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The Society for the Promotion of Universal and Permanent Peace, often known as the London Peace Society, was founded on June 14, 1816. The first step in setting up such a society was taken on June 06, 1814 at a meeting held at the home of William Allen. Nearly all of the members of the Society came from Protestant denominations, and Quaker influence was strong. Only Roman Catholics held aloof.
In its first Address to the public in January 9, 1817, the Society announced that it was "principled against all war, upon any pretence." The object of the Society was to "print and circulate Tracts and to diffuse information tending to show that War is inconsistent with the spirit of Christianity, and the true interests of mankind; and to point out the means best calculated to maintain permanent and universal Peace, upon the basis of Christian principles." The Society tried to spread the idea of peace as widely as possible, to influence public opinion against war, and to combat prejudice against the possibility of establishing permanent peace. Although its official platform was based on an absolutist pacifist stand, its members included peace workers who did not accept the full pacifist position.
In its first year, the Society's London headquarters printed and distributed 32,000 of its tracts. In addition to the vast number of pamphlets and leaflets it published through the years, from 1819 onward it put out a monthly journal called Herald of Peace. However, the main burden of the work was carried out by auxiliary societies throughout the country. The most active of these, until the 1860s, was the Birmingham auxiliary, set up by Quaker philanthropist and businessman Joseph Sturge in 1827. One of the earliest was the Swansea and Neath Peace Society founded in 1817.
The most important staff appointment for the Society was that of Henry Richard as Secretary in 1848. With Richard Cobden and John Bright, he carried the ideals of peace and arbitration into every part of England, until his retirement in 1885. Henry Richard's successor in 1888 was W. Evans Darby, who continued the work with similar zeal through 1915. Under his guidance the Society opposed the Boer War and participated in the radical opposition to the power diplomacy of the pre-1914 period. Darby was succeeded by Rev. Herbert Dunnico. The Society declined in influence thereafter; in World War I it played no perceptible role in the antiwar movement. By 1930 it had taken the name of International Peace Society, having become incorporated with the International Christian Peace Fellowship. It is unknown when the Society became defunct.
[Source: "Pacifism in Europe to 1914" by Peter Brock, 1972]
Collection consists of pamphlets and tracts produced by the Society.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the archives of the Peace Society (Great Britain).
For the catalog record for this collection, and to find materials on similar topics, search the library's online catalog.
Processed by SCPC staff; checklist revised by Anne M. Yoder, Archivist, January 2000
Organization
Subject
- Peace -- Societies, etc
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Pacifism -- Religious aspects
- Peace Movements -- Great Britain
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends
- Disarmament -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Conscientious objection -- Great Britain
- Publisher
- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
- Access Restrictions
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Only one item at a time may be looked at, with the exception of 1901-1948 and Box 5 materials.
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Use Restrictions
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None.
Collection Inventory
History; miscellaneous.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Address of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace" by Robert Mardsen, 1817.
Box 1
Pamphlet "First Annual Report of the Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace", 1817.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Second Annual Report of the Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace", 1818.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Fourth Annual Report of the Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace", 1820.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Sixth Annual Report of the Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace", 1822.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Seventh Annual Report of the Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace", 1823.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Eighth Annual Report of the Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace", 1824.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Tenth Annual Report of the Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace", 1826.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Eleventh Annual Report of the Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace", 1827.
Box 1
Pamphlet "War Inimical to Christianity" (from the book "War Inconsistent With the Doctrine and Example of Jesus Christ"), 1828.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Fourteenth Annual Report of the Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace", 1830.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Reflections on the Calamities of War, and the Superior Policy of Peace: Translated from the French of a Treatise 'On the Administration of the Finances of France,'" by M. Necker, 1831.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Seventeenth Annual Report of the Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace", 1833.
Box 1
[Pages from a book?] "The Annual Meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace 'Appeal to the Christian Public' (p. 1-4); "Address to the Friends of Peace" (1 p.), 1836.
Box 1
Leaflet "War or Peace? Ought a Christian to Fight", approximately 1840.
Box 1
Pamphlet re: officers of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace; includes 2 p. address and rules of the Society, approximately 1847.
Box 1
Photocopy of Pamphlet "The Peace Congress at Brussels, on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of September 1848" [catalogued].
Box 1
Pamphlet "The Letter of John Bright, Esq., M.P., On the War, Verified and Illustrated . . .", approximately 1850s.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Appeal of the Peace Congress Finance Committee of 1850" by the London Peace Society, 1850.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Plans for Peace, a Historical Review of Some of the Projects Proposed by Eminent Men for the Establishment of Permanent and Universal Peace" by the London Peace Society, 1851?.
Box 1
Handwritten poem about the 1851 Peace Congress in London, approximately 1851.
Box 1
Pamphlet "War With Russia: Speech of John Bright, Esq., M.P., Delivered in the House of Commons on Friday, the 31st of March, 1854".
Box 1
Pamphlet "History of the Origin of the War With Russia" by Henry Richard, M.P., approximately 1855?.
Box 1
Pamphlet "War as a Judicial Redress" (No. 22, 12 mo. Series), approximately 1850s-1870s.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Prepartifs Militaires", approximately 1850s-1880s.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Let Us Do No Evil That Good May Come: A Letter Addressed to the Directors and Supporters of Bible and Missionary Societies" by Henry Richard, 1860.
Box 1
Pamphlet "War: Or, Who Would Not Be A Conqueror?", approximately 1865-1875.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Arbitration by the Sword, and Arbitration Through Reason" (No. 71, 12 mo. Series), approximately 1865-1875.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Arbitration as a Substitute for War, Addressed Especially to Rulers" (No. 6, 12 mo. Series), approximately 1865-1875.
Box 1
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Pamphlet "The Principles of Peace Exemplified in the Conduct of the Society of Friends in Ireland, During the Rebellion of the Year 1798; With Some Preliminary and Concluding Observations" by Thomas Hancock, M.D. [catalogued], 1868.
Box 1
Pamphlet "John Nelson: the Faithful Christian Soldier, approximately 1868-1875.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Chalmers on Peace", approximately 1869?.
Box 1
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Pamphlet "The Root-Principle of the Peace Question" (No. 80, 12 mo. Series), approximately 1860s-1880s.
Box 1
Scope and Contents
(3 copies)
Pamphlet "The Little Soldier", approximately 1860s-1880s?.
Box 1
Pamphlet "The Little Soldier" [cover has different etching than copy above], approximately 1860s-1880s?.
Box 1
Pamphlet "The Princess Alice and War", approximately 1870s-1880s.
Box 1
Pamphlet "One Month's Warfare Described, August 1870", approximately 1870.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Facts and Illustrations in Reference to War, Peace and International Arbitration" by the London Peace Society, 1872.
Box 1
Leaflet/Pamphlet "The Late Ven. Archdeacon Sanford on the Need of a Court of Arbitration from His Seventeenth General Visitation Charge, Delivered at St. Philip's Church, Birmingham, in July, 1872".
Box 1
Pamphlet "On the Causes of War, and the Means of Reducing Their Number" by Emile De Laveleye, 1872.
Box 1
Pamphlet "International Arbitration and the Improvement of International Law: The Debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday, July 8th, 1873, On the Motion of Mr. Henry Richard for an Address to the Crown", 1873.
Box 1
Pamphlet "International Arbitration and the Improvement of International Law: The Debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday, July 8th, 1873, On the Motion of Mr. Henry Richard for an Address to the Crown" [cover missing], 1873.
Box 1
Patagonian and Hawaiian Missions and Their Defense, approximately 1873.
Box 1
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Pamphlet "Four Aspects of War" (No. 20), approximately 1874?.
Box 1
Pamphlet "International Exhibitions and Peace" (No. 75, 12 mo. Series), approximately 1874-1875.
Box 1
Pamphlet "The War System of Europe 1877-1878", approximately 1879.
Box 1
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Pamphlet "The Russo-Turkish War, 1877" by Henry Richard Esq., M.P., approximately 1879.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Opinions of Modern Philosophers and Statesmen on Warlike Armaments", approximately 1879-1880.
Box 1
Scope and Contents
(3 copies)
Pamphlet "The Peace Sermons", approximately 1870s-1880s.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Advantages of the Army!", approximately 1870s-1890s.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Bishop Selwyn", approximately 1870s-1890s.
Box 1
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Pamphlet "Christianity in the Figi Islands", approximately 1870s-1890s.
Box 1
Pamphlet "The Conscription", approximately 1870s-1890s.
Box 1
Leaflet/Pamphlet "'The Lord Shall Fight for You'", approximately 1870s-1890s.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Standing Armies" by H. Richard, M.P., approximately 1870s-1890s.
Box 1
Pamphlet "A Letter to Working Men on National Armaments" by Frederick Sessions, approximately 1880s.
Box 2
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Pamphlet "Peace in the Pulpit", approximately 1880s.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Principles and Objects of the Peace Society", approximately 1880s?.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Real Horrors of War (Reprinted from 'All the Year Round' by Permission of Mr. Charles Dickens)", approximately 1880s?.
Box 2
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Pamphlet "The Testimony of the Early Christians Against War" (No. 30) [catalogued], approximately 1880s?.
Box 2
Pamphlet "War: Or, Who Would Not Be a Conqueror?" [later edition than one in box 1], approximately 1880s?.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Sea Captain's Appeal to the Brotherhood of Man", approximately 1880.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Gradual Triumph of Law Over Brute Force: A Historic Retrospect" by Henry Richard, M.P. (3rd ed.), 1881.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Proved Practicability of International Arbitration, 1882".
Box 2
Pamphlet "Address by the Women of France to the President and Council of Ministers on Behalf of Peace and International Arbitration", 1883.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Proved Practicability of International Arbitration", approximately 1883.
Box 2
Leaflet "The Curse of Conscription" by the London Peace Society, approximately 1883-1899.
Box 2
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Pamphlet "The Soudan and Egypt: Address of the Committee of the Peace Society to the Members and Friends of the Society", 1885.
Box 2
Pamphlet "War and Christianity", approximately 1885-1886.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Europe Putting On Its War Paint", 1886.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Papers on the Reasonableness of International Arbitration, Its Recent Progress, and the Codification of the Law of Nations, Read at Conferences of the Association for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations, Held at the Hague, Cologne, Milan, Liverpool, and London" by Henry Richard, M.P., 1887.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Mr. John Bright, M.P., and the Peace Society", approximately 1887.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Historical Outline of the Modern Peace Movement" [catalogued], 1889?.
Box 2
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Pamphlet "Britain in North-West India", approximately 1890's.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Compulsory Military Training", approximately 1890's.
Box 2
Leaflet "Compulsory Service", approximately 1890's.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Conscription", approximately 1890's.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Conscription and the Working Man" by Philip Snowden, M.P., approximately 1890's.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Conscription. Reprinted from 'The Daily News'", approximately 1890's.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Dean Colet's Sermon to Henry VIII (1513)", approximately 1890's.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Duties of Ministers of Religion With Regard to Peace and War" by Frederick Sessions, approximately 1890's.
Box 2
Leaflet "Duty of Peace Efforts", approximately 1890's.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Memories: An Old Women's Story of the Franco-German War".
Box 2
Pamphlet "Our Boy's Brigades, Not a Suitable Agency for the Christian Church" by J. Forbes Moncrieff, approximately 1890's.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Peacemakers, the Sons of God", approximately 1890's.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Peace and Arbitration: Substance of Addresses by William Jones, Esq., on War, In Its Reality, From Personal Observation, and Prospects of Peace in the Future", approximately 1890?.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Proved Practicability of International Arbitration", approximately 1890.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Christmas Song a Reality" - a sermon by Rev. Canon Benham, preached on Peace Sunday, December 22, 1889; published 1890, 1895.
Box 2
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Pamphlet "Hans and Hamet. An Episode of the Franco-German War" by John Augustus O'Shea, 1891.
Box 2
Pamphlet "'Pax Vobiscum.' Precis of a Paper Prepared by the Rev. Alexander King . . . for the Third International Peace Congress, Held in Rome, November 1891".
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Proved Practicability of International Arbitration -- 1891".
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Universal Peace Congress, 1891: Sermon Delivered in Connection With the Universal Peace Congress in Rome, November 8th, 1891" by Rev. J. Gordon Gray, 1891.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Wars and War System of Europe, 1891".
Box 2
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Pamphlet "The Bishop of Durham on International Peace", approximately 1892.
Box 2
Pamphlet "War Scenes in Word Pictures, With Illustrations" by A.W. Brown, 1892.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Is War Compatible With the Christian Religion: A Sermon" by Rev. Joseph Burrows, 1895.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Proved Practicability of International Arbitration -- 1895".
Box 2
Leaflet "International Arbitration: Pacific Settlements During the Present Century", approximately 1895.
Box 2
Leaflet "Peace and War", approximately 1895.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Arbitration: Its Origin, History and Prospects. Address to the Saratoga Congress" by Lord Russell of Killowen, -1227.
Box 2
Leaflet/Pamphlet "Christian Non-Resistance" by Adin Ballou, 1896.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Sermon Against the Crime of War" by Rev. R.P. Ashe, 1896.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Speech of Dr. Robert Spence Watson", 1896.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Wars and War System of Europe, 1896".
Box 2
Pamphlet "The War System" -- a sermon delivered before the Universal Peace Congress in London by Rev. Reuen Thomas, -3454.
Box 2
Leaflet "True and Timely Words About Conscription" by Rev. H. Bett, approximately 1896.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Absurdity of War" by E.L. Godkin, 1897.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Principles of Peace: Speech by the Bishop of Durham, at the Annual Meeting of the Darlington Local Peace Association", -1089.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Two Nations, One People: An Independence Day Sermon" by John Stevens, 1897.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Homicidal Anarchy: Its Cause and Its Cure. A Sermon" by Rev. Michael James Elliott, approximately 1897-1901.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Admitted Practicability of International Arbitration -- 1898".
Box 2
Pamphlet / Fundraising Letter, 1898.
Box 2
Pamphlet "W.E. Gladstone on War and Peace", approximately 1898.
Box 2
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Pages from "The Herald of Peace" of minutes of annual meeting of the Peace Society, -221.
Box 2
Pamphlet "'Compulsory Volunteering'", 1901.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Peace as Involved in the Christian Method" by Rufus M. Jones (of Philadelphia), 1902.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Christ of the Andes", approximately 1904-1905.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Select List of Publications, June 1905".
Box 2
Pamphlet "Inter-Parliamentary Union. Conference in London, 23rd, 24th, and 25th of July 1906. Report of M. D'Estournelles de Constant on the Limitation of Armaments", 1906.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Peace, a Fruit of the Spirit" by Professor Adolf Harnack, 1910.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Peace Society, 95th Annual Meeting, May 18, 1911".
Box 2
Pamphlet "Christianity, A System of Peace," by T.P. [Thomas Parsons], 1911 (first published in 1804).
Box 2
Pamphlet "Peace and the Peace Movement: Sermon" by Rev. Frank Thomas. Delivered in Victoria Hall, Geneva, September 22nd, 1912, on the Occasion of the Interparliamentary and the Nineteenth Universal Peace Congress", 1912.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Mr. Carnegie on Universal Peace", 1914.
Box 2
Program for 9th Annual Meeting, 1913.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Annual Report of the Peace Society", 1914-1915.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Practicability of Christian Principles: An Address" by William Barker, approximately 1914-1918.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Presentation of Pan-American Gold Medal to Andrew Carnegie" by Hon. John Barrett, 1918.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Germany's Answer", 191_.
Box 2
Photocopy of leaflet/broadside "The Desire for Negotiation in Other Countries", approximately WWI.
Box 2
Photocopy of leaflet/broadside "Peace By Negotiation", approximately WWI.
Box 2
Photocopy of leaflet/broadside "Why Not Negotiate?", approximately WWI.
Box 2
Form letter / leaflet "Important and Personal, World Peace Sunday, December 24th, 1922".
Box 2
Minutes of the 114th Annual Business Meeting, 11155.
Box 2
Invitation to 115th Anniversary Luncheon, 1931.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Speech Delivered by the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister) on the Occasion of the 119th Annual Meeting Held in the Guildhall London, Thursday, October 31st, 1935".
Box 2
Pamphlet "119th Annual Report", 1935.
Box 2
Program for 130th anniversary celebration, 16967.
Box 2
Letterhead, 17807.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Bishop Westcott on 'War'", undated.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Brotherhood of Men: How to Promote It" by Edward Butler, undated.
Box 2
Pamphlet "The Chief Evil of War" by W.E. Channing, undated.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Efficacy of Pacific Principles" by Jonathan Dymond, undated.
Box 2
Fervido Appello alle Donne D'Ogni Paese . . .", undated.
Box 2
Pamphlet "Mistakes About Peace", undated.
Box 2
Leaflet "Professor Thoulet on Scientific Warfare", undated.
Box 2
Form letter / leaflet "The Religious Tract Society", undated.
Box 2
Leaflet "Trial and Execution of Maximilian, a Young Christian, A.D. 260" (No. 4, 12 mo. Series), undated.
Box 2
Pamphlet "War and the Bible" (12 mo. Series, No. 7), undated.
Box 2
Leaflet "What Might Have Been Done With the Money" (12 mo. Series, No. 50), undated.
Box 2
Pamphlet "What More Can Be Done to Abate War? Suggestions for Local Efforts", undated (post-1880).
Box 2
Leaflet "Why Peace and Good Will Tarry", undated.
Box 2
Pamphlet "World Peace Sunday, December 23rd. Notes for Sermons and Addresses", undated.
Box 2
Book announcement "Reminiscences of the Franco-German War of 1870. By William Jones" published by the Peace Society, undated.
Box 2
Photocopy of leaflet "The Truth Concerning the Armenian Agitation", undated.
Box 2
Pamphlet "An Earnest Appeal to All Women, Everywhere, For Their Powerful Aid in Spreading Peace on Earth and Goodwill to Men" signed by A.M. Richard, P.H. Peckover and Katherine Bennett on Behalf of the Committee of the Women's Auxiliary of the Peace Society, undated.
Box 2
Pamphlet "A Word to English Women from the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Peace Society", undated.
Box 2
Pamphlet "A Good War", undated.
Box 2
Leaflet "Christ Heading an Army", undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "After the Battle", undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "Canon Fremantle on the War and the Church", undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "Fighting Made Easy", undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "Hymn For a Time of War" by Dr. Aiken, undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "Mr. Ruskin on Women's Responsibility for War", undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "On the Abolition of War" by Professor Seeley, undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "A Peace Tract from 'The Times'", undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "Rt. Hon. J. Bright, M.P. on Sunday-School Teachers and War", undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "Thomas Carlyle on Moral and Military Power", undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "True Freedom and How to Gain It", undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "The United States of Europe" by Victor Hugo, undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "War With Our Neighbors: A Letter to Young People", undated.
Box 2
Small pamphlets/tracts: "Words to Fellow Workers from the L.P.A. Auxiliary of the Peace Society", undated.
Box 2
Tract #1 "The Substance of a Pamphlet Entitled A Solemn Review of the Custom of War Showing That War is the Effect of Popular Delusion and Proposing a Remedy" by Noah Worcester, 1832 ed.
Box 3
Tract #2 "War Inconsistent With the Doctrine and Example of Jesus Christ in a Letter to a Friend" by Scott John, 1817, 1831?, 1832, 1868.
Box 3
Tract #3 "An Essay on the Doctrines and Practice of the Early Christians As They Relate to War Addressed to Those Who Profess to Have a Regard for the Christian Name" by Thomas Clarkson, 1818 (3rd ed.), 1832.
Box 3
Tract #4 "Extracts From the Writings of Erasmus, on the Subject of War", 1817 [catalogued], 1820 (4th ed.), 1832.
Box 3
Tract #5 "Sketches of the Horrors of War, Chiefly Selected from Labaume's Narrative of the Campaign in Russia, in 1812. Translated from the French, With Some Observations" by Evan Rees, 1830, 1832.
Box 3
Tract #6 "On Universal Peace; Being Extracts from a Discourse Delivered in October 1813" by Rev. David Bogue, 1819, 1831.
Box 3
Tract #7 "Observations of the Applicability of the Pacific Principles of the New Testament to the Conduct of States and the Limitations Which Those Principles Impose on the Rights of Self-Defense" by Jonathan Dymond, 1831.
Box 3
Tract #8 "An Examination of the Principles Which Are Considered to Support the Practice of War" by a Lady, 1831.
Box 3
Tract #10 "Historical Illustrations of the Origin and Consequences of War", 1831.
Box 3
Tract #12 "An Essay on War, and On Its Lawfulness Under the Christian Dispensation" by Joseph John Gurney, 1834.
Box 3
Tract #13, Part I "Obstacles and Objections to the Cause of Permanent and Universal Peace, Considered" by a Layman (revised and abridged from the American edition), 1840.
Box 3
Illustrated Series: #1 "Harry Wild; or, The Soldier's Progress", undated.
Box 3
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Illustrated Series: #2 "The Price of a Victory", undated.
Box 3
Illustrated Series: #3 "The Cost of a War", undated.
Box 3
Illustrated Series: #4 "War and Women: Or, The Maid of Ciudad Rodrigo", undated.
Box 3
Illustrated Series: #5 "The Battle of Blenheim", undated.
Box 3
Illustrated Series: #6 "The Warrior and His Work; and, The Waste of War", undated.
Box 3
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(2 copies)
Illustrated Series: #7 "Murder By Command", undated.
Box 3
Illustrated Series: #8 "Look On This Picture And On This", undated.
Box 3
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #1 "The White Feather of Peace" by W. Robinson, Scarborough, undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #1 "The White Feather of Peace" (in Japanese), approximately 1891.
Box 3
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #2 "All Men Are Brothers, And Brothers Should Not Fight" by S.L. Pumphrey, Evesham, undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #2 "All Men Are Brothers, And Brothers Should Not Fight" (in Japanese), undated.
Box 3
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #3 "War and Christianity" by Frederick Sessions, Gloucester, undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #3 "War and Christianity" (in Japanese), undated.
Box 3
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(2 copies)
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #4 "A Slave for Many Years" by Frederick Sessions, Gloucester, undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #4 "A Slave for Many Years" (in Japanese), undated.
Box 3
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #5 "A Soldier Is Not a Free Man" by James M. MacPhail, Glasgow, undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #5 "A Soldier Is Not a Free Man" (in Japanese), undated.
Box 3
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(2 copies)
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #6 "The Confessions of a Soldier" by J.H. Yoxhall, Birmingham, undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #6 "The Confessions of a Soldier" (in Japanese), undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #7 "Arbitration the Best Way to Settle Disputes" by B. McEvoy, Birmingham, undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #8 "War In Its True Colours" by W.J. Lacey, Chesham, Bucks, undated.
Box 3
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #8 "War In Its True Colours" (in Japanese), undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #9 "War: Its Cost to the Producing Classes" by Sidney R. Lysaght, Clifton, undated.
Box 3
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(2 copies)
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #9 "War: Its Cost to the Producing Classes" (in Japanese), undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #10 "Working Men and War" by Frederick Sessions, Gloucester, undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #10 "Working Men and War" (in Japanese), undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #11 "The Folly and Mistakes of War" by W.H. Lacey, Chesham, Bucks, undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #11 "The Folly and Mistakes of War" (in Japanese), undated.
Box 3
Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #12 "The Cruelty of War" by Carey Bonner, Plainstow, Essex, undated.
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Peace Prize Tracts for Young People: #12 "The Cruelty of War" (in Japanese), undated.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Misc. pamphlets, approximately 1860-1920.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "Opinions of Eminent Statesmen and Jurists in Favour of International Arbitration", 1873-1874.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "On the Limits of Arbitration" by Henry Richard, approximately 1875?.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "On the Obligation of Treaties: A Paper Presented to the Association for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations, At Antwerp, Sept. 1877" by Henry Richard, M.P., 1877.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Leaflet "Prisoners in Servia" by Dr. Ziemann, from Belgrade, 1877.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Leaflet "A War Correspondent on War and Glory!" by G.A. Sala, approximately 1877-1878.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "The Afghan Question" by Henry Richard, M.P., 1878.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "International Reduction of Armaments: A Paper Read at the Conference of the Association for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations, at the Guildhall, London, August 15, 1879" by Henry Richard, M.P., 1879.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "The Recent Progress of International Arbitration: A Paper Read at the Conference of the Association for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations, at Cologne, Friday, August 19, 1881" by Henry Richard, M.P., 1881.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "Women's Work for Peace", approximately 1880s-1890s.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "The Sufferings of Richard Seller on Board the Flag-Shop Royal Prince For His Testimony to the Unlawfulness of War", 1885.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "The Toy Soldier: A Children's Peace Story" by E.J. Hawley, approximately 1895-1910.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "Christianity and War" by Rev. B. Chappell (in Japanese), undated.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "Maritime Neutralization" translated from "Law not War" by Mr. K.P. Arnoldson, Sweden, undated.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "Thoughts on the Subject of Peace and War", undated.
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Pamphlets Probably Not Published by the Peace Society: Pamphlet "A Word to Parents and Teachers", undated.
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Peace Tracts for the People published at the Orphan's Printing Press, Leominster: #1 "A Hero Who Refused to Fight".
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Peace Tracts for the People published at the Orphan's Printing Press, Leominster: #2 "The Great Family".
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Peace Tracts for the People published at the Orphan's Printing Press, Leominster: #3 "Wager of Battle".
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Peace Tracts for the People published at the Orphan's Printing Press, Leominster: #4 "The Worker-Bees Feed the Drones".
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Peace Tracts for the People published at the Orphan's Printing Press, Leominster: #5 "After the Fighting".
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Peace Tracts for the People published at the Orphan's Printing Press, Leominster: #6 "Victories of Peace".
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Peace Tracts for the People published at the Orphan's Printing Press, Leominster: #212 "Can God Protect the Lives of His Followers".
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Book "The Principles of Peace" [catalogued; contains tracts #1-12], 1838.
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Book "All War Anti-Christian; Or the Principles of Peace, As Contained in the Holy Scriptures, Explained and Proved in The Tracts of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace" [catalogued; contains tracts #1-13], 1840.
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Book "Principles of Peace" [catalogued; contains tracts #1-13], 1868.
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Book "Essays on War" [contains tracts #1-13; notes by A. Ruth Fry], 1868.
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Book "War As It Is" by Wilhelm Carlsen [catalogued; glued into the book is a letter from Frederick Bajer to P.H. Peckover, 01/30/1892], 1892.
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Leaflet "The German Emperor and Peace" (containing a poem written by Darby "An Address to the Emperor William II on the Present Crisis"), approximately 1889-1890.
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Pamphlet "Popular Responsibility in Declaring War. A Paper Prepared for the Universal Peace Congress, Berne, 1892".
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Pamphlet "Armed Peace, Or, the Value of the Principle, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, as Illustrated by the Present Condition of Europe. A Paper Presented to the Universal Peace Congress, Berne, 1892".
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Pamphlet "International Arbitration and International Law: A Paper Read at the Conference of the Association for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations, at Genoa, 10th October, 1892".
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Pamphlet "The Continuing Progress of International Arbitration: A Paper Read . . . at the Conference of the Association for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations, at the Guildhall, London, 10th October, 1893".
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Pamphlet "Armed Peace, Or, the Value of the Principle, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, as Illustrated by the Present Condition of Europe" (revised edition), approximately 1893?.
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Pamphlet "Sermon Notes on Peace Topics (Second Series)", 1896.
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Pamphlet "Fraternity or Imperialism", approximately 189_?.
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Pamphlet "Military Drill in Schools", approximately 189_?.
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Pamphlet/Booklet "International Tribunals: A Collection of the Various Schemes Which Have Been Propounded, and of Instances Since 1815, For the Use of the Special Committee on Arbitration" [catalogued], 1897.
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Pamphlet/Booklet "The Peace Conference at the Hague: Its History, Work, and Results", 1900.
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Pamphlet "Proved Practicability of International Arbitration: A List of Cases Since 1815", 1900.
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Pamphlet "Breakers Ahead: A Statement Made . . . at a Private Conference of the Peace Society in London, May 27th, 1903, and Subsequently Revised", 1903.
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Pamphlet "Proved Practicability of International Arbitration: A List of Cases Since 1815", 1904.
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Pamphlet "Juvenile Conscription", approximately 1906-1907.
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Pamphlet "The Second Hague Conference: its History, Work, and Results", approximately 1907-1908.
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Book "Modern Pacific Settlements Involving the Application of the Principle of International Arbitration", 1904.
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Christmas card sent by Darby, 1910.
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Pamphlet "The Peril of the Air: A Paper Read at the Nineteenth Universal Peace Congress Held at Geneva, September 23rd to 29th, 1912".
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Pamphlet "The Claim of 'The New Pacifism.' A Paper Read at the Autumnal Conference of the Peace Society, Dundee, October 4th, 1912".
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Pamphlet "International Arbitration Procedure: A Review of the Present Position", 1913.
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Pamphlet "The Institution of Peace Sunday", approximately 1914?.
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Pamphlet "A Catechism of Christian Non-Resistance", 1914.
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Pamphlet "Aims and Strategy of the National Service League", 1910.
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Leaflet / form letter, approximately 1914.
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