Call Number:

MC.950.153

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (2 folders)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Quakers Exiled in Virginia collection (HC.MC.950.153), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1777-1778 (inclusive)

Form:

Correspondence and Financial records

Abstract:

This collection is comprised of the two folders of materials related to a group of Quakers exiled in Virigina during the American Revolutionary War, from 1777 to 1778. The collection includes originals, photocopies, and transcripts of the materials. The materials are largely composed of correspondence, but also include decisions made by Congress, financial records of the exiles, and a single photograph of the Isaac Brown house, where Quaker exiles were held in Virginia in 1777. Includes a letter from John Hancock, 1777. The collection also includes a partial index of the materials.

In September, 1777, about 20 men, the majority of whom were prominent Quakers, were exiled by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under instructions from the Second Continental Congress for perceived Loyalist sympathies after refusing to take up arms against the British army. The group were exiled to Virginia, where many were incarcerated in Winchester, Virginia.

This collection is comprised of the two folders of materials related to a group of Quakers exiled in Virigina during the American Revolutionary War, from 1777 to 1778. The collection includes originals, photocopies, and transcripts of the materials. The materials are largely composed of correspondence, but also include decisions made by Congress, financial records of the exiles, and a single photograph of the Isaac Brown house, where Quaker exiles were held in Virginia in 1777. Includes a letter from John Hancock, 1777. The collection also includes a partial index of the materials.