Josiah Forster manuscript material

Description data TOP

unitid

{"value"=>"23420", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Forster, Josiah, 1782-1870", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Josiah Forster manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1819", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1819"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 item"}], "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>· To Robert Were Fox, English Quaker geologist and physicist : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Mar 1819 : (MISC 1992) : requesting money to support the continental performance of French Quaker missionary Stephen Grellet. Additionally signed by Luke Howard, Quaker chemist and meteorologist, and Thomas Christy (probably Thomas Christy, b. 1801, of the London Quaker hat maker Christys). Attached to a third person letter addressed to Mrs. Robert Fox from \"Lt. Gov. Melville,\" 28 Apr 1810 (MISC 1993), regarding an allowance from the Society of Friends. Both letters were formerly attached to (G 0305).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Josiah Forster, prominent British Quaker. He served as presiding officer over the yearly meeting of British Quakers from 1820-1831. He was the brother of William Forster, philanthropist and Quaker minister.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1819

keydate

1819

date_end

1819

date_inclusive_start

1819

date_inclusive_end

1819

extent_statement

1 item

prefercite

{"value"=>"Josiah Forster manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Josiah Forster, prominent British Quaker. He served as presiding officer over the yearly meeting of British Quakers from 1820-1831. He was the brother of William Forster, philanthropist and Quaker minister. &#xB7; To Robert Were Fox, English Quaker geologist and physicist : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Mar 1819 : (MISC 1992) : requesting money to support the continental performance of French Quaker missionary Stephen Grellet. Additionally signed by Luke Howard, Quaker chemist and meteorologist, and Thomas Christy (probably Thomas Christy, b. 1801, of the London Quaker hat maker Christys). Attached to a third person letter addressed to Mrs. Robert Fox from \"Lt. Gov. Melville,\" 28 Apr 1810 (MISC 1993), regarding an allowance from the Society of Friends. Both letters were formerly attached to (G 0305).", "generated"=>true}

Update Collection TOP

Update from Catalog

Update from EAD XML File

Child components TOP

No child components.