Address to Parents, From the Committee on Education of the Yearly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia.


Issued by the Yearly Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia, this 1878 tract urges Quaker parents to embrace their responsibility for children’s moral and intellectual education. Rooted in the Society’s educational ethos, the text reflects a period when Friends’ schools were expanding but faced challenges from broader cultural and pedagogical shifts.


Description: Address to Parents, From the Committee on Education of the Yearly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia: To Be Had at Friends’ Book Store, [1878]. Small octavo. 16 pages. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Name of David J. Scott inked neatly to top of front cover. Fine copy.

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Price: $35.00