Rhode Island Peace Society Collected Records
Dates
- Creation: 1819-1844
Creator
- Rhode Island Peace Society (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
Founded in 1818 as the "Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations Peace Society" later called the Rhode Island Peace Society. Following the founding of the Massachusetts Peace Society in 1815, and influenced by Noah Worcester's tract The Solemn Review of the Custom of War, Moses Brown and George Benson initiated the movement which led to the founding of the Rhode Island Peace Society. Brown was a Quaker, but doubted the wisdom of having Quakers in control of the proposed Society. The Rhode Island Peace Society declined after 1825 following the deaths of its charter members, though records indicate its existence up to 1860.
Extent
5 items (5 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Rhode Island Peace Society (Organization)
- Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations Peace Society (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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