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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07635 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1779 |
| Title | The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held in London [American Revolution] |
| Date | 24-29 May 1779 |
| Document Type | Non-governmental organization document |
| Content Description | Contains a letter to friends at the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain and Ireland: "The sufferings of our brethren in America... have principally arisen from that confusion and distress which are inseparable from war..."; and another letter to friends at their yearly meeting in Philadelphia: "We are sensible, that many are the difficulties and sufferings, which the present unhappy contests and commotions in your land must produce..." Written in the fifth Quaker month. |
| Subjects | Religion Quaker Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Military History |
| Place written | London, England |
| Theme | Religion; The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |