[SAMMELBAND OF TWENTY-NINE TRACTS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, DATING FROM BETWEEN 1821 AND 1834, DOCUMENTING MANY OF THE ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES ARISING IN THE QUAKER COMMUNITY IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION]

[Quakers]: [Procter, William, compiler]

Published by and publishers, as noted below, [Various locations, 1834

Two volumes. Various paginations, as given below. Bound in two volumes. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Boards rubbed, shelfworn, corners and spine ends worn. Intermittent tanning, foxing, and staining. Very good overall. An interesting sammelband, consisting of twenty-nine tracts published variously between 1821 and 1834, all relating in one way or another to the Society of Friends, and bound in a matching set of two volumes. The volumes, and many of the bound-in pamphlets, bear the handwritten signature of "Wm Procter," and each volume of texts is preceded by a table of contents written in ink in the same hand. Some pamphlets also note the year Procter acquired them. The compiler of these two volumes was almost certainly William Procter (1780-1860) of Baltimore, Maryland. Born in York, England, Procter arrived in Baltimore in 1796 at the age of sixteen. He married Anna Wilson in 1809, and together they had six children. Procter was a hardware merchant and an active member of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. A death notice in the January 17, 1860, issue of the Baltimore SUN described Procter as "a venerable and highly esteemed member of the Society of Friends, (Orthodox,) and the oldest hardware importer of Baltimore," distinguished for his "unobtrusive manners and integrity of character." THE AMERICAN ANNUAL MONITOR, a publication of the Society of Friends in America, noted that Procter was "much attached to our religious Society, and filled many stations in the church, to the satisfaction of his friends." The present collection of tracts and pamphlets reflects Procter's involvement and interest in the affairs of the Baltimore community of Friends. From the published minutes of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting documenting the activities of the Society and polemical tracts relating to the bitter theological controversies that divided the Friends community to pamphlets treating some of the issues and institutions in which members of the Baltimore Meeting were personally, financially, and politically invested, the pamphlets herein offer a unique glimpse into American Quakerism in the 1820s and 30s. Included are pamphlets written in both condemnation and defense of Job Scott, a Quaker preacher, mystic, and quietist from Providence, Rhode Island, as well as a host of pamphlets concerning the Hicksite schism that splintered the Quaker community in the 1820s. Also included is a publication commemorating the establishment of McKim's School in Baltimore, a charity school funded by Quaker John McKim and his sons Isaac and William and another pamphlet on the collapse of the Union Bank of Maryland headed by Baltimore Quaker Thomas Ellicott. Most of the pamphlets were published either in Baltimore or Philadelphia, with others published - one each - in Wilmington, Delaware; Trenton, New Jersey; and Mount Pleasant, Ohio. A handful of others lack publication information. Early printer's imprints include those of William Brown (Philadelphia), Thomas Kite (Philadelphia), T. Murphy (Baltimore), and R. Porter & Son (Wilmington). There is a total of twenty-nine separate works, three of them duplicates, across the two volumes, fourteen in one and fifteen in the other. The titles, in the order in which they appear, are: First volume: 1) FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIBLE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA, READ AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON THE EVENING OF THE NINETEENTH OF FOURTH MONTH, 1830. Philadelphia: William Brown, [1830]. 13,[3]pp. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 531. 2) SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIBLE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA, READ AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON THE EVENING OF THE EIGHTEENTH OF FOURTH MONTH, 1831. Philadelphia: William Brown, [1831]. 31pp. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. 3) THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIBLE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA, READ AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON THE EVENING OF THE SIXTEENTH OF FOURTH MONTH, 1832. Philadelphia: William Brown. Seller Inventory # WRCAM61985

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Title: [SAMMELBAND OF TWENTY-NINE TRACTS AND ...
Publisher: and publishers, as noted below, [Various locations
Publication Date: 1834