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Dublin's Merchant-Quaker - Anthony Sharp and the Community of Friends, 1643-1707 (Hardcover)
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Dublin's Merchant-Quaker - Anthony Sharp and the Community of Friends, 1643-1707 (Hardcover)
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A towering figure in the history of Irish Quakerism, and friend of
William Penn and William Edmundson, Anthony Sharp left England in
1669 to settle in Dublin and carve a place for himself in the
woolen trade. As a businessman he succeeded brilliantly, employing
some 500 workers and amassing a fortune that included lands in
Ireland, England, and New Jersey. His economic success helped him
gain entree to prominent political and ecclesiastical officials,
from whom he sought relief for persecuted Quakers.
Without peer among Irish Friends as an organizer, Sharp played a
key role in assisting fellow Quakers to survive repression and to
evolve from a small sect into a denomination. With his second wife,
Ann, he helped shape the rigorous style of dress and home
furnishings that set the Irish Friends apart from their
coreligionists in England. Tireless in his work as a secretary,
treasurer, and fund-raiser, he served on the committee that
monitored the proceedings of the Irish Parliament and helped
pioneer the Friends' home and shop visitations. Sharp took up his
pen to defend Quakers in "the Lamb's war" against critics on all
sides--Catholics, Anglicans, nonconformists, and sectarian
extremists.
When James II extended toleration to nonconformists, Sharp seized
the opportunity to become a Dublin alderman and sit on committees
whose purview ranged from cleaning the city streets to overseeing
the workhouse for the indigent. He attained prominence in the
weavers' guild, serving as master in 1688-89 and sitting on its
council for years. Notwithstanding his distinctive dress, his
refusal to take oaths or pay tithes, and his plain speech, he
enjoyed the respect of the rich and powerful.
"Dublin's Merchant-Quaker" is not only a biography of Sharp but a
portrait of Dublin's community of Friends. The author explains in
detail the functioning of national, provincial, and local meetings;
the Friends' work in educating and disciplining their members;
their provision of charity to the needy; and their efforts to
ransom captives in Muslim lands. In undertaking these activities,
Sharp and his fellow Quakers expressed the driving force of their
faith and built a society that sustained the Friends for centuries
to come as a minority within another minority, the Protestants of
Ireland.
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