Research in Progress

62Quaker History as No. 7 of the series Philosophiae Spinozae Perennis. This publication is the outcome of Professor Richard Popkin's article on "Spinoza's Relations With The Quakers in Amsterdam" in the spring 1984 issue of Quaker History. As Michael A. Signer says in his Introductory Observations: "The following edition ofA Loving Salutation is based on a comparison of a text printed in Hebrew (1658) which was printed in rabbinic cursive type, and bilingual edition (1660) where Hebrew printed in square letters was set in parallel columns with the English text." For a full discussion of Spinoza's relation to the translation of Margaret Fell's Loving Salutation see Professor Popkin's article in Quaker History, spring 1984, 14-25. Research in Progress Prepared by Claire B. Shetter Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081 Charmarie Jenkins Blaisdell, associate professor of History at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, is working on two projects: a biography of Irish Quaker Mary Leadbetter (née Shackleton), 1758-1826, and a comparative study of Irish and colonial American Quaker women in the late 17th and early 18th century, showing the impact of the colonial experience on Quaker women's status and roles. Correspondence will reach her at the Dept. of History, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115. Material for an article on Samuel Morris and Gwynedd (PA) Monthly Meeting and Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting, is being prepared by William A. Brobst, affiliated with Hope Lodge, Fort Washington, PA. His address is 1 North Main St., Ambler, PA 19002. Other meeting studies are being prepared by Emily R. Myers Lebedda who is compiling material for a history of Birmingham (PA) Meeting, 1825-1865, and whose address is 82 Bullock Rd., P.O. Box 113, Chadds Ford, PA 19317; and Barbara and Michael Preston, of Maurice River (NJ) Friends Meeting (Seaville Monthly Meeting) who are researching their contribution to a Salem Quarterly Meeting history, now planned for publication by a separate committee. Their address is P.O. Box 107, Buckshutem Rd., Mauricetown, NJ 08329. Studies of Quakers and Indian relations are being prepared by Edith Schrot, 402 Laurens St., Olean, NY 14760, of St. Bonaventure University, whose subject is Seneca/Quaker relationships with reference to local flora in southwestern New York State; and Sally Roesch Wagner, of the University of California at Davis, who is currently a research affiliate, preparing material on the subject of Lucretia Mott and the connection between the suffrage movement and the Sénecas. Her address is 4943 Kurz Circle, Carmichael, CA 95608. P. Grover Cleveland is inviting correspondence and information on his topic, the role of Quaker doctors in the American Civil War. "Of particular interest is the role that any Quaker doctors in the South may have played in treating wounded military and civilian casualties." His address is 13173 Omega Ct., Grass Valley, CA 95945. Research in Progress63 Dennis Conrad, of the Rhode Island Historical Society, 110 Benevolent St., Providence, RI 02906, is examining background material for volume 5 of the Nathanael Greene Papers. Greene was a Quaker and an American general in the Revolutionary War who was diswoned for his participatin in the war. There are five studies in progress on Quaker education. A History of Buckingham (PA) Friends School is being prepared by Richard Eldridge, 47 Hillcrest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18907. Leonard S. Kenworthy is at work on a book on Quaker education. His address is 132 Kendal, Kennett Square, PA 19348. John W. Oliver of the history dept. at Malone College, Canton, OH 44709, is preparing a study of J. Walter and Emma Malone, Quaker founders of Cleveland Bible Institute which later became Malone College. Also, histories of William Penn Charter School and Friends Select School are being prepared for anniversary celebrations. Joseph S. Foster, 817 South Leithgow St., Philadelphia, PA 19147, is one of several people doing research for a biographical dictionary of early Pennsylvania legislators, many of whom were Quakers. He is affiliated with Temple University, Philadelphia. Martha J. P. Grundy, a graduate student in history at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, is doing research for her Ph.D. which involves 17 families from Middletown (PA) Monthly Meeting, from 1750 to...