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Mary G. Cary and John R. Cary papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-038
Overview
This collection includes letters, documents, and photographs of 18th, 19th, and early 20th century family members mostly of the Quaker Cary, Cope, Elkinton, Gilpin, Newlin, Stokes, and Waln families.
Dates:
1780-1920
"War Inconsistent with the Christian Character"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-037
Overview
Thomas Greene's manuscript, entitled "War Inconsistent with the Christian Character," discusses the "pacific sentiments" of Quakers.
Dates:
1822
Quakers Exiled in Virginia collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-153
Overview
This collection is comprised of the two folders of materials related to a group of Quakers exiled in Virigina during the American Revolutionary War, from 1777 to 1778. The collection includes originals, photocopies, and transcripts of the materials. The materials are largely composed of correspondence, but also include decisions made by Congress, financial records of the exiles, and a single photograph of the Isaac Brown house, where Quaker exiles were held in Virginia in 1777. Includes a...
Dates:
1777-1778
