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... Quaker city of Philadel- phia had become the unofficial colonial capital by virtue of its location , the size of its population , and the volume of its com- mercial activity , in which respects it sur- passed any city , except London ...
... Quaker city of Philadel- phia had become the unofficial colonial capital by virtue of its location , the size of its population , and the volume of its com- mercial activity , in which respects it sur- passed any city , except London ...
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... Quaker readers have been touched by its " exquisite purity and grace . " Among the enduring autobiographies of the ... Quakers , whose " heresies " certainly threatened a hierarchy founded on belief in original depravity , pre ...
... Quaker readers have been touched by its " exquisite purity and grace . " Among the enduring autobiographies of the ... Quakers , whose " heresies " certainly threatened a hierarchy founded on belief in original depravity , pre ...
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... Quakers , and their other fundamental testimony , that of quietness . The hysteri- cal outbreaks of revivalism which marked the Puritan history are rare in the Quaker records ; the Quaker trusted his " light " only in the controlled ...
... Quakers , and their other fundamental testimony , that of quietness . The hysteri- cal outbreaks of revivalism which marked the Puritan history are rare in the Quaker records ; the Quaker trusted his " light " only in the controlled ...
Contents
PREFACE | xxxix |
The Colonies the Revolution and the New Nation | 3 |
JOHN SMITH 15801631 | 11 |
Copyright | |
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