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Ref NoSF/2/1/1/29/17
Finding NumberSF/1053
TitleScrapbook of printed and manuscript items
LevelItem
Date18th - 19th cent.
DescriptionIndexed. Includes:
-a poem entitled 'On the death of Henry Bradford' (found in Mary Capper papers), 1698 - 1771
-Warwickshire Monthly Meeting testimony to Henry Bradford, minister, 1772
-'About Friends' Schools' 1762, signed Henry Bradford, regarding inspection of Friends Schools by Quarterly Meetings
-'A remonstrance against mixt marriage' from Warwickshire North Quarterly Meeting held at Ettington, 1769
-Warwickshire North Monthly Meeting minute regarding reckless trading, 11th 3rd month 1807
-certificate of intention of marriage between Elizabeth Pencutt and Richard Pittway, 1716
-a sermon by John Wilkinson, 1834
-record of an agreement recording that Abraham Heath was given £10 by the Monthly Meeting in Birmingham
-minutes of Warwickshire North Monthly Meeting in Birmingham 1712/13
-certificate of unity for 6 Friends in travel and service, 1693/94
-an account of repairs carried out at Hartshill, Atherstone and Badgley Meeting Houses, damaged by rioters 8th month, 1756
-letter from Joseph Sturge (1793 - 1859) to the Religious Society of Friends in the USA relating to the testimony against slavery, 1841, printed
-a published statement about the Sarawak Question, 1859, relating to the slaughter of Chinese settlers in Sarawak, 1857, including a letter from Joseph Sturge to the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, extracts from Chamber of Commerce reports and Sir James Brookes journal
-a public bill of an address by Joseph Sturge, ' The Russian War. To my Fellow Townsmen of the Working Classes' 1854
-a poem in memory of Joseph Sturge, 1859
-public bills against the public funeral of the Duke of Wellington by Joseph Sturge, George Barrow and William White, 1852, printed
-a draft of a statement relating to the 'funeral pageant' of Duke Wellington, author unknown, possibly Sturge, n.d. [1852]
-account from a newspaper entitled 'Sunday in Birmingham' and describing a day at a First Day Adult School, n.d.
-a testimonial to William and Hannah Lean thanking them for their services at Camphill School, a Friends' school in Birmingham, 1857. Contains an account of the presentation, attended by 23 old scholars, printed
-call for subscriptions to the testimonial to William and Hannah Lean, with the names of those already subscribing. n.d.
- a flyer/advert for 'Boys School under the care of the Quarterly Meeting of Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, printed by Hudson, 1832
-photographs of groups of Friends on excursions, at Compton Wingate, Knightsford Bridge, Cannock Chase, 1865, Beaudesert, 1882
-an abstract of the Treasurer's account, 1876
-dates of meetings for Worcestershire Quarterly Meeting, Chadwick Monthly Meeting, Evesham Monthly Meeting, n.d.
-proposed arrangements for ministers at various Birmingham meetings, General Meeting 1882
-plan of a new meeting house, school and classrooms at Coventry Preparative Meeting, n.d.
-an address to Friends entitled, 'A proposed New Meeting House at Coventry', including requests for subscriptions and gifts
-a call for contributions from those not connected with the Society of Friends but who sympathise with their objects entitled 'New premises for the work of the Society of Friends in Coventry'
-'Report of the committee appointed to consider whether any alteration is desirable in the method of raising the Monthly Meeting Funds', 1900
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FormatVolume
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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