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Hannah Peters Bringhurst diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-009
Overview
Diary entries largely focus on religious reflection, but also describe social calls and Quaker meetings.
Dates:
1781
Sarah Cresson diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-015
Overview
Cresson was a Quaker minister who was born in Philadelphia and later moved to Haddonfield, New Jersey. The majority of her diary entries detail visits from traveling Quaker ministers, funerals of community members, and descriptions of Quaker meetings, including testimonies given. Many entries are composed solely of prayers to God, or exclamations of Sarah’s religious conviction and her devotion to her God and the Quaker faith, while later entries tend to detail more earthly concerns,...
Dates:
1789-1829
Alice Gitchell journals
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1306
Overview
This collection contains 41 handwritten, bound journals and documents from the Women's Committee of the 1985 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting written by and belonging to Alice M. Gitchell. Journal entries cover the years 1964-2010 and include personal and religious reflections and desciptions of dreams, personal and professional day to day activities, major life events, and ongoing struggles with mental health. Documents from the 1985 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting include correspondence and drafts...
Dates:
1946-2011
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