Some Account of the Life and Religious Exercizes of Mary Neale…
A Female Quaker Minister
[Religion]. (Neale, Mary). Some account of the life and religious exercises of Mary Neale, formerly Mary Peisley. Principally compiled from her own writings. Dublin: Printed by John Gough, 1795.
12mo.; front endpaper repaired with tape; a few pencil markings throughout; contemporary calf; red morocco spine label with “Mary Peisley” stamped in gilt; front hinge cracked; spine and edges rubbed. In a specially made cloth slipcase.
First edition of a biography of Neale, a Quaker minister who was born and educated in Ireland. With a contemporary gift inscription on the front endpaper: George Braithwaite to R. Lloyd. Below the inscription, “Mr. Lloyd from his uncle Isaac Lloyd’s library 1883” is written in pencil. A female relation of Lloyd also signed her name (“Rachel Lloyd jun.”) in ink on the title page.
Neale’s husband, Samuel, edited this volume, which chronicles Neale’s travels and was published almost four decades after her death. Neale neé Peisley (1718-1757), accompanied by her friend Catherine Payton, traveled to America, making stops in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, preaching reform and holding Quaker meetings. The pair discouraged their fellow Quakers from owning slaves and included black people in their services. The book contains excerpts from Neale’s letters describing the opposition she encountered in some states as well as some of the more grueling traveling experiences. Payton and Neale covered more than 8,000 miles on horseback before returning to Dublin in July of 1856.
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