A Persuasive To Unity

Joseph Bancroft with Robert Barclay

Published by Thomas William Stuckey, Philadelphia, 1874

About this Item

A PERSUASIVE TO UNITY, SETTING FORTH THE GROUND OF THAT SOURCE OF COMFORT: IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD First Edition, 1874. Contemporary acetate glassine dustjacket. Some spots on the front cover. Joseph Bancroft (1803-1874) was Hicksite Quaker and cloth manufacturer from Wilmington, Delaware, who worked for the reunification of the Society of Friends in the 1860's and 1870's. He wrote a number of religious tracts and published a book, A Persuasive To Unity, which he published in 1874. At his death, Bancroft established a trust fund to secure the free circulation of this book among Quakers. this copy has a printed presentation sticker inside the front cover "Presented by Joseph Bancroft Wilmington Delaware" The book includes a reprinting of Scottish Quaker, Robert Barclay's Universal Love; Universal Love Considered and Established upon its Right Foundation, being a Serious Enquiry how far Charity may and ought to be extended to persons of different Judgments in Matters of Religion, and whose Principles among the several Sects of Christians do most naturally lead to that due Moderation required.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Persuasive To Unity
• Publisher: Thomas William Stuckey, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1874
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion
  • Philosophy and Metaphysics