Meeting house and counting house : the Quaker merchants of colonial Philadelphia, 1682-1763

by Frederick Barnes Tolles

Paper Book, 1948

Status

Available

Call number

QH TOL

Publication

New York : W. W. Norton & Co, (1963, c1948).

Original publication date

1948

Local notes

Inscription: To Friends House Toorak with many pleasant memories of our wardenship - 1996 - Ann & John Emerson 1996

Description

The "holy experiment" of the Quakers involved political hegemony and economic wealth. Gradually the Quakers realized that they had become involved in the compromises fatal to the spiritual integrity of the Society of Friends itself. The political crisis of 1756 hastened this realization, and the Quaker merchants abandoned the outward plantations and turned again to the plantations within. Originally published 1948. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.… (more)

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