Land documents and estate papers, 1645-1867.

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Land documents and estate papers, 1645-1867.

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Record of land transactions of Bowne family in Queens from 1740 to 1863, prepared by Armstrong and Fosdick, attorneys, 1864; agreement concerning sale of estate of Benjamin Townsend, 1793; financial account enumerating balances and expenses of estate of G.W. Bowne, 1867; document liberating a slave owned by a Bowne, 1777; indenture between Isaac Underhill and township of Flushing concerning sale of grist mill, 1802. Also, photocopy of patent granted by William Kieft, governor of New Netherland, to inhabitants of Flushing, 1645; photocopy of deed to burial ground given by John Bowne to the Quakers, 1676.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Townsend, Benjamin, active 1728-1776

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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, G. W.

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Armstrong and Fosdick.

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Bowne House Historical Society

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Collecting area: Materials pertaining to Bowne and Parsons families of Flushing and their descendents. Will also accept documents about the history of Flushing. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155466422 Founded 1945 to maintain and preserve historic Bowne House in Flushing built in 1661 by John Bowne, defender of religious freedom, the Bowne House Historical Society encourages and maintains interest in the early history of Flush...

Underhill, Isaac, 1808-1875

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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 ...

Kieft, William.

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Bowne family.

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