Produced by Tom Roch, Meredith Bach, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University) QUAKER HILL A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY BY WARREN H. WILSON, A. M. SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK 1907 COPYRIGHT 1907, BY WARREN H. WILSON. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART I. THE QUAKER COMMUNITY: FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF QUAKER HILL, 1728, TO THE DIVISION OF THE MEETING, 1828. PAGE CHAPTER I. Sources 5 CHAPTER II. The Locality 8 CHAPTER III. The Assembling of the Quakers 16 CHAPTER IV. Economic Activities of the Quaker Community 20 CHAPTER V. Amusements 28 CHAPTER VI. The Ideals of the Quakers 32 CHAPTER VII. Morals of the Quaker Community 38 CHAPTER VIII. Toleration of Hostile Forces 50 PART II. THE TRANSITION FROM THE DIVISION OF THE MEETING TO THE FOUNDING OF AKIN HALL, 1828 TO 1880. CHAPTER I. Communication,--The Roads 63 CHAPTER II. Economic Changes 69 CHAPTER III. Religious Life in Transition 79 PART III. THE MIXED COMMUNITY FROM THE FOUNDING OF AKIN HALL TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1880 TO 1907. CHAPTER I. Demotic Composition 88 CHAPTER II. The Economy of House and Field 98 CHAPTER III. New Ideals of Quakerism, Assimilation of Strangers 112 CHAPTER IV. The Common Mind 118 CHAPTER V. Practical Differences and Resemblances 130 CHAPTER VI. The Social Organization 135 CHAPTER VII. The Social Welfare 141 PART IV. ORIGINAL APPENDICES FAMILY AND CHURCH RECORDS. Appendix A:--Heads of Families in Oblong Meeting, 1760 155 Appendix B:--Names of Customers of Daniel Merritt, 1771 158 Appendix C:--Deeds of Meeting-House Lands 167 INTRODUCTION.