| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | George K. Jenkins Papers
| | | | Creator: | Jenkins, George K. | | | | Dates: | 1788-1887 | | | | Abstract: | George K. Jenkins was a Quaker teacher in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, during the nineteenth century. The collection includes minutes, lists of certificates, members and marriages, and other records of various meetings of the Society of Friends in Delaware, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia; records of Quaker schools and organizations, including the Ohio Yearly Meeting and its Committee on Indian Affairs, the New Garden Monthly Meeting, the Short Creek Meeting, and the Free Produce Association. Includes a journal of Jenkins' observations of Quaker colonies he visited in Canada, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia; an account of the immigration of William Harrison from York County, Virginia, to Mount Pleasant, Ohio (1817); and a memoranda book (1849-60) kept by David Updegraff on visits to Yearly Meetings in Indiana, Maryland and Pennsylvania. | | | | Call #: | MS 0100 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (4 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Church schools -- Ohio -- Mount Pleasant. | Quakers -- Canada. | Quakers -- United States. | Quakers -- Ohio. | Quakers -- Ohio -- Mount Pleasant -- Education. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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