AN EXHORTATION TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA, TO BRING THEIR DEEDS TO THE LIGHT OF CHRIST, IN THEIR OWN CONSCIENCES; IN WHICH IS INSERTED SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCE IN THE IMPORTANT BUSINESS OF RELIGION

Sophia Hume

Published by Printed by William Bradford, Philadelphia, 1747

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158 pp. Hardcover in3/4 leather binding. Includes 14-stanza "Divine Love Commemorated" at rear. Early owner ink signatures to front free endpapers (see pics). Very rare first edition of this pioneering and electrifying work by Quaker minister Sophia Hume, famed across England and America for her eloquence, printed with the aid of Philadelphia Quakers and issued by the publishing house of William Bradford, who arrived in America with William Penn in 1682 and whose firm published Paine's Common Sense Hume (1702-1774) was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, among the well-to-do, but spent the last three decades of her life proselytizing as a Quaker, in Charleston, London, and Philadelphia, following her conversion from the Anglican Church in 1738. "Among Quaker women of her day, Sophia Hume had an extraordinary knowledge of arts, literature, and theology, to some extent the product of her years as an Anglican. Although conversion curbed and guided her intellectual pursuits within limits approved by Quakers, she yet found it hard to justify erudition by a woman, and harder to justify her public life, by her own principles. The result was a paradoxical career: as a minister and writer she upheld the traditional view that woman should lead a secluded life devoted to home and church, as a Quaker bluestocking she expounded scripture and culled quotations from ancient and modern Christian writers to defend her sect" (Notable American Women). Evans 5974. Sabin 33780. Brinley 3870. Turnbull I, p. 112. I've done my best to describe the book, but if you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail. Seller Inventory # 100822

Bibliographic Details

Title: AN EXHORTATION TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE ...

Publisher: Printed by William Bradford, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1747

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition