Research Catalog

Title

Writings of Warner Mifflin : forgotten Quaker abolitionist of the revolutionary era / edited by Gary B. Nash and Michael R. McDowell.

Author

Mifflin, Warner, 1745-1798

Publication

Newark : University of Delaware Press, 2021.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nash, Gary B.
• McDowell, Michael R.

Description

xviii, 582 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Alternative Title

Works.

Subject

• Mifflin, Warner, 1745-1798
• 1800-1899
• Quaker abolitionists > Delaware
• Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century > Sources
• African Americans > History and criticism
• Antislavery movements
• Quaker abolitionists
• Delaware
• United States

Genre/Form

• Archives.
• History.
• Sources.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. One Before the Revolution -- Warner Mifflin's First Deed of Manumission, ca. mid-1766 -- To John Pemberton, September 22, 1774 -- Warner Mifflin's Second Deed of Manumission, October 22, 1774 -- Warner Mifflin's Third Deed of Manumission, January 9, 1775 -- pt. Two The Revolutionary Years -- Warner Mifflin's Freedom Pass for Manumitted Slave, February 15, 1777 -- To Unknown Friend, October 16, 1778 -- To Alexander Huston, January 17, 1779 -- Mifflin's Statement Concerning His Refusal to Use and Circulate Continental Currency, August, 1779 -- From Rebecca Jones, August, 1779 -- To Nicholas Waln, December 1780 -- To Henry Drinker, January 11, 1781 -- To Moses Brown, July 26, 1781 -- To John Willis, Elias Hicks, and Others, July 26, 1781 -- To French Naval Officers at Newport, Rhode Island, after August 6, 1781 -- To James Pemberton, August 26?, 1781 -- To John Pemberton, August 26, 1781 -- To Moses Brown, October 3, 1781 -- To Thomas McKean, November 5, 1781 -- From David Cooper, December 1781 -- To John Pemberton, December 5, 1781 -- Some Remarks Proposed for the Consideration of the People of Virginia, and Particularly of Those in the Legislature and Executive Powers of Government, ca. May 1782 -- To the Speaker and House of Delegates in Virginia, The Memorial of a Committee of the People Called Quakers, May 29, 1782 -- To John Parrish, August 18, 1782 -- To Henry Drinker, September 8, 1782 -- To John Parrish, October 31, 1782 -- To John Parrish, January 6, 1783 -- To James Pemberton, January 6, 1783 -- To James Pemberton, January 19, 1783 -- To Henry Drinker, January 19, 1783 -- To Nicholas Van Dyke, July 16, 1783 -- To the United States in Congress Assembled, The Address of the People Called Quakers, October 4, 1783 -- To John Parrish, October 12, 1783 -- To Nathanael Greene, October 21, 1783 -- From Nathanael Greene, late November 1783 -- To John Parrish, November 4, 1783 -- pt. Three After the Revolution -- To James Pemberton, December 9, 1783 -- To John Parrish, December 14, 1783 -- To John Parrish, May 13, 1784 -- To James Pemberton, August 17, 1784 -- To John Parrish, August 27, 1784 -- To Henry Drinker?, November 16, 1784 -- To James Pemberton, December 11, 1784 -- To James Pemberton, January 16, 1785 -- To James Pemberton, February 16, 1785 -- To John Parrish, August 22, 1785 -- To the General Assembly of the Delaware StateT̃he Memorial and Address of the People Call'd Quakers Inhabitants of This State, December 27, 1785 -- To Daniel Mifflin, June 6, 1786 -- To John Dickinson, August 11, 1786 -- To Governor William Smallwood, August 31, 1786 -- To James Pemberton, December 12, 1786 -- To James Pemberton, February 3, 1787 -- To John Parrish, February 9, 1787 -- To John Parrish, April 30, 1787 -- To Abigail Parrish, May 13, 1787 -- To Abigail Parrish, June 4, 1787 -- To John Parrish, June 19, 1787 -- To John Parrish, June 29, 1787 -- To the Archbishop of Canterbury, June 30, 1787 -- To John Parrish, July 6, 1787 -- Testimonial for Negro Grace Hicks, August 8, 1787 -- To Edward Stabler?, October 14, 1787 -- To Moses Brown, December 3, 1787 -- To John Parrish, December 13, 1787 -- To Thomas McKean, December 14, 1787 -- To John Parrish, December 16, 1787 -- To James Pemberton, December 21, 1787 -- pt. Four The Early Republic -- To John Parrish, April 5, 1788 -- To John Parrish, April 16, 1788 -- To John Parrish, April 19, 1788 -- To John Parrish, May 11, 1788 -- To James Pemberton, May 28, 1788 -- To John Parrish, June 23, 1788 -- To James Pemberton, November 17, 1788 -- To John Parrish, November 19, 1788 -- To John Parrish, November 29, 1788 -- To James Pemberton, December 29, 1788 -- From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, ca. late 1788 -- To William Tilghman, February 24, 1789 -- Appointment of Committee by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to Prepare an Antislavery Petition to Congress, September 29, 1789 -- Memorial of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to Congress, October 3, 1789 -- Appointment of Committee to Present Petition to Congress, October 3, 1789 -- To James Pemberton, December 28, 1789 -- To Henry Drinker, February 1790 -- Testimony to the House of Representatives Select Committee, February 15, 1790 -- To Abiel Foster, Chairman of the House Select Committee, ca. February 17 -- 26, 1790 -- Queries Addressed to the House Select Committee, March 2, 1790 -- To William Loughton Smith, March 10, 1790 -- To President George Washington, March 12, 1790 -- To Members of Congress, March 16, 1790 -- To John Parrish, April 10, 1790 -- To George Thatcher, May 4, 1790 -- To Members of the House of Representatives, June 2, 1790 -- To Henry Drinker, June 3, 1790 -- From George Thatcher, June 12, 1790 -- To Henry Drinker?, June 15, 1790 -- To Benjamin Rush, June 19, 1790 -- From Henry Drinker, July 15, 1790 -- To George Washington, February 20, 1791 -- To the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Meeting for Sufferings, June 30, 1791 -- To Henry Drinker, July 14, 1791 -- To John Parrish, October 10, 1791 -- To the General Assembly of the Delaware State: The Petition and Address of Warner Mifflin, October 18, 1791 -- To the Delaware Constitutional Convention, December 22, 1791 -- To the General Convention of the Delaware State, December 27, 1791 -- From Joseph Galloway, April 10, 1792 -- To John Parrish, May 6, 1792 -- To the Delaware Constitutional Convention, May 23, 1792 -- To Henry Drinker, June 27, 1792 -- To Henry Drinker, August 6, 1792 -- To the President, Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States. The Address of the People Called Quakers, November 17, 1792 -- To President Washington and Congress, November 23, 1792 -- To George Washington, December 12, 1792 -- To John Parrish, January 21, 1793 -- A Serious Expostulation with the Members of the House of Representatives of the United States, Philadelphia, 1793 -- To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Delaware State, January 24, 1793 -- To the King of Spain, April 29, 1793 -- To Moses Brown, June 15, 1793 -- To George Thatcher, July 10, 1793 -- To John Parrish, December 2, 1793 -- To the Citizens of the United States from the American Convention of Abolitionist Societies, January 6, 1794 -- To Moses Brown, January 24, 1794 -- To John Parrish, January 24, 1794 -- "Awful Considerations On the Probability of Judgments Coming On the Land Because of the Injuries Attending Slavery of Fellow-Men," July 10, 1794 -- To Susanna Mifflin, November 2, 1794 -- To Henry Drinker, November 12, 1794 -- To Henry Drinker and Thomas Morris, November 24, 1794 -- Mifflin Petition as Next Friend of Jonathan Negroe, December 3, 1794 -- To Henry Drinker, December 14, 1794 -- To Henry Drinker, January 21, 1795 -- To John Parrish, May 17, 1795 -- To the General Assembly of the State of Maryland, November 1795 -- To Henry Drinker, December 30, 1795 -- Mifflin's Resolution on Kidnapping of Free Blacks for Consideration of the Delaware Senate and House of Representatives, February 5, 1796 -- To John Parrish, February 13, 1796 -- To Moses Brown, March 26, 1796 -- To John Parrish, April 9, 1796 -- The Defence of Warner Mifflin Against Aspersions Cast on Him on Account of His Endeavours to Promote Righteousness, Mercy, and Peace among Mankind, Philadelphia, 1796 -- To Henry Drinker, September 4, 1796 -- To John Parrish, April 16, 1797 -- To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress, September 28, 1797 -- From Henry Drinker, November 15, 1797 -- To John Parrish, November 25, 1797 -- To John Parrish and Thomas Stewardson, December 3, 1797 -- From the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Committee to the House Committee of Fifth Congress, January 22, 1798 -- To John Parrish, February 21, 1798 -- To Henry Drinker, ca. March 25, 1798 -- To Henry Drinker, April 1, 1798 -- To Henry Drinker, May 4, 1798 -- To Henry Drinker, June 16, 1798 -- To Henry Drinker, June 26, 1798 -- To His Children, July 7, 1798 -- From Samuel Hopkins, July 28, 1798 -- To John Parrish, September 30, 1798 -- To John Adams, September 24, 1798 -- From George Churchman and Jacob Lindley to John Adams, January 17, 1801 -- From John Adams to George Churchman and Jacob Lindley, January 24, 1801 -- To John Parrish, undated but probably 1790s -- pt. Five In Memoriam -- Death Notice, October 22, 1798 -- Death Notice, October 23, 1798 -- A Brief Account of the Late Warner Mifflin: In a Letter to His Sons Samuel Emlen and Lemuel Mifflin, October 25, 1799 -- Testimony of Motherkiln Monthly Meeting -- Testimony Concerning Warner Mifflin, by His Intimate Friend and Survivor, George Churchman -- Richard Allen Testimony for Warner Mifflin, 1799 -- Published Works Cited.

Call Number

Sc E 22-1190

ISBN

• 9781644531853
• 1644531852

OCLC

1246539470

Author

Mifflin, Warner, 1745-1798, author.

Title

Writings of Warner Mifflin : forgotten Quaker abolitionist of the revolutionary era / edited by Gary B. Nash and Michael R. McDowell.

Publisher

Newark : University of Delaware Press, 2021.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Added Author

Nash, Gary B., editor.

McDowell, Michael R., editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 22-1190