A Quaker Epistle: Pacifism and the American Revolution

Posted by on Jan 14, 2026 in | Comments Off on A Quaker Epistle: Pacifism and the American Revolution A 1775 document preserved in the Pennsylvania State Archives, “An Epistle from the Meeting for Sufferings,” offers insight into the beliefs, practices and morals of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, during the great social upheaval of the Revolutionary War period. The Meeting for Sufferings was a standing committee that addressed matters concerning the wider Quaker community during times of...
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Our Beloved Friend: The Life and Writings of Anne Emlen Mifflin by Gary B. Nash and Emily M. Teipe

Posted by on Sep 18, 2023 in | Comments Off on Our Beloved Friend: The Life and Writings of Anne Emlen Mifflin by Gary B. Nash and Emily M. Teipe Our Beloved Friend The Life and Writings of Anne Emlen Mifflin by Gary B. Nash and Emily M. Teipe Pennsylvania State University Press, 370 pp, $124.95 hardcover Our Beloved Friend: The Life and Writings of Anne Emlen Mifflin resurrects the life and work of a neglected but significant Pennsylvania Quaker leader. Born in 1755 to a wealthy family, Anne Emlen came of age during the Revolutionary...
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“Prepare Thyself … to Meet the Lord Thy God!”: Religion in Pennsylvania During the Revolution

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on “Prepare Thyself … to Meet the Lord Thy God!”: Religion in Pennsylvania During the Revolution Religion in the colony of Pennsylvania was distinctive. In contrast to most areas of the western world, this province practiced freedom of religion. It never had an established church. Friends who controlled the first legislative assembly, meeting in Upland, now Chester, in 1682, specified that no one was “at any time [to] be com­pelled to frequent or Maintain anie religious worship, place...
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