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Question of the Week
3/17/15
Author Cary Hutto
Elias Hicks (1748-1830) was born in Long Island, New York, and worked as carpenter and farmer before becoming a Quaker minister around 1775. A few years later he set out as an itinerate preacher, which comprised most of his work during the 1800s, and visited congregations in Eastern states from Vermont to Maryland, including several in and around Philadelphia. He promoted the notion of the Inner Light (internal guiding principles) over the belief in the authority of the Bible.
3/9/15
Author Cary Hutto
Topics : 18th century, American Revolution, Colonial period, Philadelphia, Politics
Comments: 0
2/9/15
Author Cary Hutto
Topics : 19th century, Abolition, African American, Civil Rights, Slavery
Comments: 0
Germantown was one of the first settlements in what is now Philadelphia County. When was it founded?
2/2/15
Author Cary Hutto
Topics : 17th century, Colonial period, Ethnic history, Immigration, Philadelphia
Comments: 2
1/20/15
Author Cary Hutto
Topics : 18th century, American Revolution, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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