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"An Account of all the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly and Particular Meetings of the Friends of America, 1772", 1772 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.06 linear ft. (1 volume, 1 folder)
Abstract:
This anonymously written volume provides a list of every meeting held in Colonial United States in 1772. Entries include the locations and dates of the yearly and quarterly meetings, and each entry for a monthly meeting includes a list of the particular meetings belonging to that monthly meeting. Meetings for Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. The volume includes an index for the meetings at the back.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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William Hunt letterbook, 1748-1772 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.16 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:
William Hunt's included correspondence is largely personal, though there are a few letters addressed to his Meeting. In addition to correspondence, the volume includes testimonies of Hunt's character and a short account of his travels on religious visits and his last illness and death. According to a note in the cover of the letterbook, it is believed the letters were copied by William Hunt's sister.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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"The Vision of Isaac Childs", 1757

Extent:
0.04 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Abstract:
This collection is comprised of three handwritten copies of the manuscripts of "The Vision of Isaac Childs, which he saw in the year 1757, concerning Pennsylvania, the land of his nativity."

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Henry Simmons commonplace book, 1791-1796 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:
The commonplace book of Henry Simmons includes "A Memorable instance of Divine guidance and protection," prayers, a speech made by the King of England to the Quakers, "A Testimony concerning Elisha Kirk," a memorial for his wife, Priscilla Yarnall, and a memorial for Robert Jordan.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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"A Account of the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly & Particular Meetings of the people called Quakers", 1765

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:
This manuscript book of meetings, compiled in about 1765 by an anonymous author, lists the Quaker Meetings in the Yearly Meetings of New England, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and North Carolina. According to a note on the back of the first page of the photostatic copy, the original manuscript was located at the Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, as of 1932, and that it had previously belonged to a woman named Mary Olney.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]