American Friends' Letters, 1682-1986

Mott, James, 1742-1823

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James Mott was a Quaker Merchant from New York. He was born on Long Island in Hempstead, New York, to Richard Mott and Sarah Pearsall Mott on the 8th of 8th month, 1742. In 1765 he married Mary Underhill (b. 1745), daughter of Samuel Underhill and Ann Carpenter Underhill; the couple had five children. Shortly after their marriage the couple moved to New York City, where Mott took up mercantile business. In 1776, due to Mary's declining health and the ongoing tensions over British policy towar...

Pleasants, Robert, 1723-1801

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Robert Pleasants was a Quaker merchant, planter, and enslaver-turned-abolitionist who spent most of his life in Henrico County, Virginia. He is perhaps best known for successfully suing for the freedom of over 400 enslaved people as the plaintiff in Pleasants v. Pleasants, the largest manumission case in U.S. history. Pleasants was born about 1723 to John Pleasants III and Margaret Jordan Pleasants, Quaker members of Virginia's planter aristocracy of enslavers, at their estate o...

Lindley, Jacob, 1744-1814

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Jacob Lindley was a male Quaker minister from Chester County, Pennsylvania. Lindley was born in New Garden to Jonathan and Deborah (Halliday) Lindley in November 1744. He became active in the ministry around 1774, and advocated non-violence during the American Revolutionary War. Lindley also worked for temperance and the rights of African Americans. In addition, he was involved in the Society of Friends' work with Native Americans and took part in the 1793 Sandusky River Council. In 1783 Lindley...

Mifflin, Warner, 1745-1798

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Warner Mifflin (August 21, 1745 – October 16, 1798) was an American abolitionist and an early advocate of reparations for slavery. Born and raised in Virginia, Mifflin established himself as a planter in Delaware in 1769. As a member of the Society of Friends, he was strongly opposed to slavery and became dedicated to assisting slaves who tried to free themselves, to defending free blacks from abuse, as well as encouraging Quakers and others to free their slaves. Early life and family Mifflin ...

Offley, Daniel, 1756-1793

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Daniel Offley was a Quaker minister from Philadelphia. He was born to Daniel Offley, Sr., and Rachel Offley on November 29, 1756. Offley was recognized as a minister around 1780, and in 1786 he accompanied Samuel Emlen on a religious visit to many of the islands in the Carribean. In 1789 he married Ann Newbold of Burlington County, New Jersey. Offley died during 1793 the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia. While many fled the city, he remained and made visits to the sick. He caught the dis...

Churchman, George, 1730-1814

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George Churchman (1730-1814) was born on October 28, 1730, in Nottingham, Pennsylvania, the son of John and Margaret (Brown) Churchman. In 1752, Churchman married Hannah James, the daughter of Mordecai and Gaynor (Lloyd) James. The couple had ten children. Churchman was a surveyor by profession, and in 1750, he succeeded his father as clerk of Nottingham Monthly Meeting, and served as clerk for 20 years. Churchman was a pioneer in the promotion of schools for Friends, including Westtown School. ...

Savery, William, 1750-1804

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William Savery (1750-1804) was born September 14, 1750, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of William and Mary (Peters) Savery. Educated in local schools, Savery was then apprenticed in the tanning industry. He was a business Friend of Philadelphia and a prominent minister. In 1778, he married Sarah Evans. Savery was first recognized a minister in 1781, and traveled on religious visits throughout America and Europe. In 1796, Savery traveled to England via Germany, France, and the Netherlands...

Zane, Isaac, 1710-1794

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Isaac Zane was a Philadelphia Quaker carpenter. Born in 1710 to Nathaniel Zane in Gloucester County, New Jersey, he moved to Philadelphia around the age of 14 and lived there the rest of his life. He married Sarah Elfreth, daughter of shipwright Henry Elfreth, in 1733/34. The couple had eight children, including Isaac Zane (1743-1795) and Hannah Zane Pemberton (1734-). Zane was active in the Society of Friends, serving as an elder for roughly 40 years. He joined many other Quakers in opposing sl...

Woolman, John, 1720-1772

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John Woolman was a Mount Holly, New Jersey, Quaker minister who advocated the abolition of slavery. From the description of Papers, 1669-1830 (inclusive), 1669, 1752-1800, 1830 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122633025 ...

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

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...

Masters family.

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Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942

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Grant was educated at Boston University (A.B., 1898; A.M., 1900; Ph. D., 1906; S.T.B., 1907). He was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1900, served as superintendent of the American Friends Schools in Ramallah and Jerusalem, 1901-1904, and pastor, East Saugus, Mass., 1904-1907. He was professor of Biblical literature at Smith College, 1907-1917 and at Haverford College, 1917-1938. He was actively involved with archaeological digs in Palestine. From the description of Elihu ...

Sharps family.

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Jones, Esther B. (Esther Balderston), ca. 1890-1967.

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Mendenhall, Joseph, b. 1829.

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Turner, Joseph, 1765-1841.

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Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862

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Elijah Coffin was born in 1793 in Guilford County, N.C., and moved to Indiana in 1824. He began as a teacher, then became a businessman and finally a banker. He held positions of responsibility within the Society of Friends, including Clerk of the Indiana Yearly Meeting and Elder, and published works on Scripture and religion. He died in 1862. From the description of Explanatory notes, showing the mode of organizing and conducting a school, upon the genuine Lancasterian plan : writte...

Hunt, John, 1711 or 1712-1778

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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...

Brown, Moses, 1738-1836

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Quaker, abolitionist, founder of Brown University. From the description of Letter : Providence, R.I., to an unidentified correspondent, 1774 Dec. 1. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 29540202 ...

Groth, Mary Coates.

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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 ...

Russell, Elbert, 1871-1951

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Elbert Russell (1871-1951) was a Quaker teacher, historian, and writer. His was a leading voice in bringing the insights of liberal, British Friends on the primacy of revelation and the importance of scholarship in the renewal of faith into American Quakerism. He was Professor of Bible at Earlham College 1895 to 1915 and served as chaplain. He later taught at Johns Hopkins and then became Dean at Duke University. From the description of Writings, 1893-1951. (Swarthmore College). Worl...

Ladd, Benjamin W. (Benjamin Whitehead), 1783?-1851.

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Nicholson, William H. (William Hopkins), 1827-1908.

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Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

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Lucretia Mott (née Coffin) was born Jan. 3, 1793 in Nantucket, MA. She was a descendent of Peter Folger and Mary Morrell Folger and a cousin of Framer Benjamin Franklin. Mott became a teacher; her interest in women's rights began when she discovered that male teachers at the school were paid significantly more than female staff. A well known abolitionist, Mott considered slavery to be evil, a Quaker view. When she moved to Philadelphia, she became Quaker minister. Along with white and black wo...

Rhoads, James E. (James Evans), 1828-1895

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