Memorials of Rebecca Jones

Chapter I

1739 — 1762. Introductory remarks. Her own account of her convincement and early life. Letter from 0. Peyton. She attends Yearly Meeting through ignorance of its select character. Is invited to meetings for discipline. Appears as a minister. Is acknowledged as such. Her mother's death. Is joined in the school by Hannah Cathrall. Makes several visits from home. Death of Daniel Stanton. Further particulars of her early history. Interview with the English Friends. ----- page 1

Chapter II

1762 — 1783. Her character as a teacher. Anecdotes of John Riddle and children. Rules of the school. Letters to various persons. Letter from Elizabeth Sniith and sketch of her life. John Woolman to E. Smith. House in Drinker's Alley. Anecdote of John Woolman. Poetry by John Drinker. Opens her prospect for England. - - 21

CHAPTER m.

1784. Credentials for England. Embarcation. Anecdotes of S. Emlen, George Dillwyn, &c. Letter from Capt. Truxton. Reaches Liverpool, London. C. Hustler joins her. Letter to H. Cathrall. Establishment of Women's Yearly Meeting. Extracts from a curious Letter. -.-..-. 48

Chapter IV

1784—1785. Contrast by Enoch Lewis between the state of our Society in R. J.'s day and in our own. She attends London Yearly Meeting and enters on her travels northward. Letter to and from various friends. Dream respecting John Reynell and its realization. Family visit at Bradford. Returns to London. Requests a meeting with her American fellow laborers. Anniversary of her arrival inadvertently kept. ....--. 67 ii CONTENTS.