Diary, 1803-1841.

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Diary, 1803-1841.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42034381

Primarily religious importunings and introspection, the diary tells of attending High Street (Phila.) Meeting (12-28-1803), of being made assistant Clerk (of Meeting?); mentions Jesse Kersey and R. Mott (5 mo 4 1806) and Ann Mifflin, Rachel Rowland (5 mo 11 1804). Topics include health status, death of friends and relatives; her Meeting withdraws from Burlington Quarterly Meeting (1 mo 10 1828); mentions situation of Blacks (3 mo 27 1835). There are ca. dozen religious poems, some signed "ami" and dreams noted after 9 mo 22 1805 and 1 mo 23 1814. Laid in are 6 letters and poetry fragments and a description of a Quaker court case resolving a religious controversy.

1 item ; 32 x 22 cm.

Haverford College Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7443178

Haverford College Library

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Rowland, Rachel.

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Mifflin, Ann Emlen

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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...

Mott, Richard F., 1825-

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Fenimore, Amy, 1773-

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Amy Fenimore, a Quaker, m. John Fenimore (d. 1816). Her sister was Esther Earl (d. 1803). She lived at 42 N. 5th St. in Philadelphia. From the description of Diary, 1803-1841. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 42034381 ...

Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia

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A monthly meeting at Philadelphia was established along with Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting in 11 mo. 1682/3. In 1772, this meeting was divided, creating Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District and Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Southern District. In 1814, a further division created Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District. At the time of the Hicksite Separation of 1827, the Orthodox Friends retained the meeting at 4th a...