A

JOURNAL

OF THE

LIFE, GOSPEL LABOURS AND CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCES,
OF THAT FAITHFUL MINISTER OF

JESUS CHRIST,

JOHN WOOLMAN.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

HIS LAST EPISTLE,

AND OTHER WRITINGS.

The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness,
quietness and assurance for ever. Isaiah xxxii. 17.

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CONTENTS.

The Testimony of Friends in Yorkshire, at their Quarterly Meet-

ing held at York, the 24th and 25th of the third month, 1773,

concerning John Woolman..

9

A Testimony of the Monthly Meeting of Friends, held in Bur-

lington, the 1st day of the eighth month, in the year of our

Lord, 1774, concerning our esteemed friend John Woolman,

deceased...

13

CHAPTER I.

His birth and parentage, with some account of the operations of

Divine grace on his mind in his youth-his first appearance

in the ministry-considerations while young on keeping

slaves....

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CHAPTER II.

His first journey, on a religious visit, into East Jersey, in com-

pany with Abraham Farrington-thoughts on merchandizing,

and learning a trade-second journey, with Isaac Andrews,

into Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina-

third journey, with Peter Andrews, through part of West and

East Jersey-some account of his sister Elizabeth, and her

death-fourth journey, with Peter Andrews, through New

York and Long Island, to New England-fifth journey, with

John Sykes, to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the lower

counties on Delaware....

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CHAPTER III.

His marriage-the death of his father—his journeys into the upper

part of New Jersey, and afterwards into Pennsylvania-con-

siderations on keeping slaves-visits to the families of

Friends at several times and places-an epistle from the

General Meeting-journey to Long Island-considerations

on trading, and on the use of spirituous liquors and costly

apparel-letter to a Friend.....

CHAPTER IV.

43

His visiting the families of Friends at Burlington-His journey

to Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina-

Considerations on the state of Friends there, and the exer-

cise he was under in travelling among those concerned in

keeping slaves: with some observations on this subject—His

epistle to Friends at New Garden and Cane creek-His

thoughts on the neglect of a religious care in the education

of the negroes...

CHAPTER V.

59

Considerations on the payment of a tax laid for carrying on the

war against the Indians—Some notes on Thomas à Kempis

and John Huss-Meetings of the committee of the Yearly

Meeting at Philadelphia-The present circumstances of

Friends in Pennsylvania and New Jersey very different from

those of our predecessors-The drafting of the militia in

New Jersey to serve in the army, with some observations on

the state of the members of our Society at that time-His

visit to Friends in Pennsylvania, accompanied by Benjamin

Jones-Proceedings at the Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly

Meetings in Philadelphia, respecting those who keep

slaves...

CHAPTER VI.

81

His visiting the Quarterly Meetings in Chester county; and after-

wards joining with Daniel Stanton and John Scarborough, in

a visit to such as kept slaves there-Some observations on

the conduct those should maintain who are concerned to

speak in meetings for discipline-Several visits to such who

kept slaves: and to Friends near Salem-Some account of

the Yearly Meeting in the year 1759; and of the increasing

concern, in divers provinces, to labour against buying and

keeping slaves-The yearly Meeting epistle-His thoughts

on the smallpox spreading-and on inoculation.....

CHAPTER VII.

94

His visit in company with Samuel Eastburn, to Long Island,

Rhode Island, Boston, &c., in New England-Remarks on

the slave trade at Newport, and his exercise on that ac-

count; also on lotteries-Some observations on the island of

Nantucket

CHAPTER VIII.

110

His visits to Pennsylvania, Shrewsbury and Squan-publishes the

second part of his Considerations on keeping negroes-The

grounds of his appearing in some respects singular in his

dress-visits the families of Friends of Ancocas and Mount

Holly meetings-visit to the Indians at Wehaloosing on the

river Susquehanna.

CHAPTER IX.

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His religious conversation with a company met to see the tricks

of a juggler-John Smith's advice; proceedings of a commit-

tee at the Yearly Meeting in 1764-Contemplations on the

nature of true wisdom, occasioned by hearing of the cruelty

of the Indians to their captives-Visits the families of Friends

at Mount Holly, Mansfield and Burlington, in 1764, and the

meetings on the sea coast from Cape May toward Squan in

1765-visit to the lower counties on Delaware and the East-

ern Shore of Maryland in 1766, in company with John Sleeper;

some account of Joseph Nichols and his followers; and ob-

servations on the different state of the first settlers in Penn-