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Large notebook 9
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1736-1796
Includes transcripts of various letters, 'A sorrowful account of several young persons who were drowned', a letter from the Governor of the Isle of Man to Richard Reynolds and the report of Thomas Col...
An Appeal to the Friends of Humanity
30 Aug 1817
The full title of the tract is: 'An appeal to the friends of humanity, relative to sweeping chimneys by mechanical means, instead of the unnatural and cruel custom of employing children'. Published ...
Small notebook 11
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1778
Comprises a list, made in 1778, of the books and pamphlets belonging to Joseph Wood. The works are mainly theological in subject, but also include 'Enticks Spelling Dictionary', 'The Naval Chronicle'...
At a meeting for sufferings the 27 of 3d month
27 Mar 1789
Minute of a meeting of the Society of Friends requesting that members of the Society petition members of Parliament for the abolition of the slave trade. This was ahead of a meeting of the House of C...
Instructions to the agents and others, relative to Ackworth School
Ackworth School
27 Jul 1790-28 Jul 1790
The instructions were drawn up at the general meeting.
From our yearly-meeting held in Philadelphia
Society of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
21 Jul 1737
The tract is addressed to the quarterly and monthly meetings.
Letter from Mehetabel Jenkins to the Yearly Meeting of Ministers and Elders
1787
Two copies of a letter by Jenkins written before she departed for America. The Yearly Meeting of Ministers and Elders in London asked for it to be copied and circulated to each Quarterly Meeting of ...