Bibliography
BALFOUR, HUGH, AND J. WILLIAM FROST. The Quakers (1988). History and biographical dictionary of the Quakers; a volume in the authoritative Denominations in America series.
BREEN, T. H. The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence (2004). John Woolman warned against the “scramble” for “cumber.” Breen shows how that scramble helped drive the colonists to revolution.
CADY, EDWIN. John Woolman (1965). Good narrative of Woolman’s life; a volume in the Great American Thinkersseries.
HAMM, THOMAS D. The Quakers in America (2003). Traces Quaker social activism from colonial times to the present.
MORETTA, JOHN. The William Penn and the Quaker Legacy (2006). Valuable brief biography of William Penn.
ROSENBLATT, PAUL. John Woolman (1969). Survey of Woolman’s life, focusing on his writing and thought; a volume in the Twayne United States Authors Series.
SWIFT, NED. A Finger in the Pye: John Woolman and the Approach of the American Revolution (Master’s Thesis, Eastern Washington University, 2002). Thoughtful and engaging account of John Woolman’s “altruistic radicalism.”
TOLLES, FREDERICK BARNES. Meeting House and Counting House: The Quaker Merchants of Colonial Philadelphia, 1682–1763 (1963). A classic history of Quaker efforts to remain true to their spiritual legacy while enjoying wealth in the New World.
WEST, JESSAMYN, EDITOR. The Quaker Reader (1962). Useful anthology of Quaker writings, including works by George Fox, William Penn, and John Woolman.
WOOLMAN, JOHN. The Journal of John Woolman and a Plea for the Poor (1961). Two of Woolman’s major works, with an introduction by Frederick B. Tolles. E-text of The Journal of John Woolman (University of Virginia Library)
YANNESSA, MARY ANN. Levi Coffin, Quaker: Breaking the Bonds of Slavery in Ohio and Indiana (2001). Brief biography of Levi Coffin, a Southern Quaker who moved north and became reputedly the “president” of the underground railroad.
BALFOUR, HUGH, AND J. WILLIAM FROST. The Quakers (1988). History and biographical dictionary of the Quakers; a volume in the authoritative Denominations in America series.
BREEN, T. H. The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence (2004). John Woolman warned against the “scramble” for “cumber.” Breen shows how that scramble helped drive the colonists to revolution.
CADY, EDWIN. John Woolman (1965). Good narrative of Woolman’s life; a volume in the Great American Thinkersseries.
HAMM, THOMAS D. The Quakers in America (2003). Traces Quaker social activism from colonial times to the present.
MORETTA, JOHN. The William Penn and the Quaker Legacy (2006). Valuable brief biography of William Penn.
ROSENBLATT, PAUL. John Woolman (1969). Survey of Woolman’s life, focusing on his writing and thought; a volume in the Twayne United States Authors Series.
SWIFT, NED. A Finger in the Pye: John Woolman and the Approach of the American Revolution (Master’s Thesis, Eastern Washington University, 2002). Thoughtful and engaging account of John Woolman’s “altruistic radicalism.”
TOLLES, FREDERICK BARNES. Meeting House and Counting House: The Quaker Merchants of Colonial Philadelphia, 1682–1763 (1963). A classic history of Quaker efforts to remain true to their spiritual legacy while enjoying wealth in the New World.
WEST, JESSAMYN, EDITOR. The Quaker Reader (1962). Useful anthology of Quaker writings, including works by George Fox, William Penn, and John Woolman.
WOOLMAN, JOHN. The Journal of John Woolman and a Plea for the Poor (1961). Two of Woolman’s major works, with an introduction by Frederick B. Tolles. E-text of The Journal of John Woolman (University of Virginia Library)
YANNESSA, MARY ANN. Levi Coffin, Quaker: Breaking the Bonds of Slavery in Ohio and Indiana (2001). Brief biography of Levi Coffin, a Southern Quaker who moved north and became reputedly the “president” of the underground railroad.