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By Robert J. Leach* The tragedy of the Great Schism of 1827-1828 had its limited repercussion in New England primarily on the meetings on the island of Nantucket. Fortunately for us, one of the main partici- pants, Obed Macy, was not only a sensitive Quaker elder, but an historian. His history of Nantucket is generally welcomed as the best of pre-twentieth century accounts. During the Hicksite controversy Friend Obed kept, his own running commentary contemporaneously with the events, beginning in the autumn of 1828 and ending in the autumn of 1835. This account, labelled "A Compendium, or abstract history, or a narrative of the Monthly eleventh month 1828,"1 indicates by its inception that Obed Macy was aware that troubles were brewing for Quakerism on the island. Macy was no ordinary member. He had been clerk of the original Nantucket Monthly Meeting thirty years earlier when forty years old. He had served actively in every phase of monthly meeting appointments. His portrait reveals an open sensitive countenance fiamed in appropriate Quaker simplicity. The great separation did not come unknown and unexpected upon the Island Quaker establishment. The Friends there had welcomed Hannah Jenkins Barnard, a minister from Hudson Monthly
Quaker History – Friends Historical Association
Published: Apr 4, 1982
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