by KNOWLES, MARY (MORRIS)
(WOMEN). Knowles, Mary (Morris). A Letter from a Clergyman to Mary Morris, one of the people called Quakers. [N.p., n.d., but by typography and ornamentation early 19th century.] Broadside, 11 1/2 x 9 in., unmarked wove paper. Soiled and dampstained, with several tiny holes each costing a few letters.
Mary (Morris) Knowles (1733-1807) was an English Quaker poet, abolitionist, and feminist. As a young woman, before she married and gained fame and wealth from her art, Mary Morris conducted a poetic exchange about water baptism with an Anglican clergyman, rumored to be her suitor. The exchange was printed several times, chiefly in the 1770s. This (truncated)
Mary (Morris) Knowles (1733-1807) was an English Quaker poet, abolitionist, and feminist. As a young woman, before she married and gained fame and wealth from her art, Mary Morris conducted a poetic exchange about water baptism with an Anglican clergyman, rumored to be her suitor. The exchange was printed several times, chiefly in the 1770s. This (truncated)
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