Call Number:

MC.975.01.025

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.042 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Amy Fenimore diary (HC.MC.975.01.025), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1803-1840 (inclusive)

Creator:

Fenimore, Amy

Form:

Diaries

Abstract:

Amy Fenimore was a Quaker from Philadelphia. Her diary entries largely focus on prayers and religious reflection, and many describe Quaker meetings, and births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community. Entries during the years 1832-1833 discuss the Hicksite-Orthodox Quaker separation.

Amy Fenimore was a Quaker from Philadelphia. She married John Fenimore (d. 1816) in 1793, and was disowned by the Society of Friends, Mount Holly Monthly Meeting on June 6, 1793 for marrying a non-member. The couple had two children: Jason Fenimore (m. Mary Fell 1839), and Esther G. Fenimore. In March of 1803, Fenimore condemned her marriage outside of the Society of Friends and requested to have her membership in the society renewed, along with that of her two children. After having her membership in the Society of Friends renewed, Fenimore and her daughter Esther transferred to Spruce St. Meeting in 1840.

This collection consists of the single original, handwritten copy of Amy Fenimore's diary for the years 1803 to 1840. Diary entries largely focus on prayers and religious reflection, and many describe Quaker meetings, and births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community. Entries during the years 1832-1833 discuss the Hicksite-Orthodox Quaker separation, or as Fenimore refers to it, the separation between "Friends and orthodox." Illnesses and medical treatments are also described.