[Quakers]: [Procter, William, compiler]:

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[SAMMELBAND OF TWENTY-NINE TRACTS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, DATING FROM BETWEEN 1821 AND 1834, DOCUMENTING MANY OF THE ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES ARISING IN THE QUAKER COMMUNITY ... An interesting sammelband, consisting of twenty-nine tracts published variously between 1821 and 1834, all relating in one way or another to the Society of Friends, and bound in a matching set of two volumes. The volumes, and many of the bound-in pamphlets, bear the handwritten signature of "Wm Procter," and each volume of texts is preceded by a table of contents written in ink in the same hand. Some pamphlets also note the year Procter acquired them. The compiler of these two volumes was almost certainly William Procter (1780-1860) of Baltimore, Maryland. Born in York, England, Procter arrived in Baltimore in 1796 at the age of sixteen. He married Anna Wilson in 1809, and together they had six children. Procter was a hardware merchant and an active member of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. A death notice in the January 17, 1860, issue of the Baltimore Sun described Procter as "a venerable and highly esteemed member of the Society of Friends, (Orthodox,) and the oldest hardware importer of Baltimore," distinguished for his "unobtrusive manners and integrity of character." The American Annual Monitor, a publication of the Society of Friends in America, noted that Procter was "much attached to our religious Society, and filled many stations in the church

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