The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaware
1919
The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaware
1919
The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaware, published in 1919 by Sydney George Fisher, is a historical account of the founding and development of Pennsylvania and other Quaker settlements along the Delaware River. The book focuses on key figures such as William Penn and examines the unique social and political structures established by the Quakers, emphasizing themes of religious freedom, governance, and interactions with Indigenous peoples. It provides insight into the oppressive conditions in England that led Quakers to seek refuge in America, laying the groundwork for understanding Quaker society and its challenges during the colonial period.
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“Bribed by both sides, the Indians used all their native cunning to encourage the bribers to bid against each other.””
— Sydney George Fisher
“The result was, of course, the utter demoralization of the savages.””
— Sydney George Fisher
“land. But his sons were more economical,””
— Sydney George Fisher
“The Assembly had a very convenient way of accomplishing its purposes in legislation in spite of the opposition of the British Government. Laws when passed and approved by the deputy governor had to be sent to England for approval by the Crown within five years. But meanwhile the people would live under the law for five years, and, if at the end of that time it was disallowed, the Assembly would reenact the measure and live under it again for another period.””
— Sydney George Fisher
“David Lloyd, the Welsh leader of the anti-proprietary party, and Joseph Wilcox, another leader, became very skillful in drafting these profoundly respectful but deeply cutting replies.””
— Sydney George Fisher
“In his earlier years, however, Penn had written pamphlets arguing strenuously against the same sort of despotic schemes that James was now undertaking; and this contradiction of his former position seriously injured his reputation even among his own people.””
— Sydney George Fisher
“The Academy of Natural Sciences founded in Philadelphia in 1812 by two inconspicuous young men, an apothecary and a dentist, soon became by the spontaneous support of the community a distinguished institution.””
— Sydney George Fisher
“It brought Christianity nearer to its original simplicity and made it less superstitious and cruel.””
— Sydney George Fisher
“so accustomed to contests and warfare that they accepted it as the natural state of man.””
— Sydney George Fisher
