O Canada!
Prior to 1865 and 360 miles long miles north of Loudoun County, was Ontario, Canada – the northern star forContinue Reading
Letters, memoirs and documents of 19th century Quakers in Lincoln, Virginia
Prior to 1865 and 360 miles long miles north of Loudoun County, was Ontario, Canada – the northern star forContinue Reading
Yardley Taylor grew apple trees, delivered county mail, wrote anti-slavery essays, and in 1853 surveyed a map of Loudoun County.Continue Reading
Catherine Mary Powell Noland Cochran (1814-1895) wrote a memoir and diary of her dramatic experiences during the Civil War. HerContinue Reading
Rebecca M. Wright (1838-1914) was a young teacher from a Quaker family living in Winchester, Virginia. She spent at leastContinue Reading
Men have attempted to practice a morality inconsistent with Christianity, while professing its principles, and the consequence has been the last cruel, unjust and wicked war, a war begun and carried on to uphold slavery.
Living in Virginia at the start of Civil War meant that Quaker citizens had decisions to make: which side wereContinue Reading