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The Colonies: Motivations and Realities

A collection of accounts of cases prosecuting Quakers for refusing to pay religious fees, London, 1736.

A collection of accounts of cases prosecuting Quakers for refusing to pay religious fees, London, 1736.

Citation Information: Excerpt from “A brief account of many of the prosecutions of the people call'd Quakers in the exchequer, ecclesiastical, and other courts,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/bf740f3ae2b8f69321c24f526311a8dc.

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Item 1 of 12 in the Primary Source Set The Colonies: Motivations and Realities

A collection of accounts of cases prosecuting Quakers for refusing to pay religious fees, London, 1736.

A critical summary of Quaker beliefs and practices, from a letter to a member of the House of Commons, London, 1736.

A pamphlet defending the position of the Quakers on religious fees, London, 1737.

A map showing the British colonies in North America in the eighteenth century.

A printed statement to Sir Robert Walpole, First Commissioner of the Treasury, about the role of colonies in the British Empire, London, 1731.

A 1755 essay about the relationship between England and her North American colonies, London, 1755.

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