Notes and Queries

NOTES AND QUERIES. 73 NOTES AND QUERIES The Warder School at Amsterdam .—Under the heading, " A Conscientious Quaker " a brief account of the Warder School, a history of which appeared in the last number of The Bulletin, is given in Littell's Living Age, 1872, vol. 112, page 116. The account , though not quite accurate in details, is very appreciative. Credit for the article is given to " Leisure Hours," an English periodical. "Quaker Strongholds."—A translation into Esperanto, the artificial or manufactured language which its promoters hope will gain universal usage, has been made of Caroline E, Stephen's well-known essay, " Quaker Strongholds." The title page reads :—Caroline Stephen. Fundamentoj de la Kvakerismo —Esperantigita de Montagu C. Butler, el la kvara eldono de la Angla originalo. Por la Tradukinto Eldonis The British Esperanto Assotiation (Incorporated). London. 17 Hart Street, W. C, 1916. 12 mo. pp. xviii, 153, Price is.9d. Prezo: Sm. 0.875. Thornton's Almanac—There lies before me " An Almanack for the year of our Lord, 1790, by Elisha Thornton, of Smithfield .... Newport [Rhode Island.] Printed by Peter Edes, and sold wholesale and retail at his office in Thames Street." 7x4 in. 28 pp. This almanac is in Friendly style. Can any one give information as to how many issues appeared ? Elisha Thornton was a schoolmaster and an influential Friend of New England Yearly Meeting. The book is not noticed by Joseph Smith. A LETTER OF JOHN G. WHITTIER, 1869. Amesbury 8 Mo. 1869. My dear Friend :— I was very glad to receive thy letter, and for the opportunity of reciprocating its kind remembrance of our brief acquaintance. The pressure of many cares and duties, illness, and, I may also confess, a deep sense of my own deficiencies as contrasted not alone with the perfect purity of the Great Exemplar, but with such a devoted follower of Him as John Woolman, have deterred me from the task to which thy letter invites. Yet it is often on my mind, and if my life is spared awhile longer I may do something of the kind. I have now before me an unpublished work upon John Woolman by Dora Greenwell of England, author of the " Patience of Hope," which I may yet find a publisher for. For myself I cannot follow the " new lights " of our day. What- 74 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ever my shortcomings may be, I believe in the distinctive doctrine of Quakerism—the indwelling Spirit—the Christ within—the simple faith of such men as Woolman and other old worthies ; unillumined by that the letter is indeed dead and dark. I am very truly thy friend John G. Whittier Postmarked, Amesbury, Mass. Aug. 17. To Charles Yarnall, of Philadelphia. Letter or John Archdale, 1698/9. A Letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons, 1698/9. by John Archdale. Sir : Upon the call of the House It will appear that I am Chosen & Returned to serve in parliam4 for ye Burrough of Chipping Wycombe in ye County of Bucks. And Therefore I request of thee to acquaint the Honble House of Commons the reason I have not as yet appeared to execute that Trust reposed in me, which is That I was under an apprehention when I was Elected that my Declaration &c, might in this Case as in others where the Law requires an Oath [not?] be accepted. I am therefore ready to Execute my Trust If the House thinks fitt to admit of me thereupon, which I doo humbly Submitt to their Wisdom & Justice, And shall acquiess with what they will be pleased to determine therein. This being all at pr'sent, I remain thy reali & oblidged Friend John Archdale g London Jan 9th 169— 9 [Copied from the original by W00- Allen, 9.26,1874]. British Relief Sent to American Friends, 1789.—It may be worth while drawing attention to a list of recipients of relief sent from England to Philadelphia , 1789 etc., which is in manuscript in volume 1 of " Letters to and from Philadelphia." Manuscript in the Reference Library at Devonshire House, London. The sheet is headed "An Account of Money disposed of by the Committee of the...