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DOCUMENTS69 10. The successful outcome of Benezet's enterprise is attested by extant copies of well bound books containing just about the combination that he proposed in this letter, excluding Dell's piece on Baptism and including his own pamphlet on the Negro slave trade. The copy in the Haverford College Library (a like copy is in the Isaac T. Hopper collection at Swarthmore College) contains· the following: The Way to the Sabbath of Rest The Journeys of the Children of Israel An Account of the Various Ways . . . Dispensations called Extraordinary by Mr. Thomas Bromley. Printed London. Germantown Reprinted and sold by Christopher Sower, 1759. 280 pages. A Discourse on Mistakes Concerning Religion, Enthusiasm, Experiences, etc. By Thomas Hartley, rector of Winwick. London Printed. Germantown Reprinted by Christopher Sower, 1759. Christ's Spirit a Christian's Strength, by William Dell. Germantown. Printed by Christopher Sower, 1760. The Stumbling Stone, wherein the University is Reproved. By W. Dell. 168 pages. Observations on the Inslaving, Importing and Purchasing of Negroes; with some Advice thereon extracted from the Epistle of the Yearly Meeting of the People called Quakers, held at London, 1758. Second Edition. Germantown. Printed by Christopher Sower, 1760. 16 pages. (Including a short piece "The Uncertainty of DeathBed Repentance.") See also entries in C. R. Hildeburn, The Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania , 1685-1784. 1885. Nos. 1621, 1628, 1658 and in Charles Evans, American Bibliography, Vol. Ill, 1905, Nos. 8309, 8542, 8576, 8577. ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS The Friend, Philadelphia —One of the notable pronouncements of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was a statement on international relations which was read and adopted at the session on Third Month 29, 1928. Special emphasis was laid upon the importance of securing an agreement among the nations of the world unconditionally to renounce all war.—5 mo. 3, 1928, p. 546. —Historical sketch of the life of John Dalton (1766-1844), Quaker schoolmaster and chemist, author of the " Atomic Theory of Matter." John Dalton was born in Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England, and was a birthright member of the Society of Friends. At the age of twelve years he began his work as a teacher, conducting the village school at Eaglesfield and later taking a position as assistant in the Friends' School at Kendal. After he moved to Manchester in 1793, he did very little teaching, as most of his time was spent in his private researches in the field of chemistry. He attended the Friends' meeting in Manchester and said, "There is a 70 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION considerable body of Friends here; near 200 attend our First-day meetings. I have received particular civility from most of them, and am often at a loss where to drink tea on a First-day afternoon, being pressed on so many hands." On account of his important work, Dalton received honors and recognition in the scientific world, both at home and abroad, being elected a member of the Royal Society of London in 1822 and ten years later being granted the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law by Oxford University . " As a suitable and lasting memorial to the prophet within her walls, a group of Manchester citizens had Dalton sit to Chantry, the famous London sculptor, for a statue which has since stood in the elaborate entrance to the Manchester Town Hall." After Dalton's death, an endowment of $20,000 was raised for the establishment of the " Dalton " scholarships for research in chemistry at the University of Manchester.—5 mo. 10, 1928, p. 561. —Ruth G. Moore has written an account of the experiences of her grandfather, Abel Green, during the erection of the first school building at Westtown and later when he was a pupil there. Robert Green, the father of Abel, lived on the farm at Westtown and looked after the workmen while the schoolhouse was being built. Although only twelve years of age, the boy Abel used to help by carrying bricks to the bricklayers, and with another boy drove the ox-team into Philadelphia in order to bring out hinges, latches and other hardware needed for the new building. The school was opened in 1799, and the name of Abel Green is...