TITLE: Memoir of the life of Elizabeth Fry, with extracts from her journal and letters(Volume 1)

AUTHOR:   Fry, Elizabeth Gurney.   Fry, Katharine.   Cresswell, Rachel Elizabeth.  

Table of Contents:

    FRONT MATTER:   MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF ELIZABETH FRY, WITH EXTRACTS FROM HER JOURNAL AND LETTERS.      Starts at - Img 2 Pg UN
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  • (3)      Starts at - Img 5 Pg UN
  • (4)      Starts at - Img 9 Pg UN
  • (5)  INTRODUCTION.    Starts at - Img 10 Pg UN
  • (6)  INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION.    Starts at - Img NaN Pg UN
  • (7)  CONTENTS.    Starts at - Img 22 Pg UN
  • (8)  MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF ELIZABETH FRY. CHAPTER I. 1780—1792. Birth—Parentage—Descent—Her Mother, her character—Memoranda by her—Removal to Earlham—Death of Mrs. Gurney—Recollections by Elizabeth Fry, of her own early life.    Starts at - Img 26 Pg UN
  • (9)  CHAPTER II. 1790—1798. Sketch of female society—Circumstances of Elizabeth Gurney and her sisters—Her character and habits—Natural qualities as a young person—Absence of religious knowledge—Established principles requisite to happiness—William Savery comes to Norwich on a religious visit—General view of the origin and opinions of the Quakers—Effects of William Savery's preaching—Description by himself—Account by one of her sisters—Her own journal.    Starts at - Img 37 Pg UN
  • (10)  CHAPTER III. Visit to London, gaiety there—Return to Earlham—Decision between religion and the world—Letter from William Savery—Gradual development of opinion—Journey into Wales and the South of England—Intercourse with Friends—Colebrook Dale—Increasing tendency to Quakerism.    Starts at - Img 63 Pg UN
  • (11)  CHAPTER IV. 1798—1800. Return to Earlham—Attention to the Poor—Kindness to others—Appearance—Journey to the North of England—Visit to the Friends' School at Ackworth—Becomes a plain Friend—Proposals of Marriage from Mr. Fry—Letter to her cousin, Joseph Gurney Bevan—Letter to a young Friend.    Starts at - Img 89 Pg UN
  • (12)  CHAPTER V. 1800—1809. Marriage—First visit to Plashet—Settlement in London—Letter to a Friend—Yearly Meeting—Birth of eldest child, 1801—Journey into the North of England—Second daughter, born 1803—Birth of eldest son, 1804; illness and journey to Bath—Her second son, born 1806—Death of her mother-in-law—Birth of her fifth child, 1808—Letter to Mr. and Mrs. John Gurney—Death of her sister, Mrs. John Gurney—The Rev. Edward Edwards—Death of her father-in-law.    Starts at - Img 120 Pg UN
  • (13)  CHAPTER VI. 1809—1812. Removal to Plashet, enjoyment of the country—Birth of her sixth child, 1809—Summons into Norfolk—Death of her father—Extract from the journal of Rachel Gurney—Commencement of her public ministry—Journey into the West of England—Letter to her children—Letter to the Rev. Edward Edwards—Funeral of her cousin Mrs. Jacob Reynolds—Letter to a distant friend—Visit to Earlham—Journey into Gloucestershire—Birth of her seventh child, 1811—Acknowledged as a minister by Friends—Attention to the Poor School, &c.—Norwich Bible Society—More extended intercourse with others—Effects upon her mind.    Starts at - Img 164 Pg UN
  • (14)  CHAPTER VII. 1811—1814. Death of a little niece—Journey with Henry Hull and her sister, Priscilla Gurney—Visit to the Meetings of Friends in Norfolk—Extract from a letter to her cousin, J. G. Bevan—Letter to the Rev. Edward Edwards—Death of a domestic servant—Death of Mrs. James Sheppard—Birth of her eighth child, 1812—Letter to her cousin, J. G. Bevan—Removal to London for the winter—Religious visit to Friends of the London Quarterly Meeting—For the first time goes to Newgate, February, 1813—State of that prison.    Starts at - Img 203 Pg UN
  • (15)  CHAPTER VIII. 1813—1817. Letter to the Rev. Edward Edwards—Summer at Plashet—Illness during the spring—Her ninth child born, 1814—Letter to her cousin, J. G. Bevan—Illness and death of her brother John Gurney—Letter to her family—Death of Joseph Gurney Bevan—Illness of her babe—Journey into Norfolk—Earlham, party assembled there—Visit to Kingston Monthly Meeting—Death of one of her children—Extract from letters—Attends Dorsetshire Quarterly Meeting—Her tenth child born, 1816—Leaves her four elder children in Norfolk—Letters to her daughters—Removal to London for the winter—Attends the funeral of her cousin Joseph Gurney, Jun.—Places her two elder sons at school.    Starts at - Img 229 Pg UN
    • (15.2)  To the Reverend Edward Edwards.    Starts at - Img 230 Pg 205
  • (16)  CHAPTER IX. 1817, 1818. Extract from Crabbe's Poems—Letter to her sister—General state of Prisons—School in Newgate—Case of Elizabeth Fricker—Newgate Association—Description from Buxton—Sophia de C——'s Journal—Vote of thanks from the City—Letters from Robert Barclay, Esq., &c.—Letters to her daughters—Notice in newspapers—Marriage of her brother, Joseph John Gurney—Extracts from letters—Winter in London—Examinations before House of Commons.    Starts at - Img 276 Pg UN
    • (16.4)  To her brother, Joseph John Gurney.    Starts at - Img 309 Pg 284
  • (17)  CHAPTER X. 1818. Return to Plashet—Capital Punishment—Case of Skelton—Duke of Gloucester and Lord Sidmouth—Queen Charlotte's Visit to the Mansion House—Letter to the Countess Harcourt—Maria Female Convict Ship—Visitors to Newgate, letter from Lady Mackintosh—Lord Lansdowne's Speech—Scotch Journey—Letter from the Countess Harcourt.    Starts at - Img 322 Pg UN
    • (17.2)  Countess Harcourt to Mrs. Fry.    Starts at - Img 338 Pg 313
    • (17.6)  The Countess Harcourt to one of Mrs. Fry's children.    Starts at - Img 364 Pg 339
  • (18)  CHAPTER XI. 1819—1821. Takes her sons to school—Illness—Journey in consequence—Letters from prisoners—Reply—Return to Plashet, 1819—Letter to her son, William Storrs Fry—Spends the winter in London—Letter to her sons—Letter to Priscilla H. Gurney—Return to Plashet, 1820—Affliction in her family—Female convicts in New South Wales—Letter from the Rev. S. Marsden—Journey into the North of England—Return to London for the winter—Letters to her daughters—Letter to Walter Venning, Esq.—Prisons in St. Petersburg—Letter from John Venning, Esq.—Foreign Prisons—Letter to Priscilla H. Gurney——Death of her sister, Priscilla Gurney—Resettlement at Plashet—1821—Capital punishments—Mackintosh's motion—Buxton's speech—Prison Discipline meeting.    Starts at - Img 369 Pg UN
    • (18.4)  To her Cousin, Priscilla Hannah Gurney.    Starts at - Img 383 Pg 358
    • (18.5)  Letter to two of her Daughters.    Starts at - Img 396 Pg 371
  • (19)  CHAPTER XII. 1821—1823. Marriage of one of her daughters—Birth of her youngest child and eldest grandchild—Letter to the Princess Royal of Denmark—Letter to J. J. Gurney, 1823. Death of a sister-in-law—Visits to several Meetings—Sale of prisoners' work—Convict ships—Adventure on the Thames—Letter to Admiral Sir Byam Martin—Letter to the Right Hon. R. W. Horton—Letter from the Duchess of —. —Conclusion of 1823.    Starts at - Img 421 Pg UN
    • (19.2)  To her brother Joseph John Gurney.    Starts at - Img 435 Pg 410
    • (19.3)  To the Princess Royal of Denmark.    Starts at - Img 440 Pg 415
    • (19.4)  To her brother Joseph John Gurney.    Starts at - Img 443 Pg 418
    • (19.5)  To Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin, Comptroller of the Navy.    Starts at - Img 457 Pg 432
    • (19.6)  To Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin.    Starts at - Img 458 Pg 433
    • (19.7)  The Duchess of ——— to Mrs. Fry.    Starts at - Img 463 Pg 438
  • (20)  CHAPTER XII. 1824. Journey to Worcester—Letter to a daughter—Serious illness—British Ladies' Society—Establishment of Manor Hall, Asylum and School of Discipline at Chelsea—Brighton—District Visiting Society there—Books for Preventive men, near Brighton—Letter from Dr. Steinkopff—Letter from Lieutenant C——, and his men—Dagenham—Return to Plashet—Letter to her daughter—Visit to Brighton—Death of her aunt, Mrs. Gurney—Death of Samuel Hoare, Esq.—Letter from her sister, Mrs. Hoare—Marriage of her eldest son—Autumn at Dagenham—Journey into Cornwall and Devonshire.    Starts at - Img 468 Pg UN
    • (20.2)  Letter to one of her Daughters.    Starts at - Img 470 Pg 445
    • (20.3)  The Rev. Doctor Steinkopff to Mrs. Fry, Brighton.    Starts at - Img 482 Pg 457
    • (20.4)  From Lieutenant C———, R. N.    Starts at - Img 484 Pg 459
    • (20.5)  To Lieutenant C——, R. N.    Starts at - Img 484 Pg 459
    • (20.6)  Extract of a Letter to one of her Daughters.    Starts at - Img 488 Pg 463
    • (20.7)  Extract from a Letter to her Family at Home.    Starts at - Img 497 Pg 472
    • (20.8)  Letter from her Sister, Mrs. Samuel Hoare.    Starts at - Img 498 Pg 473
  • (21)  CHAPTER XIV. 1826—27. Ladies' Prison Meeting—Letter from Hannah More—Dagenham—Letter to her sister Rachel Gurney—Attends a marriage at Rochester—Convict ships—Letter to her daughter—Projected visit to Ireland—Goes to Earlham and Lynn—Letter to a sister—Letter from her sister Rachel Gurney—Farewell letter—Departure for Ireland—Letter to her family—Illness at Waterford—Return home.    Starts at - Img 504 Pg UN
    • (21.2)  To her Sister Rachel Gurney.    Starts at - Img 510 Pg 485
    • (21.3)  “To Friends of the Nation of Ireland.    Starts at - Img 521 Pg 496
    • (21.4)  To her Sisters, Catherine and Rachel Gurney.    Starts at - Img 523 Pg 498
    • (21.5)  To her Daughter, Mrs. Francis Cresswell.    Starts at - Img 524 Pg 499
    • (21.6)  To her Son William Storrs Fry.    Starts at - Img 536 Pg 511