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Fothergill, John, 1676-1744. America, 1705, 1705.

Title: America, 1705, 1705.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a diary of Fothergill's travels to Barbados, Jamaica, and New England in connection with his attendance at numerous Quaker meetings. He attends meetings not only in Barbados and Jamaica but also in Salem, Staten Island, Philadelphia and other towns in Pennsylvania, commenting throughout on the quality of the meetings, the size of the attendance, and the presence of the Lord. In Easthampton, he and his fellow Quakers anger a local priest and are brought before the constable to give an account of their names and business on threat of being sent to jail. Throughout, he also records the names of those Friends with whom he lodges.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (16 p.) ; 17 x 10 cm.

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Dreer, Ferdinand Julius, 1812-1902,. Miscellaneous letters, 1703-1883.

Title: Miscellaneous letters, 1703-1883.

Miscellaneous letters and papers of Americans and Europeans including correspondence of John Fothergill, Yorkshire Quaker merchant, and his son, Dr. John Fothergill, 1703-1798; letters collected by the family of John Franklin, pioneer settler in the Wyoming Valley; and papers of Edwin Greble, Philadelphia politician, 1853-1883. Also included is ephemeral Americana removed from a volume labeled by Dreer "Historical and Literary Curiosities."

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