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Letters from various correspondents to Joseph Wood
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1759-1821
Comprises the correspondence Wood received from his many acquaintances. Most of the correspondents are Friends in Yorkshire, but some write from abroad, particularly America. They write primarily ab...
Letter from Joseph Adamson of Huddersfield
23 Mar 1812
Adamson asks if Joseph Wood knows of a suitable servant for a friend's family.
Letter from William Baiston
Early 19th century
Baiston writes about cloth that Wood has sent. The letter is 'to be left at Joshua Marsden's Birdsedge'.
Letter from William Golding of March
31 May 1812
Golding writes about a young man, called J. Linford, a Friend who has been unwell and is under the care of Dr. Willis.
Letters from Samuel Greenwood of Longfield
17 Apr 1802
Comprises a letter, list and hand drawn map. Greenwood writes about a journey which James Howarth took, it appears, with Greenwood. The map shows the distances between the meetings they attended. T...
Letter from Jane Grimshaw of Sunderland
Sep 1810
Grimshaw writes that she likes the location of her new shop and hopes it will be better for her husband, William's, health. She says that they have read about the recent fire at Penistone in the Newc...
Letter from John Grimshaw junior of Holbeck, Leeds
28 Aug 1788
Grimshaw writes that he is thinking of proposing to Ann Beamount. He asks Wood to inform her parents.
Letter from Edmund Gurney of Sheffield
15 Aug 1785
Gurney writes about a letter, written in French, to the Tremblers in France.
Letter from Samuel Haigh at Portsmouth
31 Jan 1814
Haigh has stolen some oats. He writes to Wood asking if he will petition for his pardon.
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...
Letter from Robert Hale of Burlington
28 Nov 1820
Hale writes of religious matters and the visit of John Thistlethwayte and Joshua Hay to his house.
Letter from John Hall senior of Whitfield
24 May 1781
Hall invites Wood to the General Meeting at Whitfield on 24 June.