Journals and letters relating to Anna Maria Whiting's Quaker service in France in 1871, with other materials relating to the Whiting family of Leeds. 1871-1899.

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Journals and letters relating to Anna Maria Whiting's Quaker service in France in 1871, with other materials relating to the Whiting family of Leeds. 1871-1899.

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(1) Material relating to Anna Whiting's mission to France in 1871, comprising (a) a letter from Christine (Majolier) Alsop, leader of the mission, 8 June 1871, urging its importance, and a document of introduction for Anna Whiting, in English and French; (b) original letters from Anna Whiting to her parents, written while in France, June - Sept 1871; (c) a bound notebook containing a fair copy of her journal, in letter form, June - October 1871; (d) copies of Anna Whiting's letters apparently in another hand, including some represented in (a) above, and others not transcribed into the journal, June - December 1871; and (e) a bound scrapbook or commonplace book containing signatures, notes, short extracts in French and English, photographs, and dried flowers. (2) An "In Memoriam" booklet describing the life of her father John Whiting, printed after his death in 1899, together with newspaper cuttings relating to his death and burial, and a page from "The Friend" for 19 March 1897, recalling the life of Anna Rebecca Whiting (Anna Maria Whiting's mother), following her death.

1 box, manuscript and printed material, including some photographs.

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Whiting, Anna Maria.

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Whiting, John, 1819-1899.

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Alsop, Christine Majolier, 1805-1879

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Society of Friends

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...

Whiting, Anna Rebecca, 1829-1897.

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Whiting family.

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