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Collection of Quaker Poetry

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

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Call Number:
SC.098
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, Collection of Quaker Poetry, 1794-1922.
Date:
1794-1922 (inclusive)
Creator:
Bean, Joel, 1825-1914, Wharton, Joseph, 1826-1909, Robson, Thomas, 1768-1852, Robson, Elizabeth, 1771-1843, Smedley, Rebekah, 1759-1847, Clark, Amanda K., 1822?-1895, Conrow, Elizabeth Biddle, -1939, and Green, Joseph J. (Joseph Joshua), 1854-1921
Abstract:
Collection of original poetry written by and/or about Quakers, their beliefs, and their places of worship. Included are poems by Rebeca Smedley, Elizabeth Biddle Conrow, and Joseph Conrow, a biography in verse of Thomas and Elizabeth Robson by their grandson Joseph J. Green, a meditation on Spruce St. Monthly Meeting by Joseph Wharton, and an account of the 1843 Women's New York Yearly Meeting by Amanda K. Clark. Also included are poems concerning J.J. Gurney, Elias Hicks, and Robert Barclay's Apology.

Source of acquisition--Rebecca Longstreth. Method of acquisition--Gift of.

Source of acquisition--Sue Dorothy and Virginia Keeney. Method of acquisition--Gift of.

Source of acquisition--Friends Reference Library, Devonshire House, London. Method of acquisition--Gift of.

Source of acquisition--Elizabeth R. Lippincott. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1943.

Source of acquisition--Williams Baldwin. Method of acquisition--Purchased from; Date of acquisition--1938.

Source of acquisition--Pauline S. Keese. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1935.

Source of acquisition--Esther H. Cornell. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1922.

Source of acquisition--Mrs. C. Lupton Broomall. Method of acquisition--Gift of.

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