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Friends Meetinghouse (Uxbridge, Massachusetts)

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The Friends Meetinghouse is an historic Friends Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) located at the junction of Routes 146A (Quaker Highway) and 98 (Aldrich Street) in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. [1]

26 relations: Abby Kelley, American Revolution, Benedict Arnold, Boston University, Brown University, Effingham Capron, Friends meeting house, Ironstone, Massachusetts, Lucy Stone, Massachusetts Route 146, Massachusetts Route 98, Moses Brown, Moses Farnum House, National Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listings in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Peggy Shippen, Philadelphia, Providence, Rhode Island, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Puritans, Quakers, Rhode Island, Richard Mowry, Smithfield, Rhode Island, Susan B. Anthony, Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

Abby Kelley

Abby Kelley Foster (January 15, 1811 – January 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist and radical social reformer active from the 1830s to 1870s.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.

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Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold (Brandt (1994), p. 4June 14, 1801) was a general during the American Revolutionary War who fought heroically for the American Continental Army—then defected to the enemy in 1780.

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Boston University

Boston University (commonly referred to as BU) is a private, non-profit, research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Effingham Capron

Effingham Lawrence Capron (17911859) was a mill owner, and nationally recognized leader of the anti-slavery movement prior to the Civil War.

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Friends meeting house

A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), where meeting for worship is usually held.

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Ironstone, Massachusetts

Ironstone is an historic village, (today known mainly as South Uxbridge), in the township of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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Lucy Stone

Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was a prominent U.S. orator, abolitionist, and suffragist, and a vocal advocate and organizer promoting rights for women.

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Massachusetts Route 146

Route 146, sometimes called the Worcester-Providence Turnpike, is a limited-access road in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT).

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Massachusetts Route 98

Route 98 is a southwest-northeast numbered highway in central Massachusetts.

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Moses Brown

Moses Brown (September 23, 1738 – September 6, 1836) was an American abolitionist and industrialist from New England, who funded the design and construction of some of the first factory houses for spinning machines during the American industrial revolution, including Slater Mill.

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Moses Farnum House

The Moses Farnum House is an historic house located on Route 146A.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Uxbridge, Massachusetts

Uxbridge, Massachusetts has 53 sites on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Peggy Shippen

Margaret "Peggy" Shippen (July 11, 1760 – August 24, 1804) was the second wife of General Benedict Arnold.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is one of the oldest cities in the United States.

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Province of Massachusetts Bay

The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a crown colony in British North America and one of the thirteen original states of the United States from 1776.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.

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Quakers

Quakers (or Friends) are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.

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Richard Mowry

Richard Mowry (February 11, 1748 – January 24, 1835) became an Uxbridge farmer, in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States who "successfully built and marketed equipment to manufacture woolen, linen or cotton cloth", from around the time of the Revolution.

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Smithfield, Rhode Island

Smithfield is located in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement.

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Uxbridge, Massachusetts

Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts first settled in 1662 and incorporated in 1727.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_Meetinghouse_(Uxbridge,_Massachusetts)

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