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1829BL4542Philadelphia:: Society of Friends 1829. 1829. Volume III only. 8vo. iii-iv 3-298 2 pp. Missing title page and pp. 1-2. Original full mottled calf red gilt-stamped spine label "Quaker"; spine damaged rubbed. Ownership signature of Fannie Comstock. As is. This serial publication survived for just four years ca.1827-1831. Contains sermons or letters written by James Cockburn Dr. John Moore Jesse Kersey Stephen Crisp Elias Hicks Edward Stabler Thomas Wetherald Amos Peaslee etc. Society of Friends, 1829]. unknown books
1861480881861. QUAKERS: SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. THE AMERICAN ANNUAL MONITOR FOR 1861; OR OBITUARY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA FOR THE YEAR 1860. NY: Tract Association of Friends/ Samuel S. & William Wood 1861. 16mo. embossed brown cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Very Good minor wear very shallow chip title page. $35.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1808WRCAM49717Philadelphia 1808. 31pp. Folio on a folded sheet. Old fold lines minor soiling and wear. Very good. Extracts from the yearly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends commonly known as the Quakers containing highlights of the meeting. These include reports on the education of Quaker youth and a mention of the Committee in charge of the conversion of Native Americans. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 15076. unknown books
18211015808vo leather spine label gilt lines on spine 184 pp. Top hinge cracked some minor wear to extremities volume slightly bent small hole through pages 7 and 8 some slight foxing but internally generally bright and clean. This is a collection of short biographies of notable Quakers who passed away between 1783 and 1820.While much of the text appears to talk about the personal challenges these people faced some comments are directed at their works with others including native Americans. Solomon W. Conrad, books
1876WRCAM47653Philadelphia 1876. 15pp. Original printed wrappers. Light soiling and wear contemporary pencil inscription on front cover. Minor internal soiling. Very good. Seventh annual report of the committee formed by the Society of Friends in conjunction with the U.S. Government "for the furtherance of such plans as Friends might devise for the civilization and Christianization of the Indian natives." The report notes that there are now nearly 20000 Indians on agencies overseen by the Quakers. Reports on each of the individual agencies follow giving details on tribe numbers efforts in the schools habits of the Indians etc. Only microfilm copies located in OCLC. unknown books
18242222184<p>First edition thus. Folio 4 pages. Old folds. With printed signature of Josiah Forster Clerk to the Meeting. Very good light age stains.</p><p>Printed by Solomon W. Conrad No. 32 Church Alley Philada. The first American printing.</p> Quakers unknown books
18472345Boston: Printed by S.N. Dickinson & Co. 1847. 12mo 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 183 x 119 mm 12 pages in original printed wrappers softcover.<br /><br />A full-throated cry against slavery. The Quakers who had long opposed slavery wonder how a supposedly Christian nation could allow such evil to exist. "From the border slave states to the far south and southwest the vessels of the slave-trader regularly ply laden with youthful victims reared like cattle for the market" page 4. <br /><br />OCLC shows 21 physical holdings of this pamphlet by institutions with far more in digital formats. None in commerce. <b>SCARCE.</b> <br /><br />CONDITION: Slight soiling and creasing to wrappers horizontal fold probably for mailing. Very Good or better. Printed by S.N. Dickinson & Co. paperback books
180619256New York: Published by Samuel Stansbury Southwick and Hardcastle Printers 1806. First American edition. Frontispiece Oval portrait by P. Maverick. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary American mottled sheep red morocco labels. Some scuffing and rubbing of binding head of spines slightly chipped some browning spotting and offsetting of text but not offensive. A very nice copy of this interesting text. First American edition. Frontispiece Oval portrait by P. Maverick. 1 vols. 8vo. Sabin 13492 Published by Samuel Stansbury, Southwick and Hardcastle Printers unknown books
1806241081New York: Published by Samuel Stansbury Southwick and Hardcastle Printers 1806. First American edition same year as the London edition. Frontispiece Oval portrait by P. Maverick. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary American tree calf red morocco labels light scuffing to joints and extremities some browning spotting and offsetting of text but not offensive contemporary American bookplate of Cornell Munro; a handsome copy. First American edition same year as the London edition. Frontispiece Oval portrait by P. Maverick. 1 vols. 8vo. Sabin 13492 Published by Samuel Stansbury, Southwick and Hardcastle Printers unknown books