Thomas Mills (printer) explained

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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Penny . John . All the News that's Fit to Print: : a Short History of Bristol's Newspapers since 1702 . 2001 . Bristol Branch of the Historical Association . Bristol .
2. Hessayon . Ariel . Jacob Boehme and the early Quakers . The Journal of the Friends' Historical Society . 2005 . 60 . 191–223 .
3. Book: Barry . J. . Raising Spirits: How a Conjuror's Tale Was Transmitted across the Enlightenment . 2013 . Springer . 9781137378941 . en.