Correspondence, 1792-1914.

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Correspondence, 1792-1914.

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Correspondence about personal, family, and Quaker affairs, 1792-1914; testimony of John Bowne concerning his innocent wife after she had died from complications caused by her imprisonment, 1677 (may be a handwritten copy of original); transcriptions of letters to, from, and about John Bowne while he awaited trial for permitting Quakers to worship in his home, and letters from other Bowne family members. Originals written between 1663 and 1679 primarily concern religious issues. Also, transcriptions of nineteenth century letters of Bowne family referring to investigations of family genealogy and history.

.2 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Bowne family.

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Society of Friends

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...

Bowne, John, 1627-1695

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Epithet: of Matlock Bank, in Matlock, husbandman, son of William Bowne late of the same British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000615.0x0003b6 John Bowne (1627-1695) of Flushing, Long Island. From the description of John Bowne's journal and related papers, 1649-1676. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58660271 ...