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Total number of records: 627
Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Wood, Joseph (1750-1821) | 110 |
| Wood, Joseph, 1750-1821 | 5 |
| Cooksey, Pamela | 5 |
| Wood, Joseph (1832-) | 3 |
| Ackworth School | 2 |
| Society of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting | 1 |
| Southey, Robert (1774-1843) | 1 |
| Tract Library Association | 1 |
| Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting | 1 |
| Tract Association of the Society of Friends | 1 |
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Archive Collection:
MS 1936
MS 1936
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 ...
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MS 1936/1
MS 1936/1
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...
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MS 1936/10
MS 1936/10
1774-1840
Copies of addresses sent to the King, 1775-1820, and to the House of Commons, 1783
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MS 1936/11
MS 1936/11
1774-1840
Includes papers produced by Friends regarding the abolition of slavery, education and religion.
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MS 1936/12
MS 1936/12
c.1800
Two accounts. One is an appraisal of the contents of a house. The second is a list of prices for foodstuffs.
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MS 1936/13
MS 1936/13
23 Mar 1760-1795
Comprises items owned by children, including one owned by Wood.
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MS 1936/14
MS 1936/14
1695-1821
Includes papers with political, religious and social themes. Also contains an account of a dream by Wood.
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MS 1936/2
MS 1936/2
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...
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MS 1936/8
MS 1936/8
c.1812
Tracts issued by various branches of bible societies, including the British and Foreign Bible Society.
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MS 1936/3
MS 1936/3
23 Mar 1661-2 Dec 1821
Includes letters about the Quaker religion in various places in America such as Pennsylvania and Kentucky and also in Ireland. Some letters discuss political and social subjects.
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MS 1936/5
MS 1936/5
8 Nov 1770-5 Nov 1813
Originals and copies of documents recording the words of Quakers shortly before they died.
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MS 1936/9
MS 1936/9
1758-early 19th century
A selection of poems copied out in various hands. They are primarily about religious subjects, but some concern family relationships. Some poems did not have titles in which case the first line is g...