Articles in Quaker Periodicals

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Articles in Quaker Periodicals By Lyman W. Riley The Friend Margaret M. Harvey writes a discerning "Re-assessment of John Greenleaf Whittier," calling him "a great Quaker and a very sensitive spirit" who made a great contribution to the development of contemporary Quakerism; at the same time she offers some criticism of the poetic forms of his message and the "cloying quality" of his hymns.—Dec. 27, 1957, pp. 1203-1205. George W. Edwards contributes a brief note on the founding of Haddonfield , New Jersey, on property owned by John Haddon of Horslydown Meeting but settled by his daughter Elizabeth.—Feb. 28, 1958, p. 264. Friends Journal In "William Edmondson in County Cavan, Ireland," Caroline N. Jacob tells of the establishment of a Quaker settlement there and relates some incidents of the ministry and suffering of William.—Dec. 21, 1957, pp. 826-827. Letter from the Past No. 168 is about "The Flushing Remonstrance, 1657," the defence of Friends by the citizens of Flushing, Long Island, against Governor Stuyvesant. A stamp celebrating the tercentenary of the Remonstrance is illustrated.—Jan. 4, 1958, p. 10. "First Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1658" were Josiah Cole and Thomas Thurston who travelled the unexplored territory between Virginia and New England at a time when persecution in New England was severe and access by sea was impossible. Edmund Goerke relates the story of these courageous Friends who met more love and sympathy among the Indians than among the whites.—Feb. 8, 1958, pp. 86-87. Frederick B. Tolles describes "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1758," which was "stirred by the prophetic voice of John Woolman" to urge all Friends to free their slaves.—April 26, 1958, pp. 259-260. Letter from the Past No. 171 is entitled "Robert Barclay's 'Secret'." In it "Now and Then" commends Barclay on three points: (1) his Apology confines itself to matters distinctive to Quakerism, (2) he speaks from experience, not from theory, (3) he uses as a key word, "secret," referring to the interior, vital part of religion.—May 31, 1958, pp. 349-350. Journal of the Friends' Historical Society John M. Douglas' 1955 Presidential Address to the Friends' Historical Society is on "Early Quakerism in Ireland"; he treats in considerable 122 Articles in Quaker Periodicals123 detail a number of aspects of the first dozen years of Irish Quakerism, from both published and unpublished sources.—-48 (1956), 3-32. W. Allen Cole contributes an article on "The Social Origin of the Early Friends," based on the registers of births, deaths, and especially, marriages. The results are tabulated by area, including Lancashire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire, Bristol, and London and Middlesex. The author analyzes these data and concludes that, from this incomplete record, during their first forty years Friends were more apt to be tradesmen or craftsmen than agriculturalists (although one-half of the early Quaker leaders came from the land), to be engaged in industry than in commerce, and to be in the textile industry than in any other. Also, very few "gentlemen" and almost no "proletarians" became Friends.—48 (1957), 99-118. An editorial note refers to the founding of a meeting in "Bishopricke" (County Durham), in 1653, and gives some information contributed by Amy Wallis about Anthony Pearson, a leader among these Friends, but who later left the Society.—48 (1957), 119-122. An installment of the "A. R. Barclay MSS" contains letters by Francis Howgill, John Story, Thomas Stacy, Thomas Aldam, Thomas and Joan Killam, William Ames, John Camm, John Whitehead, Marmaduke Storr, Edward Bourne, William Bingley, to Margaret Fell, George Fox, Richard Farnsworth, George Whitehead, Josiah Cole, and Lieutenant General Lambert. There is also a note dated 1654 concerning Robert Barwick.— 48 (1957), 123-139. Ormerod Greenwood edits a letter of John Woolman to Susanna Lightfoot, hitherto unpublished. He introduces the letter with a sketch of Susanna Lightfoot's life. Woolman writes words of encouragement to the woman minister, apparently in response to an expression of despair from her.—48 (1957), 147-156. Grace B. Sherrer presents "New Evidence of Francis Mercury Van Helmont's Relations with the Quakers." She gives the record of his investment in the Box Meeting Fund during the period...