Southard, Samuel L.:

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ARGUMENT OF SAMUEL L. SOUTHARD, IN THE CASE OF STACY DECOW AND JOSEPH HENDRICKSON VERSUS THOMAS L. SHOTWELL. This case arose over questions of appropriations of funds in a Quaker community in Crosswicks, New Jersey, but the argument contained herein goes deeply into the history and tenets of the Society of Friends. Shotwell was accused of not repaying funds, apparently loaned from a school fund. Southard's argument, which lasted several days, was delivered before the New Jersey State Court of Appeals in Trenton. It takes up the first 201 pages, followed by appendices. Despite the duration of Southard's argument in court, it "was listened to by an overflowing audience, of all persuasions and both sexes, with a marked and untiring attention; and it will be found to possess much of a highly interesting character, in relation to the discipline and order, and also the doctrines and history of the Society of Friends" (from the introduction).

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