Adams, Henry Gardiner.
The Peace Reading Book.
London: Charles Gilpin, 1844.
Ballou, Adin.
Christian Non-Resistance.
Philadelphia: J. Miller M'Kim, 1846.
Beckwith, George C. (ed.).
The Book of Peace.
Boston: George C. Beckwith, 1845.
Beckwith, George C. (ed.)
The Peace Manual.
Boston: American Peace Society, 1847.
Chalmers, Thomas.
Thoughts on Universal Peace. (sermon, 1816).
In: Thomas Chalmers, The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Vol. 3.
Hartford: George Goodwin, 1822.
(pp. 233 – 262)
Channing, William Ellery.
On War (1816).
In: William Ellery Channing,
The works of William E. Channing.
Boston: American Unitarian Association, 1877.
(pp. 642 – 653)
Channing, William Ellery.
On War (1835).
In: William Ellery Channing,
The works of William E. Channing.
Boston: American Unitarian Association, 1877.
(pp. 654 – 664)
Channing, William Ellery.
On War (1838).
In: William Ellery Channing,
The works of William E. Channing.
Boston: American Unitarian Association, 1877.
(pp. 664 – 679)
Dodge, David Low.
War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ.
New York: Dodge & Sayre, 1815.
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Dymond, Jonathan.
An Inquiry into the Accordancy
of War with the Principles of Christianity.
New York: Samuel and William Wood, 1861 (orig. ed. 1823).
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
War. (lecture, 1838).
In: Ralph Waldo Emerson (author), Edward Waldo Emerson (ed.).
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Centenary Edition),
Vol. 11, Miscellanies.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1904. (pp. 149 – 176).
Giddings, Joshua R.
"My Country, Right or Wrong".
In: Marion Mills Miller (ed)., Great Debates in American History, Vol. 2 (of 14): Foreign relations, part 1.
New York: Current Literature Pub. Co., 1913. (pp. 353 – 359)
Hall, Robert.
Reflections on War (sermon, 1802).
In: Robert Hall (author), Olinthus Gregory (ed.), Joseph Belcher (ed.),
The Works of the Rev. Robert Hall, Vol. 1 (of 4).
New York: Harper, 1849.
Henry, Caleb Sprague.
Principles and Prospects of the Friends of Peace.
Hartford: J. Hubbard Wells, 1834.
Jerrold, Douglas.
"The Folly of
the Sword". In: Douglas Jerrold, The Chronicles of Clovernook (with Essays).
London, 1846.
(pp. 141 - 148).
Ladd, William.
Essays on Peace and War.
Portland, Maine: A. Shirley, 1827.
Ladd, William.
A Brief Illustration
of the Principles of War and Peace.
Albany: Packard and Van Benthuysen, 1831.
Ladd, William.
Solemn Appeal to All Christians in Favor of Peace. In: George C. Beckwith (ed.),
The Book of Peace.
Boston: American Peace Society, 1845. (pp. 373 – 392).
Ladd, William; Beckwith, George C. (eds.).
Prize Essays on a Congress
of Nations.
Boston: Whipple and Damrell, 1840.
MacNamara, H. T. J.
Peace, Permanent and Universal.
London: Saunders and Otley, 1841.
Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace (ed.)
All War Antichristian.
London: Thomas Ward, 1840.
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Sumner, Charles.
The True Grandeur of Nations.
(lecture, 1845).
Boston: American Peace Society, 1870. (pp. 5 – 136)
Sumner, Charles.
War System of the Commonwealth of Nations.
(lecture, 1849).
Boston: American Peace Society, 1870. (pp. 141 – 136)
Upham, Thomas Cogswell.
The Manual for Peace.
New York: Leavitt, Lord, 1836.
Whelpley, Samuel.
Letters Addressed to Caleb Strong.
New York: J. Seymour, 1816.
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Woolman, John
The Journal of John Woolman.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1871 (orig. ed. 1774).
Worcester, Noah ('Philo Pacificus').
A Solemn Review of the Custom of War.
Greenfield, Mass.: Ansel Phelps, 1817 (orig. ed. 1814).
Around the time of the War of 1812, peace societies arose independently in the United States and England.
In the U.S., the Massachusetts Peace Society (MPS), formed by
Noah Worcester, and the New York Peace Society, under the
leadership of David Low Dodge
were especially active. In 1828 a national organization, the
American Peace Society (APS)
was founded, headed by
William Ladd.
The MPS, and, later, the APS published regular periodicals, many of which are online today, and which are an excellent resource. They present arguments against war that are as relevant today as when they were first published. Some of the periodicals are shown below:
