Quaker miscellany of printed and manuscript material, notably sermons by Samuel Fothergill and autobiographical writings by Mary Penington. ca. 1769-1781.

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Quaker miscellany of printed and manuscript material, notably sermons by Samuel Fothergill and autobiographical writings by Mary Penington. ca. 1769-1781.

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Comprises: (1) Samuel Fothergill: Sermon at York, 30 June 1769, pp. 3-17 [Manuscript]; (2) Samuel Fothergill: Prayers at Leeds, 26 June 1769, pp. 17-20 [Manuscript]; (3) Samuel Fothergill: Sermon at Leeds, 26 June 1769, pp. 21-59 [Printed London, 1771]; (4) 'The Ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers renewed ... ', dated 20 January 1776, pp. 61-64 [Printed Philadelphia, 1776 and signed by John Pemberton, Clerk]; (5) Samuel Fothergill: Sermon preached at Horslydown, Southwark, London, 19 November 1769, pp. 65-84 [Printed Rhode-Island, London reprinted, 1781]; (6) Mary Penington: Some account of the Exercises of Mary Pennington addressed to her daughter, Gulielma Maria Penn; Also, a letter to her grandson, Springet Penn, written about the year 1680 and left to be delivered to him after her decease, pp. 85-140 and 140-179. On pp. 179-180 there is a note by the writer of the manuscript, signed 'J.S.', describing how he came to copy the preceding two items. Page 1 consists of a summary contents page written in the same hand as the main manuscript text. Modern textual and bibliographical notes by Russell Mortimer are kept with the volume.

1 v. (180 p.), part printed, part manuscript.

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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