Truth defended: and the friends thereof cleared, from the false charges, foul reproaches, and envious cavils, cast upon it and them, by George Keith. (An apostate from them) in two books by him lately published: the one being called, A true copy of a paper given into the yearly meeting of the people called Quakers, &c. The other, The pretended yearly meeting of the Quakers, their nameless Bull of Excommunication, &c. Both which books are herein answered, and his malice, injustice, and folly exposed. By Thomas Ellwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellwood, Thomas, 1639-1713 18611

Contributor:

Sowle, Tace, 1667-1746, printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--82663.

Women printers--82773.

Women booksellers--84948.

Keith, George, 1639?-1716 Pretended yearly meeting of the Quakers--Early works to 1800.

Keith, George.

Keith, George, 1639?-1716 True copy of a paper given into the yearly meeting at the people called Quakers--Early works to 1800.

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

Society of Friends.

Local Subjects:

Women--82663.

Women printers--82773.

Women booksellers--84948.

Physical Description:

171, [1] p. ; 8⁰.

Other Title:

Truth defended, and the friends thereof cleared

Place of Publication:

London : printed and sold by T. Sowle, near the Meeting-House in White-Hart-Court in Gracious Street, 1695.

Notes:

Quaker sources list the life span for Tace Sowle (later Tace Sowle Raylton): 1665?-1749. After the death of Thomas Raylton (1671-1723), she and her nephew Luke Hinde continued the business. Cf. Carn, T. "An Early Quaker Woman Printer," The Friend (Feb. 4, 2011).

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

English short title catalogue (ESTC), R8141

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), E629

Smith, J. Catalogue of Friends' books, I, p. 566