Call Number:

SC.058

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (10 folders.))

Language:

English

Date:

1833-1902 [bulk 1833-1845] (bulk)

Creator:

Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852

Abstract:

This collection includes Isaac T. Hopper's original and photocopied letters and his letterbook. Much of the material concerns his bookselling business and the Hicksite separation. He relates news of figures central to the controversy, including Elisha Bates, Elias Hicks, and Anna Braithwaite. There are two posthumous documents: a proposed minute to restore his membership and a letter from his daughter regarding the printing plates for his biography.

Isaac T. Hopper was a Quaker reformer and abolitionist. Born in 1771, Hopper was a convinced Friend and staunch Hicksite. Active in prison reform and abolition, he was the editor of the National Anti-slavery Standard. Hopper was disowned by New York Yearly Meeting of Friends in 1842 because of an article which appeared in his publication. He died in 1851.