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Testimonies Concerning Deceased Ministers: 1837
London Yearly Meeting
A book in a series of many concerning deceased ministers of the Society of Friends in London
26 pages
James Nicholson, Joseph Binns, Mary Stacey, and Thomas Shillitoe
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The Picture Book, or, A Present for Charles
Sidney Babcock
Even numbered rectos.
In orange paper wrapper with publisher's advertisement on p. [4]. First and last leaves mounted on inside of wrapper.
LC copy inscribed: Sarah H. Hooker.17 [i.e. 20] p.: ill.; 11 cm.
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The Society of Friends Vindicated: Being the Arguments of the Counsel of Joseph Hendrickson, in a Case Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey, between Thomas L. Shotwell, Complainant, and Joseph Hendrickson and Stacy Decow, Defendants
George Wood
Dispute concerning a school fund of the Society of Friends, which was claimed by both Orthodox and Hicksite factions.
Published 1833 under title: The arguments of the counsel of Joseph Hendrickson
vii, 167, 90 pages ; 23 cm
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An account of the gospel labours, and Christian experiences of a faithful minister of Christ, John Churchman
John Churchman
The life and travels of John Churchman.
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A Sermon, Delivered at Friends' Meeting-House, Rose-Street, New-York, Sunday Morning, June 28, 1829
Elias Hicks
24 pages, 21 cm, English
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The Christian Experiences, Gospel Labours and Writings, of That Ancient Servant of Christ
Stephen Crisp
A collection of sermons, tracts, letters, etc.
Includes index.412 pages; 23 cm. English
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Anna, the Tale Bearer
Elizabeth Sandham
Cover title.
Originally published in 1807, as number 4 in a series entitled The Magic Lantern (Welch 1153).12 pages, [1] leave of plates: illustrations; 17 cm
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Discourses, Delivered at Several Meetings of the People Called Quakers, and Others
William Savery
Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815. Willaim Savery, a sketch.
"Taken in short-hand by Job Sibley."
Contains introductory material called "William Savery, a sketch," by Dr. Lettsom.
xii, 131 pages; 13 cm, English
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Emma Clifford, or, Impatient Curiosity Punished
Unknown
12 pages, [1] leaf of plates: illustrations; 17 cm
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Philip and Agnes, or, The Benevolent Children
Unknown
12 pages, [1] leaf of plates: illustrations; 17 cm
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Justina, or, The Filial Daughter
Elizabeth Sandham
12 pages, [1] leaf of plates: 1 illustration; 17 cm. Published in the 1800s.
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Dangers of Delay, or, the Careless Isabella: Embellished with a Magic Lantern Exhibition
Unknown
Imprint from label on front wrapper; manufacturing information from p. 12. 12 pages, [1] leaf of plates: 1 color illustrations; 17 cm. Published in the 1800s.
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Harrington, or, The Artful Boy Discovered
Unknown
Imprint from label on front wrapper; manufacturing information from p. 12. Published in the 1800s.
12 pages, [1] leaf of plates: 1 color illustrations; 17 cm
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The Story of Charles Maitland, or, The Dangers of a Meddling Disposition
Unknown
Imprint from label on front wrapper; manufacturing information from p. 12. 12 pages, [1] leaf of plates: 1 color illustrations; 17 cm. Published in the 1800s.
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Remarks on the Prevailing Custom of Attending Stage Entertainments: Also on the Present Taste for Reading Romances and Novels: And on Some Other Customs: Submitted, with a Heart Overflowing with Good Will, to the Notice and Consideration of the Professors of the Christian Name, in the Different Religious Societies
John Kendall
Inscription on t.p.: "Thomas Scattergood to Rebecca Scattergood, 1812."
31 pages, 15 cm.
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The Plain Path to Christian Perfection, Shewing That we Are to Seek for Reconciliation and Union with God, Solely by Renouncing Ourselves, Denying the World, and Following our Blessed Savior, in the Regeneration
Anthony Benezet
Translated by Anthony Benezet.
"The treatise of which the following is an extract, was written in the German language about two hundred and fifty years ago, and since translated into the French." -Preface -
The Life and Spiritual Sufferings of That Faithful Servant of Christ Jane Hoskens, a Public Preacher among the People Called Quakers
Jane Fenn Hoskens and Paul Royster editor
In 1712, nineteen-year-old Jane Fenn left her home, family, and friends in London to obey an inner voice that said ——“Go to Pennsylvania! ” Arrived in Philadelphia, she was soon cast into debtors’ prison for refusing to sign an indenture dictated by the man who had arranged her passage. Redeemed by a group of Quakers from Plymouth County who wished to employ her as a schoolteacher, she spent three years in their community and began to absorb their teachings and their ways.
Her narrative chronicles her inward struggles with her own sense of unworthiness, the temptations of Satan, her distaste of being noticed, and her resistance to speaking in meetings. In 1716, she moved to the Quaker community of Haverford, and in 1718 to Chester, where she became the housekeeper and protege of David Lloyd, a leading Quaker and the chief justice of Pennsylvania. In 1721, she began to travel locally as a minister, in company with Elizabeth Levis. In 1722, the women extended their ministry to Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. In 1725, they journeyed to Barbados, Rhode Island, Nantucket, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. In 1727, with Abigail Bowles, she took the ministry to England and Ireland. Over the next thirty years, she continued to travel the eastern seaboard, speaking in Friends’ meetings and also preaching in public venues.
Hoskens’ narrative is considered the first spiritual autobiography by a Quaker woman published in America. It documents not only her own religious experience, but also the practices of the Quaker communities of early Pennsylvania, and, especially, the importance of the networks of female relationships around which women’s lives revolved.
Hoskens’ Life is presented here in an ebook based on the first edition of 1771, which was prepared from a manuscript left at her death in 1764. This earliest version of the work has not previously been generally available; and later editions (notably the 1837 version published in The Friends Library) have undergone substantial editorial alterations. The 1771 text, which brings the reader much closer to Hoskens’ own usage and language, is presented in a format that closely emulates the first edition published in Philadelphia. Some explanatory notes have been added at the end, and a brief note on the text describes and lists the obvious printer’s errors corrected
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A Collection of Acts of Parliament, and Clauses of Acts of Parliament, Relative to those Protestant Dissenters Who are Usually Called by the Name of Quakers, from the Year 1688
John Bellers
This collection reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the day-to-day workings of society.
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An examination of William Notcutt's reply to H.B's vindication of R. Barclay's apology
Henton Brown
Wherein the deceit of the said W.N. is father manifested; his many abuses of the people call'd Quakers detected; and the genuine sense of their writers asserted; against his gross and palpable perversions of them.
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Some Reasons for an European State, Proposed to the Powers of Europe, by an Universal Guarantee, and an Annual Congress, Senate, Dyet, or Parliament, to Settle Any Disputes About the Bounds and Rights of Princes and States Hereafter...
John Bellers
Excerpt from the conclusion of Beller's argument for an European state: "The judicious sayings, of Henry the 4th of France, show him to be a Prince of great sense, and the Multitude of difficulties her surmounted, of great Courage, but no one thing bespeaks the excellency of his Mind, more than his great Desire, for the Uniting of Christendom.
His excluding the Muscovites, and the Ottomans out of it, I take as a Complement to the See of Rome.
For as nothing makes Nations, and People more Barbarous than War; so Peace must be the first step, to fit Mankind for Religion: War is destruction, and puts Men (they think) under a necessity of doing those things, which in a time of Peace, they would account cruel, and horrid.
The Muscovites are Christians, and the Mahometans Men, and have the same faculties and reason as other Men, they only want the same Opportunities, and Applications of their Understandings, to be the same men: But to beat their Brains out, to put sense into them, is a great Mistake, and would leave Europe, too much in a state of War; whereas, the greater will be the Peace on Earth, and good will among Men.
The Bishop writes, among other helps, this King Henry had gained all the god Pen's in Christendom, as chusing, rather to perswade, then force People: But I have seen nothing upon this subject, but what that Author faith, and what hath been Writ by the Eminent and Accomplished Gentleman, William Penn Efq; Governour of Pensilvania. *But if any Gentleman, knows of any other Authors on the subject. A publick Advertisement of them, would tend the more to Illustrate this great Design, and stir up many Worthies in the several Kingdoms and States, of Europe, that would contribute their assistance, towards such a happy Day in Europe.
John Bellers.
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