Our Beloved Friend

Born Into One Of The Wealthiest Families In Philadelphia And Raised And Educated In That Vital Center Of Eighteenth-century American Quakerism, Anne Emlen Mifflin Was A Progressive Force In Early America. This Detailed And Engaging Biography, Which Features Mifflins Collected Writings And Selected Correspondence, Revives Her Legacy.anne Grew Up Directly Across The Street From The Pennsylvania Statehouse, Where The Continental Congress Was Leading The War Of Independence. A Quaker Minister Whose Busy Pen, Agile Mind, And Untiring Moral Energy Produced An Extensive Corpus Of Writings, Anne Was An Ardent Abolitionist And Social Reformer Decades Before The Establishment Of Womens Anti-slavery Societies.