During the Am. Rev. War it was impossible to be
neutral, as the pacifist Quakers were quickly to
discover. In Nov. of 1777 the following persons were appointed by
the Supreme Executive Council to "collect of those who had not taken the
oath of allegiance, certain enumerated articles of clothing for the army. "
Thus, Quakers and Loyalists alike had to "donate" to the
American cause, either voluntarily or by force. The Quakers, as
pacifists, were unable to lend any help to either side by the tenants of their
religion, so the colonial government was then able to send any one of the
following men into their homes to "collect" for the troops.
Col. Evan Evans
Capt John Ramsey
Patterson Bell, Esq
Capt McCay, Concord
Capt. Allen Cunningham
Capt. Israel Whellan
Thomas Levis, Esq
Capt David Coupland
Philip Scott, Esq
Thomas Boyd, Esq
William Gibbons
Maj. Cromwell Peirce
Capt John Gardiner
John Wilson
Capt. William Brooks
Col Thomas Taylor
Elijah McClenaghan
Capt. Benj'm Wallace
Col. George Peirce
Samuel Holliday
Col. William Evans
Capt/ Samuel Vanleer