Commonplace book, [18--?].

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Commonplace book, [18--?].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60384745

A commonplace book with entries by and about Quakers, the work contains memoirs of Mary Penington et al.; topical essays by Isaac Penington, Thomas Chalkley et al.; reports of dreams by Mary Horner; letters by William Penn et al.; poems by "Fidelia" (Susannah Wright), Cosmelia, Nancy Fothergill et al.; and biographical sketches and sermons.

[165] p. ; 33 cm.

Haverford College Library

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Chalkley, Thomas, 1675-1741

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Thomas Chalkley was a Quaker minister, merchant, and mariner. Born in Southwark, England, he settled in Philadelphia in 1701 and was engaged in trade and preaching in the American colonies. From the description of Thomas [Chalkley] his book anno domini 1687, [ca. 1687]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146144 ...

Penington, Mary, 1625-1682

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Mary Penington (nee Proude) married William Springett by whom she had a daughter Gulielema (1st wife of William Penn), and after William's death married Isaac Penington. She was an English Quaker. From the description of A brief account of some of my exercises, 1658-1681. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122585010 ...

Horner, Mary

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Fothergill, Nancy.

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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...

Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679

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Wright, Susannah, -1800

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