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Providence, RI: Reprinted by direction of the Meeting , 1849. 8vo, pp. 156. Calf, worn and peeling, o/w VG. Rules and advice for members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Original dates are given for many of the passages, for example, "1660, renewed in 1782.
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Rules of Discipline of the Yearly Meeting, Held on Rhode Island, for New England
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New Bedford: Edmund Anthony, 1856. Revised Edition. Leather_bound. Fair. Rules of Discipline of the Yearly Meeting, Held on Rhode Island, for New England, New Bedford, [New England Yearly Meeting] Edmund Anthony, printer (originally Abraham Shearman, Jun.), 1856. Full leather hc with rolled borders and edges, xvi with index, 154 pp. Fair: front cover detached, spine missing, po names, news column laid in with bleedthrough pp 74-75. Many topics on the life of Friends (Quakers), including family life, Free-Masons, hireling ministry, masters and servants, conduct and structure of meetings, days and times, schools, sleeping in meetings, and much more.
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RULES OF DISCIPLINE OF THE YEARLY-MEETING HELD ON RHODE-ISLAND, FOR NEW-ENGLAND
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Rules of Discipline of the Yearly Meeting, Held on Rhode Island, for New England.
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New Bedford:: Abraham Shearman, Jun.,, 1809.. First edition.. old full sheep. . Light discoloration to the text throughout (the paper is not at all brittle); light rubbing to the leather; tight and sound. . 8vo,. Printed by Direction of the Meeting. Annotated in an old hand at the top of the title page: "This Book belongs to Rhode Island Monthly Meeting of Friends." A note at the close of the Introduction refers to additions on three pages, approx. 200 words; regarding those "out of unity with friends," inspecting testimonies, and the receipt of military pensions of persons who subsequently became members. These manuscript additions are dated 1822, 1811, and 1818.l
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New -Bedford: Abraham Shearman, Jun., Printers 1809...also re-printed by the Direction of the Meeting, 1840. xv, [i], 156pp. 8vo. Calf. Very Good. xv, [i], 156pp. 8vo. With emendations in pen over printed text in several places.
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New-Bedford: Printed by Direction of the Meeting [by] Abraham Shearman, Jun. Printer, 1809. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary morocco, rebacked, gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label; 8vo (209x125mm); pp. xvi, 156. Original boards scuffed, and lightly chipped at corners. Text block a bit toned, as expected, with some interesting marginalia. The front flyleaf includes an inscription dated 8 Dec 1923, "To Perry Walton from Rabbi [N? R?] Webber (Mrs. B. [D?]"; as well as an ownership signature "George Mitchell," likely a government employee or official, writing in a distinct, handsome cursive, black ink c. 1822. At the end of the entry on burials, he's penned a note referencing meetings held 1706 and 1822, it concludes: "It is the judgment of this meeting, that no person that is out of unity with friends; or under dealing of Friends for any miscarriage, ought to be suffered to sit in meetings of business, nor their collections to be…
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