Purpose of theFriends of Somerset Historic Preservation The Friends Meeting House on Prospect Street dates back to1701. It is the oldest structure in Somerset. The Massachusetts Historical ...

On this day, June 1, in 1660, American colonist Mary Dyer was hanged in Boston for violating Massachusetts Bay Colony law by preaching Quakerism. Newsom: Trump's military deployment to Los Angeles has ...

On this day, June 1, in 1660, American colonist Mary Dyer was hanged in Boston for violating Massachusetts Bay Colony law by preaching Quakerism. Dyer was among a short list of outspoken women in the ...

Nearly a decade before the witchcraft hysteria in Salem, Mass., resulted in the execution of more than a dozen women, Margaret Mattson became the infamous subject of the first and only witchcraft ...

The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, began in England during the 1600s through the ministry of George Fox. "Quakers believed that all people could develop a personal ...

Flushing resident John Bowne was arrested and was sent to Holland by New Amsterdam’s Governor-General Peter Stuyvesant to stand trial for practicing his Quaker faith. The year was 1662, and Stuyvesant ...

Kirk Douglas plans to take advantage of new law to make millions off California redwoods. Businessman Jim Fallon (Kirk Douglas) plans to take advantage of a new law and make millions off California ...

(The Conversation) — Eighteenth-century Quakers attempted to align their religious beliefs with what they purchased. These Quakers led some of the early campaigns against sugar being produced by ...