Society of Friends records

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Summary Information

Administrative Information

Controlled Access Headings

Summary Information

Repository

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Creator

Society of Friends.

Title

Society of Friends records

ID

SC054

Date [inclusive]

1782-1835

Extent

5.0 items ; 1 folder (5 items)

Author

Finding aid prepared by Lindsey Schwartz.

Sponsor

Care of this collection was supported in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and by the Young Friends of HSP.

Language

English

Text [Folder]

1

Abstract

These are documents relating to African Americans, as follows: a manumission signed by Sarah Pierpoint, Frederick County, Maryland, June 29, 1782 [missing]; an expense account of Friends who attended the Maryland Legislature with a "memorial relative to People of Colour," February 21, 1817; the last will and testament of Sifney Jones, wife of a slave, December 2, 1820; a letter from Joseph Bringhurst of Wilmington, Delaware, October 8, 1831, requesting help in sending goods to Solomon Bayley, a Black man who lived in an African colony; and a list of thirty emigrants sailing from Baltimore to Monrovia, Liberia, giving the age of each and noting that four died during the journey dated August 20, 1835.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2020.

Access restrictions

None. The collection is open for research.

Provenance

Purchased, 1973.

Accession number M73-09.

Processing note

When this collection was processed in 2020, the manumission signed by Sarah Pierpoint was discovered missing, and it is currently on search. Once it has been located, it will be returned to the collection, and this finding aid will be updated.

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Controlled Access Headings

Subject(s)

• Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies.
• Slavery--United States--18th century.
• Society of Friends--History.

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