Year
1659
Alternative Title
George Rofe's letter to George Fox, 23 June 1659
Sender Place
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Receiver
George Fox
Repository holding original letter
Library of the Society of Friends
Full Date
1659-06-23
Document Type
Correspondence
Country, State, Location 1
52.37403, 4.88969
Subject - Person (Linked Data)
Ames, William, -1662 [LC]
Ames, William, -1662 [VIAF]
William Ames (Q16147420) [Wikidata]
Higgins, John, 1633-1667 [VIAF]
John Higgins (Q135193827) [Wikidata]
Caton, William, 1636-1665 [LC]
Caton, William, 1636-1665 [VIAF]
William Caton (Q8006631) [Wikidata]
Subjects
Fell family; Society of Friends; Quakers; Religious communities; Religious minorities
Subject - Place (Linked Data)
Amsterdam (Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands) [GeoNames]
Amsterdam (Q727) [Wikidata]
Genre
Correspondence
Abstract
Correspondence, dated June 23, 1659 (23 4mo. 1659 Quaker Style), from George Rofe, to George Fox
PRINT ID
LSF_ARBarclay_MS_Vol323_055
Language
english
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: AR Barclay Collection
Type
Correspondence; Text
Transcription
[page 1] 55 dear [Dear] Geo [George Rofe] my Love is unto thee [you] in the truth where I desier [desire] in my harte [heart] to be kept in Life & [and] power of god, that I may fullfill [fulfill] the will of the Lord in what soe [so] ever he calls mee [me] unto as I hope I Shall whille [while] I abide abroade [abroad] in the nations & [and] bee [be] a good baner [banner] unto them & [and] the bretheren [brethren]. whose unity is Life, things heard [here] Cheifely [chiefly] through holland are in good order, & [and] meetings are for the most part pretty quiett, [quiet] here is every first day a publique [public] meetinge [meeting] at this house, wch [which] is neare [near] or aboute [about] 3 quarters of a mille [mile] out of Amsterdam, & [and] of Late there hath [has] ^come^ Severall [several] greate [great] men & [and] gave bene [been] very quiet & [and] modderat [moderate]; & [and] the truth hath [has] a greater fame in this Contrie, [country] as it hath [has] had formerly, yett [yet] dare not much apeare [appear] openly to move it, and in other Citties [cities] and places where frinds [friends] are things are in Like manner as heare [here] amongest [amongst] them well & [and] many Inquerers [inquirers] and some Lattely [lately] Convinced, who doth [do] apeare [appear] in owninge [owning] the truth,[deletion] But Ann: G...ill doth send mischef[/deletion], for that man hath [has] entertained her againe [again], where Shee [she] was before, & [and] [are?] & [and] his wife comes not amongest [amongst] frinds [friends], but rather speakes [speaks] evill [evil] of frinds [friends] & other 2 [deletion]or[/deletion] 3. Shee [She] hath Leavien[deletion]ed Leavined with her deceit [/deletion] it &c) this day came a Letter out of Germany from :W: Ames [William Ames?]. hee [he] writtes [writes] that frinds [friends] are in a good Condition there & [and] have a good authoritie [authority] in the truth & [and] that hee [he] & [and] John Higgins where [...ere] with the prince of the contirie [country] who semed [seemed] to be very friendly to them & [and] touke [took] it kindly that they came to see him & [and] [deletion]giveth[/deletion] give him Such a present, to witt [wit] Severall [several] books of frinds [friends], printed in the dutch tounge [tongue] & [and] bound up to gether [together], & [and] that hee [he] (william) is about Cominge [coming] a way & [and] Leaveinge [leaving] John Higgins there for a tyme [time] amongest [amongst] frinds. [friends] william Caton is at or aboute [about] Retterdam [Rotterdam], he writte [wrote] that things are well there, hee [he] hath [has] beine [been] gone from this Citty [city] aboute [about] a weeke [week], & [and] aboute [about] that time he went I came from retterdam [Rotterdam] & [and] other places that way where I was 2 or 3 weekes [weeks], much more I have not to write [write] onely [only] I thinke [think] Shippinge [shipping] will very Shortly be ready to goe [go] from this Citty [city] for America with which I hope to goe [go], and I should be glad to heare [hear] from thee [you] before [before] I goe [go] if I Could neare [near] Amsterdame [Amsterdam] ye [the] 23:4:m: [June 23] /1659/ Thyn [thine/yours] in my measuer [measure] Geo: Rofe [George Rofe] [page 2] G Rofe [George Rofe] to Gff [George Fox] 1659 -
Creator (Linked Data)
Rofe, George, -1664 [LC]
Rofe, George, -1664 [VIAF]
George Rofe (Q135524678) [Wikidata]
Sender Place (Linked data)
Amsterdam (Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands) [GeoNames]
Amsterdam (Q727) [Wikidata]
Citation
George Rofe to George Fox, 23 June 1659, AR Barclay Collection, MS Vol. 323, 55, Library of the Society of Friends, London, PRINT, LSF_ARBarclay_MS_Vol323_055 https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-arbarclayvol-323/53
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