Articles and Publications

Articles and Publications By Christopher Densmore and Barbara Addison The history ofQuakerism inthe seventeenthcentury continues to engage researchers, with current attention on Quakerism in an Atlantic context, in the role ofwomen, in the nature ofpublication and Quaker autobiographies as literature. Print Culture and the Early Quakers by Kate Peters (Cambridge UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005), part of the Cambridge Studies inEarly Modern BritishHistory, based on an analysis of Quakertractspublished 1652-1656, studies the Quakeruse ofprint, describing it as purposeful and effective, based on solid organization and involving both men and women. Autobiographical Writings ByEarly Quaker Women by David Booy (Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2004), part of a series on "The Early Modern Englishwoman" includes autobiographical writings from twelve women active from the 1650s to the early 1700s, based on manuscript and print sources and including detailed notes and an introduction on "Openings in the Light." Quaker travelers Katharine Evans and Sarah Cheevers are included in Rachel Mary Warburton, Mobility and Desire: Seventeenth-Century English Women 's Travel and Utopian Writings (PhD dissertation, University ofAlberta, 2002). Carla Gerona, Night Journeys: the Power of Dreams in Transatlantic Quaker Culture (Charlottesville: UniversityofVirginiaPress, 2004) explores Quakerdreams from the 1640s to the 1840s, how they were transmitted and understood among Quakers and their contributions to reform. Gerona also wrote "Imaging Peace in Quaker andNative AmericanDream Stories" forFriends andEnemies inPenn 's Woods: Indians, Colonists, andtheRacial Construction ofPennsylvania, edited by William Pencak and Daniel K. Richter (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004), 41-62. ThePracticalPreachingand Vital Voices ofMargeryKemp, MargaretFell, andMaria W. Stewart (PhD dissertation, Indiana University ofPennsylvania , 2003) by Colleen D. Richmond compares the seventeenth century Quaker Margaret Fell with early and later women. "In the Apostle's Words: Elizabeth Ashbridge's Epistle to Goshen Monthly Meeting," by Elisabeth Ceppi in Legacy 21:2 (2004), 141-155, examines a 1754 document now at the Huntington Library. The Journal ofthe Friends Historical Society 59:3 (2002, issued 2004), includes, 1 89-203, "A New Look at the Peningtons," by Rosemary Moore; 204-21 1 , "The Quaker Tapestry as a Resource for History and Spirituality," by Faith Rodger and Margaret Lawson; 212-215, "The Apocalyptic Dream ofSamuel Fothergill in 1760," by Claus Bernet; 215-230, "The Correspondence of Dr. John Fothergill with Sir Joseph Banks," by Christopher C. Booth; 231-235, "Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771): Quaker Artist with 66Quaker History Cook'sEndeavourVoyage," by David Sox; and, 236-256, "PimBrofhers— Merchants, Manufacturers and Entrepreneurs of Nineteenth-Century Dublin," by Richard S. Harrison. The following issue oí The Journal ofthe Friends Historical Society, 60:1 (2003, issued 2005) includes, 2-24, Douglas Gwyn on "John Saltmarsh: Quaker Forerunner" concerning a "protoQuaker " active in the 1640s; 25-35, "William Edmundson: Ireland's First Quaker," by Kenneth L. Carroll; 36-40, "An Old Quaker Burial Ground on Barbados," by Maris Corbin; 41-45, "The Quaker Family History Society Digest Indexing Project," by Howard M. Knight; and, 46-54, "Current and Future Quaker Historical Research in Ireland," by W. Ross Chapman. The most recent issue of Quaker Studies 9.2 (March 2005) contains several articles on early Quakerism usually with a focus on women, including, 137-155, "Choose Life! Early Quaker Women and Violence in Modernity" by Grace M. Jantzen; 191-203, "The Inferior Parts ofthe Body: the Development and Role of Women's Meetings in the Early Quaker Movement" by Gareth Shaw, focusing on Ostwick Meeting in Yorkshire; 176-190, "Reading a Quakers' Book: Elizabeth Ashbridge's Testimony of Quaker Literary Theory," by Michele Lise Tarter; and 220-233, "Quakers in Thirsk Monthly Meeting 1650-75" by John Wood. Three additional articles concern 19th century English Quakerism and family life: 156-175, "Family Memory, Religion and Radicalism: The Priestman, Bright and Clark Kinship Circle of Women Friends and Quaker History" by Sandra StanleyHolton; 204-2 1 9, "Women inthe QuakerCommunity: theRichardson Family of Newcastle, cl 8 15-60" by Jonathan Mood, and 234-248, "John Brewin's Tracts: the Written Word, Evangelicalism and the Quakers in Mid Nineteenth Century England" by Edwina Newman. The discussion of the demographic trends over the twentieth century in Britain Yearly Meeting is continued, 249-255, with "Keeping the Light Shining? the End of British...