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Title	Isaac T. Hopper Papers
Alternate Title	Hopper MSS; Isaac Hopper Correspondence
Creator	Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852
Contributors	Palmer, Sarah Hopper, 1796-1885 Hopper, Josiah, 1813-1854 Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880
Date	1807-1889
Language	English
Extent	500 p.
Description	This collection consists of correspondence and associated papers written and received by Isaac T. Hopper. The letters and documents are gathered from various sources, but they mainly consist of letters from Isaac Hopper to his daughter Sarah, and which comprise part of the Sarah Hopper Palmer Family Papers. Also included are correspondence with prominent Quakers including Elias Hicks, Thomas M'Clintock and Elijah Pennypacker. The collection touches on an enormous variety of subjects, ranging from Friends doctrine, simplicity, and the Separation of 1827; social justice, abolitionism, and prison reform; and personal anecdotes, accounts of meetings with friends, and the 1832 Cholera Epidemic.
Subject	Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation Abolitionists Church work with prisoners -- Society of Friends Simplicity -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends White, George F., 1789-1847 Quakers -- Social life and customs Sing Sing Correctional Facility Cholera--New York (State)--New York
Geographic Subjects	Northern States (NY, MA, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME) Free Border-States (NJ, PA, OH, IN, IL) New York (N.Y.) Philadelphia (Pa.)
Source	RG5 115 SC 058 various MSS and RG5
Repository	Swarthmore College
Rights	Digital image copyright 2009, Swarthmore College. All rights reserved. For more information contact Curator, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081.
Notes	Isaac T. Hopper was a Quaker reformer and abolitionist. Born in 1771, Hopper became a staunch Hicksite. He was active in prison reform and abolition, and was the editor of the National Anti-slavery Standard. Hopper was disowned by New York Yearly Meeting of Friends in 1842 because of an article which appeared in his publication. He died in 1851.
Department	Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Collection	Quakers and Slavery

Title	Signature
Creator	Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852
Date	1807
Identifier	SW09-A0010947
Source	RG5 115
Repository	Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Rights	Digital image copyright 2009, Swarthmore College. All rights reserved. For more information contact Curator, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081.
Transcript	Isaac T. Hopper 1807.
More about this resource	http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/record=b2567526~S10

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