A serious address to such of the people called Quakers, on the continent of North-America, as profess scruples relative to the present government [electronic resource] : exhibiting the ancient real testimony of that people, concerning obedience to civil authority. Written before the departure of the British army from Philadelphia, 1778. By a native of Pennsylvania. To which are added, for the information of all rational enquirers, an appendix, consisting of extracts from an essay concerning obedience to the supreme powers, and the duty of subjects in all revolutions, published in England soon after the Revolution of 1688.
1778
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Title
A serious address to such of the people called Quakers, on the continent of North-America, as profess scruples relative to the present government [electronic resource] : exhibiting the ancient real testimony of that people, concerning obedience to civil authority. Written before the departure of the British army from Philadelphia, 1778. By a native of Pennsylvania. To which are added, for the information of all rational enquirers, an appendix, consisting of extracts from an essay concerning obedience to the supreme powers, and the duty of subjects in all revolutions, published in England soon after the Revolution of 1688.
Created/published
Philadelphia : Printed by R. Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, Third Street, M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]
Description
[2],41,[3]p. ; 8vo.
Associated name
Note
This record was provided by a vendor. It may contain incorrect or incomplete information.
"This edition was bought up and suppressed by the Quakers, and only a few copies escaped destruction."--Evans.
Running title: Address to the Quakers, on the late revolution.
Attributed to Grey by Evans and Hildeburn.
Printed in two columns.
Bookseller's advertisements, p. 41-[42].
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
"This edition was bought up and suppressed by the Quakers, and only a few copies escaped destruction."--Evans.
Running title: Address to the Quakers, on the late revolution.
Attributed to Grey by Evans and Hildeburn.
Printed in two columns.
Bookseller's advertisements, p. 41-[42].
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009.
ESTC staff note
Signatures: pi1 A-E⁴ [F]²
Cited/described in
Evans, C. American bibliography, 15843
Hildeburn, C.R. Century of printing; the issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784, 3712
English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), W22139
Hildeburn, C.R. Century of printing; the issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784, 3712
English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), W22139
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Place of creation/publication
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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