Eye - 13 April 2012

From historical insights to Quakerly conincidences

A photo of the first page of the first issue of the Friend | Photo: Trish Carn

Peering through the pages

What were Friends debating in the 1860s? How did British Quakerism develop in the nineteenth century? Were there ripples that can still be felt today?  A forthcoming Quaker History Meeting at the Quaker Centre in Friends House will shed light on these questions by peering through the pages of Friends’ periodicals. On Tuesday 24 April Jennifer Milligan, senior library assistant at Friends House Library, will be speaking on ‘British Quakerism 1837-1914 as seen through ten periodicals’.

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