Acknowledgments
This volume of Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies would not have been possible without the support of a vibrant intellectual community. Thanks go first to those who have trained me in the historian’s craft: Neil York, Brett Rushforth, Chris Hodson, Spencer Fluhman, Christopher Grasso, Karin Wulf, and Chris Beneke. Isaac Barnes May, Michelle Orihel, and Kristin Beales had the grace to listen to far too many of my thoughts about Quakerism, all the while providing valuable insights in the process.
The institutional backing I received was crucial to finishing this work. It would not have been possible without the support of Cynthia Kimball Davis, Crystal Koenig, David Hatch, Iliana Portaro, and Jean Boreen. Likewise, I benefited tremendously from the knowledge and assistance of archivists at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College’s Quaker Collections.
I would also be remiss if I did not mention the wonderful suggestions of my peer reviewer as well as the inimitable insight and patience of editor Robynne Rogers Healey, and the support of the series’ editors-in-chief, Pink Dandelion and Stephen Angell.
And last—though certainly not least—thanks goes to my wonderful family, Jessica Wells, as well as Emma, Ian, and Leah, who put up with a husband and father far too obsessed with the minutia of colonial American Quaker minute-books for his own good.