Papers relating to Quaker history, 1756-1874.

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Papers relating to Quaker history, 1756-1874.

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This collection includes original manuscripts collected by Hi Doty relating to early Quaker involvement in Indian affairs from 1756 to 1821 and the Friendly Association. Of particular interest are documents concerning the settlement at Oneida and the Treaty of Easton. Correspondents include Tedyuscung, Nathaniel Holland, Frederick Post, John Hunt, William Cooper, Israel Chapin, William Savery, James Pemberton, and Joseph Elkinton. Also included in the collection are several letters written by 19th century Quakers on a variety of topics. Among the latter are eight letters received by Joel and Hannah E. Bean.

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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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...

Hunt, John, 1964-....

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John Hunt, playwright, with the collaboration of Martin Kaplan. From the description of Knights errant: typescript, 1982. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122531757 John Hunt was a missionary in Fiji, who took part in translating the Bible into Fijian and wrote several religious works. He was buried at Vewa. From the description of Diary [manuscript]. 1968. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223760776 John Hunt and Martin Kaplan, pl...

Post, Christian Frederick, 1710?-1785

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Missionary. From the description of Papers of Christian Frederick Post, 1758-1759. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070830 Christian Frederick Post was a missionary and traveler. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768. From the description of Journal, 1760, of the great council of the different Indian nations. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540089 Christian Frederick Post was a missionary and travel...

Pemberton, James, 1723-1809

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Quaker merchant, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1777-1812. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 27134245 Quaker merchant and philanthropist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to James Phillips, (probably the Quaker bookseller in London), 1788 Nov. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872094 Clerk of the Philadelphia and New Jersey Society of Friends. From the description of Quaker pape...

Chapin, Israel.

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Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909

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Joel Bean (1825-1914) was a Quaker minister associated with the "Beanite" branch of Quakerism. Born in New Hampshire, he moved to West Branch, Iowa as a young man, where he met and married Hannah Elliot Shipley. Joel was appointed clerk of Iowa Yearly Meeting in 1867, and the couple went on a ministry tour of Europe from 1872-1873. When they returned from the trip to Europe the Beans could not approve of the direction the revival movement among Friends in Iowa had taken. The revival...

Elkinton, Joseph, 1794-1868

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Bean, Joel, 1825-1914

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Joel Bean and his wife, Hannah Elliott Bean, were prominent Quaker ministers in Iowa Yearly Meeting. They moved to San Jose, California, in 1882, but were disowned by evangelical Friends in 1898. Born in Alton, New Hampshire, in 1825, the son of John and Elizabeth Hill Bean, Joel Bean was educated at Friends Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island. He migrated to Iowa in 1853, and taught school at West Branch, Iowa from 1850 to 1861. In 1859, he married Hannah Elliot...

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee

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The Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting [PYMIC] began in 1795 and continues at the present time. The committee worked primarily with the Seneca on the Allegany and Cattaraugus Reservations (N.Y.); work was centered at Quaker Bridge ("Tunesassa"). The Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures was active as a formal organization from ca. 1756-1764. From the description of Records, ca. 1502-1983. (Haverford College Library)....

Teedyuscung, Delaware chief, 1700-1763

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Doty, Hiram, 1913-1988

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Hi Doty was a convinced Friend active in peace and justice issues in the Philadelphia area. Born in Oklahoma in 1913, he moved to Chicago in the 1940's with his first wife, Margaret Mitchell. There he was imprisoned as a war resister during World War II and parolled to work for the Pacifist Research Bureau in Philadelphia. Later, he served as archivist for the American Friends Service Committee and helped to organize the Peace Collection of Swarthmore College. He died in 1988. From t...

Cooper, William.

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Holland, Nathaniel

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