To the quarterly and monthly meetings of friends in Great-Britain, Ireland, and America.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends). Meeting for Sufferings.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Calendar, Gregorian.

Calendar reform--Early works to 1800.

Calendar reform.

Society of Friends--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Society of Friends.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Broadsides -- England -- London -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

4 pages ; 33 cm

Fingerprint:

ndth t,d- ofer T-." (c) 1751 (Q)

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia?] : [publisher not identified], [1751?]

Notes:

Drop-head title.

Dated: "From the Meeting for Sufferings in London, the sixth day of the seventh month, 1751".

Concerned with an adjustment of the Quaker calendar to fit the yearly reckoning adopted by the British Parliament in 1751.

In the present edition p. 2-4 are numbered, and the first line of text reads "Pursuant to the directions of the last yearly meeting.".

There are two settings of both formes. The outer formes (p. 1 and 4) are distinguished by "Great-Britain"/"Great Britain" in the drop-head title, the inner formes (p. 2 and 3) by the footnotes on p. 3 being 2 lines/1 line. Copies show the settings in a variety of combinations, i.e. mixed sheets.

"A brief account of the origin of the names of some months of the year, and of all the days of the week, now customarily and commonly used": p. 3-4.

Cited in:

Evans, 6671

ESTC, W15539

OCLC:

228764579