Subject: Quakers -- Social life and customs and Quakers -- Societies, etc / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1894">1894</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Quakers -- Social life and customs Subject Quakers -- Societies, etc Year 1894

Extent:: .5 linear ft.
Abstract:: Alice C. Paxson Hadley (1857-1919) was the daughter of Frederick and Lydia Betts Paxson, Philadelphia Hicksite Quakers. She was a founding member of the Thread and Needle Society, a social and charitable club of young Friends. Alice kept a diary that recorded events and meetings of the group 1873 to 1880 which were transcribed by her granddaughter, and she collected memorabilia and speeches she presented.

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