A rare antique American book, The Penns and Penningtons of the Seventeenth Century, in Their Domestic and Religious Life, Illustrated by Original Family Letters, Also Incidental Notices of Their Friend Thomas Ellwood with Some of His Unpublished Verses by Maria Webb, Author of The Fells of Swarthmoor Hall and Their Friends. Published by F. B. Kitto, London, 1867. Richard D. Webb and Son, Printers, Dublin. Hardcover in the olive green shade with gilding on a spine. An engraving with a portrait of Gulielma Penn with FacSimile of her Autograph on the front piece. This work originated in the belief that a volume depicting the religious and domestic life of Isaac Penington, William Penn, and Thomas Ellwood would be especially useful at present. Their lives were bright examples of the ennobling and strengthening influence of true religion. This book celebrates exemplary Quaker lives, it is an impressive piece of scholarship. The book is a testament to the intimate social networks of early Quakerism which linked Fox, Nayler, Penn, Fell, and Burrough. The book is also the best synthesis available of Isaac and Mary Peningtons lives from about 1658. Antique American USA Books, Historical Books, Pennsylvania Settlers Community, Original Artifact for Collectors.

Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. All measurements are approximate.