The Philadelphia area was critical to the young church in the early 1800s, the Quaker community believed strongly in the freedom of religion and permitted the church to hold meetings locally without fear.

John McElroy

John McElroy was an American printer, soldier, journalist and author, most known for writing the novel The Red Acorn and the four-volume Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, based upon his lengthy confinement in the Confederate Andersonville prison camp during the American Civil War.

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