Articles in Quaker Periodicals

Articles in Quaker Periodicals By Lyman W. Riley The Friend "Journey into 1817" is a brief description by Kathleen Binns of the diary of David Binns (b. 1799), written while he was apprenticed to his uncle in Sunderland. It covers the years 1817 to 1824 and has considerable mention of Quaker doings of the time.—Sept. 2, I960, pp. 1185-1186. Vera N. Massey writes on "James Naylor" — not so much a discussion of his life as an interpretation of his spirit, achievement, and legacy for later Friends.—Oct. 21, I960, pp. 1405-1406; Oct. 28, I960, pp. 14531454 ; Nov. 4, I960, pp. 1493-1495. The Friends' Quarterly Andrew W. Brink traces "Early Influences in the Development of Isaac Penington." Among them were the "bizarre" character of his father, Alderman and Lord Mayor, and the instability of the rest of his family, of whom three became religious extremists and a fourth lived a life of immorality. These and ottier influences led him to withdraw from the world.—Oct., 1959, pp. 180-192. "An English View of American Friends in 1860" by Opal Thornburg is a discussion of William Tallack's Friendly Sketches in America (London , 1861). This English Friend had some wise and witty things to say about American Quakerism, including comments about Earlham College. Rather unusual for that day was his friendly attitude toward Hicksites. — April, I960, pp. 276-281. Vera N. Massey recounts in "Living with History" her- experience in writing a play about James Nayler. She outlines his life and interprets him as "everything to be looked for in a tragic figure."—-July I960, pp. 305-315. In "The Welsh Settlers in Pennsylvania: An Experiment in Communal Living," Evelyn S. Whiting describes the sufferings of Welsh Friends, their misunderstandings and disappointments that came after their arrangements with William Penn for a "Welsh Tract" in Pennsylvania, but also the happy, substantial community they established near Philadelphia.—July I960, pp. 325-336. "A Story of Come-to-Good" refers to the meeting of that name in Cornwall. Harry Pallett uses meeting records and other papers to tell something of early Friends in Cornwall; special mention is made of the Stephens family—January 1961, pp. 408-416. Journal of the Friends' Historical Society Henry J. Cadbury reports an "Early Use of the Word 'Quaker' " in 62 Articles in Quaker Periodicals63 a document dated 1640, ten years before the generally accepted date of the first appearance of the term. The date 1640 is probably a misreading for 1670, but the author then refers to another early use, a reference to Quakers in a letter of 1647. No evidence has turned up to show this to be an erroneous date.—XLIX (1959), 3-5. "Elizabeth Bevan Tonjoroff (1847-1907)" was not born a Friend but joined an English- meeting in 1883, after eleven years in Bulgaria and marriage to a prominent Protestant Bulgarian. The Tonjoroffs carried on active work in missions and in relief during more than one Balkan war, established a hospital, and agitated for prison reform. A committee of English Friends tried to raise money for their projects but without much success. After more than thirty years of labor in her adopted country , Elizabeth Tonjoroff returned to England for health reasons about 1905 and died two years later. Ormerod Greenwood has written this account of a remarkable but little-known woman, gathered from the scanty sources available.—XLIX (1959), 7-23. Some early Friends made use of "technical flaws in the legal documents under which they were indicted" to escape conviction. This seemingly unscrupulous method is carefully examined by Alfred W. Braithwaite in " 'Errors in the Indictment' and Pardons: The Case of Theophilus Green." In the seventeenth century a defendant had much less chance to refute evidence against him than he has today. Many times errors in the indictment were his only effective weapon. Green, who was tried in 1671, used this method, and his defence is here outlined in detail. Some examples of Friends' scruples against pardons are added. These did not seem to be common, however ; George Fox, for instance, at one time refused a pardon, at another time accepted one.—XLIX (1959), 24-30. "Ellwood's Davideis...