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"Education and Some Educators Among Early Friends", Undated.

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0.05 linear ft. (1 volume)

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The typed speech of Samuel Austin, entitled "Education and Some Educators Among Early Friends," focuses on the history of "Pagan Education" and the transition to "Christian Education." It also highlights early Quaker education and educators.

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"Clarke's Dialogue", Undated.

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0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)

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Shortened to "Clarke's Dialogue," the sermon's full title is: "A Dialogue Between a Real Christian and Seeker of Christ by an Europian Educated & Brought up in the Establish'd Church of England" written by "a schoolmaster near Burlington named Clarke."

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"A Short Narrative of the Life of Jane Hoskins", Undated.

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0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)

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The single volume autobiography of Jane Hoskins, entitled "A Short Narrative of the Life of Jane Hoskins," details her early life, an account of her convincement (conversion to Quakerism), her passage to Pennsylvania as an indentured servant, and her Quaker beliefs and religious reflection.

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"Det Norske kvekersamfunns Historie i forste Halvdel av det 19de Hundrearet", Undated.

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0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)

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This collection is comprised of the single volume "Det Norske kvekersamfunns Historie i forste Halvdel av det 19de Hundrearet," which translates from Norwegian to "The Norwegian Quaker History in the First Half of the 19th Century."

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"A Brief Account of Thomas Kite", Undated.

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0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)

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The biographical account of Thomas Kite describes Kite's early life, his convincement (conversion to Quakerism), and his testimonies against Elias Hicks during the Hicksite-Orthodox separation.

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"Nantucket Quakerism", Undated.

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0.16 linear ft. (1 volume)

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"Nantucket Quakerism," written by Robert Leach, describes Quakerism in Nantucket from 1698 to 1763, and theorizes that the failure to solve the problem of common land ownership lead to the collapse of Nantucket.

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"Among the Red Indians", Undated.

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0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)

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Henry Stanley Newman's "Among the Red Indians" provides a narrative of Newman's travels among Native Americans west of the Mississippi River in 1889. The manuscript was prepared for Mary S. Kimber when she was proposing to write a book on the work that American Friends did with indigenous peoples, which was published in 1917 and entitled "Friends and the Indians." Newman's manuscript was never published. The manuscript describes the various settlements that Newman and his wife visited on their travels, the nations they interacted ith, including the Muscogee, and the landscape.

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"Growing Up Quaker", Undated.

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0.06 linear ft. (2 folders)

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Katherine Paxson's family history/memoir, entitled "Growing Up Quaker," includes vignettes describing various events in Paxson's life, which she recorded to pass on to her family members. Includes biographical entries for her grandfathers, Isaac H. Thompson and Thomas E. Anderson; her grandmothers, Anne W. Hutton Thompson and Nancy Almina Anderson; her father, I. Walter Thompson; and her sister, Ruth Thompson Davidson. Vignettes describe Paxson's "Early Years," "Summer Days," "Twelfth Street Friends Meeting," her mother's influence in her life, "Visiting Grandpa and Grandma in N.C.," "Ecumenical Outreach," and "Westtown School."

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James Pemberton biography, Undated.

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0.02 linear ft. (1 volume)

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The biography of James Pemberton includes descriptions of the Pemberton family, their history and genealogical roots, and the early life of James Pemberton, as well as his adult life. The biography includes quoted sections from Quaker meeting minutes.

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"Some Account of Joshua Sharpless", Undated.

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0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)

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The biographical manuscript of Joshua Sharpless describes Sharpless's early life, the influence of Quakerism in his life, his travels as a missionary to Indigenous nations in 1798, and a biographical description of his first wife, Edith Yarnall Sharpless.

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