Freedmen’s Bureau letters tell a sad truth in Loudoun County, Virginia
The National Archives in Washington, D.C. contain thousands of Freemen’s Bureau documents and letters. Many of the letters are onlineContinue Reading
Author: lincolnquakers
Taking a Stand: Anti-war Virginia Quakers in 1861
America’s Civil War broke out on April 12, 1861 with the South Carolina battle of Ft. Sumter. Eleven states secededContinue Reading
Goose Creek quakers: the audacity of peace and social justice
Pausanias (AD 110- C 180) was a Greek geographer and author of travel books which included his observations about people andContinue Reading
After Winning the War, still Losing Battles: reconstruction in Loudoun County
A thorough and insightful article can be read here, “The Freedmen’s Bureau in Loudoun County, Virginia: Getting Started, June 1865Continue Reading
“…in vain the Quaker pleaded his neutrality.”
Catherine Mary Powell Noland Cochran (1814-1895) wrote a memoir and diary of her dramatic experiences during the Civil War. HerContinue Reading
Civil War “Volunteers” and a Quaker Mill
Prior to the Civil War Quaker miller Asa Moore Janney (1802-1877) moved his family from Richmond to the community ofContinue Reading
Who was Lewin Vermillion? What happened to George?
Old legal documents often reveal stories that finally end, frustratingly, as mysteries. An example of this is found in theContinue Reading
Sylvanside Farm
Sylvanside Farm was first purchased and settled by the Greggs, a Quaker family, in 1742. Their descendents lived on theContinue Reading
Quaker William Tate and his Confederate horse trading
William Tate kept a Memo book in which he recorded who owed him money for fence rails, when his ewesContinue Reading
P.T. Barnum Circus 1854 riot
In its earlier days, Barnum’s show was referred to as a “Museum” or a “Menagerie,” later becoming known as aContinue Reading
