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A journal of George Fox the quaker's travels from London to the West Indies and New England, and back to Bristol

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MS. Add. A. 95
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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.

Dates

  • Creation: 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
Published
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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