Unpublished Quaker Manuscripts

Collection — Box: 51

Identifier: SC-593

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Content Description

Description of item at sale: An absolutely beautifully preserved bound volume in 19th century half leather and titled simply, “Quakeriana” on the spine. Inside are bound two originally separate volumes entirely in manuscript with significant unpublished content.

Each volume contains both extracted verse, usually complete and from Quaker authors/esses, alongside original compositions and a good quantity of untraced compositions which could be original to the albums or taken from more obscure sources.

The volumes likely originate from either close friends or family as there is an overlap in a few of the holographs. Since the second album is identified as being that of Ann R[oberts] Matlack [later Stackhouse] and from the Brick School House, it seems likely the first was from a fellow schoolmate [accounting for the overlap in extracts, perhaps pieces read at school]. The most likely candidate seems to be Lydia Rudderow, friend of Ann who passed away in 1829 and who is eulogized by Ann in the second volume.

Fascinating material relevant to the Quakers in New Jersey, Quaker education and literature, and containing important, previously unpublished and untraced material.

Of special interest are two pieces relative to the missionary voyages of Priscilla Hunt, which appear to be first-hand and unpublished. There are also items related to the ministry and death of Elias Hicks, etc. The works as here demonstrate edited, working versions, etc.

Dates

1769-1832

Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

General

Description of copied from seller listing:

First Book - 171 pages

Written on hearing the mild doctrine of the Society of Friends preached by Priscilla Hunt [8 stanzas; Untraced]
Stanzas [6 stanzas; from The Athens Minstrel]
A Farewell to Elias Hicks, this worthy and eminent minister after spending some weeks in this city and its vicinity, is now retiring to the great comfort and peaceful serenity of his own home [9 stanzas; apparently original here by our authoress, predating its first appearance in print in The Friend; Or Advocate for Truth, Nov. 1832]
Confidence in Divine Protection [10 stanzas; by Joseph Addison]
The Creators Works Attest His Greatness [6 stanzas; by Joseph Addison]
Written on Hearing a Sermon by Elias Hicks [14 stanzas; apparently original here by our authoress, and here with various revisions to the text, all of whichfind their way into the printed edition]
To M of New Jersey under Affliction. January 9, 1829 [11 stanzas; Untraced]
Religion [11 stanzas; untraced]
There is a Land Beyond the Tomb [9 stanzas; extracted from Graham’s Illustrated Magazine, 1829, by THS]
Verse Repeated Evesham Meeting held for the Youth by Daniel Pucket [5 stanzas; In Evil Long I took Delight by John Newton]
On the Death of Joseph Flint 1797 [20 lines; Untraced]
To the Memory of Mary Samms who Departed this Life 8 mo 22nd, 1795 [14 stanzas; Untraced]
On the Decease of Martha Walmsley, Daughter of Jesse Walmsley who departed this life 6 mo 26th 1791 [7 stanzas; Untraced]
David’s Lamentation on the Death of Saul and Jonathan [11 stanzas; extracted from Refine Weeks, 1822]
*An Elegy on the Death of a very Promising Daughter who died in the State of New York 1817 aged nine years and fourteen days [10 stanzas; extracted from Refine Weeks, 1822]
Verses Composed on the evening John Mott’s Departure on a Religious Visit 8mo last 1828 [9 stanzas; Untraced]
Joseph and His Brethren [4 stanzas; extracted from John Newton]
Virtue. 1829 [4 couplets; extracted from Dodsley]
A Comparison between a Winter Orchard and the Church under Our Name [14 stanzas; extracted from John Fry]
On the Death of Samuel Kersey who died in Philadelphia with the Yellow Fever in 1796 [13 stanzas; from the Evening Fire-Side, 1806, there with no author and no subject, i.e. Kersey, identified]
On Inward Poverty and a Rambling Mind in Religious Meetings [14 stanzas; extracted from John Fry]
A Funeral Thought [4 stanzas; Isaac Watts]
To Mary Weston and Mary Piezley [16 stanzas; Philip Price]
The Wish, addressed to M.P. [13 stanzas; Untraced]
Extract [10 lines; Thomas Chalkley]
Composed on the Banks of the Delaware during the prevalence of the Yellow fever in 1802 by a Philadelphian [9 stanzas; Evening Fire-Side, 1805]
Prayer of a Dying Youth [10 stanzas; Thomas Greene of Ware]
The Wise Virgins – Matthew 25 [4 stanzas; J Waring, 1808]
On the Death of Martha Parry, Daughter of John and Rebecca Parry who departed this Life the 28th of the 2nd Mo 1790 [14 stanzas; Untraced]
On the Death of Ann Carlisle who died at Weston in 1803 [8 stanzas; John Baldwin, Friends’ Miscellany]
On the Death of Lydia Hollingsworth who was drowned in Derby Creek in Pennsylvania [3 stanzas; Untraced]
A Minute [4 stanzas; Jane Taylor, Hymns for Infant Minds]
A Memorial of John Woolman [11 stanzas; William R. Hooper, full version Untraced]
On the death of Stephen M. Day, supposed to be written in Haddonfield New Jersey by a youth in the 16th year of his age who was for some time one of the pupils of that interesting and estimable man. [6 stanzas; Untraced]
*A Sympathizing Poem from Mary Varney of Lincoln Meeting to Christopher Healy on the Decease of his wife with some advice to his children in the love of Truth [30 stanzas; Untraced]
Wanderer [11 stanzas; untraced with textual emendations]
A Vision of Job Scott Preparative to his Embarking for Europe [24 stanzas; Job Scott]
*Verses Composed by Hannah Rudderow om the Death of her Sister Lydia Rudderow who Departed this Life the 25 of August 1829 [5 stanzas; Untraced. In a different hand, signed H.R., likely an authorial holograph by Hannah Rudderow, who later married Thomas Lippincott]
Written on Reading a Periodical Paper called The Friend [5 stanzas; Untraced
Rancocas [7 stanzas, by John Woolman, dated 1830]
On the Death of Elias Hicks [5 stanzas; Untraced]
Matrimonial Chart [21 couplets; Untraced, signed A.R.M, i.e. Ann Roberts Matlack, later Stackhouse]
*Parting of Three Friends. Composed and sung by three Indians who were educated at Dartmouth College at their last interview beneath an enchanted bower wither they had frequently resorted, in the midst of which grew a youthful pine. The sentiments are in a high degree expressive of that simplicity, tenderness, and affection which characterized the natives of our country. [4 stanzas; The Olive Branch, 1827]
The Sailors Funeral [4 stanzas; The Sailor’s Magazine]
From a Celebrated Author [13 lines; from The Complete Gentleman]
Receipt for a Ladies Dress [10 lines; Extracted]
Sebastian and Zara [32 stanzas; S. Parsons, 1790]
Midst all the dear and valued ones [14 lines; with early note “Jane Foulke wrote the above, alias Eccentric Jane” A different hand, likely that of Foulke]
Friendship [24 lines; Extracted]
On Being Slighted by some who had professed lasting friendship [10 stanzas; by Charlotte Richardson]
A Lady Shot in Battle [16 stanzas; Erasmus Darwin. 1825]
The Mariner’s Dream [15 stanzas; Extracted]
Marco Bozzaris [Fitz-Greene Halleck]
The Burial of Sir John Moore who fell at the Battle of Corrunna [Charles Wolfe]
The Soldiers Dream [6 stanzas; Thomas Campbell]
The Dying Boy [14 stanzas plus lengthy background description; by Mrs. Larned of Providence]

Second Book - 151 pages
Titled on blank ffep in sepia ink, “Ann R. Matlack. Brick School House. 1st mo 28th 1826”

A vision of Job Scott Preparative to Embarking for Europe [25 stanzas; by Job Scott]
The Funeral [7 stanzas; Extracted]
Heaven [16 stanzas; Untraced]
*Verses repeated at Evesham Meeting Held for the Youth by Daniel Pucket [5 stanzas; John Newton; this non-authorial holograph compared with its identical in the first volume make it fairly clear the two volumes do not share the same author/ess]
To the Memory of Dear Asa More [4 stanzas; Untraced]
On the Death of Joseph Waln, eldest son of Nicholas waln of Philadelphia, aged 10 years 1784 [3 stanzas; Untraced]
On the Sufferings of Christby Deborah Barcroft, about 12 years of age [10 stanzas; Deborah Barcroft]
On the Death of Ann Carlisle who departed this life at Westown Boarding School 10 mo, 30th day, 1802 [8 stanzas; Untraced]
Stream of Time [5 stanzas; Extracted]
Verses Composed by Elkanah K. Dare on the melancholy death of Isaac Wheaton Esq, his eldest son, and Hannah Abigail Skellinger, Captain Edmund Dare’s son, a youth of about 13 years of age, who were drownded on board the Greenwhich Packet, which was upset by a squall of wind on the night of the 15 of December 1802 near billings-port on the Delaware [20 stanzas; Untraced]
Verses on Esther Collins and elder and Ann Edwards a minister of the religious Society of Friends who were drownded in attempting to cross the Delaware on the ice the 5th of 2 mo 1820 by Hinchman Haines [30 stanzas; Untraced; Haines was active in the area at this time]
On the Uncertainty of Time [3 stanzas; Untraced]
On the Death of Thomas Lower [5 stanzas; Untraced]
On the Death of EH [6 stanzas; Untraced]
O Woodstown! [7 stanzas; Untraced]
We have an Intercessor of Our Own [9 stanzas; Untraced]
A Funeral Thought [4 stanzas; Isaac Watts]
Stanzas written by Doctor Roscoe of Liverpool on receiving from the late Dr. Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia a piece of the celebrated Elm tree of Kensington, under which William Penn made his first treaty with the Indians. In the year 1812, when hostilities had commenced between the United States and Great Britain this tree was blown down. The gift of foe to foe alludes to the state of war between the two countries, etc., [7 stanzas; Roscoe]
On the Death of Maria Mott [3 stanzas; Untraced]
On the Death of Richard Jordan, aged 71 Years [5 stanzas; Untraced]
Verses Occasioned by an affecting instance of sudden death [12 stanzas; Extracted]
Balaam’s Attempt to Curse Israel [19 stanzas; James Montgomery]
Composed on the Banks of the Delaware during the Prevalence of the Yellow Fever in 1802 by a Philadelphian. [10 stanzas; Evening Fire-Side, 1802]
The Graves of a Household [8 stanzas; Felicia Hemans]
Tremendous Howls the Angry Blast [5 stanzas; Extracted]
The Sacrifice of Abraham [18 stanzas; Extracted]
Revelation of Robert Waker during a Friends Meeting at Brighouse on 25th of the 10th month, 1781 [a prophetic revelation regarding the coming sufferings of the Friends, etc.; we are unable to trace this account elsewhere]
The Hour of Death [10 stanzas, Felicia Hemans]
The Grave [7 stanzas; Extracted]
The Path of Prayer thyself has Trod. Lord Teach us to Pray. Verses Composed by Richard Mott on the Bank of Kennebec [7 stanzas; Untraced]
On the Death of E. L. Smith [4 stanzas; Untraced]
A Hymn [10 stanzas; Extracted]
Decalogue [7 stanzas; Untraced. A really well-crafted versification of the Ten Commandments]
On Silent Worship [12 stanzas; Bernard Barton]
Reflections Occasioned by the Death of Mary Hays who died the 9 day of the 9th mo, 1820 [24 stanzas; untraced]
Sympathetic Reflections on the Calamitous State of Philadelphia in the time of Mortality, 1793 [12 stanzas; untrace and a fascinating group of verses on the Yellow Fever epidemic]
On the Death of Samuel Fothergill, William Hunt, and John Woolman [22 stanzas; Extracted]
The Ascension of the Prophet Elijah [9 stanzas; Untraced]
A Star Appeared in the East [5 stanzas; Extracted]
On the Death of Thomas Spencer of Liverpool who was Drownded by Bathing in the Tide [Extracted]
Hymn to the Epiphany [4 stanzas; Reginald Heber]
The Fall of the Leaf [8 stanzas; Extracted, 1769]
Verses composed on the Sudden Death of Six young women and a boy who were drowned on the thirteenth of the seventh Month 1785 near Shrewsbury [24 stanzas; Untraced]
An Acrostic – SILAS LIPPINCOTT by J. R. [in a unique hand, likely by one of the Rudderow family; Untraced]
An Acrostic – MORDECAI MATLACK by A.M [almost certainly by Ann Matlack; Untraced]
Verses Composed on the Evening of John Mott’s Departure on a Religious Visit 8 month last 1828. [9 stanzas; Untraced]
On Reflection [5 stanzas; Untraced]
Thoughts on Death [6 stanzas; Untraced]
Farewell Lines addrest to an eminent Minister of the Gosple Priscilla Hunt from Indianna late on a visit of Gosple love to the city of Philadelphia [9 stanzas; Untraced; excellent on her persecution, etc.]
Time and Eternity. [7 stanzas; Extracted]
A Singular Sermon Delivered at Frankford by James Simpson, beloved Minister of the Society of Friends [1.75pp; Untraced]
Verses Composed on the Death of Lydia Rudderow who departed this life 8 mo 1829 [3 stanzas; Untraced]
The Vale of Avoca [4 Stanzas; Thomas Moore]
Sadi the Moor [6 stanzas; Extracted]
The Dying Soldier [9 stanzas; Extracted]
Lines Upon “They mount up with Wings as Eagles” [6 stanzas; Extracted]
Lines hastily written and addressed to John Jenk’s family and servants by one who shared their hospitality and kind attentions in company with Elisha Dawson, an aged Minister of the Gospel from Maryland. [9 stanzas; Untraced]
A Father to his Motherless Children [L. H. Sigourney]