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Baltimore Yearly Meeting draft epistles collection, 1776-1815 (inclusive)

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (4 folders.))

Abstract:

Collection of manuscript drafts of epistles prepared by Baltimore Yearly Meeting to send to the Yearly Meetings of Philadelphia, New York, Rhode Island, and North Carolina. Most concern the education and treatment of Indians, African Americans, and Quaker children; also, opposition to war and the production of liquor by Friends. All are handwritten with corrections.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]