Friends and Strangers

Smolenski, John

doi:10.9783/9780812207248

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“…117 In early colonial Pennsylvania, accusations of commercial malfeasance were among the three most common causes of slander accusations. 118 The frequency of slander suits reflects the damage people feared loss of reputation would do to their social and economic lives.…”

Section: How Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Harnessed Reputation To Enfmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…120 Pennsylvania law 'mandated that those found guilty of fraud ( … ) have their names published as frauds and that disorderly people be publicly termed "Breakers of the Peace"'. 121 A connection between reputation and arbitration has been suggested by Bruce Mann's 1984 study of dispute resolution in seventeenth-century Connecticut. He showed that formal dispute resolution mechanisms replaced informal arbitration as the local population's size and composition changed.…”

Section: How Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Harnessed Reputation To Enfmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Law and Gospel Order: resolving commercial disputes in colonial Philadelphia

Sahle

2020

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Trade in the early modern Atlantic grew a great deal. While acknowledging that this growth had important economic, social and cultural consequences, scholars have yet to fully explain its causes. This paper argues that formal religious institutions were key. Based on records from colonial Philadelphia, it shows how the Quaker meeting created a legal forum to resolve commercial disputes. The meeting enforced its verdicts by gathering and disseminating information about disputes locally and across the Atlantic world through the Society of Friends’ formal organisation of meetings. Thereby, it re-enforced reputation mechanisms, facilitating the expansion of Philadelphia's trade.

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Section: How Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Harnessed Reputation To Enfmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: How Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Harnessed Reputation To Enfmentioning

confidence: 99%