Tag: Nature writing

Nature, Writing, and the Friends Literary Society of Waterford, Virginia

Nature, Writing, and the Friends Literary Society of Waterford, Virginia

Amos and Mary Janney, Quakers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania , moved south to the Catoctin Valley of Virginia about 1733. The community grew as more Quakers followed the Janneys to build mills, plant farmlands, and build houses and shops. The area, then part of Fairfax […]