Records of Leeds Peace Association of the Society of Friends 1842-1861

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Records of Leeds Peace Association of the Society of Friends 1842-1861

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GB 206 Leeds University Library

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Leeds Peace Association of the Society of Friends.

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In October 1842, a group of Friends in Leeds, 'holding to the doctrine of the unlawfulness of all war under the gospel', formed the Leeds Peace Association. This was a local branch of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace (the Peace Society). The first secretaries were Thomas Harvey and Wilson Waterfall, and its treasurer Joseph Walker. Membership remained small and its impact limited until 1851, when the first non-Quakers joined the committee, and activities were broade...

Society of Friends England Yorkshire History Sources

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