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Hull family papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-255
Abstract
The collection contains papers of the George Hull family of Gasport, New York. It includes sermons by George Hull dated 1913, miscellaneous Gasport Friends Church notices, 1910-1930; acknowledgements for donations to Friends Relief Mission, 1920-1921; family prohibition concert poster and other temperance ephemera; postcards of Quaker meeting houses; and miscellaneous material.
Dates:
1910-1930
Richard Price correspondence with John Watson
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-254
Abstract
Richard Price's letters to fellow Hicksite Quaker John Watson provide a rich account of the Hicksite-Orthodox Separation with references and comments on many of the personalities involved: Elias Hicks, William Wharton, Jonathan Evans, as well as visiting Quaker ministers including George Truman, Lucretia Mott, Ann Jones, Mary and Susan Cox, and Martha Smith. Price also wrote a detailed account of the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1848. The collection contains a small number...
Dates:
1826-1867-1826-1848 (bulk)
Thomas Willis writings relating to the Separation and Quaker testimonies
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-220
Abstract
These writings, apparently a draft in answer to Evan Lewis's defense of Hicks, elucidate Willis's beliefs and his account of the Separation, including his being part of the committee that presented the complaint against Hicks which culminated in the disownment of Hicks in 1829 by the Orthodox faction. Willis defends the importance of the Bible, the divinity of Jesus, and the authority of the Church. Includes a draft of a letter to Josiah Forster (1848) in which Willis refers to the Wilburite...
Dates:
1807-1848
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- Hanna, Benjamin, 1779-1853 1
- Hartland Monthly Meeting of Friends (1955- : Gasport, N.Y.) 1
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 1
- Hull, George, 1853-1922 1
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia 1
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) 1
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955) 1
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- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 1
- Price, Richard, 1794-1865 1
- Watson, John, 1774-1864 1
- Willis, Thomas, 1770 or 1771-1864 1
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