HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS CALLED BY SOME THE FREE QUAKERS, IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.

APPENDIX NO. 7: TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FREEMEN OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY MET, RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH:
Charles Wetherill

Wetherill, Charles. History of The Religious Society of Friends Called by Some The Free Quakers, in the City of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed for the Society, 1894, Number 3 of an edition limited to 800 copies, signed by Charles Wetherill.]

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That the subscriber and White Matlack on behalf of themselves and others presented a memorial and remonstrance to the Honourable House on the 21st of August last, praying that a law might be passed for declaring the rights of Persons disowned by the people called Quakers, and other purposes Expressed in said memorial.
The Honorable House then took the said memorial into their consideration and appointed a "committee to confer with the memorialists, Examine the facts set forth in the memorial, and report to the House." That as the above order of the House was only in part complied with, they hoped the house would have entered on a further consideration of this business before them in the earlier part of the present sitting: but finding it still omitted, they pray the Honorable house will now resume the further consideration of the said memorial and remonstrance, and grant to your memorialists that protection to which they are of right so clearly entitled.
In addition to former petitions they beg leave to present the inclosed.
(signed) ISAAC HOWELL.
[IT WAS PROBABLY PRESENTED EARLY IN MARCH, 1783.]

The enclosure was as follows:--

[COPY OF ENCLOSURE]

TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FREEMEN OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY MET.

We, the subscribers, disowned by the people called Quakers, do hereby certify that we request that a law may be passed for declaring the rights of persons disowned by that people and other purposes expressed in the memorial of Isaac Howell and White Matlack, and presented to the Honourable House.
 
Signed.) Edward Evans, Thomas Hopkins,
Sam'l Wetherill, Jr., Richard Somers, John Chapman,
James Boone, Jr., Jonathan Draper, Joshua Ely,
Samuel Foulke, Thomas Ross, Jr., James Potter,
Moses Bartram, John Buckman, Jr., Nathaniel Ellicot,
Benjamin Say, Isaac Heston, Enoch Betts,
Jonathan Scholfield, Richard Leedom, Saml. Smith,
Abraham Roberts, Nathaniel Browne, Thomas Dyer,
Clement Biddle, Cadw. Dickinson, Timothy Taylor,
Peter Thompson, Ab. Shoemaker, Stacy Taylor,
Edward Pole, Thomas Wright, Abner Buckman,
James Person, William Matlack, Joseph Lees.

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