Year
1681
Alternative Title
Letter from John Rous, Richard Sutton, Thomas Freworth, Edward Wright, William Mullinax, Francis Gamble, George Gray, Thomas Robinson, Ralph Weeks, Benony Pearcey, Joseph Borden, Ralph Fretwell, Richard Ford, Thomas Pilgrim, George Braithwaite to George Fox, George Whitehead, 14 January 1682
Sender Place
Barbados
Receiver
George Fox; George Whitehead
Receiver Place
London, England
Repository holding original letter
Library of the Society of Friends
Full Date
1681-01-14
Document Type
Correspondence
Country, State, Location 1
13.16453, -59.55165
Country, State, Location 2
51.507407, -0.12772404
Subjects
Fell family; Society of Friends; Quakers; Religious communities; Religious minorities
Genre
Correspondence
Abstract
Correspondence, dated January 14, 1682 (14 11mo 1681 Quaker Style), from John Rous; Richard Sutton; Thomas Freworth; Edward Wright; William Mullinax; Francis Gamble; George Gray; Thomas Robinson; Ralph Weeks; Benony Pearcey; Joseph Borden; Ralph Fretwell; Richard Ford; Thomas Pilgrim; George Braithwaite, to George Fox; George Whitehead
PRINT ID
LSF_ARBarclay_MS_Vol323_051
Language
english
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: AR Barclay Collection
Type
Correspondence; Text
Transcription
[page 1] 51 Dear friends ye [the] Quarterly Meeting being past before yor [your] further advice ~ came in Hen: Currers [Henry Currers] Letter ^to us^ we have given you account what past [passed] at the Quarterly Meeting, your Judgment touching the same before & [and] after we received yor [your] advice by John Rous. The Accott [account] yt [that] is wrote [written] unto ~ you was wrote [written] by the same hand ye [the] other paper was as ye [the] substance of wt [what] past [passed] at ye [the] Meetings & [and] is Truth. And yor [your] paper & [and] testimony also was Recorded by ye [the] ~ same hand yt [that] Recorded ye [the] former you wrote of, being twice before in the Quarterly Meeting Publicly read, unanimously submitted unto before it was by ye [the] Quarter =ly Meeting ordered to be Recorded, & [and] ye [the] former ordered to be taken out being Judged by generall [general] consent in ye [the] said Meeting. And friends if in anything we have been now short in our Judgment & [and] submission, we shall be ready wn [when] Hen: Currer [Henry Currer] comes or further notice from you / we hope fully to answer you to yor [your] satisfaction ye [the] next Quarterly Meeting after. So wt [with] ye [the] tender Salutation of our dear Loves unto you in ye [the] un =changible [unchangeable] Truth we rest dear ffriends [Friends] 14th: 11th: month [January 14] [underline]1681[/underline] Your Friends therein John Rous Richd Sutton [Richard Sutton] Tho ffretwell [Thomas Fretwell] Edward Wright William Mullinax Francis Gamble George Gray Tho. Robinse [Thomas Robins] Ralph Weekes [henery?] Pearcey Joseph Bordon Ra ffretworth [Fretworth] Rich fforde. [Richard Ford] Thopilgrim [Thomas Pigrim] John Brathwaite [page 2] A letter from Barbados 14. 11 [January 14] 81 about ye [the] suffering their [illegible] For G. ff. [F] G. W. &c [etc.]
Creator (Linked Data)
Rous, John, -1695 [LC]
Rous, John, -1695 [VIAF]
John Rous (Q18810890) [Wikidata]
Richard Sutton (Q136308127) [Wikidata]
Thomas Freworth (Q136308111) [Wikidata]
Edward Wright (Q135524697) [Wikidata]
William Mullinax (Q136308120) [Wikidata]
Francis Gamble (Q135524665) [Wikidata]
George Gray (Q134286555) [Wikidata]
Ralph Weeks (Q135524695) [Wikidata]
Benony Pearcey (Q136308121) [Wikidata]
Joseph Borden (Q134474028) [Wikidata]
Fretwell, Ralph, -1701 [VIAF]
Ralph Fretwell (Q97119081) [Wikidata]
Richard Ford (Q136308109) [Wikidata]
Thomas Pilgrim (Q136308122) [Wikidata]
Receiver (Linked data)
Fox, George, 1621-1691 [VIAF]
George Fox (Q310439) [Wikidata]
Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723 [LC]
Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723 [VIAF]
George Whitehead (Q5546221) [Wikidata]
Citation
John Rous, Richard Sutton, Thomas Freworth, Edward Wright, William Mullinax, Francis Gamble, George Gray, Thomas Robinson, Ralph Weeks, Benony Pearcey, Joseph Borden, Ralph Fretwell, Richard Ford, Thomas Pilgrim, George Braithwaite to George Fox, George Whitehead, 14 January 1682, AR Barclay Collection, MS Vol. 323, 51, Library of the Society of Friends, London, PRINT, LSF_ARBarclay_MS_Vol323_051 https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-arbarclayvol-323/49
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