Title: Dublin's merchant-Quaker : Anthony Sharp and the Community of Friends, 1643-1707 /
Authors: Greaves, Richard L.
Publisher: Stanford University Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Sharp, Anthony, Homes and haunts Ireland Dublin.; Quakers Ireland Dublin History; Merchants Ireland Dublin Biography.; Quakers Ireland Dublin Biography.
Abstract: A towering figure in the history of Irish Quakerism, and friend of William Penn and William Edmundson, Anthony Sharp left England in 1669 to settle in Dublin and carve a place for himself in the woolen trade. As a businessman he succeeded brilliantly, employing some 500 workers and amassing a fortune that included lands in Ireland, England, and New Jersey. His economic success helped him gain entree to prominent political and ecclesiastical officials, from whom he sought relief for persecuted Quakers.