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Jesse Kersey papers

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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.199
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: Jesse Kersey Papers, SC/199, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1824-1841 (inclusive)
Creator:
Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845
Abstract:
Includes letters, sermons, and manuscript fragments, as well as an 1824 printed epistle from London Yearly Meeting. The papers provide important insight into Kersey's faith and his thoughts on the Separation in the Society of Friends.

Jesse Kersey, Philadelphia Quaker preacher, was one of the leaders of the Hicksite faction of the Society of Friends in the Separation of 1827.

Some of the manuscript material was published in A Narrative of the Early Life, Travels and Gospel Labors of Jesse Kersey (Philadelphia, 1851)

Source of acquisition--Tolles Fund. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1999.

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