A history of Quaker government in Pennsylvania . FAIRHILL FRIENDS MEETING-HOUSE. OCClPIED AS A BARRACKS EY THE BRITISH ARMY DFRINci THE WINTER OF 1777.. FRIENDS MEETING-HOUSE AT BURLINGTON, X. J. (old VIEW.) Last Days of QuaTcer Control of Assembly. 225 In the fall of 1739 the Yearly Meeting sawthe storm coming. A committee was appointedto draw up a paper exhorting Friends to continuein peace principles and in no manner to joinwith such as may be for making warlike prepa-rations, offensive or defensive, but on all occasionsto demean themselves in a Christian and peace-able manner, thereby to d

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A history of Quaker government in Pennsylvania . FAIRHILL FRIENDS MEETING-HOUSE. OCClPIED AS A BARRACKS EY THE BRITISH ARMY DFRINci THE WINTER OF 1777.. FRIENDS MEETING-HOUSE AT BURLINGTON, X. J. (old VIEW.) Last Days of QuaTcer Control of Assembly. 225 In the fall of 1739 the Yearly Meeting sawthe storm coming. A committee was appointedto draw up a paper exhorting Friends to continuein peace principles and in no manner to joinwith such as may be for making warlike prepa-rations, offensive or defensive, but on all occasionsto demean themselves in a Christian and peace-able manner, thereby to demonstrate to theworld that our practices, when we are put to thetrial, correspond with our principles. The next year, in view of the complaint madeto the King by Governor Thomas and hisfriends, they appointed a committee to statethe occasions for it to the Friends of the Meetingfor Sufferings * in London, and request theirassistance as occasion may require. An interesting minute of the Yearly Meetingoccurs in 1741: A letter from our friend, James Logan, directed toEobert Jordan and others, the Friends of this meeting, being offered, it was deHver