ALS, [16]91 June 16, England to T[homas] L[loyd] / Wm. Penn.

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ALS, [16]91 June 16, England to T[homas] L[loyd] / Wm. Penn.

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Concerns Penn's troubles; requests assistance from Lloyd in the governing of Pennsylvania and to Penn's Commissioners of Property; monetary fines imposed on Penn; death of many Friends including Robert Barclay and George Fox; and refers to the Keithian controversy "the storm that is coming."

1 item (5 p.) ; 23 cm.

Haverford College Library

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Haverford College Library

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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 ...

Penn, William, 1644-1718

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The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn (1644-1718) in 1681 by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn (1621-1670). Under Penn's directive, Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers escaping religious torment in England and other European nations. Three generations of Penn descendents held proprietorship of the colony until the American Revolution, when the family was stripped of all but its privately held shares of land...

Lloyd, Thomas, 1640-1694

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Thomas Lloyd was colonial governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1684. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886176 ...

Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690

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Robert Barclay, Quaker theologian, was born in 1648, the son of Colonel David Barclay of Ury, Scotland. He became a Quaker in 1667, shortly after his father joined the Society of Friends. His writings, especially his "Apology for the True Christian Divinity" (Latin, 1676; English, 1678) systemitized the principles of Quakerism. He travelled to Holland and Germany as a lay minister and served as the nonresident govenor of East Jersey. In 1669 he married Christian Molleson, a Quaker, and he died i...