Call Number:

SC.069

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Thomas Kirk Family Correspondence, 1818-1833.

Date:

1818-1833 (inclusive)

Creator:

Kirk, Thomas, 1781-1867 and Kirk, Israel, 1810-1841

Abstract:

This collection includes letters written by Thomas Kirk and his son Israel to their family in Pennsylvania as they moved first to Center Monthly Meeting in Ohio, and later to Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Ind. The letters relate to family and local news and business. Two letters refer to the growing division in the Society, as the Hicksite controversy reaches Ohio Yearly Meeting.

Thomas Kirk was a birthright Quaker. He was born in 1781, the son of Thomas and Hannah Kirk of Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Taylor and moved with her to Clinton Co., Ohio. Their eldest son was Israel, born in 1810. They later moved to Duck Creek in Indiana, where Thomas Kirk remained until his death in 1867.