The state of the case, briefly but impartially given betwixt the people called Quakers, Pensilvania, &c. in America, who remain in unity; and George Keith, with some few seduced by him into a separation from them. As also a just vindication of my self from the reproaches and abuses of those backsliders. By Samuel Jennings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jennings, Samuel, -1708 21107

Contributor:

Sowle, Tace, 1667-1746, printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Keith, George, 1639?-1716--5665.

Keith, George.

Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Controversial literature--Early works to 1800.

Society of Friends.

Women booksellers--84948.

Women booksellers.

Women printers--82773.

Women printers.

Local Subjects:

Women booksellers--84948.

Women printers--82773.

Physical Description:

[6], 80 p. ; 8⁰.

Place of Publication:

London : printed and sold by T. Sowle, near the Meeting-house in White-Hart-Court in Grace-Church-Street, and at the Crooked-Billet in Hollywell-Lane near Shoreditch, 1694.

Notes:

Includes minutes of a session of the justices of Philadelphia county court, June 25, 1692, Peter Boss's paper attacking Samuel Jennings, and a signed statement by a group of Friends defending the author.

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), R3996

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), J670

Smith, J. Catalogue of Friends' books, II, p. 10