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Genealogy of the Townsend family, recto of leaf 14.

Note regarding the arrest of Robert Hodgson, a Quaker, who had preached at meetings in Hempstead; with a clipping affixed relating the details of his persecution from an early 19th century article by Samuel Smith (1720-1776) quoting Joseph Besse's Collection of the sufferings of the people called Quakers.

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Note regarding the arrest of Robert Hodgson, a Quaker, who had preached at meetings in Hempstead; with a clipping affixed relating the details of his persecution from an early 19th century article by Samuel Smith (1720-1776) quoting Joseph Besse's Collection of the sufferings of the people called Quakers.
NYHS Identifier
nyhs_ms2542_v-01_035.tif
Mss Collection - BV Townsend family (MS 2542.1)
Member of
Townsend family history and documents, 1827-1874, Volume 1. Analytical & chronological genealogy of the Townsend family in the United States of America.
Genre
clippings (information artifacts)
genealogies (histories)
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Type
Text
Subject (Topical)
Quakers--Persecutions--New York (State)
Freedom of religion--New York (State)
Subject (Name)
Hodgson, Robert, -1696
Townsend family
Subject (Geographic)
Long Island (N.Y.)--Genealogy
Full Title
Genealogy of the Townsend family, recto of leaf 14.
Creator
Townsend, Peter S. (Peter Solomon), 1796-1849
Digital Format
image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
one of the dates: 1827, 1828
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