The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman The secret of Woolman's purity of style is that his eye is single, and that conscience dictated his words. This Quaker preacher and tailor was a man of wisdom and true philosophy.
Murphy presents a nuanced portrait of this remarkable entrepreneur, philosopher, Quaker, and politician. Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration focuses on the major political episodes that attracted William Penn's sustained attention as a political...
Surveyor of the Mason-Dixon Line. An English Quaker from County Durham, in 1763 Jeremiah Dixon became the joint architect of one of the most important boundaries in history: the Mason-Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, ...
This is memoir of the first twenty-five years of long life, blending a picture of a time long ago with the story of a thoughtful child growing up to face adulthood in a very different world.