Commonplace book, 1750-1787.

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Commonplace book, 1750-1787.

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Commonplace book containing transcriptions of sermons, essays, letters, and other Quaker tracts, 1750-1787. Includes sermons of Thomas Colley, Samuel Fothergill, and Rachael Wilson, a letter from a Friend in Ireland to Catherine Payton giving an account of Mary Peasly's death, the journal of Elizabeth Ashbridge, a copy of a letter from Richard Smith to his children, and a memorial of Hannah Smith, wife of John Smith.

1 v. ; 38 cm.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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