Book cover for The Annual Monitor For 1844 Or, Obituary Of The Members Of The Society Of Friends In Great Britain And Ireland For The Year 1843 by William Alexander and Sarah Backhouse

The Annual Monitor For 1844 Or, Obituary Of The Members Of The Society Of Friends In Great Britain And Ireland For The Year 1843

2021 Released
148 Pages
2-3 Hours
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Alpha EditionISBN 9789354417450

Behind the understated title lies a moving record of faith, loss, and quiet courage among British and Irish Quakers at the dawn of the Victorian age. These lives still speak today. The Annual Monitor for 1844 gathers the obituary notices of members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland who died in 1843, forming a distinctive nineteenth century obituary anthology. Each entry, from brief records to fuller biographical sketches, becomes part of a society of friends biographical register, illuminating character, conviction, family ties, and service. Across counties and coasts, from modest meetings to established Quaker families, their stories quietly chart the growth of the Society of Friends and its witness in public and private life. For readers of Quaker biography and memoirs, students of British nonconformist church history, and those exploring 1843 Great Britain Ireland religious life, it offers an intimate window onto everyday discipleship and the inner workings of a close-knit community. Long valued as a quaker family genealogy resource and a reference for religious historians, this classic annual monitor quaker obituaries volume also holds wider appeal for anyone drawn to life-writing and spiritual history. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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