Call Number:

MC.975.01.063

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.125 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Joseph Scattergood diary (HC.MC.975.01.063), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1792-1820 (inclusive)

Creator:

Scattergood, Joseph

Form:

Diaries

Abstract:

Joseph Scattergood, an Elder of Green St. Monthly Meeting, was a signer of the first letter of concern by the Elders of Philadelphia to Elias Hicks regarding the doctrine he was preaching (1822). Diary entries describe Quaker meetings, social calls and family news, visits to family and friends in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community, and Scattergood's work as a school teacher.

Joseph Scattergood (1774-1824) was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bacon) Scattergood. He married Ann Rogers in 1801. Scattergood was an Elder of Green St. Monthly Meeting. He was a signer of the first letter of concern by the elders of Philadelphia to Elias Hicks regarding the doctrine he was preaching (1822). In 1823, he also signed the second letter. Because of this, he was put out of eldership for being "out of unity," but he was later reinstated by the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. Joseph Scattergood died June, 1824, in Philadelphia.

This collection is comprised of the single handwritten volume of Joseph Scattergood's diary. Entries describe Quaker meetings, social calls and family news, visits to family and friends in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community, and Scattergood's work as a school teacher.