Call Number:

SC.106

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (4 folders.))

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Thomas Redman Family Papers, 1760-1806.

Date:

1760-1806 (inclusive)

Creator:

Redman, Thomas, 1742-1823, Redman, Mercy, 1722-1778, and Redman, John E., 1786-

Abstract:

This collection includes Mercy Redman's journal of her visits to eighty-seven meetings in New York, New England, and Pennsylvania. During this time she met and travelled with John Woolman. Also included is a copy of the record kept by Thomas Redman of his imprisonment and trial for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the United States. A poem written by John E. Redman and various other family documents are also included.

Thomas Redman was born in 1742, the son of Thomas and Hanah (Gil) Redman. A New Jersey Quaker, he was imprisoned in 1776 for refusing to take an oath. His stepmother, Mercy Davis Redman (1722-1778) was a Quaker minister. John E. Redman was one of his seven children. Thomas Redman died in 1828.

Thomas Redman was born in 1742, the son of Thomas and Hanah (Gil) Redman. A New Jersey Quaker, he was imprisoned in 1776 for refusing to take an oath. His stepmother, Mercy Davis Redman (1722-1778) was a Quaker minister. John E. Redman was one of his seven children. Thomas Redman died in 1828.