CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I.
THE QUAKER COMMUNITY:
From the Settlement of Quaker Hill, 1728, to the Division of the Meeting, 1828.

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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]