http://www.vintagequakerbooks.com/blog The blog and website of Vintage Books, located in Hopkinton, MA, USA Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:53:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.vintagequakerbooks.com/blog/2008/04/15/margaret-fells-writings/ “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 ... http://www.vintagequakerbooks.com/blog/2007/07/20/1824-quaker-pamphlet-on-the-african-slave-trade/ “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. ... http://www.vintagequakerbooks.com/blog/2007/07/11/thomas-story-17th-century-traveling-friend/ 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 ... http://www.vintagequakerbooks.com/blog/2007/06/21/robert-barclay-quaker-apologist/ 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, ... http://www.vintagequakerbooks.com/blog/2007/05/17/two-philadelphia-merchants/ The “Quaker Bible” is an eighteenth-century translation into English of the Christian Bible by Anthony Purver, a Quaker shoemaker. He taught himself Hebrew, Greek and Latin in order to understand the Bible and worked alone for thirty years in developing his translation. Another Quaker, Dr. John Fothergill, ... http://www.vintagequakerbooks.com/blog/2007/05/15/scarce-copy-of-the-quaker-bible-published-in-1764/ Elton Trueblood was a professor of philosophy at Earlham College, a charismatic and popular speaker, and author of numerous books and articles. He had a special distinction as an interpreter of religious philosophy for everyman since the publication in 1944 of his first best seller, The Predicament of ... http://www.vintagequakerbooks.com/blog/2007/03/02/overstock-sale-books-by-d-elton-trueblood/