Quaker History - period ended 3.1.2006

Quaker History/Wood, Walter//Snow in July; the year without a summer/Auburn Citizen/Auburn/NY/USA/20-Feb-2006//... on land contracts. Quaker lawyer Judge Walter Wood of Moravia published on the front pages many of the foreclosures. He was also ...

Quaker History/Underground Railroad/Freedom flight/Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago/IL/USA/19-Feb-2006//... The young Quaker man guides us through the settlement. ... The Quaker man pleads for our freedom, offering the shopkeeper $10 in coins to release us. ...

Quaker History/Underground Railroad/Libraries abuzz with magic events/Daily News Journal/Memphis/TN/USA/20-Feb-2006//…Underground Railroad

Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center presents the young actors of Generation for Creation performing "A Lesson in History: Society of Friends: Stories about the Underground Railroad" in conjunction with the Underground Railroad exhibit by Dr. George Smith. ..

Quaker History/Suffrage/Paul, Alice/People in the News/The Gloucester County Times/Gloucester/Nj/NJ/21-Feb-2006//... has been named to the board of trustees of the Alice Paul Institute, created in 1985 to bring public awareness of the life and work of the Quaker suffragist. ...

Quaker History/Slavery/Philadelphia/Franklin, Benjamin/Ben Franklin's mixed legacy on race/Bradenton Herald/Bradenton/FL/USA/26-Feb-2006//... Some scholars think not, especially not in the Philadelphia of the late 18th century, where the combination of Quaker presence, a huge influx of runaway slaves ...

Quaker History/Slavery/Philadelphia/Franklin, Benjamin/Ben Franklin's mixed legacy on race/Centre Daily Times/State College/PA/USA/26-Feb-2006//... Some scholars think not, especially not in the Philadelphia of the late 18th century, where the combination of Quaker presence, a huge influx of runaway slaves ...

Quaker History/Slavery/Philadelphia/Franklin, Benjamin/Ben Franklin's mixed legacy on race/Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia/PA/USA/26-Feb-2006//... Some scholars think not, especially not in the Philadelphia of the late 18th century, where the combination of Quaker presence, a huge influx of runaway slaves ...

Quaker History/Sanders, Abraham and Judith/Vineyard plans take root at Newbold-White House/Virginian Pilot/Hampton Roads/VA/USA/20-Feb-2006//... Volunteers wear costumes and offer tours of the site, which tells the story of Abraham and Judith Sanders, a Quaker couple that purchased the land in 1726 and ...

Quaker History/Richmond, Indiana//Tourist destination? Many have had visions/Palladium-Item/Richmond/IN/USA/16-Feb-2006//... "It's our Quaker heritage, our architectural heritage, our manufacturing heritage, our antiques, the National Road, the Levi Coffin House. ...

Quaker History/Religious Diversity//Ireland's Forgotten Protestants/ChristianityToday.com/Chicago/IL/USA/16-Feb-2006//... In Cork my husband and I often encounter remnants of that forgotten history: a Methodist church (now a clothing store), a Quaker assembly room (now closed ...

Quaker History/Real Estate Development/Upscale Uxbridge with laid-back style/Toronto Star/Toronto/Ontario/Canada/17-Feb-2006//... Uxbridge, founded by the Quakers (also known as the Society of Friends), has many century-old buildings, a quaint main street, specialty shops, cafes and newer ...

Quaker History/Quilting/Penn, Miss/Compiled by Brandon Woolum/HNN Huntingtonnews.net/Huntington /WV/USA/28-Feb-2006//... It is in the form of a bedspread made more than two hundred years ago, by Miss Penn, a Virginia maiden, and a niece of the celebrated Quaker leader William Penn ...

Quaker History/Quaint///Nantucket's small-town charm peaks off-season/CNN/Atlanta/GA/USA/28-Feb-2006/AP/... Other galleries include studies of the influence of the Quaker religion on Nantucket, the island's original Wampanaog Indians and the whaling industry. ...

Quaker History/Quaint///Nantucket finds its small-town charm offseason/USA Today/New York/NY/USA/28-Feb-2006/AP/... Other galleries include studies of the influence of the Quaker religion on Nantucket, the island's original Wampanaog Indians and the whaling industry. ...

Quaker History/Penn, William//Gossip, cheer daily fare at Brit’s homey Gretna house/Lebanon Daily News/Lebanon/PA/USA/28-Feb-2006//... Penn was a Quaker who worked out a deal with King Charles II for land in the Colonies where he and others could practice religious freedom. ...

Quaker History/Meetinghouse//Grange caters to many needs/Auburn Citizen/Auburn/NY/USA/19-Feb-2006//... 9, 1903, by CD Livingston, deputy master of Cayuga County. They began holding meetings at the Quaker Church with 38 members until Jan. ...

Quaker History/Meetinghouse//Friends Meetinghouse nominated for National Register of Historic .../Pembroke Mariner/Pembroke/MA/USA/14-Feb-2006//... the Pembroke Historical Society was given the deed to the Friends Meetinghouse and ... Harry Litchfield by a long-time clerk of the Society of Friends, who told ...

Quaker History/Geneaology/Saratoga Meeting/Shepherd, David/Tools to track family history/Albany Times Union/Albany/NY/USA/18-Feb-2006//... Peck researched a maternal line on her husband's side back to 1686 and compiled the information in a book. Joe Peck's ancestor, David Shepherd, founded the Quaker meeting in Saratoga in 1790....

Quaker History/Galesville Heritage Museum/Chesapeake Challenge / By Kathleen Gaskell/The Chesapeake Bay Journal/Annapolis/MD/USA/28-Feb-2006//...8. This site encompasses more than 350 years of history. Its attractions include Tulip Hill; the Quaker Burying Grounds and the site of the first Friends Meeting in Maryland in 1672; and Stewards’ Shipyard. A steamboat landing links this 660-acre peninsula to other ports on the Chesapeake.. ...

Quaker History/Coloma, Indiana//News writer found strength in love stories/DetNews.com/Detroit/MI/USA/28-Feb-2006//... I also visited a lot of small towns, including Piney Woods, Miss.; North Fairfield, Ohio; Greenlawn, NY; Lawnside, NJ; and Coloma, Ind., an old Quaker town. ...

Quaker History/Business/Rowntree, Joseph/Chocolate with a soft centre/The Huddersfield Daily Examiner /Huddersfield/England/UK/23-Feb-2006//... Saltaire is a pile of patronising tat compared with Bournville. It's just a shame that there are few philanthropic Quaker employers left - if any. ...

Quaker History/Business///Winston-Salem: Why the Cigarette City Is Worth Visiting/American Heritage/Washington/DC/USA/24-Feb-2006//... The name comes from the merging of two towns—Salem, a Moravian settlement dating from 1753, and Winston, founded in 1849 by settlers of Quaker, English, and ...

Quaker History/Boone, Daniel//Write to Know/Pocono Record/Mt. Pocono/PA/USA/21-Feb-2006//... Thanks. A. Yes, the famous early American frontiersman (Daniel Boone) was born on his English Quaker family's farm near Birdsboro, in Berks County, in 1734. ...

Quaker History///Dunnagan, Rensberger Seek State Rep. Seat On Demo Ticket/Warsaw Times Union/Warsaw/IN/USA/21-Feb-2006//... Slocum was a Quaker girl known for being kidnapped by the Miami Indians in the 1700s and reunited with her family 57 years later. ...

Quaker History///How West Texas was overrun/Austin American-Statesman/Austin/TX/USA/19-Feb-2006//... The other major branch of his family pioneered the first town on the

Llano Estacado, the Quaker community of Estacado. Along the way, Erickson's forebears had dealings with some of the best-known figures in Texas history, including Texas Ranger Sul Ross, pioneer cattleman Charles Goodnight, Cynthia Ann Parker and her famous son, Comanche chief Quanah Parker, and cattleman Jim Loving. ...

Quaker History///What's in a name?/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal/Jackson/MS/USA/18-Feb-2006//... Some denominational names were initially terms of ridicule (Methodist, Quaker) but became so widely known that they were eventually adopted, and their scornful ...

Quaker History/Architecture/Quality//Built to last/Cherry Hill Courier Post/Cherry Hill/NJ/USA/24-Feb-2006//... From the home's later history, a boy's Quaker hat was found in the roof, probably left accidentally when the place was shingled. ...