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

1774 Madame Guyon: The Worship of God, in Spirit and in Truth (Bristol)
1775 Jacob Boehme: The Way to Christ Discovered (Bath)

References

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.

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[Penny-1] 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-2] Hessayon, Ariel (2005). "Jacob Boehme and the early Quakers". The Journal of the Friends' Historical Society (60): 191–223.

[Barry-3] Barry, J. (2013). Raising Spirits: How a Conjuror’s Tale Was Transmitted across the Enlightenment. Springer. ISBN 9781137378941.