Massachusetts Peace Society

The Massachusetts Peace Society (1815–1828) was an anti-war organization^[1] in Boston, Massachusetts, established to "diffuse light on the subject of war, and to cultivate the principles and spirit of peace."^[2] Founding officers included Thomas Dawes, William Phillips, Elisha Ticknor, Thomas Wallcut and Noah Worcester.^[3] In 1828 the society "merged into the newly formed American Peace Society."^[4][5]

See also

• Pacifism in the United States

References

1. The Massachusetts register and United States calendar for the year of our Lord 1829, Boston: Manning & Loring, 1829, OCLC 1770853
2. Massachusetts Peace Society. Boston Recorder, 02-28-1816
3. The Massachusetts register and United States calendar for the year of our Lord 1817, Boston: Loring, 1817
4. "Massachusetts Peace Society Records (DG 020), Swarthmore College Peace Collection". www.swarthmore.edu. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
5. James Libby Tryon. The Rise of the Peace Movement. Yale Law Journal, Vol. 20, No. 5 (Mar., 1911)

Further reading

• Noah Worcester. Correspondence between the Massachusetts Peace Society and the Emperor of Russia and Prince Gallitzin. Niles' Weekly Register, Oct. 18, 1817.
• Friend of Peace. v.2 (1821); v.4 (1827). Includes annual reports of the society.
• John Gallison. Address, delivered at the fourth anniversary of the Massachusetts peace society, Dec. 25, 1819. Cambridge: printed by Hilliard & Metcalf, 1820.
• Josiah Quincy. Address, delivered at the fourth anniversary of the Massachusetts peace society, Dec. 25, 1820. Cambridge: printed by Hilliard & Metcalf, 1821.
• Tyler Bigelow. Address, delivered at the eighth anniversary of the Massachusetts peace society, Dec. 25, 1823. Boston: Printed by John B. Russell, 1824.

External links

• Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Massachusetts Peace Society Records, 1816-1917.