Prisoners of Congress
Philadelphia’s Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778
A painting of a historical courtroom scene with men and women dressed in 18th-century attire, including hats and period clothing, seated in wooden pews.
At the Philadelphia Free Library, 48 in person and 33 on zoom!
Peggy threw a toast and cake party for Ned after the Free Library event.
* As Ned (on L above) retired on June 19 from 40 years’ service as a volunteer officer and board member of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA, he presented a copy of his book to H.S.H. Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, with this toast: “To the memory of Grace Kelly who played a Quaker wife opposite Gary Cooper as the town marshal in the feature Western film “High Noon” in 1953. Prince Albert was in NYC celebrating the 30th year of Monaco’s membership in the United Nations, and we were at the offices of the General Consul of Monaco on Fifth Avenue. Photo released by the Princely Palace.
Peggy threw a toast and cake party for Ned after the Free Library event. (Peggy and Norman)
The crowd at the front door of Arch Street Friends Historic Meetinghouse in Philadelphia where Ned’s family and friends and many others gathered for the book launch.
Tess Jones, manager, and the owner Tom Martin in The Bookplate Bookstore, a favorite of Ned’s in charming Chestertown, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay where Bookplate sponsored Ned’s author’s talk to 40 guests, several of whom were Quaker, in a program called “Authors & Oysters in July 2023.
Over 100 people gathered for the book launch on June 14 in the room which once served as the location of Friends’ “meeting for worship” since the iconic building’s completion in 1804 until some years ago.
Marlen Jenkins Cooper, musician, author and publisher, receives her signed and inscribed book after the author’s talk at Arch Street Meeting.
Ned and his wife Peggy staffed a book marketing table at the July 2023 SHEAR (Society for Historians of the Early American Republic) Conference at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Philadelphia.
At The American Revolution Institute at Anderson House, the headquarters of The Society of the Cincinnati, a Gilded Age mansion on embassy row in Washington, DC, Ned spoke in the ballroom under a magnificent chandelier to 40 in-person attendees and 180 more on zoom.
Kim Burdick (L), executive director of Hale-Byrnes House, well preserved home of an 18th century Quaker farmer, introduced Ned to the audience of 40 people in July 2023.
Man holding books and a framed sign at a book signing event in a hallway with framed family photos and a wall-mounted lamp.