(AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1776) An Epistle from our Yearly Meeti

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) An Epistle from our Yearly-Meeting, held in Philadelphia. 4 pages. 4to, on one sheet; separations at folds with archival tape repairs, moderate wear. [Philadelphia, September 1776]

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An official Quaker epistle concerning 'the difficulties and distresses to which we, as a Religious Society, are and may be subjected in the present commotions and unsettled state of public affairs." Advises "those who have received the increase of earthly possessions" (such as merchants profiting from the war) to be "religiously careful to avoid all unnecessary expenses" and give broadly to charity. Evans 14769.