Richard Hubberthorne of Yealand. Yeoman—Soldier—Quaker, 1628-1662 (review)

BOOK REVIEWS53 the work. Various students of Quaker history have been writing such biographies for some time, and they will come out in due course. In Baltimore: A Not Too Serious History (1928) by Letitia Stockett, Chapter X is entitled, " Quaker Grey and Clipper Ships," and gives a short account of the settlement of Friends in Baltimore. Mention is also made of Edward and William Fells and the Quaker community near Baltimore called " Fells Point," where so many clipper ships were built during the Revolutionary War and afterwards. Among the many beautiful illustrations in this book, there are two of especial interest to Friends, namely, the picture of the Aisquith Street Meeting House in Baltimore and a copy of Turner's painting, "Moved by the Spirit." One of the earliest " State Papers " in the history of Pennsylvania, the original draft of the " Instructions " which Queen Christiana of Sweden issued to Johan Printz, in 1642, when the latter was about to set out for the Delaware to become the first Governor of New Sweden, has been found as a result of the research which Colonel Henry D. Paxson and the members of the Swedish Colonial Society have been making in regard to the old Swedish settlement on the Delaware. Photostats have been made of this original draft and also of the original copy of the completed instructions. These are to be translated by Dr. Amandus Johnson and published by the Swedish Colonial Society. Colonel Paxson points out that these instructions were issued two years before William Penn was born and anticipated many of his policies, including that of peace with the Indians. They contain the first instructions ever issued by any foreign government relating to the establishment of a colony within the area of what is now Pennsylvania. The Editor wishes to acknowledge the efficient help of Anna B. Hewitt, Secretary of Friends' Historical Association, in the preparation of this issue of the Bulletin. BOOK REVIEWS Books of interest to Friends may usually be purchased at the following places : Friends' Book Store, 302 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Friends' Book Store, 1515 Cherry Street, Philadelphia. Friends' Book and Tract Committee, 144 East 20th Street, N. Y. C. Friends' Book and Supply House, Richmond, Indiana. Friends Book Centre, Friends House, Euston Road, London, N. W. 1, England. When the price of an English book is given below in terms of American money, it means that one of the American book stores has quoted that price. 54 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Brockbank, Elisabeth. Richard Hubberthorne of Yealand. Yeoman— Soldier—Quaker, 1628-1662. London: Friends Book Centre. 1929. Pp. 168. 3s. 6d. Originally intended for a local celebration, Elisabeth Brockbank, R.M.S., of Yealand Conyers, Carnforth, county of Lancaster, was persuaded by her friends to enlarge and publish her sketch of the life of Richard Hubberthorne , and hence has appeared this attractively written story of a prominent Friend of the early days of Quakerism. The book opens with a copy of the record of " First Publishers " for the district, prepared but, apparently , never sent to London, as requested, and then its subject is traced through childhood, school-days and military life, to Quaker convincement, followed by service, suffering and martyrdom. Local color, and the setting of the times—George Fox and his Message, the Valiant Sixty, Yealand and its Meeting, etc.,—have been effectively introduced. Hubberthorne's association with Nayler occupies Chapter XI, " The Dark Year." 1 There is a touching reference to imprisonment and death " amid the heat and stench of Newgate." There is an Introduction by Rufus M. Jones, followed by several appendices comprising extracts from R. Hubberthorne's writings, also chronology, bibliography, index, and a map of the Yealand district. I doubt the correctness of the statement (p. 46) that Charles "was got to France in a small boat, by the help of the mate, Richard Carver, a Friend," for Carver would not have been a Friend at that time. And can it be asserted that " for nearly three hundred years women have had equal rights with men" (p. 57), when a Women's Yearly Meeting was only granted in 1784? The statement on page 135 needs revision, for of the...