MP
was married at Mountrath to Samuel Neale
, a paper-maker who had converted to the Society of Friends
through her preaching; that very evening she addressed the assembled Friends, her guests.
Peisley, Mary, and Samuel Neale. Some Account of the Life and Religious Exercises of Mary Neale, formerly Mary Peisley. John Gough, 1795.
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Occupation
Mary Peisley
She travelled with Elizabeth Tomey
to Lurgan in Armagh (province of Ulster), and to England. In about 1750 her preaching at Cork converted Samuel Neale
, her future husband.
Performance of text
Mary Peisley
Though she would sit in silence at meetings until the Spirit moved her, MP
had a considerable reputation as a preacher. She packed the venues where she preached, and seldom disappointed her audiences. The sermon...
Author summary
Mary Peisley
MP
was less of an author, either in spirit or practice, than her friend and associate Catherine Phillips
, yet writing was an important part of her brief but highly successful career in the mid...
Publishing
Mary Peisley
The collection of MP
's letters which her widower, Samuel Neale
, had strung together with narrative, was published at Dublin nearly forty years after her death and three years after his.
This work is...
Textual Production
Mary Peisley
They composed this letter as it were on the road, after travelling on from Curles (which is near the banks of the James River) to West River, Maryland.
Peisley, Mary, and Samuel Neale. Some Account of the Life and Religious Exercises of Mary Neale, formerly Mary Peisley. John Gough, 1795.
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It was printed or...
Travel
Mary Peisley
MP
set out from Mountmelick in Ireland with Elizabeth Hutchinson
on a preaching journey to England.
The practice of both Peisley and Samuel Neale
in numbering the months seems to correspond to modern practice...
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Texts
Peisley, Mary, and Samuel Neale. Some Account of the Life and Religious Exercises of Mary Neale, formerly Mary Peisley. John Gough, 1795.
Neale, Samuel, and Mary Peisley. “Untitled preface”. Some Account of the Life and Religious Exercises of Mary Neale, formerly Mary Peisley, John Gough, 1795, p. iii - iv.