[SAMMELBAND OF TWENTY-NINE TRACTS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, DATING FROM BETWEEN 1821 AND 1834, DOCUMENTING MANY OF THE ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES ARISING IN THE QUAKER COMMUNITY IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION]

[Various locations: and publishers, as noted below, 1821-1834].. Two volumes. Various paginations, as given below. Bound in two volumes. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Boards rubbed, shelfworn, corners and spine ends worn. Intermittent tanning, foxing, and staining. Very good overall. An interesting sammelband, consisting of twenty-nine tracts published variously between 1821 and 1834, all relating in one way or another to the Society of Friends, and bound in a matching set of two volumes. The volumes, and many of the bound-in pamphlets, bear the handwritten signature of "Wm Procter," and each volume of texts is preceded by a table of contents written in ink in the same hand. Some pamphlets also note the year Procter acquired them.

The compiler of these two volumes was almost certainly William Procter (1780-1860) of Baltimore, Maryland. Born in York, England, Procter arrived in Baltimore in 1796 at the age of sixteen. He married Anna Wilson in 1809, and together they had six children. Procter was a hardware merchant and an active member of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. A death notice in the January 17, 1860, issue of the Baltimore SUN described Procter as "a venerable and highly esteemed member of the Society of Friends, (Orthodox,) and the oldest hardware importer of Baltimore," distinguished for his "unobtrusive manners and integrity of character." THE AMERICAN ANNUAL MONITOR, a publication of the Society of Friends in America, noted that Procter was "much attached to our religious Society, and filled many stations in the church, to the satisfaction of his friends."

The present collection of tracts and pamphlets reflects Procter's involvement and interest in the affairs of the Baltimore community of Friends. From the published minutes of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting documenting the activities of the Society and polemical tracts relating to the bitter theological controversies that divided the Friends community to pamphlets treating some of the issues and institutions in which members of the Baltimore Meeting were personally, financially, and politically invested, the pamphlets herein offer a unique glimpse into American Quakerism in the 1820s and 30s. Included are pamphlets written in both condemnation and defense of Job Scott, a Quaker preacher, mystic, and quietist from Providence, Rhode Island, as well as a host of pamphlets concerning the Hicksite schism that splintered the Quaker community in the 1820s. Also included is a publication commemorating the establishment of McKim's School in Baltimore, a charity school funded by Quaker John McKim and his sons Isaac and William and another pamphlet on the collapse of the Union Bank of Maryland headed by Baltimore Quaker Thomas Ellicott. Most of the pamphlets were published either in Baltimore or Philadelphia, with others published - one each - in Wilmington, Delaware; Trenton, New Jersey; and Mount Pleasant, Ohio. A handful of others lack publication information. Early printer's imprints include those of William Brown (Philadelphia), Thomas Kite (Philadelphia), T. Murphy (Baltimore), and R. Porter & Son (Wilmington).

There is a total of twenty-nine separate works, three of them duplicates, across the two volumes, fourteen in one and fifteen in the other. The titles, in the order in which they appear, are:

First volume:

1) FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIBLE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA, READ AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON THE EVENING OF THE NINETEENTH OF FOURTH MONTH, 1830. Philadelphia: William Brown, [1830]. 13,[3]pp. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 531.

2) SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIBLE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA, READ AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON THE EVENING OF THE EIGHTEENTH OF FOURTH MONTH, 1831. Philadelphia: William Brown, [1831]. 31pp. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780.

3) THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIBLE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA, READ AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON THE EVENING OF THE SIXTEENTH OF FOURTH MONTH, 1832. Philadelphia: William Brown, [1832]. 17pp. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780.

4) AN APPEAL TO THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN BEHALF OF THE BIBLE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA. Philadelphia: William Brown, 1832. 72pp. SABIN 86036. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 11363. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780.

5) A DECLARATION OF THE YEARLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS, HELD IN PHILADELPHIA, RESPECTING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THOSE WHO HAVE LATELY SEPARATED FROM THE SOCIETY: AND ALSO, SHEWING THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THEIR DOCTRINES AND THOSE HELD BY FRIENDS. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1828. 32pp. SABIN 19183. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 33301.

6) THE TESTIMONY OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, ON THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA. Philadelphia: [Joseph Rakestraw], 1830. 36pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 1508. SABIN 86070. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:780.

7) A LETTER FROM LUKE HOWARD, OF TOTTENHAM, NEAR LONDON, TO A FRIEND IN AMERICA; CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS UPON A TREATISE WRITTEN BY JOB SCOTT, ENTITLED SALVATION BY CHRIST, &C. [N.p.] 1825. 20pp. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:982.

8) A LETTER FROM A FRIEND IN AMERICA, TO LUKE HOWARD, OF TOTTENHAM, NEAR LONDON, IN WHICH THE CHARACTER OF OUR LATE FRIEND, JOB SCOTT, IS VINDICATED AND DEFENDED, AND HIS DOCTRINES SHOWN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH SCRIPTURE AND SOUND REASON. IN REPLY TO A LETTER ADDRESSED BY LUKE HOWARD TO THE AUTHOR. [N.p.] 1826. 54pp., plus errata leaf bound in. SABIN 78289. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:943.

9) CHARTER OF M'KIM'S SCHOOL, INCORPORATED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, DECEMBER SESSION, 1820: WITH THE BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THAT INSTITUTION. Baltimore: T. Murphy, 1821. 15pp., including in-text illustration, plus embossed seal of the school on separate slip of paper bound in. OCLC records only three copies at Yale, Duke, and the Library Company of Philadelphia. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 5889.

10) Owen, Robert Dale: LETTERS ADDRESSED TO WILLIAM GIBBONS, OF WILMINGTON, DEL. IN REPLY TO "AN EXPOSITION OF MODERN SCEPTICISM;" TOGETHER WITH AN ADDRESS TO THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, AND A LETTER TO ELI HILLES, BENJ. FERRIS AND OTHERS. [FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE F. ENQUIRER.] Philadelphia: J.A. M'Clintock, 1830. 24pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 2920.

11) Gibbons, William: AN EXPOSITION OF MODERN SCEPTICISM, IN A LETTER, ADDRESSED TO THE EDITORS OF THE FREE ENQUIRER. Wilmington, De.: R. Porter and Son, [1829]. 48pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 38754.

12) [Gould, M.T.C.]: THE FRIEND, OR ADVOCATE OF TRUTH, (EXTRA.) FACTS FROM M.T.C. GOULD, RESPECTING ISAAC T. HOPPER [caption title]. [Philadelphia? 1831?] 16pp.

13) DEFENCE OF ISAAC T. HOPPER, AGAINST THE ASPERSIONS OF MARCUS T.C. GOULD [half title]. [N.p. N.d.] 12pp.

14) ADDRESS OF THE SUFFERERS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, TO THE YEARLY MEETING, HELD IN BALTIMORE, 10TH MONTH 28TH, 1822. [N.p.] 1822. 24pp. OCLC locates only five copies. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 8778.

Second volume:

15) EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF BALTIMORE YEARLY MEETING [caption title]. [N.p. 1833]. 21pp. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:776.

16) EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF BALTIMORE YEARLY MEETING [caption title]. [N.p. 1831]. 23pp. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:776.

17) EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF BALTIMORE YEARLY MEETING [caption title]. [N.p. 1830]. 12pp. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:776.

18) EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF BALTIMORE YEARLY MEETING [caption title]. [N.p. 1829]. 15pp. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:776.

19) Bates, Elisha: THE INCORPORATION OF OHIO YEARLY MEETING, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A BOARDING SCHOOL, DEFENDED: OR AN EXPLANATION OF THE APPLICATION MADE BY FRIENDS, TO THE LEGISLATURE OF OHIO. Mount Pleasant, Oh. 1833. 23pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 17684.

20) Foulke, Joseph: FRIENDS' ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1834. BEING THE SECOND AFTER LEAP YEAR.... Philadelphia: Evan Lewis, [1833?]. [29]-48pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 18930. DRAKE 11877.

21) [Bates, Elisha]: A VIEW OF THE SENTIMENTS OF ELIAS HICKS, RESPECTING FUTURE REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1829. 16pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 37723.

22) REVIEW OF A LETTER FROM ELIAS HICKS TO DR. N. SHOEMAKER. FOURTH EDITION. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1829. 28pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 40251. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:943.

23) A REVIEW OF ELIAS HICKS' LETTER TO THOMAS WILLIS, ON THE MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1829. 27pp.

24) EPISTLES AND TESTIMONIES ISSUED BY THE YEARLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS, IN NORTH AMERICA; SETTING FORTH THEIR FAITH RESPECTING THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, AND IN THE DIVINITY AND OFFICES OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST; SHEWING THAT THE ANTICHRISTIAN DOCTRINES OF THOSE WHO HAVE LATELY SEPARATED FROM THE SOCIETY, ARE REPUGNANT THERETO. Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1828. 83pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 33295. SABIN 86056. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS I:779.

25) Another copy of THE TESTIMONY OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, ON THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA. Philadelphia: [Joseph Rakestraw], 1830. 36pp.

26) THE DECISION [IN A CAUSE DECIDED IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BETWEEN THOMAS L. SHOTWELL, COMPLAINANT, AND JOSEPH HENDRICKSON AND STACY DECOW, DEFENDANTS] [caption title]. [Trenton, N.J.: P.J. Gray, 1832]. 90pp. Likely extracted from Wood, George, and Isaac H. Williamson, THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS VINDICATED: BEING THE ARGUMENTS OF THE COUNSEL OF JOSEPH HENDRICKSON, IN A CAUSE DECIDED IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BETWEEN THOMAS L. SHOTWELL, COMPLAINANT, AND JOSEPH HENDRICKSON AND STACY DECOW, DEFENDANTS. BY GEORGE WOOD AND ISAAC H. WILLIAMSON, COUNSELLORS AT LAW. TO WHICH IS APPENDED THE DECISION OF THE COURT. Trenton, N.J.: P.J. Gray, 1832. "An important case relating to a dispute between Orthodox and Hicksite Friends over funds belonging to the Society before the division" - SABIN. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 17135. SABIN 105026. FELCONE COLLECTION 1435.

27) Another copy of ADDRESS OF THE SUFFERERS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, TO THE YEARLY MEETING, HELD IN BALTIMORE, 10TH MONTH 28TH, 1822. [N.p.] 1822. 24pp.

28) Another copy of [Gould, M.T.C.]: THE FRIEND, OR ADVOCATE OF TRUTH, (EXTRA.) FACTS FROM M.T.C. GOULD, RESPECTING ISAAC T. HOPPER [caption title]. [Philadelphia? 1831?] 16pp.

29) [Johnson, Reverdy]: REPLY TO A PAMPHLET ENTITLED "A BRIEF EXPOSITION OF MATTERS RELATING TO THE BANK OF MARYLAND," WITH AN EXAMINATION INTO SOME OF THE CAUSES OF THE BANKRUPTCY OF THAT INSTITUTION. Baltimore: Jas. Lucas & E.K. Deaver, 1834. 54,[2],51pp. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 25136. SABIN 36271.

Together, the pamphlets provide a comprehensive look at the Society of Friends in Baltimore and in the United States more broadly between 1821 and 1834. THE AMERICAN ANNUAL MONITOR FOR 1861; OR OBITUARY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA, FOR THE YEAR 1860. NO. 4 (New York, 1861), p.145. "Death of an Aged Citizen. - Mr. Wm Proctor [sic]" in THE SUN (Baltimore, Md.), January 17, 1860.