Letters, 1793-1840.

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Letters, 1793-1840.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31491997

This collection includes letters received by Rachel Hunt and her husband, John. Among these are letters from other Quaker ministers on the topic of Quaker spirituality. A letter from Rachel Hunt's brother, John Gibbons, discusses the issue of self will in religion. Other correspondents include Thomas Scattergood, Mary S. Lippincott, Edward Hicks, and Jesse Kersey.

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Hunt, Rachel, 1760-1845

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Rachel Hunt was a birthright Quaker, a poet, and a prominent minister of Darby Monthly Meeting of Friends in Pennsylvania. The daughter of Joseph and Hannah Gibbons, she was born in 1760. She married John Hunt in 1777 and died in 1845. From the description of Letters, 1793-1840. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 31491997 ...

Lippincott, Mary S., 1801-1888

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Gibbons, John, approximately 1736-

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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...

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...

Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849

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Edward Hicks (April 4, 1780 – August 23, 1849) was an American folk painter and distinguished religious minister of the Society of Friends (aka "Quakers"). He became a Quaker icon because of his paintings. Edward Hicks was born in his grandfather's mansion at Attleboro (now Langhorne), in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Anglican. Isaac Hicks, his father, was a Loyalist who was left without any money after the British defeat in the Revolutionary War. After young Edward's mothe...