Thomas Mills (printer)
Thomas Mills (c. 1735–1820) was an English printer who established a business in Vine Street Bristol during the seventeenth century.[1] He became a Quaker in 1778, but they later disowned him in 1789.[2]
Mills was one of a group of Bristol Behmenists who preserved the manuscripts of William Law and Dionysius Andreas Freher.[3]
His daughter, Selina Mills, married Zachary Macaulay.
Books published[edit]
- 1774 Madame Guyon: The Worship of God, in Spirit and in Truth (Bristol)
- 1775 Jacob Boehme: The Way to Christ Discovered (Bath)
References[edit]
- ^ Penny, John (2001). All the News that's Fit to Print: : a Short History of Bristol's Newspapers since 1702 (PDF). Bristol: Bristol Branch of the Historical Association.
- ^ Hessayon, Ariel (2005). "Jacob Boehme and the early Quakers". The Journal of the Friends' Historical Society (60): 191–223.
- ^ Barry, J. (2013). Raising Spirits: How a Conjuror's Tale Was Transmitted across the Enlightenment. Springer. ISBN 9781137378941.