Hathaway family papers, 1827-1910.

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Hathaway family papers, 1827-1910.

Hathaway family, Watkins Glen, Schuyler County (N.Y.) papers and correspondence discuss the Friends Society, the Abolitionist movement, life in a poor house, and the Women's Christian Temperance Union; includes photographs.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8124921

Cornell University Library

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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...

Women's Christian Temperance Union.

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Hathaway family.

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