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Stephen Grellet travel 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.234
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: Stephen Grellet travel papers, SC/234, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1800-1813 (bulk)
Creator:
Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855
Abstract:
The collection contains travel minutes for Stephen Grellet's ministry in 1800-1805 in the northeastern U.S., a copy of Stephen Grellet's account of the religious conversion of a Swede who was called upon to preach to pirates, and the original and a manuscript copy of Grellet's religious epistle dated 24, 6mo, 1813, to New York Monthly Meeting, sent from Morlaix, France.

Stephen Grellet was a Quaker merchant, minister and social reformer. He was born in France and migrated to the U.S. in 1795. He joined the Society of Friends in 1796 and moved to New York City in 1800. Grellet traveled widely in the ministry, visiting in America, Haiti, and Europe.

S FHL note: Traveling minutes to Great Britain, Ireland, and the Continent for Stephen Grellet with endorsements and return minutes, 1807-1814, are stored in MSS 062. These documents were chosen by William Wood, Clerk of New York Yearly Meeting, in a selection of Quaker materials which he pasted in scrapbooks titled Gathered Leaves. The only document actually by Stephen Grellet is his 1813 Epistle.

Source of acquisition--New York Yearly Meeting. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1997.

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