Title: Rules and Regulations for the Government of Friends' Burial Ground at Fair Hill. To Which Is Added a Short Historical Account of the Title of Friends to the Premises.
Description: Philadelphia: Merrihew & Son, printers, 1879. 1879. - Octavo, 8-7/8 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in printed light green wraps. The edges of the covers are slightly soiled & darkened and there are a couple of minor ink stains to the front cover. The corners and front edge of the rear cover are creased and there are short splits to the head and tail of the spine. 23 pages, illustrated with a folding plan of the burial grounds. There are occasional minor creases to the edges and corners of the pages. Good.
A historic cemetery located in Philadelphia's Fairhill neighborhood, Fair Hill Burial Ground was founded by the Religious Society of Friends in 1703. The Hicksite Quaker community of Philadelphia revived the site in the 1840's after it had fallen into disuse. The Hicksite Quaker community played an important role in abolition and in the early women's rights movement and several significant individuals advocating for women are buried there including the American suffragist and first lady of Philadelphia Lucretia Longshore Blankenburg, abolitionist and women's rights activist Lucretia Mott, and the first woman dean of a US medical school Ann Preston.
RARE. WorldCat locates only 1 copy. Good .
Keywords: AMERICANA; QUAKERS; RELIGION; RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF FRIENDS' BURIAL GROUND AT FAIR HILL; GREEN STREET MONTHLY MEETING OF FRIENDS; A SHORT HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE TITLE OF FRIENDS TO THE PREMISES; NERRIHEW & SON; PHILADELPHI
- Book number: 97277
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