Call Number:

MC.950.300

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Tortola Quaker Stamp Celebration (HC.MC.950.300), Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1973

Creator:

Friends Historical Association, Vaux, George, III, 1909-1996, and Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974

Form:

letters (correspondence) and clippings (information artifacts)

Abstract:

This collection contains various letters and corresponding items from the Tortola Quaker Stamp Celebration in 1973. This includes a program of the individuals who made the Quaker stamps possible, a letter from George Vaux on behalf of the Friends Historical Association, and multiple Tortola Quaker stamps on letters belonging to Henry J. Cadbury.

The Tortola Quaker meeting spanned between 1727 and 1762. Quakers in the Carribbean first settled in Barbados in 1655 and spread all throughout various island nations, including Jamaica and the British Virgin Islands. The Quaker meeting in the British Virgin Islands first began in the former capital Virgin Gorda and later moved to the new capital in Tortola. John Pickering, governor of Tortola, was a Quaker and held meetings in his home.

This collection contains various letters and corresponding items from the Tortola Quaker Stamp Celebration in 1973. This includes a program of the individuals who made the Quaker stamps possible, a letter from George Vaux on behalf of the Friends Historical Association, and multiple Tortola Quaker stamps on letters belonging to Henry J. Cadbury.

One Folder.