"Friends and Military Service minutes 1916" [Temp.2024.3]

Catalogue Number
Temp.2024.3

Title
Friends and Military Service. Minute of the yearly meeting of the society of friends of Great Britain. Held in London, 28th to 30th of First Month, 1916.

People
The Society of Friends

Events
First World War

Description
Double-sided page with text of minutes from the "Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends of Great Britain. Held in London, 28th to 30th of First Month, 1916." On the reverse it is signed by "John H. Barlow, Clerk of London Yearly Meeting." The minutes detail the organisation's stance against conscription during the First World War based on Christian Quaker values.

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