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Arch Street Friends Meeting House Research Paper

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Welcome to Arch street Friends Meeting house where you will explore the many wonder wonders of a Quaker home. built between 1803 and 1804, Quakers would gather for weekly,monthly, and yearly meetings to worship and speak with each other. Originally part of a loan from the King,(loan was originally to Penn’s father but, his father died before the King could give the loan to him) he gave William Penn land who founded Pennsylvania with the land. William penn deeded land to the Quakers in 1693 on which the building sits today. William Penn was originally Catholic, but then switched to being a Quaker because he thought it could benefit him in other things. In 1718, William penn died of a stroke. The land of this building served as a burial ground for people who died because of the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 and other people who died of other causes. …show more content…

Some of the meetings Betsy Ross attended. Owen Biddle built the building on the 2.2 acre lot. It was then elevated with graves on top of the old burial ground. Did you know that the Quakers were originally from a different religious group? Once they came out of that group, they started their own group leading up to what is now, the Arch Street Friends Meeting House. Quakers objected to paying war taxes, promising loyalty, and taking arms. Most Quakers supported the war, but some thought that their was no need for war. Quakers have an acronym that represents what Quakers believe in. Spices represents five different things. “S” means simplicity, “P” means peace, “I” means integrity, “C” means community, “E” means Equality, and the last “S” in SPICES means,

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