Prisoners of Congress : Philadelphia's Quakers in exile, 1777-1778

Prisoners of Congress : Philadelphia's Quakers in exile, 1777-1778 / Norman E. Donoghue II.

Author/creator	Donoghue, Norman E., II author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]
Description	xix, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Society of Friends--Pennsylvania --Philadelphia --History --18th century. Society of Friends--Virginia --Winchester --History --18th century. Exiles--Pennsylvania --Philadelphia --History --18th century. Exiles--Virginia --Winchester --History --18th century. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Religious aspects --Society of Friends. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Conscientious objectors. Philadelphia (Pa.)--History --Revolution, 1775-1783. Winchester (Va.)--History --18th century.

Contents	Quaker rebellion -- Quaker refusals -- Friends as enemies -- Quaker arrests -- Peaceable caravan -- Virginia exiles -- Quaker home front -- Quaker peace mission -- Quaker ordeals -- Winter stress -- Shadow of death -- "Entirely an act of our own" -- "Able politicians" -- Release and return.
Abstract	"Norman E. Donoghue II is an independent historian of American Quakerism based in Philadelphia"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2022061221
ISBN	9780271095073
ISBN	0271095075 hardcover

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