Pioneer Prophetess : : Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend / / Herbert A. Wisbey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Wisbey, Herbert A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Chapter I.Birth Of A Prophetess --; Chapter II.Saith The Universal Friend --; Chapter III. Refuge In Little Rest --; Chapter IV. New England Ministry --; Chapter V.Pennsylvania --; Chapter VI. Wilderness Sanctuary --; Chapter VII. Jerusalem --; Chapter VIII. Trials And Tribulations --; Chapter IX. Death Of A Prophetess --; Chapter X.Legend And Lore --; Appendix I.Death Book Of The Society Of Universal Friends --; Appendix II. The Universal Friend's Advice, To Those Of The Same Religious Society --; Notes --; Bibliographical Essay --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501711534; 9783110536157; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110604030; 9783110603149
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501711534
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Herbert A. Wisbey.

At the age of twenty-four, the Rhode Island Quaker Jemima Wilkinson (1752-1819) recovered from a bout of fever with the pronouncement that she had been directed by a vision to preach to a "dying and sinful world." Announcing that Jemima had died and that her body now housed a new spirit, the Publick Universal Friend, this remarkably charismatic-and notably scandal-plagued-woman gathered several hundred followers and settled to the west of Seneca Lake. Although the religious community she founded on a framework of abstinence and friendship did not long survive her, Wilkinson remains a figure of fascination and mystery to this day. Herbert A. Wisbey Jr.'s 1964 biography is the authoritative account of her life, times, and ideals.