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Richard Price correspondence with John Watson
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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081
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Richard Price (1794-1865) was Philadelphia merchant and served on Philadelphia City Council. An active member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, he was a supporter of Elias Hicks and many Quaker concerns. His friend John Watson (1774-1864) was a land surveyor and businessman and served as an Elder of Buckingham Monthly Meeting in Bucks County. Both closely followed and were involved in the events of the Hicksite-Orthodox Separation in the Society of Friends.
Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--2015.
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Organization
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite)
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library
Subject
- Quakers -- Social life and customs
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends
- Society of Friends -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends
- Society of Friends -- Correspondence
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite Separation
- Society of Friends -- Schisms and separations
- Publisher
- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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