WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
NEW-YORK;
PUBLISHED BY ISAAC T. HOPPER.
1832.
“Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1832, by ValentineHicks, and Robert Seaman, in the Office of the Clerk of the Southern District ofNew-York.”
PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS.
NEW-YORK:
STEREOTYPED BY REES & REDFIELD.
No 216 William-street.
Ludwig & Tolefree, Printers, Corner of Greenwich & Vesey sts. N. Y.
Among the papers which were left by Elias Hicks, there wereseveral manuscripts, written by himself, containing many particularsrespecting his life and religious engagements. His connexionshave collected these Memoirs, and now present them tothe notice of the public. In performing this office, they believethat they will be rendering an acceptable and useful service tohis survivors. To those who were personally acquainted withhim, it will be interesting to review this brief record of his longand useful life; and to all, it may be animating and instructiveto contemplate the feelings and experience of an individual, who,it will be seen, was, in his retired moments, as fervent in hisaspirations for purity and humility of heart, as he was faithfuland diligent in his public labours for the promotion of truth andrighteousness in the earth.
Birth, 1748. Early visitations of Divine grace. Apprenticeship. Trialsand temptations. Marriage, 1771. Renewed visitations of Divine love.Appearance in the Ministry. Situation of Friends during the war.Journey to Philadelphia, 1779. Visit to Friends on the Main, 1781.Illness, 1781. Visit on Long Island, 1782. Visit to the meetings on theMain, 1782.
Visit to Nine Partners, 1783. Visit on Long Island, 1784. Visit to New-Yorkand Staten Island, 1790. Visit to Vermont, 1790. Visit on LongIsland, 1791. General visit to Friends of New-York yearly meeting, 1791.Visit to the meetings of Ministers and Elders, 1792. Visit to Friends inNew-England and Vermont, 1793.
Visit to the meetings of Ministers and Elders, 1795. Visit to Friends inPennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, 1798.
Visit to Connecticut, 1799. Visit to Oblong and Nine Partners. 1800. Visiton Long Island, 1800. Visit to Friends in New Jersey, and Pennsylvania,1801.
Visit to Friends in Canada, and some of the northern parts of the yearly