Potts Collection of Quaker Material 1878, n.d.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Thomas Balch Library
Thomas Balch Library
208 West Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Alexandra S. Gressitt
Phone: (703) 737-7195
Fax: (703) 737-7195
Restrictions:

Open for research

Terms of access:

No physical characteristics affect use of this material.

Preferred citation:

Potts Collection of Quaker Materials (SC 0005), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA,

Summary

Creator:
Sarah Potts
Abstract:
The collection consists of three undated duplicate postcards of Goose Creek Meeting House in Lincoln, VA, an undated greeting postcard from Lincoln, VA, and 23 Mar 1878 edition of Friends Intelligencer, a Hicksite Quaker publication. In addition to articles on topics such as temperance and education, the periodical also contains death notices.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Potts Collection of Quaker Materials (SC 0005), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA,

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of three undated duplicate postcards of Goose Creek Meeting House in Lincoln, VA, an undated greeting postcard from Lincoln, VA, and 23 Mar 1878 edition of Friends Intelligencer, a Hicksite Quaker publication. In addition to articles on topics such as temperance and education, the periodical also contains death notices.

Biographical / historical:

Around 1736, members of the Religious Society of Friends from Bucks County, PA settled in Loudoun County at Goose Creek (renamed Lincoln, VA after the Civil War). For several years they met in the homes of members. About 1751, when their numbers grew too large for this to be practical, they built a log meeting house. The stone structure pictured on these post cards, Goose Creek Meeting House, was built ca. 1765 to replace the log building. In 1817 a third Goose Creek Meeting House, made of brick, was built and used in place of the stone structure. The stone building is presently a private dwelling.

Acquisition information:
Sarah Potts, Purcellville, VA
Accruals:

2005.0065

Physical description:
5 items