Isaac Hicks Family Papers, 1798-1956 (bulk 1798-1818)

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...

Murray, John, 1758-1819

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Marriott, Charles, 1811-1858

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Charles Marriott, the son of an Anglican clergyman, was born near Rugby on 24 August 1811. Both of his parents died while he was a boy, and he was educated privately by his aunts until entering Exeter College in 1825. In 1833 he became a fellow of Oriel College. He was ordained in May 1839. Marriott went on to become subdean and then dean of Oriel College, and vicar of the university church of St. Mary the Virgin. While at Oriel, Marriott became a follower of John Henry ...

Hicks, Isaac, 1767-1820

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The collection contains primarily the correspondence of Isaac Hicks, including letters from Isaac Hicks to his wife describing religious journeys taken with Elias Hicks; some letters concerning the Separation of 1827-28; and business letters. Correspondents include: John Comly, Elias Hicks, John Murray, Thomas Rotch, William Rotch, and Samuel and Miers Fisher. The letters provide insight into Quaker family life on Long Island, N.Y., and the travels of a Quaker minister. The Comly correspondence ...

Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834

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Fisher was a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia and a surviving partner in Joshua Fisher & Sons. From the description of Diaries and Account books, 1767-1856. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122585082 ...

Rotch, William, 1734-1828

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Quaker whaler. From the description of Typescript, [ca. 1973] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155538598 ...

Hicks family.

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Rotch, Thomas, 1767-1823

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Thomas Rotch (1767-1823) was a merchant, wool manufacturer, and Quaker minister from Massachusetts who was an early settler of Massillon, Ohio. Rotch was born July 13, 1767, to William Rotch Sr. (1734-1828) and Elizabeth Barney Rotch (1735-1824) of Nantucket. His father was part of a prosperous family mercantile firm, which Rotch joined upon coming of age. Soon thereafter, in 1790, he married his sister-in-law Charity Rodman of Newport, Rhode Island. In 1791 the Rotches left Nantucket for New...

Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852

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Abolitionist and prison reformer. From the description of Receipt and ALS : New York, to John Bailey, 1842. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626178 Hopper, an abolitionist, wrote for National Anti-Slavery Standard. From the description of ALS, 1842 April 11 : New York to Tho[ma]s McClintock. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 27672880 James Hamlet, a porter in a Water Street store, was arrested on the basis of an aff...

Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830

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Elias Hicks was an eminent Quaker minister from Jericho, Long Island, N.Y. He was a farmer, partner in a tannery, and had a knowledge of surveying. Elias Hicks was born on March 19, 1748, a birthright member of Westbury Monthly Meeting, New York, and the son of John and Martha (Smith) Hicks. At thirteen he went to live with his older brother and was apprenticed to a carpenter. During this time, he became increasingly devoted to religious principles. In 1771, he married Jemima Seaman, th...

Fisher, Miers, 1748-1819

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Lawyer, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Letter book, 1811-1812. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70957784 Philadelphia lawyer. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to William Logan Fisher, 1812 Mar. 13. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122591704 Pennsylvania lawyer, legislator, and banker. From the description of ALS : to George Churchman, 1811 Jan. 20. (Rosenbach Museum & Lib...

Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892

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James Gibbons of New Castle County, Del., was a powder worker at E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. From the description of Naturalization papers, 1860. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86123623 ...

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...