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Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1844 [extracts]
Title:
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1844 [extracts]
Description:
Extracts from the four Philadelphia Monthly Meeting minutes regarding property for the school for Black people and their descendants.
Date:
1844-03-02 - 1844-04-25
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Jonah Thompson, 1756-04-24
Title:
Letter to Jonah Thompson, 1756-04-24
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to Jonah Thompson. Refers present unrest and the possibility of France declaring war.
Date:
1756-04-24
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Kennett Quarterly Meeting of Progressive Friends, Minutes
Title:
Kennett Quarterly Meeting of Progressive Friends, Minutes
Description:
Minutes from Kennett Quarterly Meeting, from its establishment in 1852 until it was laid down in 1861, and the printed constitution of the Longwood Religious Society. In addition, not scanned and transcribed here, the volume contains various materials relating to Longwood (Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends), 1879-1882.
Date:
1852 - 1861
Collection:
Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Letter to George Dillwyn, 1778-07-12 or 14
Title:
Letter to George Dillwyn, 1778-07-12 or 14
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to George Dillwyn, Burlington, NJ. Sends a copy of spelling book and primer by John Woolman, and asks for suggestions or amendments.
Date:
1778-07-12
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1781-03-17
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1781-03-17
Description:
Typed copy of a letter from Anthony Benezet to Robert Pleasants. Discussing education for the "poor blacks".
Date:
1781-03-17
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to George Dillwyn, 1783-07
Title:
Letter to George Dillwyn, 1783-07
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to George Dillwyn. Benezet expresses his interest in the "case and situation" of the Indians. Encloses his "Observation on Indians" along with four pamphlets relating to Indian affairs.
Date:
1783-07
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Elizabeth Neall Letter to Elizabeth H. Whittier
Title:
Elizabeth Neall Letter to Elizabeth H. Whittier
Description:
Selected papers from the Daniel Neall collection, primarily letters from Daniel Neall Jr. to John Priestly. Also includes a description of the destruction of Pennsylvania Hall, an account of the tarring & feathering of Daniel Neall Sr, and a note delivered to John Greenleaf Whittier by Daniel Neall Jr, Isaac Clothier, and Dillwyn Parrish.
Date:
1841-08-16
Collection:
Daniel Neall papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
History of Western District Colored School
Title:
History of Western District Colored School
Description:
Anonymous account of Western District Colored School beginning with its founding in 1848.
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Moses Brown, 1774-05-09
Title:
Letter to Moses Brown, 1774-05-09
Description:
Copy of a letter from Anthony Benezet to Moses Brown. Discussing Eastern States' petitions and bills to the King and Parliament in opposition to slavery and the slave trade. Benezet discusses his friend Samuel Nottingham and his wife's slaves. Also includes an account of a letter concerning the lives and future of slaves from Nathanial Gilbert of Antigua.
Date:
1774-05-09
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to John Smith, 1760-02-08
Title:
Letter to John Smith, 1760-02-08
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to John Smith of Burlington. Refers to a publishing project.
Date:
1760-02-08
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1844-08-06 [extracts]
Title:
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1844-08-06 [extracts]
Description:
Report of the Joint Committee of the four Philadelphia Monthly Meetings on the subject of the Coloured Schools.
Date:
1844-08-26
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1773-04-08
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1773-04-08
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to Robert Pleasants. Benezet addresses the Maryland Assembly's petition to increase the tax on imported slaves and notes the increased danger of a slave revolt if the slave trade continues.
Date:
1773-04-08
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Joseph Talcot, 1830-05-01
Title:
Letter to Joseph Talcot, 1830-05-01
Description:
John Davis' response to Joseph Talcot's request for information regarding the free African-Americans settling at the Wilberforce colony in Canada.
Date:
1830-05-01
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District Minute, 1844-06-19 [extracts]
Title:
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District Minute, 1844-06-19 [extracts]
Description:
Extract of a Minute from Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District Monthly Meeting concerning the the formation of a committee for the Schools for Black People and their Descendants.
Date:
1844-06-19
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1856-03-28
Title:
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1856-03-28
Description:
Letter from Elihu Burritt regarding his anti-war paper (The Citizen) and the Free Produce Association.
Date:
1856-03-28
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to John Smith, 1759-02-20
Title:
Letter to John Smith, 1759-02-20
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to John Smith of Burlington. Benezet discusses having pots made and has also sent some books concerning the slave trade.
Date:
1759-02-20
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District Minutes, 1837 [extracts]
Title:
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District Minutes, 1837 [extracts]
Description:
Essay of testimony in case of Richard Wilson in which he is accused of owning slaves and involvement in the slave trade, 1837.
Date:
1837
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to George Dillwyn, 1767-04
Title:
Letter to George Dillwyn, 1767-04
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to George Dillwyn. Benezet says he is sending some pamphlets on the Negro Trade to the society for Propagating the Gospel in England. Asks for Dillwyn for advice on the essay he has written to accompany the pamphlets.
Date:
1767-04
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Abner Woolman's Journal
Title:
Abner Woolman's Journal
Description:
Manuscript bound together made up of two smaller manuscripts loosely sewn together. Much of the document is in John Woolman's hand, and some is in his brother Abner's. The document is Abner Woolman's diary which John Woolman finished after Abner's death. It also has information about Woolman submitting work to the Committee for approval before publication in August 1772.
Date:
1770 - 1772
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Samuel Allinson, 1844-06-09
Title:
Letter to Samuel Allinson, 1844-06-09
Description:
Letter from Theodore Dwight Weld and Sarah Moore Grimke to Samul Allinson regarding a committee meeting and convention on slavery and suffrage for free African-Americans
Date:
1844-06-09
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College

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