An Appeal from the twenty eight judges
Subtitle: to the spirit of truth & true judgment in all faithful Friends, called Quakers, that meet at this Yearly Meeting at Burlington, the 7 month, 1692
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 598; Early American imprints -- no. 599
Publisher: Printed by William Bradford
Published: 1692
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Society of Friends; Doctrinal and controversial works
Notes: Caption title.

Two states noted. In the first, the title is in five lines, with a comma after "judges", and the word "and" spelled out. In the second, the title is in six lines, with no comma after "judges", "&" for "and", and minor changes in the setting of first lines of text. Also, in the second state, the name of Samuel Richardson is substituted for that of Anthony Morris in the first line of the postscript.

Signed on p. 7: George Keith [and five others].

First issued as a broadside after which William Bradford, printer, and John McComb, tavern keeper and distributor, were arrested for publishing an alleged malicious and seditious work. A brief history of the arrest, and the warrant signed by five justices, is on p. 8. Bradford was later released by the new government of Colonel Fletcher who determined that the imprisonment was occasioned by a religious, not a political difference, and therefore illegal.

READEX NOTE: Evans 598 erroneously filmed in the place of 597.

Evans 598

Evans 599

Wing (2nd ed.) K140

Wing (2nd ed.) K141

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 40

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 41