Year
1687
Alternative Title
Thomas Jordan's letter to George Fox, 18 November 1687
Sender Place
Chuckatuck, Virginia
Receiver
George Fox
Receiver Place
London, England
Repository holding original letter
Library of the Society of Friends
Full Date
1687-11-18
Document Type
Correspondence
Country, State, Location 1
36.8619444, -76.58
Country, State, Location 2
51.507407, -0.12772404
Keywords
Newton, Samuel
Subject - Person (Linked Data)
Thomas Jordan (Q135524675) [Wikidata]
Frances Denson (Q135524656) [Wikidata]
Copeland, John, active 17th century [LC]
Subjects
Fell family; Society of Friends; Quakers; Religious communities; Religious minorities
Subject - Place (Linked Data)
Chuckatuck (Suffolk, Virginia) [GeoNames]
Chuckatuck (Q5115860) [Wikidata]
Genre
Correspondence
Abstract
Correspondence, dated November 18, 1687 (18 9mo. 1687 Quaker Style), from Thomas Jordan, to George Fox
PRINT ID
LSF_ARBarclay_MS_Vol323_043
Language
english
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: AR Barclay Collection
Type
Correspondence; Text
Transcription
[page 1] Dear & Honerable [Honourable] Geo: ffox [George Fox] Chucatuck [Chuckatuck] ye [the] 18: of ye. 9th m.o: [November 18] [underline]1687[/underline] I receved [received] thy [your] letter & [and] papers of yor [your] yearly meetings servis [service] for truth & [and] Virginia I have Read them in our Monthly Meeting & [and] if please [pleases] ye [the] lord maybe bee [be] Read in our yearly Meeting wch [which] is on ye [the] : 2d [Second?] : 5th day of ye [the] 7th mo [December 10?] that they may have ther [their] servis [service] And I desire that yor [your] yearly ^meeting papers may be Conveyed to us if possible against our yearly Meeting it may be oppertunity [opportunity] may present by way of Barbados if no other way - As to ye [the] Increace [increase] of truth it hath [has] bin [been] but Littell [little] sene [seen] ffrances Denson [Frances Denson] and hir [her] tribe went out from us & [and] caused such a scatering from ye [the] truth yt [that] few hath [have] com [come] in sence [since?] & [and] yet she will not condem [condemn] hir [her] wor ke: [work] but Cryes [cries] out what Evell [evil] have I don [done] & [and] will not Clear gods truth Many ther [there] be yt [that] are Convinced of ye [the] truth & [and] will com [come] to meetings when frends [friends[ of ye [the] minestri [ministry] from other Cuntries [Countries] Coms [Comes] amonst [among] us but few will com [come] & [and] sett [sit] & [and] waight [wait] w[i]th [with] us when they are gon [gone] to know an Increace [increase] of it [deletion]of it[/deletion] & [and] ther [there] are but very few antient [ancient] frends [friends] left amongst us & [and] ye [the] most of them are weak in buisnes [business], Except [except] John Porter who hath [has] not bin [been] amongst frends [friends] hear [here] near this two or 3 yeares [years] and Jon Copland [John Copeland] & [and] Saml Nuton [Samuel Newton?} who is mad as useles [useless] amongst us by reson [reason] of ther [their] Misdemeniors [misdemeanors] soe [so] we have Need of [vizet?] =ing [visiting] if ye [the] lord please to send faithfull [faithful] Labourers amongst us I beleeve [believe] That many might be gathered to us & [and] Dear: Georg [George Fox] I hope the Lord will put it into thy [your] harte [heart] to wright [write] to Jon Porter to stir him up to Com [come] amongst us againe [again] & [and] not to sett [sit] at Home & [and] hide his tallant [talent] & [and] I hope frinds [friends] will be stird [stirred] up to wright [write] unto your yearly meeting from oures [ours] soe [so] wth [with] my dear Love & [and] wifes to thee [you] & [and] all frends [friends] in ye [the] truth I bid yee [you] arewell in ye [the] Lords. Tho Jordan [Thomas Jordan] ~ [page 2] To John Edridg [John Edridge] ~ In Love Lane Neare [Near] Billings Gate: these delir [deliver] In London for G. ff [George Fox] Tho: Jordans [Thomas Jordans] Letter to G.ff [George Fox]: Virginia 18: 9/mo [November 18] 87/8 Answered by G. ff. [George Fox]
Creator (Linked Data)
Thomas Jordan (Q135524675) [Wikidata]
Sender Place (Linked data)
Chuckatuck (Suffolk, Virginia) [GeoNames]
Chuckatuck (Q5115860) [Wikidata]
Citation
Thomas Jordan to George Fox, 18 November 1687, AR Barclay Collection, MS Vol. 323, 43, Library of the Society of Friends, London, PRINT, LSF_ARBarclay_MS_Vol323_043 https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-arbarclayvol-323/41
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