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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...