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An appeal from the twenty eight judges : to the spirit of truth & true judgment in all faithful Friends, called Quakers, that meet at this Yearly Meeting at Burlington, the 7 month, 1692.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1692 Kei Ap692 K287
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keith, George, 1639?-1716 5665
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Controversial literature.
- Society of Friends.
- Society of Friends--New Jersey--Controversial literature.
- Quakers--Early works to 1800.
- Quakers.
- Physical Description:
- 8 p. ; 20 cm. (4to)
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia : printed by William Bradford, 1692]
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- Attributed to George Keith, who signs with five others on p. 7.
- Imprint from Wing.
- Variants noted: one has "Anthony Morris: as a signatory on p. 8; a later variant has "Samuell Richardson" instead.
- According to Evans this is the 3rd edition. Cf. Evans 599.
- Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
- First issued as a broadside, after which William Bradford, printer, and John McComb, tavern keeper and distributor, were arrested for publishing an alleged malicious and seditious work. A brief history of the arrest, and the warrant signed by five justices, is on p. 8. Bradford was later released by the new government of Colonel Fletcher, who determined that the imprisonment was occasioned by a religious, not a political difference, and was therefore illegal. Cf. Wing.
- Two states noted. In the first, the title is in five lines, with a comma after "judges", and the word "and" spelled out. In the second, the title is in six lines, with no comma after "judges", "&" is used for "and", and minor changes in the setting of first lines of text. Also, in the second state, the name of Samuel Richardson is substituted for that of Anthony Morris in the first line of the postscript.
- In this edition the title page is in second state (6 lines, no comma after "judges") but postscript is in 1st state (signed by Samuell Richardson); text is in the same setting as Wing K140.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- HSP copy with signatory Samuell Richardson.
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd ed.) K141
- Evans 599
- Sabin 37181
- ESTC R14383
- OCLC:
- 12937477
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