Iowa
History Project
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Editor’s Introduction
This volume on
The Quakers of Iowa was written by Dr. Jones at the request of The State
Historical Society of Iowa. For the task the author was peculiarly fitted both
by the temperament and by training. Moreover, his membership in the Society of
Friends gave him ready access to much material which an outsider could not have
hoped to obtain.
Although the
Quakers have not been numerous in Iowa, the influence of their attitude toward
life has been considerable in the history of the Commonwealth.
The State Historical Society of Iowa