Lengthy satirical and didactic criticism of Quakers for hypocritically allowing their daughters to indulge in the social fashion for drinking tea, coffee and chocolate, seeing this as an opening to greater sin and corruption of the Society; including the story of a girl tempted by the devil into acquiring a tea table and giving tea parties.
The Quakers tea table overturn'd, the tea spill'd and all the china broke. A satyrical poem in 4 parts, by a lover of the ancient plainness and simplicity of that people
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- ReferenceGB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt 58
- Dates of Creation1717
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 vol. (24 ff.) Bound in contemporary vellum-covered boards throughout
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Administrative / Biographical History
The author of the poem is unknown
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Acquisition Information
Bought from Quaritch (Sotheby), November 1981
Note
In English
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Indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html
Custodial History
Ownership inscriptions of Joseph Wilkinson, 22 June 1728, on p.41, and of John Bigland, 1763/64, on verso of last leaf