Letter of William Howitt, 1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451059 William Howitt, English writer. From the description of William Howitt manuscript material : 1 item, 1847 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 430356498 ...

Hall, David, 1683-1756

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Smith, William, -1673

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Longworth, Roger, ca. 1638-1687.

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Candler, John, 1787-1869

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John Candler was an English Quaker who acted in support of the Abolitionist movement in the United States. From the description of Letters, 1853-1854. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 25230784 ...

Barclay, John, 1797-1838

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Mildred, Daniel

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Dewsbury, William, 1621-1688

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Broadhead, John, 1762-1830.

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Sandilands, Robert

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Braithwaite, J. Bevan (Joseph Bevan), 1818-1905

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Bright, John, 1811-1889

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British statesman, from Rochdale, Lancashire, England. From the description of Papers, 1840-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276561 John Bright (1811-1889), British reformer, Liberal statesman, free-trade advocate, and one of the most eloquent public speakers of his time, was born near Rochdale, England. A Quaker textile manufacturer, Bright was elected to Parliament in 1843 and formed the Anti-Corn Law League with Richard Cobden to repeal the Corn Laws...

Story, Thomas, 1662-1742

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Thomas Story (1670?–1742) was an English Quaker convert and friend of William Penn, whose writings were very influential to Quakers. In 1698, he visited colonial America, lectured to Quakers there, and held positions in the Pennsylvania colony. Born around 1670, he was son by his first wife of Thomas Story of Justice Town in the parish of Kirklinton, near Carlisle, and younger brother of George Warter Story. After being educated at the Carlisle grammar school, and acquiring skill in fenci...

Caton, William, 1636-1665

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R. F. (Richard Farnworth), -1666

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Shillitoe, Thomas, 1754-1836

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Sturge, Joseph, 1793-1859

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Sturge was very involved in the anti-slavery movement. An account of his trip in the United States in 1841 has been published. From the description of ALS, 1841 September 4 : Birmingham [Eng.] to "My dear Friend." (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 25638406 Sturge, an English Quaker, was involved in the anti-slavery movement. From the description of ALS, 1844 February, [Eng.] to [George Armstrong]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 44...

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 ...

Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888

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Mary Howitt, née Botham, English writer and translator. From the description of Mary Howitt manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1828? (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 430350254 Writer of children's stories and other works, who often wrote with her husband, William Howitt. From the description of Letters, 1835-1854. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122295254 English author. From the description of Papers, 1832-...