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Letter from Joshua Marsden to Friends of Pontefract Monthly Meeting
3 Jan 1783
Marsden writes regretting that he and his family will be leaving the Pontefract meeting.
Letter from James Morris of Hindley near Westhoughton
3 Jan 1814
Morris writes about leaving his employment at a factory and his faith.
Extracts of letters from S. M. C.
1 Jan 1813
Copied out by Anne Harford Lury of Bristol. Comprises two leaves of paper stitched together.
Letter to the Preparative Meeting in York from Thomas Brooke
Mar 1776
Brooke writes that he is going to leave the Friends as he has a skill which he wishes to exercise, of which they would not approve.
Letter from Mary Firth
1802
Firth writes that she has given her servant notice to leave, and asks whether the young woman recently mentioned by John Bottomley is still in need of a place.
Testimony of some Friends concerning Friend Davy of Keighley Meeting Deceased
Early 19th century
The testimony comprises 4 leaves of paper sewn together to make a small booklet. 'David Davy Keighley 30/4 mo 1762' is written on the front in pencil.
Large notebook 7
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1695-1798
Includes transcripts of an account of Jonathan Collier's journey to Barnstaple and the Petition of Friends imprisoned in York Castle to the King. The cover of the volume is made of a contemporary 18t...
Letter from William Walker Haigh
2 May 1809
Haigh writes about a disagreement between the Friends, John Wilson and John Oxley. Jonas Clark is dissatisfied with the way that the Quakers have resolved the dispute. As a result Clark has given Ha...
Several testimonies in a booklet
1768
The book contains testimonies on Hannah Wilson, Hannah Turner, Priscilla Cuthbert, Robert Sandham, Elizabeth Balfour, Elizabeth Widdon and Deborah Sandham (the wife of Robert). The final page is sign...
Large notebook 18
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1763-1803
Includes some writings by Joseph Milthorp, verses to the memory of Joseph Brown, 'Some account concerning a soldier of the Prince of Wales regiment', a 'Memorandum respecting scarlet fever in Ackworth...
Some expressions of Joseph Harris
2 Jul 1800
The full title of the document is 'Joseph Harris a child of eleven years old son of Joseph and Jane Harris of Cork (the former deceased) during his last illness (the measles) was many times awfully e...
On the shipwreck of Edith Lovell and Joseph Sparrow
1782
The full title is 'On the shipwreck of Edith Lovell and Joseph Sparrow who perished in their passage from Cork to Bristol addressed to her sister Ann by her friend M. S.'. Lovell was a Minister in th...