Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Open for research

Use Restrictions

No physical characteristics affect use of this material.

Preferred Citation

Potts Collection of Quaker Materials (SC 0005), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA,

Acquisition Information

Sarah Potts, Purcellville, VA

Alternative Form Available

None

Accruals

2005.0065

Historical Information

Around 1736, members of the Religious Society of Friends from Bucks County, PA settled in Loudoun County at Goose Creek (renamed Lincoln, VA after the Civil War). For several years they met in the homes of members. About 1751, when their numbers grew too large for this to be practical, they built a log meeting house. The stone structure pictured on these post cards, Goose Creek Meeting House, was built ca. 1765 to replace the log building. In 1817 a third Goose Creek Meeting House, made of brick, was built and used in place of the stone structure. The stone building is presently a private dwelling.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of three undated duplicate postcards of Goose Creek Meeting House in Lincoln, VA, an undated greeting postcard from Lincoln, VA, and 23 Mar 1878 edition of Friends Intelligencer, a Hicksite Quaker publication. In addition to articles on topics such as temperance and education, the periodical also contains death notices.

Related Material

Lewis/Edwards Architectural Surveys (M 022) from Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources, Files 53-80 and 53-118.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

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Other Finding Aid

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