Collection, 1817-1948.

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Collection, 1817-1948.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/72838210

Collection consists of pamphlets and tracts produced by the Society.

22.5 linear in.

Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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SNAC Resource ID: 8098008

Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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Peace Society (London, England)

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The Society for the Promotion of Universal and Permanent Peace, also known as the London Peace Society, was founded June 14, 1816; first meeting was held at the home of William Allen, June 6, 1814; members were primarily Protestant, especially Quaker. Although its official platform was based on an absolutist pacifist stance, its members included peace workers who did not accept the full pacifist position. The Society declined in influence after the Boer War; in World War I it played no perceptib...