1776 QUAKERS ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. Issued Just Weeks before Declaration of Independence. Revival Perry / Freeman Perry

Perry / Freeman Perry

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Full page inscription of Wesleyan divine

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1776 QUAKERS ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. Issued Just Weeks before Declaration of Independence. Revival Perry / Freeman PerryAn exceptionally rare 1776 imprint of An Apology for the People Called Quakers, printed April 27, 1776 just weeks before the issuance of the Declaration of Independence. Signed in print by James Pemberton and Issued by Joseph Crukshank, it is a significant directive issued to the Quakers of the era. Contrary to their consciences and theological convictions, the Society of Friends, especially in Philadelphia, were under pressure to support the looming