Abraham Lincoln, Colonization and Loudoun County Quakers
In 1866, Quakers in Loudoun County, Virginia changed their village name from “Goose Creek” to “Lincoln” in honor of theContinue Reading
Letters, memoirs and documents of 19th century Quakers in Lincoln, Virginia
In 1866, Quakers in Loudoun County, Virginia changed their village name from “Goose Creek” to “Lincoln” in honor of theContinue Reading
Yardley Taylor grew apple trees, delivered county mail, wrote anti-slavery essays, and in 1853 surveyed a map of Loudoun County.Continue Reading
The Library of Virginia, in their Out of the Box archives, has a series of articles about the anti-slavery and abolitionist societies which spreadContinue Reading
Yardley Taylor grew apple trees, delivered county mail, wrote anti-slavery essays, and in 1853 surveyed a map of Loudoun County.Continue 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.
At the end of the Civil War, the Union army occupied the former Confederacy, supplying government for a South stillContinue Reading
A collector recently came across the items shown here, when at auction in Pennsylvania. Mr. Brian Murphy, the new ownerContinue Reading