Receipt for teaching, 1750 June 10, [Philadelphia], of Isaac Zanes / Anthony Benezet.

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Receipt for teaching, 1750 June 10, [Philadelphia], of Isaac Zanes / Anthony Benezet.

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Receipt from Anthony Benezet to Isaac Zanes for teaching Zanes' children.

1 item (1 page) ; 10 x 26 cm.

Haverford College Library

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Zane, Isaac, 1710-1794

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Isaac Zane was a Philadelphia Quaker carpenter. Born in 1710 to Nathaniel Zane in Gloucester County, New Jersey, he moved to Philadelphia around the age of 14 and lived there the rest of his life. He married Sarah Elfreth, daughter of shipwright Henry Elfreth, in 1733/34. The couple had eight children, including Isaac Zane (1743-1795) and Hannah Zane Pemberton (1734-). Zane was active in the Society of Friends, serving as an elder for roughly 40 years. He joined many other Quakers in opposing sl...

Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (after his death it was revived as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery); the first public school for girls in North America; and t...