The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Primary Location

London

Event Date

At Whitsuntide

Outcome

productive of various advantages to the metropolis; lay out considerable sums of money; set a laudable example; compose a simple but judicious literary admonition; attract universal admiration; blessings to the states; correcting the manners of the people; diffusing the spirit of peace & happiness; promoting commerce and industry upon the most equitable and just terms

Event Details

The annual meeting of the quakers in London at Whitsuntide is productive of various advantages to the metropolis: they lay out considerable sums of money among tradesmen for substantial articles of apparel, household furniture and other necessaries for their country use and wear; they set a laudable example of neatness of dress, modesty in manners, and purity in conversation, worthy the attention of our young men and women in general; they also annually at this period compose a simple but judicious literary admonition which they cause to be printed for public perusal: in this tract are contained a strict investigation of the decline or rise of religion and morality, of happiness and commerce among their countrymen; They point out the reasons of our successes and misfortunes, shewing wherein we have been right, and wherein we have been wrong; and advising us to adhere to the paths of piety and prudence, while they warn us against straying into those of infidelity and dissipation. A people so disposed, and so conducting themselves must attract universal admiration. They are blessings to the States where they do dwell, correcting the manners of the people, the diffusing the spirit of peace & happiness among the human race, and promoting commerce and industry upon the most equitable and just terms between buyer and seller, master and servant and all the relative of social connections, which should unite and bind mankind.