The Reformation of American Quakerism, 1748-1783 HISTORY / Women From the relación to the

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The Reformation of American Quakerism, 1748-1783 HISTORY / Women From the relación to theThe Reformation of American Quakerism, 1748 1783 offers a detailed history of the withdrawal of the Society of Friends from mainstream America in the years between 1748 and the end of the American Revolution. Jack D. Marietta examines the causes, course, and consequences, both social and political, of the Quakers' retreat from prominent positions in civil government while at the same time developing a more distinctive and "purified" religious