Friends in Wilmington: 1738–1938

By: Wilmington Friends Meeting

Book Overview

Wilmington (Delaware) Friends Meeting is pleased to release this facsimile republication of Friends in Wilmington: 1738-1938, first published in 1938 on the bicentennial of the meeting, together with a new preface in 2016. The year 2016 marks the bicentennial of the Wilmington Friends Meeting House, the third on its site. Friends in Wilmington: 1738-1938 is a compilation of poems and essays on such subjects as Quakerism, the history of Delaware Quakers, the history of Wilmington Friends School, Quaker philanthropists, Underground Railroad Stationmaster Thomas Garrett, Founding Father John Dickinson, the Female Benevolent Society, Quaker genealogies, and lists of Wilmington Quaker weddings and burials. This book is invaluable to anyone with an interest in exploring Wilmington history or Quaker history or one's own Quaker roots. Most of all it serves to capture a time in the life of Wilmington Friends Meeting.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692623981
• ISBN13: 9780692623985
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Your Legacy Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"