Call Number:

SC.114

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (5 folders.))

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, David Seaman Correspondence, 1808-1843.

Date:

1808-1843 (inclusive)

Creator:

Seaman, David, 1791-1844, Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849, Mott, Samuel, b. 1766, Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835, and Comly, John, 1773-1850

Abstract:

This collection includes the correspondence of David Seaman, primarily relating to the Hicksite controversy. Correspondents include Edward Hicks, Samuel Mott, Halliday Jackson, and John Comly.

David Seaman was a birthright Quaker. The son of William and Mary Seaman of Jericho Monthly Meeting of Friends in New York, he was born in 1770. He married Sarah Kirby in 1791. A Hicksite, he was a friend and follower of Elias Hicks throughout the controversy. David Seaman died in 1844.