Quaker history and biography

A quaker family's history from 1660 to the present day. Antony Barlow, one of the five children of ralph and joan Barlow, is the descendant of one of the oldest Quaker families, whose ancestor james Lancaster was one of The Society of Friends

Horace Alexander is best rememberd among Quakers for his work as a peacemaker. This book deals with his other major interest, the study of birds, in which he was already engaged as a teenager at the beginning of the 20th century.

John Woolman, quintessential Quaker, was far ahead of his time. Aside from writing a celebrated Journal and many essays, he was an anti-slavery pioneer - long before there was an abolitionist movement.

This book has been written as an introduction to a remarkable man who was both a true Quaker of the Quietist years and a prolific writer.

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...