Records of Wakefield Friends Essay Society. 1878.

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Records of Wakefield Friends Essay Society. 1878.

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Society of Friends

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...

Wakefield Friends Essay Society.

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No information about the history of the society is available From the guide to the Records of Wakefield Friends Essay Society, 1878, (Leeds University Library) ...