Historical News

.HISTORICAL NEWS The Annual Meeting of Friends Historical Association was held Eleventh Month 24, 1969, at the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia. George Vaux, Vice-President, presided. During the business meeting members of the board of directors were elected and matters of historical interest were discussed. Announcement was made of a number of publications of interest to Friends. A minute was read noting the death on Tenth Month 27, 1969, of Anna Cox Brinton, a devoted and valued member of Friends Historical Association since 1936 and president, 1964-1966. The Curator-Director of the Presbyterian Historical Society, William B. Miller, welcomed the Association and gave a brief account of the Society and its collections. Joseph Illick, associate professor of history at San Francisco State College, currently studying and lecturing at Haverford College, gave the address of the evening on "The Flight to Pennsylvania : Affirmation or Denial of Quakerism?" The meeting closed with refreshments and a tour of the Historical Society building. 49 ...