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178316713London: Printed Philadelphia: Reprinted and sold by Joseph Crukshank 1783. First American edition. 209 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep. Quite rubbed surface worming on covers front free endpapers and blanks removed pencilled duplicate notation on endpaper text browned some soiling. First American edition. 209 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First published in in London in 1773. This tract as were most of Phipps works written in defence of the Quakers and in response to Samuel Newton of Norwich. Shipton and Mooney 18139 Reprinted and sold by Joseph Crukshank unknown
0975157906.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
pp. (6), (1)-112. Foxed. Some signatures browned but not brittle. Early manuscript ownership of the Thirdhaven Preparative Meeting (Easton, MD). 24mo. 140 mm. Disbound. Fair. S&S/AI 15075. SCARCE. PAIMP 25
184420220422London: Edward Marsh 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo; 4 247 pages publisher's embossed black cloth newly rebacked in leather <br /> <br/><br/>An excellent precis of the history of the treatment of the Indian tribes east of the Mississippi River. The 2 fine maps are the frontispiece 16x11 cm. of the territories several Indian nations occupied previously to the settlement of the English colonies in America. The large folding map 46x43 cm also in color shows the territory NOW occupied by the natives In addition to the areas east of the Mississippi River this volume republished the report of two Quakers John Lang & Samuel Taylor who traveled in 1842 west of the Mississippi visiting the Winnebago Shawnees Kickapoos Delawares Kansas Osages Cherokees and Choctaws. Sabin 86572; Phillips Maps of America p.604; see also Howes L72; not in Field; Graff 2386 2387; Hubach p. 95; Jones 1073; Rader 2199; Wagner-Camp-Becker 96; Streeter 1807; Eberstadt 137:332; Not in Siebert Catalogues . The map of North America depicts an independent Texas extending north nearly to the Oregon border and northwest to Russian America. Edward Marsh hardcover
186227695New York: The Religious Society of Friends 1862. First printing. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Three reports from the Quakers during the Civil War on their ministry amongst the "Colored Refugees" of Virginia & Washington DC reporting on the conditions and needs at Fort Monroe Camp Barker Craney Island Alexandria Hampton Norfolk etc. Conditions are tough in the refugee camps but none wish to return to where they have fled from. "Slaves have been abandoned and we must help. Don't we owe them for our prosperity--- enjoying indirectly from the unrequited labor of these people." <br /> <br /> Encyclopedia Virginia writes on their website- "In this report dated May 1864 the Committee on Colored Refugees who were representatives of the New York Yearly Meeting of Friends gives its assessment of the needs of the formerly enslaved people escaping behind Union lines and how Quaker charity efforts were meeting them in contraband camps across Virginia including Alexandria. One of their agents Harriet Jacobs wrote her own letter documenting what she saw in Alexandria and Washington D.C. For Quakers the abolition of slavery was a moral and religious imperative."<br /> <br /> Title continues: Address of the Representatives of New-York Yearly Meeting of Friends to Its Members.; Third Report of Committee of the Representatives of New York Yearly Meeting of Friends upon the Condition and Wants of the Colored Refugees<br /> <br /> 1862 Report OCLC: 21308787 8vo 30pp black title on cream paper wraps saddle stitched. Clean throughout. 1862 Address OCLC: 25519700 8vo 10pp. October 24th 1862. 1864 Third Report OCLC: 25113848 cites 9 copies; 8vo 23pp May 1864 slt. marked wrapper. <br /> <br /> All in their original self wrappers overall in very good condition. The Religious Society of Friends unknown
187012108Paris, Armand-Aubrée, sans date (circa 1870) ; in-8, demi-veau glacé havane, dos lisse, faux nerfs dorés, fleurons décoratifs, titre doré ; (2), 451, (1) pp., 1 gravure aquarellée en frontispice.
22684Philadelphia: Printed by John Richards No. 130 North Third Street. 1839. The full title is: 'An Address to the Quarterly Monthly and Preparative Meetings and the Members thereof composing the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in Philadelphia By the Committee appointed at the late Yearly Meeting to have charge of the Subject of Slavery.' 12pp 12mo. Pamphlet in original plain brown wraps. In good condition lightly aged and worn. Begins with two pages of extracts from the minutes 17 May 1839 regarding the setting up of the committee on 'the deeply interesting subject of Slavery' with reference to 'Benjamin Price Jr. Clerk' and 'Deborah F. Wharton Clerk.' The address itself 'Signed by direction and on behalf of the Committee by John Jackson Clerk' is eight pages long. Towards the beginning it notes that 'Many of our forefathers were slave-holders and the unrighteous practice of holding our fellow-creatures in bondage was not then forbidden by our discipline.' The change of policy is described with reference to 'Anthony Benezet and John Woolman'. Later the address notes: 'The advancement of this righteous concern and the increase of light upon the subject of human rights are causing this system of iniquity to totter to its base. Hence under the influence of fearful excitement many are putting forth their strength to impede the progress of principles which if ultimately triumphant will break the fetters of the slave. A part of the trading interests at the North is evidently involved with those of the South and an influence is in this way exerted against the onward course of Emancipation; thus light and darkness antagonize each other.' And later still: 'Within a few years great events hae occurred in relation to Slavery and much light has been spread on the subject. The experience derived from Emancipation in the British West Indies has opened a new era. . while we have painful evidence that a great body of slave-holders are influenced by injustice and cruelty . There are many whose consciences are burdened by a system which they derived from their ancestors . the money of the slave-trader is temptingly held up before them; . they cannot separate the tender ties of family connexion among their slaves; they dare not receive the price of blood. . We believe they are fervently desiring the deliverance of master and slave from the bondage to which both are subjected. Their hearts have bounded with joy at the success of Emancipation in the British West Indies; it has opened a door of hope thaty they also may be legally permitted to prove the advantage of requited labour over that which is extorted by the lash of the oppressor. .'. The entries on OCLC WorldCat are not clear but the item is uncommon. Philadelphia: Printed by John Richards, No. 130 North Third Street. 1839. paperback
143728<p>Philadelphia and from Various Places. 1837–1845. Approximately 145 manuscript items viz. 38 handwritten letters and 109 manuscript receipts. All in very good condition. Housed in an archival box.</p> <p>William P. Cresson Co. of Philadelphia was actively engaged in the hardware commission business in the 1830’s and 1840’s. </p> <p>The company offered a variety of products with a strong focus on metal ware household building materials and household furnishings. </p> <p>In the late 1840’s the firm began selling cooking stoves and became stove manufacturers and likely hollow ware manufacturers as well. During the late 1840’s and 1850’s a number of stove patents were applied for in the firm’s name.</p> <p>William P. Cresson manufacturer and philanthropist 1814–1892 was the son of Caleb Cresson 1775–1821. Caleb Cresson was himself a prominent and wealthy Philadelphia Quaker merchant and the husband of Sarah Emlen 1787–1870. </p> <p>W.P. Cresson’s family clearly enjoyed a prosperous and affluent style of living that would have been consistent with the successful endeavors of William’s father.</p> <p>This archive can be described as follows:</p> <p>I. William P. Cresson Co. Incoming Business Correspondence. <br /> 20 letters all written in 1842; 18 letters all written in 1845. </p> <p>Cresson had a sizeable business and this incoming correspondence records a variety of New England firms that were involved with this mid-Atlantic firm. An example of the correspondence in part:</p> <p>John D. Johnson writes an interesting letter to Cresson regarding brass makers and brass agents concerning manufacturing prices and the intricacies of dealing with the brass makers May 4 1842. Johnson later writes of other concerns selling brass at cheaper prices of the instability in the brass market and of a future hope:</p> <p>"On the whole I think that the manufacturers are beginning to have some confidence in each other and I believe the time is not very far distant when we shall all be willing to come under prescribed rules and regulations but until this can be achieved we must be somewhat irregular.†Johnson then writes briefly of “making an article for paper makers…"</p> <p>A one page ALS from Joel Bartlett of Harmony Maine concerns a discussion of the Cresson firm selling shank handles made by Bartlett on commission. Bartlett informs that the shank handles he is manufacturing are of high quality and is willing to send along samples. May 10 1842 On Bartlett ref. Folsom Fifty Years in the Northwest 1888 pp185–186.</p> <p>J. Danforth & Co. asks Cresson to sell bottles and Brittania ware and coffee pots May 12 1842. Later Danforth sent by steam boat from Middleton Connecticut “tea setts†tea pots sugars and creamers and soup bowls. In exchange Danforth asks Cresson to send along some blind fastenings saw “stretchers†and windows springs. </p> <p>Josiah Hayden of Haydensville wants to send Cresson cheap pens. A number of merchants ask plead for payments for goods sold or goods hoped to have been sold. Others ask for advice concerning the reduction of their manufacturing output and future trade prospects in wire and gauge metals. From Pine Plains Dutchess County New York Cresson purchased cradles scythes from Silas Harris May 29 1842.</p> <p>From Dotterer & Taylor of Reading Pennsylvania comes a letter of exact specifications for a proposed “15 horse engine†with three boilers June 5 1842. This is followed by an excellent letter from another steam engine manufacturer a John H. Gage in Nashua N.H. who writes to Cresson of a steam engine order and what he can offer the company at the present time June 10 1845. </p> <p>Another firm writes requesting Cresson to send by rail a large quantity of “cram paper†that will be suitable for packing sad irons January 24 1842. A New York entity asks Cresson to provide prices and quantity available for a large order for tea kettles coffee mills hatchets shoe blacking mill saws cow hides Eagle and New England wood screws and shank augers June 30 1845. </p> <p>Various other letters are devoted to outstanding debts and bills paid or not paid or agents traveling to and from delayed by various inconveniences of pre-1850 American transportation.</p> <p>II. William P. Cresson Family and Business Receipts 1837–1845. <br /> 109 manuscript receipts a blend of business and private household expenses. </p> <p>These receipts range from 1837-1845 the majority are from the late 1830’s. Among the more interesting receipts in part:</p> <p>Two receipts one for gold fillings “replacing part of a plug†etc. are from noted dentist Samuel Sheldon Fitch 1801–1876. S.S. Fitch was a Jefferson graduate and a pioneer in dentistry. Fitch’s A System of Dental Surgery 1829 was a standard work in its day and from its successful proceeds Fitch devoted his efforts as a publisher and patent medicine manufacturer. See Atwater I: 321–325 </p> <p> Receipts to benevolent societies: The Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor “for one large comfortable†and the Magdalen Society of Philadelphia. </p> <p>A receipt to Dennis Rearson for marble post stones for Laurel Hill cemetery to be cut and engraved.</p> <p>Jappaning 175 feet of iron chain; repairing stoves and ovens; one black Russian hat a receipt for a passage from Pittsburgh to Louisville; shovel and tong stands; “altering pew cushions†a receipt for blankets a valice trunk “to hanging 4 Looking Glasses†expenses for resetting curb stone; “2 sett dishes Brittania Wareâ€; etc.</p> <p>A receipt for US almanacs bought of Watson & Reynolds by Cresson for what appears to be H. Peale. This is possibly Henrietta Peale 1806–1892 daughter of artist Rembrandt Peale 1778–1860. </p> <p>Twenty-five receipts specific to purchases by Mrs. William P. Cresson record a wide variety of Philadelphia merchants and providers of household and domestic services in part:</p> <p>Foodstuffs purchased: Peaches raisins prunes almonds wines hams soda & water crackers sherry mustard rice etc.</p> <p>Household wares: gold plates moulded dishes linens gold pencils sweeping brush cut lamps cone pitcher cone boats etc.</p> <p>Services rendered: glazing English glass paying Sarah Binns dressmaker capes and corsets made merino shirts made etc. A receipt is also seen for altering front chamber nursery dining room parlors stair and entry carpet; fixing stair rods and fitting oil “cloathsâ€; putting up parlor bed and window curtains payable to a Rachael Fletcher etc.</p> <p>Of mention a portrait of W.P. Cresson is located at the Smithsonian and this description includes a facsimile of a daguerreotype portrait of W.P. Cresson from an online source.</p> unknown
181863305Catskill & Newburgh NY: J.S. Lewis and Co. U.C. Lewis Printer 1818.` 12mo. xii 13-144 pp. Contemporary mottled calf gilt ruling on spine wear scuffing to spine fore-edges some at joints light uniform interior toning w/o flyleaves front & back still VG- copy w/ ownership of Elias W. Price Elizabethtown NY w/ note on rear pastedown to “bring this home when you get done the piece you are writing.†Second American edition with 20 additional pages of material of this combination teacher’s edition and instructional volume following up his very popular “English Reader†and “English Grammar†originally written in the 1790’s for a local Friends’ School for Girls in York England. Before the Revolutionary War Murray 1745-1826 maintained a successful legal practice and although having grown up amongst Quaker communities in Pennsylvania North Carolina and New York his grammars and readers proved wildly popular in both Great Britain and the United States although this Catskill NY imprint is quite uncommon. Worldcat locates only microfilm and computer file online copies of this American edition. J.S. Lewis, and Co., U.C. Lewis, Printer, unknown
1947List2844Austria; Java Indonesia; London England; and Los Angeles California 1947. Sixteen pieces: two “Friends’ Esperanto Society†bulletins 8 x 12 ½ inch each; two letters 8 ½ x 11 inch each; seven “Hinda Esperantisto†pamphlets 5 ½ x 8 inch four pages each; two “Declaration†forms 4 x 6 inches; one BES pamphlet 4 ½ x 6 inches eight pages; one set of tickets for membership information 2 x 5 inches missing one tear-off ticket and one “Universala Ligo†membership card for 1947 3 x 4 ½ inches. Folded; some chipping and tearing at edges. Overall excellent to near fine. Esperanto is an artificial language created by Polish physician Ludwik Zamenhof 1859–1917 in 1887. Zamenhof intended Esperanto to be a universal second language; his experiences growing up Jewish in the Russian Empire among Russian Polish German and Yiddish speakers—all of whom regarded each other at best with suspicion—led him to believe that an easily-learned neutral second language could by contrast inspire unity between all people. Offered here is a small collection of materials related to various Esperanto societies: the “BES†a Czech group the Universal Esperanto Association the Friends’ Esperanto Society the Esperanto Club of Los Angeles and Hinda Esperantisto – “Indian Esperantist†based in Java Indonesia.<br /> <br /> These materials written largely in Esperanto note that most quotes herein are translated are mostly typical club bulletins advertising events announcing members’ news and reminding the reader of upcoming fees. The BES pamphlet besides advertising its Adresaro member directory solicits donations for a “living monument to Esperantoâ€â€”a headquarters—to be built in PotÅ¡tejn in Czechia<br /> <br /> “in the shape of a five-pointed star which would become a real home for all those who love goodness beauty health truth and progress. The stone-like majestic white building will shine brightly in a beautiful circle from a moderate slope and the fragrant forest behind it will form a charming background.†1932<br /> <br /> This utopian vision was likely prevented at least in part by the Nazi occupation of the country. Esperanto speakers including Zamenhof’s family in particular were among their many targets. The effort to purge the universal language from Europe was clearly not successful; a postwar letter from a language teacher in Austria to a gentleman in California included in this collection notes that the Californian’s address had been printed “in the magazine ‘Die Weltsprache’†– that is “The World Language†February 14 1947.<br /> <br /> Esperanto’s egalitarian and pacifist aims form a large part of its appeal to Quakers. It is unclear whether the Friends’ Esperanto Society which authored two of the items in this collection is the same as the Kvakera Esperanto-Societo which was founded in 1921 and is still active. The March 1935 bulletin announces the F.E.S.’s annual meeting at Friends House in London the headquarters of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain. An obituary for Wilson Henry Sturge the Society’s Vice President remarks on “his desire for international friendship and understanding through Esperanto†March 1935. The January 1936 bulletin calls members to petition their local Registrar of Education for Esperanto to be taught in high schools a request echoed by the Universala Esperanto-Asocio’s declaration form calling on the United Nations to “help to spread the use of this language in every possible way†including supporting its teaching in schools in order “to facilitate communication between the peoples of the world and to promote social progress.â€<br /> <br /> George R. Thompson’s letter to the Los Angeles Esperanto Club as its President strikes a similarly idealistic tone. He gives Club members his “Decalogue†finishing with an exhortation to: “10. Fix our eyes directly on our dear goal the universal brotherhood of humanity and global peace – through linguistic mutual understanding†August 1 1933.<br /> <br /> “Hinda Esperantisto†written by Liem Tjong Hie is somewhat more polemical. Its announcements include news from the Manchurian Federation of Esperantists who proposed to make Esperanto the region’s official language and “to abolish the English language†Jan-May 1933. It criticizes “the European progressive writers†especially the Hungarian Esperantist Kálmán Kalocsay for making the language more difficult for learners. Liem also writes mysteriously:<br /> <br /> “The world does not know that the Belgian Esperanto Institute dir. Frans Schoofs Antwerp is a physically rotting company. The shamelessness of the leaders is shown by the fact that they are so heroic in victimizing distant people knowing that they cannot do anything against them. A black mark to the apparent reputation of the leaders!â€<br /> <br /> These pamphlets also include side-by-side Indonesian and Esperanto blurbs including a review of a new book for Malaysian Esperanto learners – Esperanto caught on quickly in Asia where it still enjoys widespread popularity. <br /> <br /> Of interest to Esperantistoj and historians of Esperanto. unknown
1910List2847Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania; and others 1910. Eleven photographs approximately 7 x 9 ½ inch and smaller. With stamps for Brown Brothers Illustrations Bureau and E.J. Reily verso; most with captions verso. Most with chipping and wear at edges; overall good. Open-air schools became popular in the United States in the early 20th century in response to public health crises including tuberculosis.1 Conducting lessons in open-air classrooms reduced the transmission of diseases which allowed many children to attend school despite their often chronic illnesses. Offered here are eleven photographs of open-air schools three of which are identified as the Phebe Anna Thorne Model School at Bryn Mawr.<br /> <br /> The Phebe Anna Thorne Model School opened in 1913 under the direction of the College’s president Carey Thomas using funds donated by Samuel Thorne in memory of his sister Phebe Anna.2 The Thornes were an affluent New York Quaker family; Phebe Anna 1828–1909 was the only daughter to survive to adulthood and was a philanthropist and supporter of progressive social causes.3 <br /> <br /> The school was part of Bryn Mawr’s Department of Education which trained its students in teaching younger pupils rather than those of highschool or college age – the students in most of these photos are probably in about 4th or 5th grade.3 It also allowed testing of more cutting-edge pedagogical practices: the structure of the school was quite experimental including open-air classrooms outdoor naptime a flexible curriculum and less formal assessment. <br /> <br /> Of interest to scholars of the history of education especially experimental pedagogy.<br /> <br /> 1 Sherman C. Kingsley & F.B. Dresslar “Open-Air Schools†Department of the Interior Bureau of Education Bulletin 23 1916.<br /> 2 Cornelia Meigs What Makes a College A History of Bryn Mawr The MacMillan Company 1956.<br /> 3 Olive Floyd Phebe Anna Thorne: Quakeress Privately Printed in Rye New York 1958. unknown
183402723Philadelphia: Elijah Weaver 1834. First edition. Octavo. Contemporary 3/4 paper over cloth boards; viii 279 pp. Lacking paper spine label; paper to board edges chipped; heavy foxing throughout which is typical for this title. A Good but complete and tight copy. Famous legal case of internecine Quaker squabbling. Elijah Weaver hardcover
174277443London:: T. Sowle Raylton 1742. Second edition. later old half morocco and marbled sides. Neat marginal repairs to the fore-edge of the last four leaves; extremities of the binding rubbed with the start 2" of a split at the top of one joint. . 12mo. T. Sowle Raylton, unknown
1755List2976Dutchess County New York 1755. Single sheet measuring 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. Folded and quite torn at folds; very good. A letter signed by the members of the Oblong Monthly Meeting of Friends in New York to members of the Sandwich one in Massachusetts on the occasion of the death of Nicolas Davis 1690–1755 a member of the Sandwich meeting. Davis was well-respected in his community and occasionally traveled to minister; he died in Quaker Hill where the Oblong Meeting House is located on such a trip. The Oblong Friends remember him:<br /> <br /> “His visit was well accepted his ministry being attended with the Gospel Life and Power to the Reproof of the Lukewarm & Self Indulgent Professers to the instruction of the weak and to the Edification and Comfort of the Sincere & uprightâ€.<br /> <br /> One of the letter’s signers Benjamin Ferriss is likely the same Benjamin Ferris who was one of the first Euro-American settlers of Quaker Hill arriving in 1728. The letter has eighteen other signatories: John Hoag Samuel Nothingham David Hoag Matthew Franklin Henry Chase Zebulon Farriss James surname illegible Abraham Ewing Wilm Buffett Allen Moore Dobson Wheeler Tim. Dakin Ebenezer Peaslee Josiah Akin Haas Bull. John Ewing Richard Smith and Jonathan Hoag. Of interest to scholars of Colonial-era Quaker history and New York State history. unknown
46400295, Londres, chez David Fowler, de l'Imprimerie de J. Cooper, 1791; in-12, plein maroquin rouge, guirlandes dor., dos orné, tranches dorées. (Reliure de l'époque). 286 pp., 1 f. errata. EDITION ORIGINALE et seule parue. A la fin du volume l'éditeur Fowler annonce une édition en anglais de l'ouvrage "actuellement sous presse". Elle ne semble point avoir paru. Le Catal. de la British Library (cote 527 h.26) ne mentionne que l'édition en français. L'éditeur précise que l'ouvrage fut composé plusieurs années avant la Révolution française "il allait paraître lorsqu'elle survint. J'en suspendis alors l'impression afin de voir quelle tournure ce grand événement prendrait et quelles facilités il en résulterait pour l'introduction d'un pareil ouvrage dans un pays où autrefois il eut été proscrit et brûlé. Je fus si frappé des sages décrets de l'Assemblée Nationale Conformes aux vœux formés dans cet opuscule…". Nous n'avons trouvé aucun renseignement sur l'auteur, un certain Poopds, un Quaker familier de la langue française. En confiant son manuscrit à l'éditeur peu avant son décès, l'auteur a exigé le secret sur son nom. Violent pamphlet, inspiré par la philosophie des Lumières, contre les préjugés catholiques, la superstition, l'imposture des prêtres, le fanatisme et la répression préjugés des intolérants, paganisme des prêtres, commémoration du fanatisme pour la Terre Sainte, la Bible n'est pas un livre divin, miracles supposés, moines dangereux, réfutation de quelques erreurs de Locke, conseils pour un prince éclairé, etc. Ce livre est très rare. Très bel exemplaire en maroquin de l'époque.
53519P., Fischbacher, 1924, in 12 broché, 130 pages ; couverture et dos effrangés.
180532962Philadelphia: Printed by Kimber Conrad & Co 1805. Very Good. Philadelphia: Printed by Kimber Conrad & Co. 1805. First Edition. Octavo; original grey wrappers; 451pp. Light wear to edges; general smudging; spine perished. Mild soiling and faint spotting else unmarked; terminal leaves unopened; about Very Good. <br /> <br /> Detailed report on the Friends' interactions with the Oneida Onandago and Cayuga nations focusing on attempts at farming and education. Includes many speeches to the Friends from Native American leaders including Chief Cornplanter with particular attention paid to farming techniques as well as trades such as blacksmithing and carpentry and a couple digressions on the effects of alcohol. Uncommon in retail. <br /> <br /> Sabin 34617. Printed by Kimber, Conrad, & Co unknown
193954597Hamilton NY: The Republican Press 1939. Tall 8vo. 171 1 pp. Illust. title illustrations throughout. Brown cloth gilt lettering w/ d.j. cover art by Coye slight dustsoiling shelfwear NF/NF copy inscribed & signed by both authors on dedication page & numbered from the library of Martin K. Howes 1904-1972 noted collector of Robert Frost professor and librarian at Allegheny College PA. First edition signed & numbered No. 276 of 550 copies of this second title in the Meadville Trilogy largely written by these noted pacifist and Quaker poets during their extended residence in the Allegheny region of Pennsylvania. After acting as conscientious objectors during World War II and living in New York. After the War Albert 1904-1968 and Helen 1907-1968 moved to Rosemont PA founded the Ahab Press edited Toynbee’s War and Civilization and continued to publish and write anthologies of poetry and verse. Coye 1907-1981 is perhaps best remembered for his 1000s of illustrations for science fiction and fantasy magazines and the horror anthologies of August Derleth. The Republican Press, hardcover
1789List2987Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1789. Single three-page letter measuring 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches. Folded with large tears at folds; excellent. A letter from H. Cathrall in Philadelphia to her friend Amey Thurston dated October 20th 1789. The letter discusses her health and the health and lives of their mutual friends. She also describes her experience of hearing ministry at a women’s Quaker meeting:<br /> <br /> “our yearly Solemnity was uncommonly large and much sisterly condescension was comfortingly evidencd; and thro the condescension of Isarels Israel’s King and Shepherd we were made in some sittings reverently to rejoice in that the Lord in wondrous Mercy had not forgotten Sion ‘nor yet in Anger cast off his People’~â€.<br /> <br /> Though Quaker worship meetings did not exclude women Philadelphia did have a women’s monthly meeting as well; Haverford College holds its membership book for 1793 Cathrall does not appear in it but at least one other name mentioned in her letter does.<br /> <br /> Of interest to scholars of Philadelphia’s long Quaker history especially the role of Quaker women. unknown
18208Philadelphia. Friends' Book-Store. 1871. Hardcover. 12mo. 18cm 268p. black pebbled cloth missing front free end paper a fine bright sound clean copy ds1. - A Connecticut Quaker's diary. Samuel Scott was born in London in 1719 and died in 1788 in Hartford Connecticut in 1788. He had been a Quaker minister for thirty-six years. Originally published in Philadelphia in 1809. Philadelphia. Friends' Book-Store. 1871 hardcover
1823281351823. A three-page manuscript letter from Ephraim Smooth to Bloomfield McIlvaine exhorting him to follow the tenants of meditation and balance inherent in the Quaker tradition. <br /> <br /> A dance was held at the home of Obediah Sears and Ephraim Smooth writes at length about Quaker tradition of contemplation rejecting "ill-judged indulgence of riot & gaiety" refering to Bloomfield's education he graduated from the College of New Jersey later Princeton in 1812 and his power to influence the youths and finally offers a curative silent meditation with Simon Pure Obediah Broadbrim and himself to "cheerfully join in the dance of the spirit". Dated 5th day 7 month 1823 5 July 1823. Reference is made to the flute and fiddle made in Edenton North Carolina we assume; and addressed to "Bottany Bay" which we assume is the one on Edisto Island South Carolina. <br /> <br /> Bloomfield McIlvaine 22 Feb 1797- 18 Aug 1826 died at 30 in New Jersey. He married Henrietta Maria Banker in June 1824. His father was Joseph McIlvaine who died a couple hours after his son aged 58. Joseph was a US senator for New Jersey. Bloomfield was a lawyer - his extensive library takes four pages in his will just the books valued at $939.35. He is buried in Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard in Burlington New Jersey. unknown
178715881Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Cruikshank 1787 First edition. Contemporary calf burgundy morocco spine label. Octavo. With alphabetical index. Bottom corners rubbed small chip at foot of spine some light browning. Contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper. A very good copy. An interesting collection of short biographies of early American Quaker ministers. Over fifty of the people discussed are women. Printed by Joseph Cruikshank unknown
180011885New York: Printed by Isaac Collins 1800. Hardcover. Very good. First edition. viii 141 pages. Evans 37474. Printed on heavy paper with one or two leaves bound between each of the chapters. According to a note following the introduction "The book is printed with blank pages for the purpose of making future additions which are to be inserted in the manner and in the page in which they will be directed to be placed by the yearly meeting. No other additions are to be made.". The present copy is annotated and corrected in various ways presumably by someone who attended this annual meeting. On the first free endpaper there is a contemporary annotation: "Abraham Barker Lives in Ohio Huron Co. Town of Brunson." On the blank leaf following p. 50 there is the note: " To the monthly Meeting of . . . Dear friend We the subscriber A B son of . . . . do propose taking each other in marriage between us which we submit to your approbation then dated AB / CJ"; the inscription is somewhat illegible owing to some soiling; however it follows the chapter on "Marriages" and reproduces in part the "Form of Marriage Certificate" that appears on p. 49. In the next chapter "Removals and Certificates" at the top of the page the following annotation is added: "it shall be the duty of such monthly Meeting to accept the same unless there be some manifest objections." On p. 123 in the chapter "Queries" the following annotation appears at the bottom of the page: "B. Are the answers to the Queries introduced to the Quarterly and Yearly Meetings the substance of and founded on the answers from the prepositive Meetings." On the preceding page three lines of text have been x'ed out and an "a" has been inserted before the word "priest" in the second line from the bottom and the words "or magistrate" have been crossed through. And on p. 124 the last page of this chapter the entire ten lines of text have been crossed out. Similar crossings have been made to the chapter "Meetings of Ministers and Elders". <br /> <br /> It would appear that these annotations and corrections were made by one of those attending the Meeting in New York presumably perhaps Abraham Barker. The chapters in the book cover the following topics which however do not appear in the order given in the Table of Contents: Appeals Apprentices Books Burials Certificates Civil government Children Dealing with offenders Differences and Arbitrations Diversions Defamation and detraction Days and times Distilled spirits &c. Donations Elders Gaming Meetings for worship for discipline of ministers and elders for sufferings; Ministry Meeting-houses and ground Marriages Memorials Overseers Oaths Poor Plainness Priests wages or hireling ministry Queries Requests to be received into membership Removals Scandal publick Slavery Schools Sufferings Subscriptions Scriptures of the Old and New Testament Taverns Trade and commerce Women's meetings War Wills. In the short chapter on "Slavery" it is stated: "No friend is to import buy or sell negroes or other slaves; or hire any that are held in bondage; or wake any that are young or others by indenture or otherwise unless they are first set free. Any friend disregarding the advice above expressed after deliberate dealing with except satisfaction be given is to be disowned. . . ." The Meeting House on Pearl Street was established in 1795-96 but demolished in 1828. <br /> <br /> Light foxing but a very good copy of a rare publication very few locations known including AAS and Haverford College. Printed by Isaac Collins hardcover
1834958101834. Third edition. Darton and Harvey London. 1834. Quarto hardback. Bound in full tan morocco gilt to contrasting maroon label piece and gilt border rules to boards. End-papers and all page edges marbled. 335 pages. Index. Presentation copy to Sir Herbert Taylor First Private Secretary to George III IV and William IV from the Quaker philanthropist Peter Bedford - inscription to front free end-paper. Extremities sl. rubbed and prelims foxed. A nice copy. hardcover
1859000010694Philadelphia: Association of Friends for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge 1859. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 2 iii-vii 1 9-103 3 pp. Brown publisher's cloth with gold lettering on the front board. Coated yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Excerpts taken from Tracts Illustrating the History Doctrine and Discipline of the Society of Friends published in London in 1851. A few nicks to the cloth; leaves show minor foxing with a contemporary gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Association of Friends for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge hardcover
