Papers, 1818-1853.

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Papers, 1818-1853.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31422765

This collection includes various business correspondence, including a letter and testimony by John Comly encouraging changes in the Quaker discipline regarding marriage. Also contained are extracts of minutes from Abington Quarterly Meeting discussing marriage, a letter from George M. Justice to his sons, and a hymn printed in raised type for the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Also included are unsigned writings on the subjects of a possible war between the U.S. and France and public education.

4 folders.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7318735

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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...

Justice, George M. (George Middleton), 1792-1862

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George M. Justice was an abolitionist and birthright Quaker. He was born in 1792, the son of George and Phebe Justice. In 1816 he married Esther Bunting. He was a merchant in Philadelphia, and an Elder at Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends until his death in 1862. From the description of Papers, 1818-1853. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 31422765 ...

Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind

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