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John Bowne journal, 1650-1694

John Bowne (1627-1695), Quaker of Flushing, Long Island. Bowne's journal contains entries of births, marriages, and deaths in the family; a few business and personal accounts; mentions of several Quakers both in Britain and the American colonies; accounts of his voyages to and from England; his arrest and imprisonment in 1662 for holding Quaker meetings in his home; his trial before Peter Stuyvesant and deportation; and his appeal to the officials of West India Company in Amsterdam for freedom of religion.

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John Bowne (1627-1695), Quaker of Flushing, Long Island. Bowne's journal contains entries of births, marriages, and deaths in the family; a few business and personal accounts; mentions of several Quakers both in Britain and the American colonies; accounts of his voyages to and from England; his arrest and imprisonment in 1662 for holding Quaker meetings in his home; his trial before Peter Stuyvesant and deportation; and his appeal to the officials of West India Company in Amsterdam for freedom of religion. Volume has two sequences of pages inverted with respect to each other beginning at each cover and converging toward the middle (tête-bêche style).
NYHS Identifier
nyhs_ms0984
Mss Collection - BV Bowne, John (MS 984)
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John Bowne journal, 1650-1694
Genre
diaries
manuscripts (documents)
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Type
Text
Subject (Topical)
Freedom of religion--New York (State)--New York--History--17th century
Quakers--New York (State)--New York--Diaries
Subject (Name)
Bowne, John, 1627-1695--Diaries
Subject (Geographic)
Flushing (New York, N.Y.)--History--17th century
Flushing (New York, N.Y.)--Biography
New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
New York (N.Y.)--Biography
Full Title
John Bowne journal, 1650-1694
Creator
Bowne, John, 1627-1695
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image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1650 to 1694
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