Articles and Publications

Articles and Publications Mary Ellen Chijioke and Claire B. Shetter Anniversaries always provoke publications. To honor William Penn's 350th, Jean R. Soderlund guest co-edited a special issue ofPennsylvania History (61.4: 1994). In "William Penn's Gentry Commonwealth: An Interpretation of the Constitutional History ofEarly Pennsylvania, 1681-1701" (pp. 393-428), Richard Alan Ryerson seeks a new understanding ofthe old problem ofhow Penn's initial enthusiasm for self-governance in his new province changed in such a short period into a defender of proprietorial privilege. The elements he uses for his synthesis are: seventeenth-century political theory, Gary Nash's 1968 book, Quakers and Politics, Pennsylvania, 1681-1726, and the economic and social bases of both Penn and the colonists. Alison Duncan Hirsch challenges traditional views of Gulielma and Hannah Penn in "A Tale of Two Wives: History and Mythmaking in the Lives ofGulielma and Hannah Penn" (pp. 429^156). In '"Good Will to all Men ... Fromthe King on the Throne to the Beggar on the Dunghill' : William Penn, the Roman Catholics, and Religious Toleration," Paul Douglas Newman draws upon the seventeenth-century distinction between liberty of conscience and toleration to explain Penn's support for toleration of Catholics under James II, despite his longstanding enmity towards "the Romish whore." To underscore the continuing fascination ofthe conflict between Penn and his colonists, Irma Corcoran presents another review in "William Penn and His Purchasers: Problems in Paradise" (Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 138.4 (1994): 476-486). In his assessment of "One Monumental Man" (Swarthmore College Bulletin 92.3 (1995): 10-15), J. William Frost seeks to get beyond Penn as cultural icon to evaluate his religious and cultural legacy. He finds four lasting contributions: the beliefthat there is no innate inconsistency in being a devout Christian and exercising political power; a demonstration that accepting diversity in religious faith need not lead to apathy about one's own religious commitment; his tolerance of differences, influenced by his treatment of Native Americans, which became a testimony of Friends everywhere in the U.S.; and his confidence that education and learning foster religion. Elsewhere in the seventeenth century, Richard G. Bailey's "Research Note on Judge Thomas Fell (1598-1658)" (The Journal ofthe Friends Historical Society 51A (1994): 1-4) described in detail what Fell's very important position of the Chancellor ofthe Duchy ofLancaster, 1654-58, meant in his own time. David L. Wykes examines the issues of why Quakers were included in the Toleration Act of 1689, despite Penn's identification with James II, and why they accepted its terms, despite their long-standing refusal to compromise with the state over matters of religion, then follows Quaker reaction to the operation of the Act to 1810. With a growing body of literature on seventeenth-century Quaker women, Margaret Hope Bacon's article "An International Sisterhood: Eighteenth-Century Quaker Women in Overseas Ministry" (The Friends ' Quarterly 28.5 (1995): 193206 ) reviews the experiences ofthe 31 British and 43 American Quaker women who crossed the Atlantic in ministry between 1700 and 1800. In "Further Thoughts on Leeds Friends and the Beaconite Controversy" (The Articles and Publications159 Journal ofthe Friends Historical Society 57.1 (1994): 57-73), Mark A. Ellison examines the role ofthe 1836 separation in Manchester in energizingthe evangelical tide in London Yearly Meeting. Edward H. Milligan discusses conservative resistance to that tide in the 185Os and 60s. The Christian basis of Quakerism continues to be a source of division among Friends. Based in part upon his own wide experience, Dean Freiday reviews the recenthistory of"Quakers, Ecumenism andthe WCC [WorldCouncil ofChurches]" (Ecumenical Review 46.4 (1994): 413-419). Not primarily historical in approach but bound to become a major source document for future historians is the full text ofthe Autumn 1991 Pendle Hill Lecture Series, Realignment: Nine Views Among Friends (Pendle Hill Occasional Paper). There is a wide range of new publications related to issues ofpeace and war. Meredith Baldwin Weddle examines the origins and early development of the Peace Testimony in her dissertation, "Walking in the Way of Peace: Quaker Pacifism in the Seventeenth Century" (Yale University, Ph.D., 1993). In Algie I. Newlin's "The Battle...