Call Number:

SC.153

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, Rachel Hunt correspondence, 1793-1840.

Date:

1793-1840 (inclusive)

Creator:

Hunt, Rachel, 1760-1845, Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849, Scattergood, Thomas, 1748-1814, Gibbons, John, approximately 1736-, Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845, and Lippincott, Mary S., 1801-1888

Abstract:

This collection includes letters received by Rachel Hunt and her husband, John. Among these are letters from other Quaker ministers on the topic of Quaker spirituality. A letter from Rachel Hunt's brother, John Gibbons, discusses the issue of self will in religion. Other correspondents include Thomas Scattergood, Mary S. Lippincott, Edward Hicks, and Jesse Kersey.

Rachel Hunt was a birthright Quaker, a poet, and a prominent minister of Darby Monthly Meeting of Friends in Pennsylvania. The daughter of Joseph and Hannah Gibbons, she was born in 1760. She married John Hunt in 1777 and died in 1845.