Box 11

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Joseph R. Parker (1820- ) was a Friend of Perquimans County, North Carolina. The collection consists of a typescript of a diary of a visit to eastern Ohio to attend Ohio Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1843, and a letter, 1926, from John Newby Parker, son of Joseph, to Walter C. Woodward.

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Mary Jane (Ellis) Peelle (1826-1875) was a Friend of New Hope Monthly Meeting, Howard County, Ind. The collection consists of a memorial of New Hope Monthly Meeting.

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Thomas Pole (1753-1829) was a prominent Friend of Bristol, England. The collection consists of a memorial of Bristol Monthly Meeting, 1830.

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Aaron Lancaster Benedict (1804-1867) was a Gurneyite Friend of Alum Creek Monthly Meeting in Morrow County, Ohio. The collection consists of two documents apparently transcribed ca. 1900 by his son Livius A. Benedict (1834-1908): an account of a visit by Aaron Lancaster, grandfather of A.L. Benedict, to Old Neck Meeting in North Carolina; and a poem on slavery by A.L. Benedict, 1838.

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Musical composition and notes by David Proskauer.

Scope and Contents Augustine Jones (1834-1925) was a prominent Orthodox Friend and for many years headmaster of the Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island. About 1960 his daughter, Caroline Jones Woodman, donated a number of historical artifacts, documents, and newspapers to Earlham, most of which have been cataloged separately. This collection consists of a copy of the will of Daniel Webster, a copy of a 1783 Thanksgiving Proclamation by John Hancock, and the program for a concert in Lynn,...

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Joseph Jones (1813-1889) was an elder in the Chicago Monthly Meeting of Friends. The collection consists of a memorial of Chicago Monthly Meeting.

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J. Walter Malone (1857-1935) was a leading minister of Ohio Yearly Meeting (Damascus) and the founder of the Cleveland Bible Institute, now Malone College. The collection consists of material assembled by John Oliver of Malone College, including a family history, "A Brief History of the Remarkable Malones," by Ralph H. Waterbury, and interviews with family and students. Gift of John Oliver, 1991.

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David Marshall (1821-1890) was a prominent Friend of Carthage, Rush County, Ind. The collection consists of a draft of a letter from Marshall to Oliver P. Morton, governor of Indiana, 8th Mo. 13, 1862, concerning conscientious objection by Quaker men. Also included is a copy of the letter received by Morton, now in the Indiana State Archives, and correspondence between Ruth Hoskins and Opal Thornburg, Earlham archivist, concerning the letter in 1972.

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Amy (Thompson) Moore (1788-1877) was a Friend of Lick Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange County, Ind. The collection consists of a memorial of Lick Creek Monthly Meeting, 1879.