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Stephen Grellet (1773-1855) was an eminent Friends minister, born in France but living most of his life in the Philadelphia area. The collection consists of a transcript of the prayers and sermons at a meeting at Devonshire House Meetinghouse in London in 1814. Origin uncertain.

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Joseph John Gurney (1788-1847) was an eminent Quaker minister, banker, and philanthropist of Earlham Hall near Norwich, England. The collection consists of four letters, 1826, 1831, 1844, and 1846 by Gurney, a fragment, and a transcript of letters by Gurney and Nathan Hunt (1758-1853) of Guilford County, North Carolina, concerning Quaker views of the Resurrection.

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Manuscript genealogy of the descendants of John Hanson (1820-1906) and wife Sarah Hutchins (1821-1894). Transferred from Indiana Historical Society, 1988.

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John Frederick Hanson (1841-1918) was a native of Norway who emigrated to the US in 1856. He became a Friend in Iowa. Later, he became a well-known minister and revivalist in Iowa and Oregon, where he died. This collection consists of an autobiography and biographical material compiled by family members. Photocopies provided by Arthur O. Roberts. A larger collection of Hanson papers is available on microfilm.

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Elias Hicks (1748-1830) was a Quaker minister from Long Island at the center of the separation of 1827-1828. This collection consists of photocopies of materials collected by Gilbert S. Cope (1840-1928), including a copy of the testimony of disownment against Hicks by Westbury and Jericho Monthly Meeting, and a typescript entitled, "An Attempt to Defend the Position of Elias Hicks."

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Mary N. (Cope) Hole (1819-1842), daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Dixon) Cope and wife of Ethan Allen Hole, was an Orthodox Friend of Middleton, Columbiana County, Ohio. The collection consists of a memorial of Middleton Monthly Meeting.

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S. Smith Holloway (1810-1890) was a Gurneyite Friend and physician who lived in Belmont County, Ohio, and Wabash and Henry Counties in Indiana. The collection consists of typescripts of diaries of trips in 1832 and 1840 from Belmont County through Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.

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.