Guide to the Jemima Wilkinson Papers,
1768-1872.

Collection Number: 621

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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Cornell University
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Compiled by:
Date completed:
December 1987
EAD encoding:
Evan Fay Earle, July 2007

© 2007 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Jemima Wilkinson papers, 1768-1872.
Collection Number:
621
Creator:
Jemima, Wilkinson 1752-1819.
Quantity:
.2 cubic ft.,
Forms of Material:
Correspondence
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Papers of the "Publick Universal Friend," her followers, and their descendants, including letters, wills, deeds, accounts, and other items; correspondents include James Brown, William Carter, Thomas R. Gold, Giles Kinney, Rachel Malin, Christopher Marshall, William Oliver, Sarah Richards, and Ruth Spencer.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Religious leader.
Originally a Rhode Island Quaker, Jemima Wilkinson believed that she had died following an illness in 1776, and later arose as the "Publick Universal Friend," who was sent by God to preach against sin. After preaching in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, she established a colony (1790) for herself and her followers. Soon after the Friend's death in 1819 the community disintegrated entirely.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers of the "Publick Universal Friend," her followers, and their descendants, including letters, wills, deeds, accounts, and other items; correspondents include James Brown, William Carter, Thomas R. Gold, Giles Kinney, Rachel Malin, Christopher Marshall, William Oliver, Sarah Richards, and Ruth Spencer.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Wilkinson, Jemima,1752-1819.
Brown, James.
Carter, William.
Gold, Thomas Ruggles, 1764-1827.
Kinney, Giles.
Malin, Rachel.
Marshall, Christopher.
Oliver, William.
Richards, Sarah.
Spencer, Ruth.

Subjects:
Cults.
Real property, Exchange of.
Religion--New York (State)
Women in religion.

Form and Genre Terms:
Accounts.
Deeds.
Wills.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Jemima Wilkinson papers, #621. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

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