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Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The bulk of the collection is epistles, sorted roughly by topic. William Wood, the Clerk of New York Yearly Meeting who arranged the collection, was particularly interested in the issues of slavery, freedmen, peace testimony, and religious education. Also included are correspondence, Quaker documents, and miscellaneous papers. Correspondents include Moses Brown, William Rickman, John Pemberton.

Repository:

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

William Wood, the son of Samuel and Mary Wood, was born 5 month 6, 1797, a birthright member of New York Monthly Meeting. In 1835, he married Mary S. Underhill, daughter of Joshua and Mary Underhill. William Wood was a New York City publisher and lifelong devout Quaker. He worked in the publishing house which his father had established 1806, specializing in children's' books. Under William's leadership, the firm became known for its medical publications. He was a longtime Clerk for New York Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) and an Elder. His special concerns were the abolition of slavery, the welfare of freedmen and Indians, peace, and Quaker education. William Wood died 4 month 9, 1877.

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

This is an artificial collection compiled by William Wood, long time Clerk of New York Yearly Meeting. Circa 1872, he selected interesting documents to mount in two large scrapbooks. The title is inspired by a verse from John vi:12 - Gather up the fragments . . . that nothing be lost. The bulk of the collection is epistles, sorted roughly by topic. Wood was particularly interested in the issues of slavery, freedmen, peace testimony, and religious education. Also included are correspondence, Quaker documents, and miscellaneous papers. Correspondents include Moses Brown, William Rickman, John Pemberton.

Organized in four series:

Correspondence Quaker documents Epistles, Circulars Miscellaneous

An engraved portrait of Stephen Grellet and a political cartoon, 1848-The Birthday Banquet-1869, stored with FHL Art

New York Yearly Meeting Records

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donor: New York Yearly Meeting

Date: 1997

Most of the epistles also can be found in meeting records.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Gathered Leaves: Miscellaneous Papers from New York Yearly Meeting, MSS 062, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Processing information

Circa 1872, documents compiled by William Wood, long time Clerk of New York Yearly Meeting, were glued into large albums, roughly by topic. In some cases, he annotated the items. In 1937, John Cox, then Keeper of the Records, pasted in additional loose items and created an alphabetical index. Because the scrapbooks were badly deteriorated and the documents not easily accessed or preserved, they were dismantled after their transfer to Friends Historical Library. In some cases, documents could not be separated. They were removed as best as possible, sorted into basic categories and described. An engraved portrait of Stephen Grellet and a political cartoon of 1848 The Birthday Banquet 1869 were removed to FHL Art.

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Darby, Deborah Quakers -- New York (State). New York (State) -- History. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

Series 1. Correspondence, 1693-1871 Ann Dilworth, Neshaminy Creek, Pa., to Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Long Island, to be read at meeting 1693 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Against lightness and airyness

Moses Brown to Joseph Delaplaine 1780, 1788 2 ALsS in 1 folder 1

Regarding shipment of books and general news.

John Pemberton to Dear Friend 1784, 1793 3 ALsS in 1 folder 1

Letter of 3mo, 3 1793 addressed to Edmund Prior, addressee removed from the others.

William Rickman, London, to Dear Friend 1786 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Includes update of news in London Yearly Meeting and his taking on a school position in Kent.

John De Marcella, France, to John Eliot, London 1788 AL copy in 1 folder 1

Concerns request to include Quakers in Southern France under plan for religious toleration.

Norris Jones to the Justices of the County of Pasquotank 1788 AL copy in 1 folder 1

Protesting sale of free Negroes back into slavery.

John Dawson Coates, banker in Philadelphia, to Edmund Prior 1790 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

1 ALS, Shipment of Gough's History

Daniel Offley to Edmund Prior 1790 1 ALS in 1 folder 1 James Pemberton of Philadelphia to Edmund Prior 1790-1793 9 ALsS in 1 folder 1 David Sands to Edmund Prior 1790-1795 6 ALsS in 1 folder 1

Mentions religious visits, mail opened.

Moses Brown to Edmund Prior 1790-1801 4 ALsS in 1 folder 1

Mentions Collins Bible.

Thomas Wagonstaff to Edmund Prior 1791 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Re: Gough History.

R[ebecca?] Jones, Philadelphia, to E[dmond?] Prior 1791 1 ALS in 1 folder 1 Louis Majolieux, Congenie, to John Eliot of London 1791 1 folder 1

Translation of extracts of a letter.

Robert Benson, Liverpool, to Edmund Prior 1793 2 ALsS in 1 folder 1

Mentions religious visits of Deborah Darby and Rebeccah Young, Mary Dudley and S. Shacklton, etc.

Samuel Parsons to Matthew Franklin 1804 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Discussing Quaker ministers, travels.

Richard Mott to Matthew Franklin, Merchant, NYC 1805-1809 5 ALsS in 1 folder 1 John Bailey, Hanover, to Dear Friends 1806 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Religious message on the return from his visit.

John Moore, Cheltenham, England, to Matthew Franklin 1809 1 ALS in 1 folder

Richard Mott's visit, glued together with Moses Brown letters,

E. Kimber to My Dear Friend 1813 1 ALS in 1 folder 1 Matthew Franklin to Samuel Paxson, New York 1812 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Concerning Franklin's ministry in New England.

Micajah Collins to Samuel Wood [1817] 1 ALS in 1 folder 1 Elias Hicks to Phebe Willis 1818 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Discusses his reservations about the Scriptures. Worries that those who put Scripture above all else will cause a division in the Society.

Samuel Leggett to David B. Slack 1821 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Author of Celestial Magnet.

Thomas Eddy to a Friend in Philadelphia 1822 1 AL copy in 1 folder 1

Describing the state of the Society in New York State, influence of Elias Hicks.

William Rickman to Samuel Wood 1823, 1832 2 ALsS in 1 folder 1 Thomas Shillitoe to Samuel Wood 1827, 1835 2 ALsS in 1 folder 1

Religious travels.

To Thomas McElrath, William White and others 1839 1 AD in 1 folder 1

Correspondence concerning property.

Samuel F. Mott to ? Gurney 1843 1 folder 1

Discusses his hesitation to affiliate with the abolitionists.

William Evans to Joseph Edgerton 1844 AL copy in 1 folder 1

Concerning problems in New England Yearly Meeting.

David Thomas to William F. Mott 1847 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Concerning revision of his enclosed draft on the separation in Scipio Quarterly Meeting.

Henry Hallock to New York Monthly Meeting 1852 1 AL copy in 1 folder 1

Asked to be read at New York Monthly Meeting, with religious exhortations.

Thomas Willis to Samuel Bettle and William Evans 1853 1 folder 1

In response to a recent epistle.

Richard Carpenter, Scarsdale, to William Wood 1856 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Mentions tensions between them

Friends belonging to New York Yearly Meeting to Friends in Philadelphia 1857 AL copy in 1 folder 1

Urging their resumption of communications between yearly meetings.

William Wood to Thomas Evans 1857- 1865 3 ALsS copies in 1 folder 1

Also includes 1 ALS reply from Thomas Evans, 1858.

Henry Russell, Dublin, to William Wood 1 ALS in 1860 1 folder 1

Mentions attempt to raise funds for boarding school in N.C. and written on a printed notice of a visit from an unwelcome visit from some Philadelphia Hicksite, Rachel Wilson Moore and her husband.

Nathaniel Crenshaw, Montpelier, Hanover, to William Wood 1860 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Concerning his effort to find old records of Virginia Yearly Meeting. Describes some of the early meetings in Virginia

Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, London, to his brother, John Hodgkin 1861 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Suggesting Friends in NYC work to stop the War and copy of an ALS to John Ross, urging Indians not to participate in War effort.

Thomas Evans to William Wood 1861, 1864 2 ALsS in 1 folder 1 William Wood to and from John Stanton Gould 1865 2 ALsS in 1 folder 1

Samuel Bewley, Dublin, to William Wood 1871 1 ALS in 1 folder 1

Concerning funds raised for Freedmen and forwarding certificate for Thomas Grubb and wife.

Letter To the Editor of the - n.d. 1 folder 1

Draft, signed The Vindicator, objecting to an article based on Samuel H. Cox's Quakerism not Christianity : or, Reasons for renouncing the doctrine of Friends

Series 2: Subscriptions, Memorials, and Travelling Minutes, 1791-1868 Subscription list, New York Preparative Meeting, school fund 1792 1 folder 2 Document concerning Quaker exemption from military service in some states 1793 1 folder 2 Subscription list for relief during Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic 1793 1 folder 2

Glued on reverse is printed epistle by Charles Osborn to Springfield Monthly Meeting, Indiana, 1832.

Traveling minutes to Great Britain, Ireland, etc., for David Sands 1794 1 folder 2 Endorsement and memorial from New York Yearly Meeting 1801 1 folder 2

Concerning Sarah Stevenson of London who died during her ministry in the U.S.

Traveling minute to Great Britain and Ireland for Henry Hull, with endorsements, return minute 1810 1 folder 2 Traveling minutes to Great Britain, Ireland, and the Continent for Stephen Grellet, with endorsements, return minutes 1807-1814 1 folder 2 Travel minute to Great Britain and Ireland, Endorsements, return minute from Great Britain, Ireland, Congenies and St. Gilles for Elizabeth Coggeshall 1813-1815 1 folder 2 Traveling minute to the West Indies for Stephen Grellet 1816 1 folder 2 Traveling minute to Europe for Hannah Field 1816 1 folder 2 Specifications and agreement concerning school house on Elizabeth Street 1816 1 folder 2 Subscription to aid Friends in N.C. Yearly Meeting to aid in removing negroes to free governments 1834 1 folder 2 Memorial minute for Mary Watson, Waterford Monthly meeting 1835 1 folder 2 Notice from London Yearly Meeting 1860, 1868 1 folder 2

Notice that Rachel Wilson Moore is not a member of the Society of Friends (Orthodox) and ALS to Philadelphia and New York Yearly Meetings informing that Matilda Rickman, Grant Sargent, and Louisa Gilkes were not traveling in approved ministry

Traveling minutes to Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe for Rebecca Collins 1865-1867 1 folder 2

Endorsements and return minutes.

Series 3: Epistles, Circulars, and Extracts, 1694-1871 Morning Meeting, London, to John Browne [Bowne], Flushing 1694 1 folder 2 London Yearly Meeting to The Friends and Brethren of the Meeting of Ministering Friends in Pensilvania (sic) or other Meetings who it may concern in America 1699 1 folder 2 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to subordinate meetings (printed) 1701 1 folder 2 London Yearly Meeting to New York Yearly Meeting (ms) 1701, 1702 1 folder 2 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Women Friends to Rhode Island Yearly Meeting, Women Friends 1708-ca. 1750 1 folder 2 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Women Friends to Rhode Island Yearly Meeting, Women Friends 1752-ca. 1775 1 folder 2 Rhode Island Yearly Meeting, Women Friends, to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Women Friends 1733-1756 1 folder 2 Rhode Island Yearly Meeting Women Friends to subordinate meetings 1769, 1771 1 folder 2

With a note from Amy Thurston to Mary Pemberton and enclosure of an earlier epistle (1769).

London Yearly Meeting to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1772, 1780 1 folder 2 London Yearly Meeting to Friends and Brethren in America (printed) 1775 1 folder 2 New York Yearly Meeting for Sufferings to subordinate meetings and extracts 1778, 1782 1 folder 2 Extracts, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Meeting for Sufferings 1778 1 folder 2

Concerning suffering consequent of War.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to New York Yearly Meeting 1782, 1785, 1788 1 folder 2 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to Congress 1783 1 folder 2

Expressing concern about slavery.

Extracts from the minutes expressing concern over slavery 1786 1 folder 2 London Yearly Meeting to New York Yearly Meeting, etc. 1788-1818 1 folder 2 Rhode Island Yearly Meeting to New York Yearly Meeting 1798, 1799 1 folder 2 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to Quarterly meeting n.d. 1 folder 2

Concerning marriage of cousins.

New York Yearly Meeting to subordinate meetings, extracts of epistles from other yearly meetings 1808-1871 1 folder 2

Concerning the scriptures, education, minutes of advice, etc.

New York Yearly Meeting epistles, replies concerning the Separation 1828-1830 1 folder 2 New York Yearly Meeting of Ministers and Elders and Minutes of Advice 1830, 1831 1 folder 2 London Yearly Meeting, epistle of counsel to subordinate meetings (1836) and Epistle to Queen on the occasion of her marriage 1836, 1840 1 folder 2 Farmington Quarterly Meeting to its subordinate meetings concerning slavery 1842 1 folder 2 Epistle from Indiana Yearly Meeting for Sufferings 1843 1 folder 2

Concerning anti-slavery secession.

Memorial to Congress from New York Yearly Meeting 1844 1 folder 2

Against admitting Texas to the Union as a slave state.

Circular concerning establishment of terms at Nine Partners School and note of appropriate dress 1844 1 folder 2 Epistles concerning Wilburite Separation in New England 1845-1846 1 folder 2 London Yearly Meeting to New York Yearly Meeting concerning annexation of Oregon, etc. 1846-1847 1 folder 3 Epistles and related papers concerning the famine in Ireland 1846-1847 1 folder 3 Memorials to the U.S. Congress concerning war with Mexico 1846-47, 1846, 1854, 1861 1 folder 3

Pasted on reverse: printed 1846 Memorial to the N.Y. Legislature on rights of conscience and 1861 minute concerning the distress in Kansas due to the drought. 1854 Memorial concerning slavery.

New York Yearly Meeting concerning distribution of Bibles to all members 1847 1 folder 3 From London Yearly Meeting, A Plea in Behalf of Liberty of Conscience, and other epistles, many concerning slavery 1847-1868 1 folder 3 Baltimore Conference of the yearly meetings 1849 1 folder 3 Epistles concerning divisions in Ohio Yearly Meeting 1854 1 folder 3 Circular announcing The Association of Friends for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge 1858 1 folder 3 An Address from New York Yearly Meeting held at Poplar Ridge 1859 1 folder 3 From London Yearly Meeting 1861-1863 1 folder 3

Concerning the American Civil War, distress in cotton mills in Lancashire.

Memorials from Philadelphia, Western, Indiana, and New York Yearly Meetings to Congress 1862-1864 1 folder 3

Regarding the War and conscription.

Memorials concerning sufferings of Friends drafted during the Civil War, sufferings of Friends in North Carolina, and the declaration of non-combatant status by Congress in 1864 1863-1865 1 folder 3

Includes New York Yearly Meeting Advice to Friends who are conscripted, 1863.

Epistles from New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Colored Refugees to subordinate meetings and Memorial to Congress on behalf of Freedmen from the yearly meetings, circulars, etc. 1863-1870 1 folder 3 Announcement of the Conference at Baltimore encouraging the principles of peace 1866 1 folder 3 Announcements of a fundraising effort for war relief in France, coordinated by London Friends ca. 1871 1 folder 3 Proceedings of the first General Meeting held in New York Yearly Meeting 1871 1 folder 3 Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1779-1871 Samuel Fothergill's dream 1779 1 folder 3

Copied for Almy Thurston; glued on reverse are copied poems.

A Return of the Company of Loyalist called Quakers, who embark for the River St. John in Nova Scotia ca. 1780s 1 folder 3

Includes families from N.J., Pa.

Clipping from Philadelphia Independent Gazette 1783 1 folder 3

London Yearly Meeting's petition for the suppression of the slave trade.

Report of sermon of Richard Jordan 1797 1 folder 3

Ms copy from a Baltimore newspaper.

Testimony of Dennis Getchel of New England before his death 1791 1 folder 3

Also copy of a letter from B. Franklin to B. Fox, 1753.

Map (first sketch) of the meetings of New York Yearly Meeting, with schedule of yearly, quarterly, and monthly meetings, drawn by Shadrack Ricketson ca. 1820 1 folder 3

On reverse are listed the constituent meetings of the quarterly meetings.

Agreement, specifications for Elizabeth Street School 1826 1 folder 3 Account of the Separation from Dr. C. C. Blatchly, a Hicksite, and other reports 1829-1834 1 folder 3 Account of the Proceedings of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting concerning New England Yearly Meeting separation 1847 1 folder 3 Hicksite Separation by Thomas Willis 1856 1 folder 3

Prepared for the Committee for Sufferings and a copy kept with the Meeting, duplicate copy in Minutes.

The Incompatibility of Missionary Societies with Quakerism, to the Friends of White-water Monthly Meeting 1860 1 folder 3 Meditations on Faith by Josiah Forster 1864 1 folder 3 A Brief Narrative of the Rise and Progress of Hicksism within the limits of Westbury Quarterly Meeting by Samuel Mott 1868 1 folder 3

Certified as a faithful account by William Wood.

Clippings on slavery in Puerto Rico, Brazil. etc. 1871 1 folder 3 Accounts of the Separation and Hicks's statements 1 folder 3 A Treatise Concerning the Discipline of the People Called Quakers n.d. 1 folder 3 Meetings in Grant Co., Indiana n.d. 1 folder 3 Announcing Union Boarding School for girls who are not members but attend meeting n.d. 1 folder 3

To be held at the home of James Mott Mamaroneck, Ann Shipley and Lydia P. Mott.

Architectural plan, King and Kellum, Architects n.d. 1 folder 3 Printout of John Cox's alphabetical index, title pages of Wood's scrapbooks 1 folder 3