Articles in Quaker Periodicals

Articles inQuakerPeriodical· By Edwin B. Bronner Australian Friend In "75th Anniversary of the First Conference of Australasian Friends," a brief summary of events before the creation of Australia Yearly Meetin is provided.—Oct., 1963, pp. 1, 2. Concern The January issue consists largely of selections from Robert Barclay, Isaac Penington, George Fox, Edward Burrough, and Joseph John Gurney to indicate their views concerning Christ. The introduction contains a quotation from Stephen Grellet concerning an encounter with Elias Hicks.—Jan., 1964, pp. 2-19. The Friend Wilfrid Allott in "Our Marriages" discusses the marriages practices of Friends in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He points out that Quaker marriages were legally valid even though not performed in the usual manner.— Jan. 17, 1964, pp. 70, 71. Henry J. Cadbury in "English Friends Mutilated Woolman's Journal" traces the history of the editing of the first English editions of Woolman's Journal to omit attitudes and opinions not shared by London Yearly Meeting's, Meeting for Sufferings,—March 6, pp. 269-271. An additional letter throwing fresh light on the controversy was printed in the May 1 issue, p. 531. George W. Edwards, in "Pirates and Pomp Troubled Six Weeks Meeting," summarizes the work of this group over two centuries.—March 13, pp. 315, 316. Friends Journal Letter from the Past Number 205, "John Woolman at Sheffield," tells of a letter written in 1772 by a young Friend, Tabitha Hoyland, about John Woolman 's visit to her meeting.—Feb. 15, 1964, pp. 80-81. Letter from the Past Number 206, "A 'Grave' Mistake, points out that one of the gravestones which marked the place where George Fox was supposedly buried made a mistake in the month of his birth because of confusion over Old Style and New Style calendars.—April 1, 1964, pp. 151-152. Homer D. Babbidge, Jr., in "The Pursuit of Truth in a Quaker College," taken from an address at the Swarthmore Centennial, compares the attitude of early Friends towards education with some current Quaker attitudes.—June 1, 1964, pp 245-246. The lecture is printed in full in the April 1964 issue of the Swarthmore College Bulletin under the title, "Are the First Hundred Years the Hardest?" Letter from the Past Number 207, "Again Thee for Thou," discusses the change from "thcu" to "thee," and quotes from four sources from the period 1780-1821 on the change in practice.—June 1, 1964, p. 251. 125 126Quaker History Friends' Quarterly John Ferguson, in "Two Quaker Poets," discusses Thomas Ellwood (16391713 ), and Richard Bockett (1693-1721). He expresses admiration for Ellwood, but not for Bockett.—April, 1964, pp. 464-468. Journal of the Friends' Historical Society Henry J. Cadbury, in "Early Quakerism at Newcastle upon Tyne," tells something of Friends in that area, and branches out to discuss the use of newspapers in studying early Quaker history.—Vol. 50, No. 3 1963, pp. 91-96. George W. Edwards has written a brief summary of "The Stuchbury Trust," which dates from 1708 in London.—Vol. 50, No. 3, 1963, pp. 97-99. Russell H. Mortimer, in "Quaker Printers, 1750-1850," discusses English and Irish Quaker printers, with an emphasis upon those in London, whereFriends tended to concentrate their printing. It includes a list of printers, excluding London.—Vol. 50, No. 3, 1963, pp. 100-133. J. K. Edwards has published an article entitled, "The Gurneys and the Norwich Clothing Trade in the Eighteenth Century, "which is a part of a Ph.D. thesis on the economic history of Norwich.—Vol. 50, No. 3, 1963, pp. pp. 134-152. R. S. Mortimer has edited documents under the title, "Quakers in the Diocese of Salisbury, 1783,"—Vol. 50, No. 3, 1963, pp. 153-157. Wilfred Allott has summarized the life and work of "Wilson Armistead, 1819-1868, "known for his writings against slavery, his Memoirs of James Logan, and other Quaker volumes.—Vol. 50, No. 3, 1963, pp. 158-163. The printing of the A. R. Barclay MSS continues, with nine letters included in the present portion of the collection,—Vol. 50, No. 3, 1963, pp. 164-180. ...