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Universal Friends

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a sect which arose in Yates County, N. Y., near the close of the last century, professing to be followers of Jemima Wilkinson (q.v.), a Quakeress, who professed to work miracles, and assumed the title of "the universal friend of mankind." The sect is now almost extinct, and the Universal Friends are sometimes called Wilkinsonians (q.v.).

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Universal Friends'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​u/universal-friends.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.