The Suffering-Case of Several of the People Commonly Called Quakers, on Suits Mostly Commenced for Tythes in the Court of Exchequer.

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The Suffering-Case of Several of the People Commonly Called Quakers, on Suits Mostly Commenced for Tythes in the Court of Exchequer. London: Sowle, 1709. First and only edition, quarto, disbound, A-C4, [pi]1; twenty-four pages, foxing, 8 x 6 1/2 in.; [together with] single laid folio sheet, c. 1780, detailing the sufferings of William Mosher, an American Quaker, "for refusing to pay his publick taxes on account of a tender scruple of Mind it being as I understand chiefly for the support of wars"; many valuable items were taken from Mosher, or as he says "strained away," viz., twelve pounds of flax, three cows, and hundreds of pounds in paper money, all taken between 1778 and 1780, 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (2)
Estimate $300-500


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