Janney papers, 1763-1932, bulk 1763-1823.

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Janney papers, 1763-1932, bulk 1763-1823.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31452204

This collection primarily includes correspondence of Mahlon and Sarah Janney. These letters relate mainly to family and local news of Loudon Co., Virginia. One letter, written by Thomas Scattergood and Josiah Bunting, provides a brief account of their travels as Quaker ministers. Also included are unsigned fragments, one of which provides an account of a visit to Virginia Yearly Meeting, and another of which concludes a poem addressed to Richard Mott. Also included are notes from the collector, Elizabeth J. Baldwin, on her family history.

22 folders.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7319284

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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 ...

Janney, Mahlon, 1731 or 1732-1812

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Baldwin, Elizabeth J. (Elizabeth Janney)

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Sarah Janney was a Quaker. Born in 1734 in Frederick County, Md., she was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Plummer. She married Mahlon Janney in 1760 and was a minister at Fairfax Monthly Meeting of Friends. From the description of Janney papers, 1763-1932, bulk 1763-1823. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 31452204 ...

Janney, Sarah, 1734-

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Scattergood, Thomas, 1748-1814

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Thomas Scattergood (1748-1814), Quaker minister, was the son of Joseph and Rebecca (Watson) Scattergood of Burlington, New Jersey. In 1772, he married Elizabeth Bacon (d. 1780), and in 1783, married Sarah Hoskins (1751-1832). He traveled extensively in the ministry in North America and Great Britain, spending six years in the latter (1794-1800). During his travels in the American South, he spoke out against slavery. From the description of the Scattergood Family Papers, 1681-1909 (Haverford Col...

Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in Virginia

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Black Water Monthly Meeting [Also called Surry, Burley and Gravelly Run Monthly Meeting before 1800] established: 1672, 1692, 1702 or 1737 depending upon the record, continued after 1752 as Surry or Black Water. Surviving records began in 1752. Divided: 1800 into Blackwater Monthly Meeting and (The Upper Gravelly Run, Burley) Monthly meeting. Discontinued: 1807. Previous to this time many references are made to "The monthly Meeting held at Black Water in Surry County" and later referred to as bo...

Bunting, Josiah, 1734-1813

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