2 Quaker Books 1860s Samuel Janney, William Fisher

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Two First-Edition 1860s Quaker Books

Both Books Pulished in Philadelphia by Thomas Elwood Zell

Bound in One Volume

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The First Book: An American View of the Causes which Have Led to the Decline of the Society of Friends

(By Samuel McPherson Janney)

Published in 1860 - First Edition

Published in Philadelphia: By T. Ellwood Zell

And Published in London: By Alfred W. Bennett

Pages:  Blanks + 56 (Complete)

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The Second Book:  The Nature of War

By William Logan Fisher

Published in 1862 - First Edition

Published in Philadelphia: By T. Elwood Zell

Pages: 64 with Original Book-Cloth Cover

Book Size:  8 x 5.50 inches

Above:  Both Books are Bound into this One Volume.

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Above: Back Cover

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Above: With Marbled Endpapers

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Above:  Title Page of the First Book.

With the 1860 Publication Date.  (First Edition)

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Above:  The Second Book is Bound into the Hardcover Volume

(After the Last Page of the First Book)

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Above:  Title Page of the Second Book States the 1862 Publication Date (First Edition)

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Above: Reverse Side of Front Cover has a Duplicate / Withdrawn Bookplate

(This is the only library marking in the book.)

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Two 1860s Quaker Books

Published in Philadelphia by Thomas Elwood Zell

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The First Book:

Written by Samuel McPherson Janney:

Samuel MacPherson Janney  (born 1801 - died 1880) was a Quaker minister, author, and teacher. He was born in Loudon County, Virginia.

Samuel Janney was in imporant educator.  He opened several schools, including a boarding school for girls in Loudoun County, Virginia, which he opened in 1839. He aslo helped create schools for African American students, and worked with public schools in Virginia. He also fought to abolish slavery.

In 1869 he was appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Nebraska, where he worked with the Santee Sioux.

Janney also authored: The Life of William Penn, and the 1875 book The life of George Fox,  and the 1881 book Memoirs of Samuel M. Janney,: Late of Lincoln, Loudoun County, Va, and the 1839 book The last of the Lenapé : and other Poems.

Today his papers are at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

The Second Book:

Written by William Logan Fisher:

William Logan Fisher (born 1781 - died 1862) was a prominent Philadelphia  Quaker industrialist and writer.

William Fisher's parents were Thomas Fisher and Sarah Logan.  William's mother had inherited a portion of the Stenton Estate, near Philadelphia. This estate belonged to her grandfather James Logan, who was secretary to William Penn, colonial mayor of Philadelphia,  and chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.  William's father built their home, Wakefield, on this property, and William grew up there. This property was located near Germantown and Philadelphia.

After the death of William's mother, William lived in New Bedford, Massachusetts, with the family of a relative, the merchant William Rotch Jr., who had much influence on William's career.

In 1802 William married Mary Rodman. In New Bedord, William became owner of several whaling ships. In 1807 William and Mary returned to the Philadelphia area as owner of William's family home, Wakefield.

After the death of his wife, William Fisher married Sarah Lindley, daughter of Jacob Lindley, of Chester County, Pennsylvania.  

William began the Wakefiled Mills Manufacturing Company,  a textile company that produced stockings and fancy knit goods. At its peak, this mill produced most of the hosiery and fancy knit goods in the U.S.

William also started a calico printing mill near Wakefeld Mills, with his son-in-law William Wister.

He also built the Duncannon Iron Mill, in Perry County, Pennsylvania, with his brother-in-law Jacob Lindley. It was located in Clark's Ferry along the Susquehanna River. William and his family live part of the year at Duncannon, and part of the year at Philadelphia.  He also was involved with the Bloomsburg Railroad.

William's daughter, Sarah Logan Fisher, married William Wister at Grumblethorpe, an estate  at Germantown.  The couple lived at Belfield, which William purchased from Charles Willson Peale.

Eventually William's home Wakefield was sold to the Sisters of St. Basil the Great, who sold the property to La Salle University.  Today the La Salle Christian Brothers operate the Little Wakefield house as the St. Mutien Hall.  La Salle University purchased numerous parcels of land from the descendants of this Fisher family.

Fisher was a follower of the liberal Quaker group the Hicksites, who followed the ideals of Elias Hicks.  

Fisher was an influential writer. He wrote  a critque of the New Harmony writings by Robert Owen. He also wrote Pauperism and Crime (1831) An important early American sociology work, which used as a primary source by de Tocqueville in his Democracy in America.

Fisher also wrote History of the Institution of the Sabbath Day, Its Uses and Abuses; with Notices of the Puritans, Quakers, Etc, and the 1860 book An Inquiry Into the Laws of Organized Societies, as Applied to the Alleged Decline of the Society of Friends.

Both Books Published by Thomas Elwood Zell

Colonel Thomas Ellwood Zell (born 1828 - died 1905) was a prominent Philadelphia publisher who later resided in Florida. He was best know for his 1880  Zell's Popular Encyclopedia.

Thomas Zell was born in Philadelphia, into a Quaker family. His father's family was Pennsylvania German. They had become Quaker, and settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylania.

Although Thomas Zell was a Quaker, he took part in the Civil War.  He was captain of Company A of the 121st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Chapman Biddle.

When Robert E. Lee invaded Pennsylvania, Captain Zell was authorized to raise a regiment of infantry; but before it was filled he was mustered as Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the battalion, and was almost immediately appointed chief of staff to General W. D. Whipple of the regular army, which position he held for several months, and subsequently Inspector-General of cavalry. Upon the transfer of General Whipple to the staff of General Thomas, Colonel Zell was chief of staff for a short time to General Sigel.

He was the first president of the Loyal Legion, also known as MOLLUS, The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, which was organized in his office.

He also founded the town of Zellwood, a small town near Orlando, Florida, in Orange County, Florida. He also resided in Germantown, near Philadelphia.

Colonel Zell donated family history papers to the Library of Congress and to the Lancaster County Historical Socioty.  He is buried in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania.

I purchased this book at an estate auction of Dr. John J. B. Light, a physician in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

Condition: Nice Condition.  The reverse side of the front cover has a withdrawn / duplicate bookplate for The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. This is the only library marking. Pages are bright and clean, with no foxing spots or dampstains, although the title page of the first book has a small, minor smudge.  Pages and cover are securely attached. The cover's leather is scuffed.  

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