A journal of George Fox the quaker's travels from London to the West Indies and New England, and back to Bristol
Single Item
MS. Add. A. 95
A journal of George Fox the quaker's travels from London to the West Indies and New England, and back to Bristol, June 13, 1671-Apr. 28, 1673: beg. 'We sett out from London': apparently a shorter but independent form of the journal printed in 1694.
Mr. Coxe noted that the volume is 'said to be the autograph of Elwood the friend of Milton.'
(fols. 15-end) are blank.
Fox's name only occurs in a later hand on the outside of the front cover.
The cover is part of a parchment certificate of the marriage of William Wallis and Ann Amos, quakers, at Bristol in 1673.
Mr. Coxe noted that the volume is 'said to be the autograph of Elwood the friend of Milton.'
(fols. 15-end) are blank.
Fox's name only occurs in a later hand on the outside of the front cover.
The cover is part of a parchment certificate of the marriage of William Wallis and Ann Amos, quakers, at Bristol in 1673.
Dates
- written in or soon after A.D. 1673
Extent
24 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Add. A. 95, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Add. A. 95
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18719
Abstract
A journal of George Fox the quaker's travels from London to the West Indies and New England, and back to Bristol, written in or soon after A.D. 1673.
Biographical / Historical
George Fox (1624–1691) was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 28961.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from John Pearson, London bookseller, on Feb. 15, 1869, for £3 13s. 6d.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
8 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.
- Title
- A journal of George Fox the quaker's travels from London to the West Indies and New England, and back to Bristol
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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