Excerpt from Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library of the Four Monthly Meetings of Friends of Philadelphia, 1853 When the meeting-house on Mulberry between Third and Fourth Streets, was erected, the Library was removed to a room in the building, and in the year 18 17 it was placed under care of a committee consisting of one Friend from each Monthly Meeting in the City. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library of the Four Monthly Meetings of Friends of Philadelphia, 1831: With the Rules for the Government of the LibraryThe small collection left by Thomas Chalkley, was gradually increased by purchases and the donations ofbenevolent individuals, among whom we may particular ly notice Dr. John Fothergill, Peter Collinson, David Barclay of London, grandson of the Apologist, and James Bright of this city. Little attention, however, was given to it, and the books having been loaned without a regu lar record of the persons who borrowed them, many vo lumes were irrecoverably lost.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library of the Three Monthly Meetings of Friends of Philadelphia: To Which Is Prefixed a Brief Account of the Institution, With the Rules and Regulations T ravels of a philosopher, or observations on the manners and arts of various nations in Ahica and Asia. L2mo. No 68. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.