Margaret Fell was popularly known as the “mother of Quakerism.†She was born Margaret Askew in Lancashire, England. In 1632, she married Thomas Fell, a barrister of who later became a judge and a member of Parliament. In 1652, Margaret was converted to Quakerism by the preaching of George Fox, and her home, Swarthmoor Hall, [...]
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“It is greatly to be regretted, that among all the benevolent and laudable exertions for meliorating the condition of man which characterize the present day, so little has been done, or is now doing, towards informing the public mind in this county, upon the subject of this nefarious and cruel occupation….we rejoice in the persuasion, [...]
“The unity of Christians never did, nor ever will, nor can stand in uniformity of thought and opinion, but in Christian love only.†–Thomas Story Thomas Story was an influential and much admired seventeenth century Quaker. As a youth, he attended Carlisle Grammar School and was accomplished in fencing and music. He read law under [...]
Robert Barclay was born on December 23, 1648. A scholarly youth, Robert studied in Paris where a wealthy uncle offered to make him his heir if only he would join the Roman Catholic Church. Meanwhile, Robert’s father, David Barclay, had become a Quaker. In 1667, Robert followed his example and joined the Society of Friends. [...]
The nineteenth-century saw the rise of a prosperous merchant class in Philadelphia. We are offering biographies of two of these successful business men, as well as a study of the sociological factors that influenced them. Cope, Thomas P. Philadelphia Merchant: The Diary of Thomas P. Cope, 1800-1851. South Bend, IN: Gateway Editions, 1978, 628 pages. [...]
