The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People called Quakers, intermixed with Several Remarkable Occurrences.

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Authoritative history of early Quakerism drawn form contemporary sources and the Journal of George Fox (1624–1691), a founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Sewel’s history, first published in Dutch in 1717 and translated into English in 1722, was a corrective to earlier accounts, remaining a standard source until the early 20th century.

Includes a short biography of Sewel including an account of the book’s translation and publishing history. Both volumes here bear identical 1866 presentation inscriptions possibly from Edward Sharpless (1831–1894), a New Jersey Quaker minister: “David J. & Rachel W. Scott, With the love of their affectionate friend and well wisher Edward Sharpless.”

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