Thomas And Charity Rotch

Author : Barbara K. Wittman
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781443884860

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Thomas and Charity Rotch by Barbara K. Wittman Pdf

This first full length study of Quakers Charity and Thomas Rotch, early New England settlers to northeast Ohio (1811–1824) explores their role in the transformation of the frontier environment from wilderness to a prosperous market town. The book utilizes a wide selection of archival sources to provide insights into early community building in Ohio. The letters of Charity Rotch suggest that Quaker women forged particular sorts of relationships that encouraged their interconnections and interdependence. Women also recognized the significance of gender in their lives as they defined themselves collectively as women. The vocabulary and the cultural grammar that women used to reinforce kinship ties were crucial to building and maintain their faith communities over extended geographic distances. This book will be of interest to scholars of early Ohio economic history and development, Quaker history and settlement in Ohio, gender, and the household in 19th century American history.

Author : Beth Luey
Publisher : UMass + ORM
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781613766675

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At Home by Beth Luey Pdf

With its abundant history of prominent families, Massachusetts boasts some of the most historically rich residences in the country. In the eastern half of the Commonwealth, these include Presidents John and John Quincy Adams's home in Quincy, Bronson and Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House in Concord, the Charles Bulfinch—designed Harrison Gray Otis House in Boston, and Edward Gorey's Elephant House in Yarmouth Port. In At Home: Historic Houses of Eastern Massachusetts, Beth Luey uses architectural and genealogical texts, wills, correspondences, and diaries to craft delightful narratives of these notable abodes and the people who variously built, acquired, or renovated them. Filled with vivid details and fresh perspectives that will surprise even the most knowledgeable aficionados, each chapter is short enough to serve as an introduction for a visit to its house. All the homes are open to the public.

Author : Mandy Altimus Pond
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439661918

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Early Massillon and Lost Kendal by Mandy Altimus Pond Pdf

Before Massillon, there was Kendal, Ohio. The story of these communities is a tapestry of local, national, and international history. Referencing new archival discoveries in the Massillon Museum, Spring Hill Historic Home, and Massillon Public Library collections, this book tells stories of early Kendal and Massillon, shedding light on the Ohio frontier and its pioneers from 1812 to 1860. Kendal was founded in 1812 by Thomas and Charity Rotch, prominent Quakers from powerful New England whaling families. Kendal became an Owenite utopian socialistic community between 1826 and 1829, visited by Robert Owen himself. In 1826, James Duncan founded Massillon, bordering the Tuscarawas River, the boundary between the United States and Indian Territory. Massillon attracted inventors such as photographic pioneer Abel Fletcher, who invented the paper negative in his South Erie Street studio. Both Kendal and Massillon were hubs for Underground Railroad activities.

Author : Janice VanHorne-Lane
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614232124

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Safe Houses and the Underground Railroad in East Central Ohio by Janice VanHorne-Lane Pdf

For slaves fleeing captivity, the Underground Railroad was the most viable means of escape, and with over three thousand miles of clandestine routes and secret trails, Ohio had the country's most extensive network of safe houses. A great number of these passageways were concentrated throughout the state's east central region, particularly the inland channels of Coshocton, Holmes and Guernsey Counties and the now-famous canal route, a major conduit winding through Tuscarawas and Stark Counties. Similarly, runaways sought refuge in the hills and valleys of Harrison County, as well as in the Quaker stronghold of Columbiana County. Using the letters of Wilbur H. Seibert, along with contemporary photographs of area safe houses, Janice VanHorne-Lane provides an intimate account of east central Ohio's profound contributions to the Underground Railroad and its mission, freedom for all.

Author : Sarah Crabtree
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226255934

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Holy Nation by Sarah Crabtree Pdf

How Early American Quakers transcended the idea of the nation-state during the turbulent Age of Revolution: “Provocative . . . important . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice Early American Quakers have long been perceived as retiring separatists, but in Holy Nation Sarah Crabtree transforms our historical understanding of the sect by drawing on the sermons, diaries, and correspondence of Quakers themselves. Situating Quakerism within the larger intellectual and religious undercurrents of the Atlantic world, Crabtree shows how Quakers forged a paradoxical sense of their place in the world as militant warriors fighting for peace. She argues that during the turbulent Age of Revolution and Reaction, the Religious Society of Friends forged a “holy nation,” a transnational community of like-minded believers committed first and foremost to divine law and to one another. Declaring themselves citizens of their own nation served to underscore the decidedly unholy nature of the nation-state, worldly governments, and profane laws. As a result, campaigns of persecution against the Friends escalated as those in power moved to declare Quakers aliens and traitors to their home countries. Holy Nation convincingly shows that ideals and actions were inseparable for the Society of Friends, yielding an account of Quakerism that is simultaneously a history of the faith and its adherents and a history of its confrontations with the wider world. Ultimately, Crabtree says, the conflicts between obligations of church and state that Quakers faced can illuminate similar contemporary struggles. “A significant and highly important contribution to the scholarship on the intersection of religion and nationalism during [these] critical decades. . . . carefully researched and elegantly written.” —Kirsten Fischer, University of Minnesota

Author : William Henry Perrin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1058 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Stark County (Ohio)
ISBN : CHI:21311855

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History of Stark County by William Henry Perrin Pdf

Author : Peggi Medeiros
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781626197916

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New Bedford Mansions: by Peggi Medeiros Pdf

The early nineteenth century in New Bedford was a time of unimaginable wealth, intellectual ferment and artistic treasures. Prosperous whaling magnates like members of the Rotch, Morgan and Howland families commissioned the nation's finest architects to design and construct their majestic mansions. The city's architectural and cultural expansion brought great writers and artists like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson into the homes of County Street's elite. Yet behind the elegant fa�ade of grand parties and notable house guests were the secrets and scandals of New Bedford's upper crust. Join author Peggi Medeiros as she chronicles the history of each mansion and the stories once hidden behind closed doors.

Author : Dan Stearns
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 083686428X

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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad by Dan Stearns Pdf

Traces the life and accomplishments of the heroic abolitionist who escaped from slavery in Maryland in 1849, and became the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.

Author : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 847 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317454168

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The Underground Railroad by Mary Ellen Snodgrass Pdf

The culmination of years of research in dozens of archives and libraries, this fascinating encyclopedia provides an unprecedented look at the network known as the Underground Railroad - that mysterious "system" of individuals and organizations that helped slaves escape the American South to freedom during the years before the Civil War. In operation as early as the 1500s and reaching its peak with the abolitionist movement of the antebellum period, the Underground Railroad saved countless lives and helped alter the course of American history. This is the most complete reference on the Underground Railroad ever published. It includes full coverage of the Railroad in both the United States and Canada, which was the ultimate destination of many of the escaping slaves. "The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations" explores the people, places, writings, laws, and organizations that made this network possible. More than 1,500 entries detail the families and personalities involved in the operation, and sidebars extract primary source materials for longer entries. This encyclopedia features extensive supporting materials, including maps with actual Underground Railroad escape routes, photos, a chronology, genealogies of those involved in the operation, a listing of Underground Railroad operatives by state or Canadian province, a "passenger" list of escaping slaves, and primary and secondary source bibliographies.

Author : William Evans,Thomas Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015068265225

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The Friends' Library by William Evans,Thomas Evans Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Ohio
ISBN : WISC:89062946728

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Ohio Records and Pioneer Families by Anonim Pdf

Author : Crispin Sartwell
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780823283101

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The Practical Anarchist by Crispin Sartwell Pdf

The Practical Anarchist brings to light the work of Josiah Warren, eccentric American genius. Devoting his life to showing the practicality of an astonishing ideal, Warren devoted equal industry to the question of how to make a pair of shoes and how to remake the social world into an individualist paradise. This will be the first chance for many readers to encounter Warren’s writings, and in many cases their first publication since their original appearance in obscure, self-published periodicals, including The Peaceful Revolutionist (1833), the first American anarchist periodical. Moreover, they often appeared in a bizarre experimental typography. This volume presents, out of the welter of bewildering writings left by Warren, a reading text designed for today’ readers and students. It seeks to convey the practical value of many of Warren’s ideas, their continuing relevance.

Author : John Comly,Isaac Comly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Quakers
ISBN : HARVARD:32044105532659

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Friends' Miscellany by John Comly,Isaac Comly Pdf

Author : Joshua Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Quakers
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024490435

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A Journal of the Life, Travels, Religious Exercises and Labours in the Work of the Ministry of Joshua Evans, Late of Newton Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey by Joshua Evans Pdf

Author : William Hunt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433082375746

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Memoirs of William and Nathan Hunt Taken Chiefly from Their Journals and Letters by William Hunt Pdf

This book is a biography of William and Nathan Hunt, primarily utilizing their journals and letters.