Autobiography of Allen Jay

Allen Jay Was One Of The Most Remarkable Friends Of The Nineteenth Century Indeed Perhaps One Of The Most Remarkable Friends Who Ever Lived. His Life Was Full Of Paradoxes. Born With A Cleft Palate He Became One Of The Most Admired And Successful Quaker Preachers Of His Time. A Native Of The Ohio Frontier He Became Widely Traveled And Admired Around The Globe. A Peacemaker By Nature He Nevertheless Did Not Shrink From Controversy When He Saw A Principle Involved. Firmly Committed To What He Understood As Historic Quakerism He Nevertheless Helped Lead Perhaps The Most Dramatic Even Revolutionary Change That It Has Ever Experienced. And In The Midst Of Controversy He Managed To Retain The Respect Even Love Of Almost Everyone With Whom He Came Into Contact. - From The Introduction By Thomas D. Hamm If You Want To Understand Quakerism In The 1600S You Have To Read The Journal Of George Fox. If You Want To Understand Friends In The 1700S You Have To Read The Journal Of John Woolman. And If You Want To Understand The Complex Challenges And Changes Faced By Friends In The 1800S You Have To Read Autobiography Of Allen Jay. - From The Foreword By Joshua Brown