Bibliography

Quakers in Pennsylvania:

Bowden, James. The History of the Society of Friends in America. 2 vols. London: Charles Gilpin and W. & F. G. Cash, 1850–1854.

Janney, Samuel M. History of the Religious Society of Friends, from Its Rise to the Year 1828. 4 vols. Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell and T. Ellwood Zell, 1859 - 1867.

Jones, Rufus M., Isaac Sharpless, and Amelia M. Gummere. The Quakers in the American Colonies. London: Macmillan and Co., 1911.

Michener, Ezra. A Retrospect of Early Quakerism: Being Extracts from the Records of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and the Meetings Composing It, to Which Is Prefixed an Account of Their First Establishment. Philadelphia: T. E. Zell, 1860.

Sharpless, Isaac. A History of Quaker Government in Pennsylvania. 2 vols. Philadelphia: T. S. Leach & Co., 1898 - 1899.

Above: The Mild Young Quaker, Illustrations of Characters in Dickens's American Notes, by Kyd, ca. 1920, Collection of Free Library of Philadelphia.

Bucks County:

Battle, J. H., ed. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Including an Account of Its Original Exploration…, Philadelphia: A. Warner & Co., 1887.

Buck, William J. History of Bucks County. Doylestown, PA: Printed by John S. Brown, 1855.

Davis, William W. H. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. 2nd ed. 3 vols. New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1905.

Chester County:

Futhey, J. Smith, and Gilbert Cope. History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1881.

Heathcote, Charles William. History of Chester County, Pennsylvania. West Chester, PA: Horace F. Temple, 1926.

Thomson, Wilmer W., ed. Chester County and Its People. Chicago: Union History Co., 1898.

Wiley, Samuel T. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania: Comprising a Historical Sketch of the County. Edited by Winfield Scott Garner. Philadelphia: Gresham Publishing Co., 1893.

Above: Silhouette of an unidentified Quaker man by Samuel Metford, 1841. Collection of The Library Company of Philadelphia.

Delaware County:

Ashmead, Henry Graham. History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co., 1884.

Jordan, John W., ed. A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Its People. 3 vols. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914.

Smith, George. History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Territory Included Within Its Limits to the Present Time, with a Notice of the Geology of the Country, and Catalogues of Its Minerals, Plants, Quadrupeds, and Birds. Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead, 1862.

Above: Daguerreotype of Catharine Wistar Morris (1772-1859), of Philadelphia, sister of Luke Wistar Morris of the Reynolds-Morris House. Image source: Thantons Archive.

Montgomery County:

Bean, Theodore W., ed. History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1884.

Buck, William J. History of Montgomery County Within the Schuylkill Valley. Norristown, PA: E. L. Acker, 1859.

Hunsicker, Clifton S. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: A History. 3 vols. New York and Chicago: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1923.

Above: A Philadelphia Quaker, ca 1893, by birthright Quaker artist Alice Barber Stephens. Image source: Heritage Auctions.

Lancaster County:

Ellis, Franklin, and Samuel Evans. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883.

Mombert, J. I. An Authentic History of Lancaster County, in the State of Pennsylvania. Lancaster, PA: J. E. Barr & Co., 1869.

Rupp, I. Daniel. History of Lancaster County: To Which Is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Early History of Pennsylvania. Lancaster, PA: Gilbert Hills, 1844.

Above: Anti-slavery activist Isaac T. Hopper who was closely associated with Philadelphia. Image source: Isaac T. Hopper, A True Life, L. Maria Child, 1853, HathiTrust.

Philadelphia:

Mease, James. The Picture of Philadelphia, Giving an Account of Its Origin, Increase and Improvements in Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, Commerce and Revenue. Philadelphia: B. & T. Kite, 1811.

Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson. Philadelphia: A History of the City and Its People, a Record of 225 Years. 4 vols. Philadelphia: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912.

Scharf, J. Thomas, and Thompson Westcott. History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884. 3 vols. Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co., 1884.

Watson, John F. Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the Olden Time. Edited by Willis P. Hazard. 3 vols. Philadelphia: Edwin S. Stuart, 1884.

Young, John Russell, ed. Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia, from Its First Settlement to the Year 1895. 2 vols. New York: New-York History Co., 1895 - 1898.