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Group of over 20 envelopes and letters from a Quaker family in Harrison, NY and Illinois from the 1860s-1880s.

Content Description Items were purchased in multiple lots and reconstructed. This material was collected and bound into a scrapbook by Nathan Harper Jr., an early 19th century Mayor of Plainfield, NJ. The earlier Society of Friends material came from a collection of his father, Nathan Harper Sr., who hailed from Frankford, Pennsylvania just outside of Philadelphia. The scrapbook contained about 50% earlier Society of Friends material and 50% 19th century New Jersey material. The seller sold the items in the...

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Four page document on Elias Hicks and the Hicksite Controversy. Written on having a sermon preached by Elias Hicks on 12 mo. 12th 1822

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White Water, PA, November 7, 1874, titled "This Indenture, that the Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends by their Trustees..." to purchase land in Wayne County, PA. Signed at the conclusion by eight Friends, and bearing the original paper wrapper.

Content Description From the Collection:

9 items associated with the family of Cornelius Ratliff (1755-1828), his son Cornelius (1798-1889), and grandson Joseph C. Ratliff (1827-1909).

Content Description From the Collection:

9 items associated with the family of Cornelius Ratliff (1755-1828), his son Cornelius (1798-1889), and grandson Joseph C. Ratliff (1827-1909).

Content Description From the Collection:

9 items associated with the family of Cornelius Ratliff (1755-1828), his son Cornelius (1798-1889), and grandson Joseph C. Ratliff (1827-1909).

Content Description From the Collection:

9 items associated with the family of Cornelius Ratliff (1755-1828), his son Cornelius (1798-1889), and grandson Joseph C. Ratliff (1827-1909).

Content Description From the Collection:

9 items associated with the family of Cornelius Ratliff (1755-1828), his son Cornelius (1798-1889), and grandson Joseph C. Ratliff (1827-1909).