Abstract

Abstract Three governments in two decades (1775-1795) accused Quaker William Rotch of disloyalty, interpreting his pacifist universalism as political subversion. Yet his merchant vocation also inspired his cosmopolitanism and infuriated his opponents. Both stories are necessary for a full portrait of the man and a complete understanding of the historical moment.

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