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They step to a different drummer : a critical analysis of the current Department of Defense position vis-a-vis in-service conscientious objectors

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Brahms, David M.

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[1969]

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Clash by night

Author

Hamilton, Wallace F. (Wallace Field), 1894-

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[Wallingford, Pennyslvania] : Pendle Hill, 1945.

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To Reconcile Naturalization Procedure with the Bill of Rights hearings before the United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Seventy-Second Congress, first session, on Jan. 26, 27, 1932

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Immigration and Naturalization

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Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1932.

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State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. In General Assembly, April 21, 1777. An act in addition to an act intituled, "An act for the relief of persons of tender consciences, and for preventing their being burthened with military duty."

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Rhode Island

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[Providence : Printed by John Carter, 1777]

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Mason's Lodge, September 9th, 1777 ... To the inhabitants of Pennsylvania. The following is a copy of a paper we received at half past four o'clock this afternoon, and we have since received orders to prepare for our banishment tomorrow

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[Philadelphia : Printed by Robert Bell, 1777]

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To the president and Council of Pennsylvania. The remonstrance of the subscribers, freemen, and inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia, now confined in the Free-Mason's Lodge. Sheweth, that the subscribers have been by virtue of a warrant signed in Council ... arrested in our houses ..

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[Philadelphia] : Printed by Robert Bell, in Third-Street., [1777]

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Conscientious Objectors' Benefits hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Seventy-Eighth Congress, first session, on Feb. 17, 1943

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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs

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Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1943.

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Military personnel number of formally reported applications for conscientious objectors is small relative to the total size of the Armed Forces : report to congressional committees

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United States. Government Accountability Office

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[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2007]

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http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS87922

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Bey einer Versammlung von der Committe [sic] von Correspondence und Observation von Lancaster Caunty, in dem House des Matthias Siough, Esq, in Lancaster Borough, den 11ten July, 1775

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Lancaster County (Pa.). Committee of Observation

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[Lancaster, Pa.? : s.n., 1775]

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To the president and Council of Pennsylvania. The remonstrance of the subscribers, freemen, and inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia, now confined in the Free-Mason's Lodge : Sheweth, that the subscribers have been, by virtue of a warrant signed in Council ... arrested in our houses ..

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Online

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Guide to conscientious objection

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Chicago, Ill. : Students for a Democratic Society, 1965.

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An epistle from the Yearly-Meeting held in London, by adjournments, from the 15th of the fifth month 1780, to the 20th of the same, inclusive. To Friends and brethren, at their next Yearly-Meeting to be held in Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey

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Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting

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[Philadelphia : s.n, 1780]

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An epistle from the Yearly-Meeting held in London, by adjournments, from the 15th of the fifth month 1780, to the 20th of the same, inclusive. To Friends and brethren, at their next Yearly-Meeting to be held in Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey

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London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends)

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1780]

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Statement concerning the treatment of conscientious objectors in the army

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United States. War Dept

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Washington : G.P.O., 1919.

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The record of a Quaker conscience

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Pringle, Cyrus G. (Cyrus Guernsey), 1838-1911

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New York : Macmillan, 1918.

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From our general spring Meeting of Ministers and Elders, held in Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, by adjournments, from the 21st of the third-month to the 24th of the same, inclusive, 1778. To our Friends and brethren in religious profession

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Society of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Meeting of Ministers and Elders

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[Philadelphia : s.n, 1778]

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From our General Spring Meeting of Ministers and Elders, held in Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, by adjournments, from the 21st of the third-month to the 24th of the same, inclusive, 1778. To our Friends and brethren in religious profession

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting of Ministers and Elders (1687-1827)

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1778]

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A testimony given forth from our Yearly-Meeting, held at Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, by adjournments, from the 29th day of the ninth month to the 4th of the tenth month inclusive, 1777

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1777]

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An epistle from our Yearly-Meeting, held in Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, and the western parts of Maryland and Virginia, by adjournments, from the 21st day of the ninth month, to the 28th of the same, inclusive, 1776; to our Friends and brethren of the several Quarterly and Monthly Meetings, in these and the adjacent provinces

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Society of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

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[Philadelphia : s.n, 1776]

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An epistle from our Yearly-Meeting, held in Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, and the western parts of Maryland and Virginia, by adjournments, from the 21st day of the ninth month, to the 28th of the same, inclusive, 1776; to our Friends and brethren of the several Quarterly and Monthly Meetings, in these and the adjacent provinces

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1776]

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To our Friends and brethren in religious profession, in these and the adjacent provinces

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Society of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Meeting for Sufferings

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[Philadelphia : s.n, 1776]

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To our Friends and brethren in religious profession, in these and the adjacent provinces

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1776]

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An epistle from the Meeting for Sufferings, held in Philadelphia for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, the 5th day of the first month 1775; to our Friends and brethren in these and the adjacent provinces

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Society of Friends. Philadelphia Meeting for Sufferings

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[Philadelphia : s.n, 1775]

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An epistle from the Meeting for Sufferings, held in Philadelphia for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, the 5th day of the first month 1775; to our Friends and brethren in these and the adjacent provinces

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1775]

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Military Personnel Number of Formally Reported Applications for Conscientious Objectors Is Small Relative to the Total Size of the Armed Forces

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United States. Government Accountability Office

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[Washington : U.S. G.P.O.], 2007.

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A short vindication of the religious society called Quakers, against the aspersions of a nameless writer in the Pennsylvania packet ..

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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[Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1780]

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A short vindication of the religious society called Quakers, against the aspersions of a nameless writer in the Pennsylvania Packet of the 12th instant

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Meeting for Sufferings (Society of Friends)

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[Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1780]

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An epistle from the Meeting for Sufferings, of the people called Quakers, held at Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey. To our friends and brethren in religious profession, in these and the adjacent provinces

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1776]

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To the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled. The address and memorial of the people called Quakers respectfully sheweth.--That a persuasion of religious duty again calls us before you ... to assert the sacred rights of conscience ..

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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[Philadelphia] : Samuel Sansom Junr. printer., [1796]

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Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 1938, To Authorize the Appropriation, for Expenditure by the International Children's Fund of the United Nations Organization, of Certain Amounts Received from Services of Conscientious Objectors hearings before the United States House Committee on Armed Services, Eightieth Congress, first session, on June 12, 1947

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services

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Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1947.

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Blessed Are the Peacemakers : Small Histories during World War II, Letter Writing, and Family History Methodology

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Rumsey, Suzanne Kesler

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: University of Alabama Press, 2021.

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022

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Court documents, Ali vs. Texas

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Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016

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Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street press, 2003.

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Court documents, Ali vs. Texas

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Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016

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Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2003.

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Extracts from the minutes of the Committee of Correspondence, Observation and Inspection, for the county of Lancaster, held in the borough of Lancaster, on the first and second days of September, 1775

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Lancaster County (Pa.). Committee of Observation

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[Lancaster, Pa. : Printed by Francis Bailey, 1775]

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The ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers, renewed, with respect to the King and government; and touching the commotions now prevailing in these and other parts of America, : addressed to the people in general

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1776]

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The epistle from the Meeting for Sufferings in London. To Friends and brethren in New-England

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London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends). Meeting for Sufferings

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1775]

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Days of decision an oral history of conscientious objectors in the military during the Vietnam war

Author

Gioglio, Gerald R.

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New Jersey : Broken Rifle Press, c1989.

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An apology for the people called Quakers, containing some reasons, for their not complying with human injunctions and institutions in matters relative to the worship of God

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings

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Philadelphia: : Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market-Street., [1776]

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A few small candles war resisters of World War II tell their stories

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Kent, OH : Kent State University Press, c1999.

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Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the Committee of Observation for the county of Lancaster : At a meeting of the said committee, held at the Court-House, in the borough of Lancaster, on the 16th and 17th days of June, 1775. James Burd Esq ; in the chair : On motion of several members of this committee, which being fully considered and supported

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Lancaster County (Pa.). Committee of Observation

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Philadelphia, 27th tenth month, 1775. A committee of ten Friends, from the Meeting for Sufferings, waited on the House of Representatives of the province of Pennsylvania, and being admitted, presented an address on behalf of our religious Society ... as follows ... : To the representatives of the freemen of the province of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met. The address of the people called Quakers

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1775]

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Philadelphia, 27th tenth month, 1775. A committee of ten Friends, from the Meeting for Sufferings, waited on the House of Representatives of the province of Pennsylvania, and being admitted, presented an address on behalf of our religious Society ... as follows ... To the representatives of the freemen of the province of Pennsylvania, in Genral Assembly met. The address of the people called Quakers

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Philadelphia Meeting for Sufferings (Society of Friends)

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[Philadelphia : s.n, 1775]

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Lew Ayres Hollywood's conscientious objector

Author

Coffin, Lesley L.

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Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013)

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An apology for the people called Quakers, containing some reasons, for their not complying with human injunctions and institutions in matters relative to the worship of God

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings

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[Philadelphia : Printed by James Chattin, 1757]

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Naturalization of Alien Conscientious Objectors hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Seventy-Second Congress, first session, on Mar. 22, 26, 1932

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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Immigration

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Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1932.

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Philadelphia 18th 12th mo. 1790. Yesterday a deputation of the religious society called Quakers, attended the House of Representatives of the United States with the following address and memorial asserting the rights of conscience and the reasons of their restraint from complying with military requisitions. To the President, Senate, and House of Representatives ... in Congress assembled. ..

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1790]

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Reconciliation road a family odyssey

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Marshall, John Douglas

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Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, 2000.

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Reconciliation road a family odyssey

Author

Marshall, John Douglas

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Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, 2000. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)

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To the representatives of the freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met. The memorial and remonstrance of Isaac Howell and White Matlack, in behalf of themselves, and others, who have been disowned by the people called Quakers, &c.

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Howell, Isaac, 1722-1797

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[Philadelphia? : Printed by Francis Bailey?, 1782]

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Waging Peace in Vietnam US Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War

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Conscientious Objectors' Benefits hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Seventy-Seventh Congress, second session, on Aug. 19, 1942

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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs

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Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1942.

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At a meeting of the Committee of Inspection and Observation of the county of Lancaster, at Lancaster, on the 29th day of May, 1775. Edward Shippen, Esq; chairman

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Lancaster County (Pa.). Committee of Observation

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Lancaster [Pa.]: : Printed by Francis Bailey, in King's-Street., [1775]

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Extracts from the minutes of the Committee of Correspondence, Observation and Inspection, for the county of Lancaster, held in the borough of Lancaster, on the third and fourth days of August, A.D. 1775

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Lancaster County (Pa.). Committee of Observation

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Lancaster [Pa.], : Printed by Francis Bailey., [1775]

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Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the Committee of Observation for the county of Lancaster. At a meeting of the said committee, held at the Court-House, in the borough of Lancaster, on the 16th and 17th days of June, 1775. James Burd Esq; in the chair. : On motion of several members of this committee, which being full, considered and supported

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Lancaster County (Pa.). Committee of Observation

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[Lancaster, Pa. : Printed by Francis Bailey, 1775]

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War prisoners address

Author

Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938

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Chicago : Maclaskey & Maclaskey, [1919?]

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To the President and Executive Council, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, and others whom it may concern: the following representation, on behalf of the people called Quakers ..

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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Providence: : Printed by John Carter., [1782?]

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To the president and Executive Council, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, and others whom it may concern; the following representation on behalf of the people called Quakers ..

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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[Philadelphia : Printed by Francis Bailey?, 1781]

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An Earnest address to such of the people called Quakers as are sincerely desirous of supporting and maintaining the Christian testimony of their ancestors Occasioned by a piece, intituled, "The testimony of the people called Quakers, given forth by a meeting of the representatives of said people, in Pennsylvania and New-Jersy [sic], held at Philadelphia the twenty-fourth day of the first month, 1775." [Eleven lines of Scripture texts]

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Published

Philadelphia : Printed for John Douglas M'Dougal, 1775.

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An Earnest address to such of the people called Quakers as are sincerely desirous of supporting and maintaining the Christian testimony of their ancestors. Occasioned by a piece, intituled, "The testimony of the people called Quakers, given forth by a meeting of the representatives of said people, in Pennsylvania and New-Jersy [sic], held at Philadelphia the twenty-fourth day of the first month, 1775." : [Eleven lines of Scripture texts]

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Philadelphia, : Printed for John Douglas M'Dougal,, 1775.

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Duty to Serve, Duty to Conscience : The Story of Two Conscientious Objector Combat Medics during the Vietnam War

Author

Kearney, James C., 1946-

Published

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2023]

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2023

©[2023]

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The sutras of Abu Ghraib notes from a conscientious objector

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Delgado, Aidan

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Boston, MA : Beacon Press, c2007.

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Army GI, pacifist CO the World War II letters of Frank and Albert Dietrich

Author

Dietrich, Frank, 1914-

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New York : Fordham University Press, 2005.

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I refuse memories of a Vietnam war objector

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Simons, Donald L. (Donald Laird), 1945-

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New Jersey : Broken Rifle Press, c1992.

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Acts of conscience World War II, mental institutions, and religious objectors

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Taylor, Steven J., 1949-

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Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009.

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Acts of conscience World War II, mental institutions, and religious objectors

Author

Taylor, Steven J., 1949-

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Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)

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Acts of conscience : World War II, mental institutions, and religious objectors

Author

Taylor, Steven J., 1949-

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Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2009.

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General Lewis B. Hershey and conscientious objection during World War II

Author

Krehbiel, Nicholas A.

Published

Columbia, Mo. ; London : University of Missouri Press, c2011. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014)

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To the members of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; Dear Friends: This meeting has been introduced into feelings of affectionate sympathy with Friends, under the various temptations and difficulties which may assail them, in the present agitated condition of our beloved country ... Whatever peculiar circumstances attach to the war which is now waging in our land, we would remind Friends that the testimony of our religious society has ever been against all wars and fightings ..

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Author

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Meeting for Sufferings

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1862]

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Description of H.R. 65, H.R. 1733, and H.R. 1870 scheduled for a hearing before the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 21, 1992

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Published

[Washington, D.C. : Joint Committee on Taxation, 1992]

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https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS77331

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Description of H.R. 65, H.R. 1733, and H.R. 1870 scheduled for a hearing before the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 21, 1992

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[Washington, D.C. : Joint Committee on Taxation, 1992]

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To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled-- The memorial of the representatives of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, &c., respectfully represents; that Friends as a body, have ever felt it a religious duty to live a quiet and peaceable life ... Friends have ever borne a stedfast testimony against all wars and fightings ..

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955)

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1863]

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To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, The memorial of the representatives of the Religious Society of Friends, in the state of New York and parts adjacent, respectfully showeth: That your memorialists have always been loyal subjects of this government ... and have felt it to be their religious duty to render a faithful obedience to every legal requirement which does not infringe the rights of conscience. ..

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New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955)

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[New York : s.n., 1863]

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Provided, that any drafted person, conscientiously unable to perform military service, or pay commutation therefor by reason of his sincere religious scruples against bearing arms, may apply by petition to any judge of any court of the United States for the circuit or district wherein he resides, setting forth the facts ... that such petitioner shall be relieved from the penalties provided for his refusal to respond to said draft and to bear arms ... and honor bound to contribute towards any public hospital or charitable service ..

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New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955)

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[Washington, D.C. : s.n., 1863]

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