1779 WILLIAM CLARK. The Visible Marks of Christ's Spiritual Church. Owned by First Conscientious Objectors in America.

A fascinating little piece of Americana, written during the American Revolution, argues "The Spoils of Warefare to Maintain, Require the Power they did to Gain," as Quaker / Christian rational for a Christian-Pacificism during the War. This copy owned by the first Conscientious Objectors in America!  The work itself was written by prominent Quaker Physician, William Clark. Born in 1698, Clark was educated at Leyden [1727] and first practiced in London from 1728-1747. He then returned to his hometown in Bradford, practicing there until 1772. Upon his retirement, he moved to Colchester and gave himself exclusively to religious work until his death, c.1779.  In the medical field, he published three works: 1. Effects of the Passions on Human Bodies. [1727] 2. Medical Dissertation concerning the Effects of the Passions on Human Bodies. [An expanded edition of the Above, 1753] 3. The Province of Midwives in the Practice of their Art, instructing them in the timely knowledge of such difficult