Articles and Publications

Articles and Publications129 form a cohesive voting bloc. Most striking is their behavior during the Seven Years War. In contrast to their fellow members of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in the Pennsylvania legislature, Quaker assemblymen simply abstained from voting on war issues. They remained in the legislature in large numbers until the Revolution finally forced them out of office. This short review hardly does justice to the sophistication of Purvis's work, especially its use of quantitative methods, roll-call analysis, and collective biography. In short, Purvis has done everything that an historian ought to do and deserves considerable credit for it. Earlham CollegeThomas D. Hamm Articles and Publications Prepared by Claire B. Shetter Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081 A recent book, Our Quaker Ancestors, by Ellen Thomas Berry and David Allen Berry, has been published by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 21202. It acquaints the researcher with the types of records available, the location of records in the United States, and the effective use of those records. In addition there are chapters on record repositories and source material outside the United States. Ira V. Brown has had an article published in Pennsylvania History, vol. 54, No. 3 (July 1987), entitled "Pennsylvania, 'Immediate Emancipation,' and the Birth of the Pennsylvania Antislavery Society." There are references to Quaker abolitionists. A Quiet Haven: Quakers and Moral Treatment, by Charles L. Cherry, has recently been published by the Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. Quaker Home Service (London Yearly Meeting) has published two brief but important works by Alex Bryan in 1986: 'Bloody Conchie. . .!':a Conscientious Objector looks back to World War Two, and Healing the Wounds: Quaker Relief Work during World War Two and its Aftermath. Two Jonathan W. Plummer lectures (Illinois Yearly Meeting) have been published recently: Agnita Wright Dupree's Widening the Circle (1985) and David H. Finke's Angels Watching over Me (1986). Mary Hoxie Jones has published an article in Mystic Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 1 (March 1986) entitled, "Rufus Matthew Jones: Mystic." An article in Seaport, vol. 20, no. 4 (Spring 1987), concerns Quaker printers Samuel Wood and Mahlon Day, "the books of New York's first childhood," by Michael S. Joseph. It describes the children's books written and sold by these two Quaker printers in the early 1800's. 130Quaker History Thomas Hamm's recent pamphlet on "The Antislavery Movement in Henry County, Indiana," has been published by the Henry County (IN) Historical Society, 1987. It is the story of Henry County's abolitionists, and Hamm has developed biographical accounts of 30 of them, the majority of whom were Quaker. An account of the Quaker Howland family entitled, "Samuel Howland of Dutchess County and his Children," by Francis G. Jenkins, appeared in the New England Historical & Genealogical Register, vol. 140 (April 1986). Bonnelyn Y. Kunze has published an article in the December 1986 issue of Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, entitled, "An Unpublished Work of Margaret Fell." "Personalities of '87: James Rhoads and Henry Hartshorne" is the title of an interesting article by Mark Minear appearing in the March 1987 issue of Quaker Life. Rhoads and Hartshorne were two Philadelphia Gurneyiteinfluenced Friends who were unofficial representatives to the 1887 Richmond Conference of Friends. Marie M. Mullaney has published an article in New Jersey History, vol. 104, (Fall-Winter 1986), entitled, "Feminism, Utopianism and (December 1986) Domesticity: the Career of Rebecca Buffum Spring." Spring was an ardent abolitionist End a Quaker. Doreen Pclianich has an article on the Bowne House, long associated with Quakers, in The Long Island Forum, vol. 49, no. 4 (April 1986). Mary Hughes: a Friend to All in Need, by Hugh Pyper, has been issued by Quaker Home Service. Mary Hughes was the daughter of Thomas Hughes and worked in London's East End from 1926 to 1940. Salem (NJ) Quarterly Meeting history committee is publishing its history of the monthly meetings since 1674. This work includes historical influences, concerns , anecdotes, and substantial familial information. There are also photographs and maps. Copies are available from Salem Quarterly Meeting, P.O. Box 67, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062. Mary Anne Schofield, Saint Bonaventure University, New York, has had her article " 'Women...