George Fox collection, [ca. 1940]

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George Fox collection, [ca. 1940]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155482924

Photographs of a drawing of Fox and of a monument dedicated to him, copies of letters by Fox, and clippings about him. Also, a photocopy of a letter of introduction for John Bowne's wife Hannah, who was on a religious journey to England in the late 1600's.

.1 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6876006

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Fox, George, 1624-1691

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George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and war. He rebelled against the religious and political authorities by proposing an unusual, uncompromising approach to the Christian faith. He travelled throughout Britain as a dissenting preacher, performing hundreds of healings, and often being persecuted by ...

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 ...

Bowne, Hannah, -1677

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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...