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Preferred Citation:

Samuel M. Janney Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Acquisition Information:

Found in copy of "History of the Religious Society of Friends" by S.M. Janney.

Processing Information:

Processed by Anne Johnson in 2011.

Biographical Information:

Samuel M. Janney was a well known minister of the Society of Friends in Loudoun County, Virginia. He was a biographer of George Fox and William Penn and author of a "History of the Religious Society of Friends from its rise to the year 1828." Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings about Samuel M. Janney, a minister of the Society of Friends in Loudoun County, Virginia. Topics include reviews of his book, "History of the Religious Society of Friends, from its rise to the yar 1828,"  articles on other publications on the Society of Friends and obituaries for Samuel M. Janney. Includes a letter from S.M. Janney to T. E. Zell, dated 1865, about the publication of volume 4 of his book.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Quakers--Virginia--History
• Society of Friends--United States--History