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Joseph Wood Archive
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821); Ashbridge, Elizabeth (1713-1755)
23 Mar 1661-1840
The collection includes 100 notebooks written by Wood from 1767-1821. There are 63 large notebooks and 37 small ones. In his notebooks Wood recorded his ministry and copied his letters. A prolific ...
Notebooks
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1661-1821
The notebooks contain Joseph Wood’s account of his life, his Quaker faith and his work as a Minister of the Gospel. Wood wrote every morning when at home. If travelling he made time to write in...
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...
Large notebooks
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1661-1821
These notebooks have primarily been used to record copies of letters which Joseph Wood sent to various correspondents and his memoranda of Quaker meetings. Most of the contents are Wood's own composi...
Small notebooks
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1748-1821
Wood recorded his journeys to Friends meetings in the small notebooks. He wrote copiously about the people he met, places he stayed and his travels. Most of the notebooks have white numbers printed...
Large notebook 1
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1746-1777
Includes transcripts of an abstract of a letter to a Friend, entries relating to the Piesly family and Friends in Manchester, Nottingham, Derby, Durham, Lancashire and Cheshire.
Large notebook 2
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1762-1777
Includes transcripts of letters to the Monthly Meetings at Marsden and Rochdale in Lancashire.
Large notebook 2B
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1700-1781
Includes transcripts of various epistles written by friends, Isaac Childs' Vision, a prayer by Prince Eugene of Savory, a poem by Joseph Rule and verses in praise of him, a sermon by Samuel Fothergill...
Large notebook 3
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1748-1783
Includes transcripts of various letters and other writings including an account of Claude Gay's journey to Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and part of France, a caution to Friends by Hannah Earnshaw ...
Large notebook 4
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1764-1790
Contains mainly transcripts of the testimonies of Friends.
Large notebook 6
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1791-1794
Includes a transcript of a Petition from the Quakers in France to the National Assembly, transcripts of letters to Charles Smith from Joseph Wood and a letter from John Dickinson of Sheffield to 'the ...
Large notebook 7
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1695-1798
Includes transcripts of an account of Jonathan Collier's journey to Barnstaple and the Petition of Friends imprisoned in York Castle to the King. The cover of the volume is made of a contemporary 18t...
Large notebook 8
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1795
Comprises transcripts of letters written by Joseph Wood to various correspondents and a letter from the Yearly Meeting in London to the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings.
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...
Large notebook 10
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1796-1797
Comprises primarily transcripts of letters written by Joseph Wood to correspondents including John Fearnley and William Gouldthorp. The cover of the volume is made of a contemporary 18th century deco...
Large notebook 11
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1741-1798
Includes transcripts of letters and testimonies of Friends, a poem by Joseph Brown and John Pemberton's concern to visit the Highlands and Isles of Scotland, with a letter from him to Martha Routh aft...
Large notebook 12
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1797-1798
Comprises transcripts of letters from Joseph Wood to various correspondents including three to Martha Dickinson. The cover of the volume is made of a contemporary 18th century decorative paper with a...
Large notebook 13
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1749-1800
Includes transcripts of letters and testimonies of Friends, 'Reflections in prose and verse and a Farewell salutation to his wife' by Job Scott, transcriptions of the Quakers' Petition for the aboliti...
Large notebook 14
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1799-1801
Comprises transcripts of letters written by Joseph Wood to various correspondents including Martha Dickinson and, Joseph and Susanna Lister. The cover of the volume is made of a contemporary 18th cen...
Large notebook 15
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1801-1802
Comprises letters from Joseph Wood to various correspondents including Hezekiah Smith, Hannah and Charles Stead, and William and Martha Dickinson. The cover of the volume is made of a contemporary de...
Large notebook 16
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1661-1802
Includes a transcript by Joseph Wood of 'A case of marriage among the Quakers tried and proved legal' from 1661, a testimony and memorandum relating to William Earnshaw, and copies of letters from Jos...
Large notebook 17A
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1802
Comprises letters from Joseph Wood to various correspondents including Thomas Dixon Walton, Jonathan and Isabella Bashforth and to the newly convinced friends in Barnsley. The cover of the volume is ...
Large notebook 18
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1763-1803
Includes some writings by Joseph Milthorp, verses to the memory of Joseph Brown, 'Some account concerning a soldier of the Prince of Wales regiment', a 'Memorandum respecting scarlet fever in Ackworth...
Large notebook 19
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1802-1803
Includes letters written by Joseph Wood to various correspondents including William Midgeley and William Taylor and to the newly convinced Friends in Rochdale, Lancashire. The cover of the volume is ...