Articles in Quaker Periodicals

128Bulletin of Friends Historical Association Articles in Quaker Periodicals By Lyman W. Riley Friends Journal Mary Sullivan Patterson, in "Rescuing the Caleb Pusey House," tells something of the life of this early Friend who lived near what is now Chester, Pa. William Penn was a frequent visitor at his home. — April 1, 1961, pp. 138-139. Letter from the Past No. 187 refers to attempts to defend the pastoral system in Quakerism and to cite Fox, Penn, and Barclay as supporters of participation in war, as "Bending History to Suit the Present." — May 15, 1961, pp. 209-210. "New England Yearly Meeting Celebrates Tercentenary" by George A. Selleck tells briefly of the first general meeting of American Friends at Newport, Rhode Island, in June, 1661. — June 1, 1961, pp. 231-232. (See also Quaker Life, June, 1961, pp. 160-161). Mary Hoxie Jones tells this same story in much more detail in "The Standard of the Lord Lifted Up." — June 15, 1961, pp. 254-256. "Liberty Bell — Quaker Relic" is Letter from the Past No. 188. The famous bell was ordered from England in 1751 by a Friend, Isaac Norris II, Speaker of the (Quaker) Assembly. He chose its inscription to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of William Penn's charter of 1701. — July 1, 1961, p. 274. J. C. Long, in "George III, a Friend of Friends," writes of the respect this unfortunate monarch had for Quaker doctrine. He knew some Friends well, including Patience Wright, Thomas Shillitoe, and the Barclay family. — July 1, 1961, pp. 274-275. Journal of the Friends' Historical Society "The Trial of Thomas Salthouse and Miles Halhead" at Plymouth in 1655 is described in detail by A. D. Selleck. He prints verbatim much of the evidence presented in court.—XLIX (I960), 137-147. Alfred W. Braidiwaite contributes a comprehensive discussion of "Early Tithe Prosecutions: Friends as Outlaws." He describes the cumbersome legal procedures needed to collect tithes from Friends. These, sometimes aggravated by personal vindictiveness, greatly increased their sufferings. The case of William Moxon, who was imprisoned for twenty-two years, is given through a paper he himself wrote in 1684.—XLIX (I960), 148-156. Quaker Ufe Arthur O. Roberts outlines "The Beliefs of George Fox" as they relate to Christ, revelation, perfection, and the church. — Feb., 1961, pp. 32-34. ...