Image Collection 2 Items 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. View Collection