Papers, 1798-1849.

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Papers, 1798-1849.

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Writings and lectures on peace, newspaper clippings, information on peace societies, particularly in New England, personal, business, and shipping correspondence, financial records, and other papers, reflecting Ladd's life. Includes information concerning his activities as delegate to the convention (1819) which led to the formation of Maine's statehood, presidency of American Peace Society, and preacher licensed by the Waterford Union Association; biography written by his brother, Alexander Ladd; and pacifist and anti-slavery correspondence of John and Ann Bevans, of the London Peace Society, David L. Dodge, of the New York Peace Society, Thomas S. Grimké, Columbia, S.C., and Angelina and Sarah Grimké and Anna Frost, Quakers and social reformers, of Philadelphia, Pa.

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Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879

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Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (born February 20, 1805, Charleston, South Carolina – died October 26, 1879, Hyde Park, Massachusetts), American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. At one point she was the best known, or "most notorious," woman in the country. She and her sister, Sarah Moore Grimké, were considered the only notable examples of white Southern women abolitionists. The sisters lived together as adults, while Angelina...

Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873

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Even though Sarah Moore Grimké was shy, she often spoke in front of large crowds with her sister Angelina. The two sisters became the first women to speak in front of a state legislature as representatives of the American Anti-Slavery Society. They also became active writers and speakers for women’s rights. Their ideas were so different from most of the ideas in the community that people burned their writings and angry mobs protested their speeches. However, Grimké and her sister would not let t...

Frost, Anna Marie

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Grimké, Thomas Smith, 1786-1834

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Grimké served many benevolent causes and specifically peace. Brother of abolitionists Sarah and Angelina Grimké, Thomas Smith Grimké was a jurist and a writer. From the description of ALS, 1825 November, South Carolina to William McDowall Tart. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 44929911 Born in Charleston, South Carolina; practiced law and served as a state senator 1826-1830; championed temperance and world peace and supported a religious, utilitarian educa...

New York Peace Society

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American Peace Society.

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Formed in 1828 in New York City; headquarters later moved to Hartford, Boston, and Washington, D.C. From the description of Certification, 1871 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70963148 The American Peace Society was the first nationally based secular peace organization in the United States. It was formed in 1828 from the merging of several state and local peace societies of New York, Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts; the oldest, the New York Peace Society, dat...

Waterford Union Association

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Bevans, John, -1836

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Dodge, David Low, 1774-1852

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Peace Society (London, England)

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The Society for the Promotion of Universal and Permanent Peace, also known as the London Peace Society, was founded June 14, 1816; first meeting was held at the home of William Allen, June 6, 1814; members were primarily Protestant, especially Quaker. Although its official platform was based on an absolutist pacifist stance, its members included peace workers who did not accept the full pacifist position. The Society declined in influence after the Boer War; in World War I it played no perceptib...

Ladd, Alexander

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Bevans, Ann

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Ladd, William, 1778-1841

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Ship captain, farmer, pacifist, author, and clergyman, of Portsmouth, N.H., and Minot, Me. From the description of Papers, 1798-1849. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70940395 A retired Maine sea captain, William Ladd was a founder of the American Peace Society in 1828. He wrote under the pen names "Philanthropus" and "Pacificus", and published pamphlets and articles in the Friend of Peace. From the description of Collection, 1814-...