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Rowland Greene journals

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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Call Number:
MC.975.01.029
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
0.7 linear ft. (10 volumes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Rowland Greene journals (HC.MC.975.01.029), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:
1830-1857, 1907 (inclusive)
Creator:
Greene, Rowland
Form:
Diaries and travel literature
Abstract:
Rowland Greene was a Quaker minister from Rhode Island. His diary entries focus largely on religious visits Greene made throughout New England, as well as Quaker meetings he attended, social calls, family news, deaths within the Quaker community, and passages of religious reflection.

Rowland Greene (1770-1859) was born in 1770 In Warwick, Rhode Island, the son of Thomas and Sarah (Wickes) Greene. Greene became a convinced Quaker at the age of 25, and was acknowledged a minister in 1803. In addition to his involvement in the Society of Friends, Greene was a practicing physician. Greene married Susanna Harris and the couple had 13 children. Greene died on August, 18, 1859, in Cranston, Rhode Island.

This collection is comprised of ten handwritten journals of Rowland Greene. Entries largely focus on religious visits Greene made throughout New England, as well as Quaker meetings he attended, social calls, family news, deaths within the Quaker community, and passages of religious reflection.

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Processed by Kara Flynn; completed August, 2015.

HC.MC.975.01.028 Anna Greene diary HC.MC.975.02.008 Rowland Greene letterbook HC.MC.975.03.016 Rowland Greene commonplace book HC.MC.975.07.036 Rowland Greene memoir

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Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Kara Flynn
Finding Aid Date
August, 2015
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Collection Inventory

Physical Description

10 volumes

Archival Resource Key. Vol. 1, Early life up to 1816 - with few incidents about 1836.
Volume 1
Archival Resource Key. Vol. 2, 1830.
Volume 2
Scope and Content note

This volume descibes Greene's religious visit to Boston and throughout Massachusetts, and includes a discussion of the Hicksite seperation.

Archival Resource Key. Vol. 3, 1830-1831.
Volume 3
Scope and Content

This volume describes Greene's religious visits to families in New York and New Hampshire.

Archival Resource Key. Vol. 4, 1831-1835.
Volume 4
Scope and Content note

This volume describes Greene's religious visits in New York and Pennsylvania.

Archival Resource Key. Vol. 5, 1833-1834.
Volume 5
Scope and Content note

This volume includes an account of Greene's visits to North Carolina and Virginia, for their respective Yearly Meetings, accompanied by James N. Fry.

Archival Resource Key. Vol. 6, 1835-1840.
Volume 6
Archival Resource Key. Vol. 7, 1841.
Volume 7
Scope and Content note

This volume includes accounts of the death and funeral of Phebe Congdon, the funeral of Maria Hudson Harris, the funeral of Lydua Hudson, and a visit from Samuel H. Tobey to Plainfield.

Archival Resource Key. Vol. 8, 1846-1847.
Volume 8
Archival Resource Key. Vol. 9, 1847-1848.
Volume 9
Scope and Content note

This volume contains an account of the sickness, death and funeral of Nicholas Congdon and of Sarah Clapp.

Archival Resource Key. Vol. 10, 1848-1849.
Volume 10
Scope and Content note

This volume contains an account of a sermon given by R. Mott, and describes the death of Greene's daughter, Freelove Greene. Entries also describe a visit from Eli and Sybil Jones to Cranston meeting.

Archival Resource Key. Vol. 11, 1855-1857.
Volume 11
Archival Resource Key. Vol. 12, Religious Soliloquies and Observations.
Volume 12
Archival Resource Key. Vol. 13, Letter-book, containing copies of letters written by Rowland Greene to his wife and children.
Volume 13
Archival Resource Key. Related materials, 1907. 1 folders.
Box 4
Scope and Content note

A single folder of materials related to the donation of the Rowland Greene journals, including a letter addressed to Allen C. Thomas, and an index of the materials donated.

Physical Description

1 folders

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