Jay, Mahalah (Pearson) (1827-1916)

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The Eli and Mahalah Jay collection contains material regarding their lives and families from roughly the 1840s to the early 1900s. The major strength of the collection is its correspondence section including Jay family correspondence, Ballard correspondence, and Mahalah Jay's Missionary correspondence. The collection also includes journals, addresses, compositions, and essays that express the Jays opinions on many topics. This is a rich collection for nineteenth century Quakerism.

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Mahalah Jay to Allen Jay, 3rd Mo. 22, 1907, re: donation to Earlham College dormitory fund. Mahalah (Pearson) Jay (1826-1916) was a member of the Earlham faculty; Allen Jay (1831-1910) was her nephew.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of records of the United Society of Friends Women and its predecessor bodies, the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Union of Friends in America and the Woman’s Missionary Union of Friends in America.  They are a rich source for the missionary activities of American Quakers since the 1880s and the establishment of Quakerism in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Central America. These records were housed for many years in the vault of First Friends Meetinghouse in Richmond. ...