Call Number:

MC.975.01.086

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Rachel Wilson diary (HC.MC.975.01.086), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1768-1769 (inclusive)

Creator:

Wilson, Rachel, 1720-1775

Form:

travel literature and Diaries

Abstract:

Rachel Wilson was a Quaker minister who made a religious visit to the British colonies in North America in 1768, and attended the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in the fall of 1769, where she addressed John Woolman. The diary of Rachel Wilson's religious visit to New England and Charleston, South Carolina, from England. Entries describe her travels, Quaker families visited, and meetings attended.

Rachel Wilson (1722-1775) was born in 1722, the daughter of John and Deborah Wilson, in Kendal, England. Wilson was first recognized a Quaker minister circa 1739, at age 18. In 1742, she married Isaac Wilson, and the couple had nine children. Wilson made a religious visit to the British colonies in North America in 1768, and attended the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in the fall of 1769, where she addressed John Woolman. Rachel Wilson died March 18, 1775, near London.

This collection is comprised of the single typed transcript of Rachel Wilson's religious visit to New England and Charleston, South Carolina, from England. Entries describe her travels, Quaker families visited, and meetings attended.