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Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, 1853-1873
Longwood Reports, 1853-73
This volume comprises the printed proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, 1853-1873. There was no meeting in 1861.
Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940)
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860 (contributor)
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871 (contributor)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 (contributor)
Whipple, Charles K. (Charles King), 1808-1900 (contributor)
Mayo, A. D. (Amory Dwight), 1823-1907 (contributor)
Crozier, H. P. (Hiram P.) (contributor)
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889 (contributor)
Thompson, George, 1804-1878 (contributor)
Collyer, Robert, 1823-1912 (contributor)
text
Burleigh, Celia, 1825-1875 (contributor)
1853 - 1873
896 p. ; 22 cm.
reformatted digital
Interdenominational cooperation
Antislavery movements--United States
Prison reform -- Society of Friends
Society of Friends -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Race discrimination--Religious aspects--Christianity
Church work -- Society of Friends
Voluntarism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
SG 2 PENNA. Y.M.
The Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (also commonly known as Longwood Yearly Meeting) was first held in Chester County in 1853. It was formed after a schism in the Hicksite branch over the necessity of religious reform and the importance of social activism.