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98 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ARTICLES IN QUAKER PERIODICALS By Thomas E. Drake The Friend (Philadelphia) "Early Quaker Education of Children," by Walter J. Homan, stresses the religious element which predominated in the early period, as well as the puritan morality of the times.—March 19, 1942, pp. 333-335. "David Lloyd, Penn's Great Lawmaker," by Burton Alva Konkle, is an essay in praise of the part Lloyd played in framing colonial Pennsylvania 's constitution and laws.—March 19, 1942, pp. 350-351. "Quaker Research," an address by Rufus M. Jones delivered at the dedication of the new Treasure Room to house the Quaker Collection of the Haverford College Library, is a brief review of the various types of literature available for research in the Quaker field at Haverford.— May 28, 1942, pp. 435-437. "The William Scarnali Lean Letters," contributed by J. Henry Bartlett, include three letters, 1899-1907, recording the spiritual progress of a distinguished English Friend from Quakerism to Anglicanism and back again.—June 25, 1942, pp. 473-475. Friends Intelligencer "Conference Reminiscences, Wise and Otherwise," by Jane P. Rushmore , is a series of articles on the conferences which were forerunners of the Cape May meetings of Friends General Conference.—February 21, 1942, p. 121; February 28, pp. 135-136; March 7, p. 151; March 14, p. 166; March 21, pp. 182-183. The cataloging of the manuscripts in the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College has brought to light some important records on "Quaker-Indian Relations" in the nineteenth century. Frederick B. Tolles, Librarian, discusses these in two articles.—March 14, pp. 168-169, and May 2, 1942, p. 286. "Jesse Herman Holmes" is the title of an appreciation by Brand Blanshard, his colleague on the Swarthmore College faculty, and of several briefer items.—June 6, 1942, pp. 368-70. A "Statement of Policy" of the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College appeared in the Friends Intelligencer of June 27, 1942, p. 412. It was reprinted in The Friend (Phila.), August 6, 1942, pp. 42-43, in an article by Thomas E. Drake, "The Quaker Libraries at Haverford and Swarthmore," showing how these two Friends' reference libraries supplement each other, and describing the special policy features ARTICLES IN QUAKER PERIODICALS99 of Haverford's Quaker Collection which differ from those of Swarthmore . The portions of this article relating to Haverford were reprinted in Friends Intelligencer, August 29, 1942, pp. 560-561. "Cecil Friends Meeting Commemoration" records the dedication ceremonies on October 11, 1942, in connection with the placing of a plaque on the site of the Cecil meeting house in Kent County, Maryland, near Lynch. Friends worshiped there from 1696 to 1900.—October 31, 1942, p. 707. "Now and Then" (Henry J. Cadbury) is continuing his "Letters from the Past," linking up present events with earlier episodes in Quaker history. They run as follows: 15, Atlantic Raiders (November 29, 1941, pp. 768-769) recalls the capture of early sea-going Friends by Barbary pirates; 16, Hindsight, Insight, Foresight (December 20, 1941, pp. 814-815) discusses the difficulty of pacifists as well as others in knowing whether a given war is right or wrong, and the wisdom of standing on basic pacifist principles until the facts are known ; 17, George Fox After 250 Years (January 3, 1942, p. 7) calls for a further analysis of Fox's leadership in Quakerism ; 18, A Quaker M. P. on the War (January 17, 1942, pp. 36-37) praises Dr. Alfred Salter's antiwar speech in Parliament of November 25, 1941 ; 19, Opposing a War in Wartime (February 7, 1942, p. 87) recalls John Bright's open opposition to the Crimean War; 20, Kind Offices for New Settlers (September 19, 1942, pp. 607-608) mentions various Quaker assistances in resettling refugees; 21,Putting Quakerism on the Map (October 10, 1942, p. 652) describes a map of Barbados, 1680, by Richard Ford, Surveyor, which showed the five Friends' meeting houses, but failed to show forts and "churches" ; 22,Quaker as Place Name (October 31, 1942, pp. 701-702) lists "Quaker" names in various countries where Friends have flourished. The American Friend Salem, Oregon, Quarterly Meeting celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on November...