Articles in Quaker Periodicals

Articles in Quaker Periodicals By Lyman W. Riley The American Friend The merging of Nebraska Central College, Central City, Nebraska, with William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, is the occasion for a brief review of the history of Nebraska Central, mentioning some of its benefactors , teachers, and alumni. The article is contributed by J. Evelynn Schutz.—Oct. 30, 1958, pp. 343-344. From the Journal of Negro History, January 1947, there is reprinted a letter from a Philadelphia Friend, Joseph Drinker, pleading for more racial justice on the part of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.—Dec. 11, 1958, p. 396. The Friend Ruth G. Burtt gives a "Salute to Our Ancestors," which, unexpectedly, is a tribute to their artistic tastes. The article is a description of the household possessions of four Quaker families of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.—August 22, 1958, pp. 1062-1063. "The Lake Poets and Their Circle: Friendships Among Quakers" by Elsie Whitehurst describes briefly the relationships between Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Lamb and Friends Thomas Wilkinson, Charles and Robert Lloyd, the Savoury family of Pentonville, and Bernard Barton; also, Catherine Clarkson (wife of Thomas) , not a Friend but closely associated with the Society.-—August 22, 1958, pp. 1070-1072. For Beatrice Saxon Snell "A Buried Treasure" is a letter of Benjamin Cole of Reading, written from prison in 1675 to a minister in Reading. She quotes extensively from the letter, which defends the Quaker faith against its detractors and persecutors.—August 29, 1958, pp. 1101-1102. Friends fournal Letter from the Past No. 172 is called "Frustration in Site Seeking." It gives references to sources in a long controversy over the identification of John Woolman's two houses in Mt. Holly, N. J. and prints in full a newspaper item of 1883 which reports the burning of one of them in that year. It concludes, however, that the identification still "adds up to a big question mark."—June 28, 1958, pp. 411-412. A full note on the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the building of Byberry Meetinghouse, Philadelphia, contains much information about the Meeting's history.—June 28, 1958, pp. 413-414. Louise Osgood Koopman writes delightful anecdotes of her "Visits to Whittier and Amesbury Meeting" in the early 1870's.—July 12, 1958, pp. 427-428. 79 80Bulletin of Friends Historical Association A note on Paul Cuffee (1759-1817) by Zephaniah W. Pease is an excerpt from a pamphlet on Dartmouth, Mass., history published in 1932. —July 12, 1958, p. 429. Two of the greatest figures in English history, one in politics, the other in religion, happened to be contemporaries and met each other several times. Letter from the Past No. 174 comments on Oliver Cromwell and George Fox, and suggests that Friends need a new and somewhat more sympathetic understanding of Cromwell.—November 8, 1958, pp. 646-647. The Friends' Quarterly Robert C. Taylor writes of his great-great-grandfather, Henry Taylor (1737-1821), "A Quaker Seaman," describing some of his exciting adventures at sea and his determined efforts to have certain lights placed at danger spots along the coast of England. The article is based on Captain Taylor's Memoirs, published in 1811.—October 1958, pp. 170-176. Journal of the Friends' Historical Society In "James Nayler's 'Last Words' " Ormerod Greenwood presents evidence from pamphlets printed in 1660 which tends to show that the famous deathbed utterances were actually Nayler's, and that the longer version, based on a 1678 publication by Robert Rich, is the more likely one.—48 (1958), 199-203. Roger Thomas describes seven "Letters of William Penn and Richard Baxter," two of them unpublished. The letters were written in 1675 and refer to a debate between the two on October 5 of that year. Another letter is cited to point to the possibility of a meeting between the two during 1674.—48 (1958), 204-207. Isabel Ross writes of "A Newly-Found Quaker Friend of Wordsworth: William Bennett (1804-73)." She quotes from a manuscript by Bennett that tells of visits made to Wordsworth in 1846. It not only describes the poet's appearance and manner, but also records his comments on the Society of Friends.—48 (1958), 209...