Call Number:

MC.975.02.010

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.16 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

William Hunt letterbook (HC.MC.975.02.010), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1748-1772 (inclusive)

Creator:

Hunt, William

Form:

Correspondence

Abstract:

William Hunt's included correspondence is largely personal, though there are a few letters addressed to his Meeting. In addition to correspondence, the volume includes testimonies of Hunt's character and a short account of his travels on religious visits and his last illness and death. According to a note in the cover of the letterbook, it is believed the letters were copied by William Hunt's sister.

William Hunt (1733-1772) was born in Pennsylvania in 1733. He began traveling on religious visits at the age of 20, and visited colonies from North Carolina to Maine. He married Sarah Hunt of Frederick County, Virginia, and settled in New Garden, North Carolina. The couple had eight children. In 1771, after attending Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Hunt embarked on a religious visit to England with his cousin John Woolman. William hunt died in England of smallpox in 1772.

This collection is comprised of a single volume letterbook of William Hunt. Correspondence included is largely personal, though there are a few letters addressed to Hunt's Meeting. In addition to correspondence, the volume includes testimonies of Hunt's character and a short account of his travels on religious visits and his last illness and death. According to a note in the cover of the letterbook, it is believed the letters were copied by William Hunt's sister.