Chapter I: Front Matter
QUAKER HILL
A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY
BY
WARREN H. WILSON, A. M.
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
IN THE
FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK
1907
COPYRIGHT 1907,
BY
WARREN H. WILSON.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I.
THE QUAKER COMMUNITY:
FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF QUAKER HILL, 1728, TO THE DIVISION OF THE MEETING, 1828.
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
Sources 5
CHAPTER II.
The Locality 8
CHAPTER III.
The Assembling of the Quakers 16
CHAPTER IV.
Economic Activities of the Quaker Community 20
CHAPTER V.
Amusements 28
CHAPTER VI.
The Ideals of the Quakers 32
CHAPTER VII.
Morals of the Quaker Community 38
CHAPTER VIII.
Toleration of Hostile Forces 50
PART II.
THE TRANSITION
FROM THE DIVISION OF THE MEETING TO THE FOUNDING OF AKIN HALL, 1828 TO 1880.
CHAPTER I.
Communication,--The Roads 63
CHAPTER II.
Economic Changes 69
CHAPTER III.
Religious Life in Transition 79
PART III.
THE MIXED COMMUNITY
FROM THE FOUNDING OF AKIN HALL TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1880 TO 1907.
CHAPTER I.
Demotic Composition 88
CHAPTER II.
The Economy of House and Field 98
CHAPTER III.
New Ideals of Quakerism, Assimilation of Strangers 112
CHAPTER IV.
The Common Mind 118
CHAPTER V.
Practical Differences and Resemblances 130
CHAPTER VI.
The Social Organization 135
CHAPTER VII.
The Social Welfare 141
PART IV.
ORIGINAL APPENDICES
FAMILY AND CHURCH RECORDS.
Appendix A:--Heads of Families in Oblong Meeting, 1760 155
Appendix B:--Names of Customers of Daniel Merritt, 1771 158
Appendix C:--Deeds of Meeting-House Lands 167
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