Edward Backhouse Jr. Journal

Collection

Identifier: FMS-133

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Scope and Contents

Edward Backhouse Jr. was a recorded minister in London Yearly Meeting. This collection, consisting of a spiritual autobiography entitled "A Short Account of the Lord's Dealings with a Sinner, Saved by Him. Re-written 1878" is evidence of the impact of evangelicalism on English in the nineteenth century.

Dates

1878

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The collection is open without restriction.

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Biographical or Historical Information

Edward Backhouse Jr. was born in Darlington, England, May 8, 1808, the son of Edward and Mary Backhouse. The well-known minister Hannah Chapman Backhouse was his aunt. The family moved to Sunderland in 1819, where he spent the rest of his life. At age thirty, he underwent a powerful conversion experience and thereafter was an active Friend. He was recorded a minister in 1854. He died while on a visit to Hastings, May 22, 1879. Backhouse apparently did not finish the memoir, which ends in 1874. Beginning in 1980, one Elizabeth Wallis made a number of entries on religious subjects.

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