Excerpt from Memoirs of George Whitehead, a Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends, Vol. 1 of 2: Being the Substance of the Account of His Life The editor has also ventured in several cases to add a few historical particulars, to make the work more completely illustrative of the character of the Society, and the state of the public mind at the period to which it refers. The whole, notwithstanding the curtailments, will give the reader a petty clear insight into the rise, progress, and principles of the Society of Friends nor will its details, the editor trusts, be found uninteresting to the inquirer into the history of the civil and religious liberties of England, as connected with that most im portant and interesting period of our annals which these Memoirs embrace. The present work was originally designed to have been comprised in one volume, and it would no doubt have been more agreeable to some readers in a more condensed form; but as an historical record, and with a view of preserving the clear View which the original memoirs frequently give of the varied engagements of our early Friends, much greater curtailment than has been made did not, to the editor, seem desirable. He is nevertheless far from imagining, that he has always drawn the line exactly where it ought to have been, and he cannot be much disappointed if he should have failed to please his friends, since, on many occasions, he has failed to please himselffi't Leaving however his own imperfections, he can safely recommend the peru sal of the work, to all those of the Society of Friends, who feel an interest in the history of the Church to which they belong. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.