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Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1850 Original Publisher: Charles Gilpin Subjects: Society of Friends Friends, Society of Philosophy / Religious Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Christianity / Quaker Religion / Christianity / Denominations Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. The rise of the Society of Friends -- George Fox's brief narrative respecting it -- Mary Fisher and Anne Austin visit Barbadoes and New England -- Fac-simile of a letter from Mary Fisher to George Fox -- The prejudice of the Puritans against Friends -- Mary Fisher and Anne Austin reach Boston -- Their trunks are searched for Quaker books -- A special council of the magistrates of Boston convened -- They issue an order for the imprisonment and banishment of the two Friends -- Their books are burnt -- They are searched as witches -- Are banished, and sent to Barbadoes -- Letter of Henry Fell to Margaret Fell, from Barbadoes -- Sketch of the life of Mary Fisher and Anne Austin. The rise of the religious Society of Friends appears from the most authentic data to have taken place in 1614; the year in which some piously-disposed persons, residing in Leicestershire, one of the midland counties of England, first associated themselves in religious profession with George Fox. For about seven years from this period, the Society had not extended much beyond a few of the neighbouring counties, including Yorkshire. In a brief account given by George Fox of the spreading of truth, he thus notices the early progress of the Society. The truth sprang up first to us, so as to be a people to the Lord, in Leicestershire in 1644, in Warwickshire in 1645, in Nottinghamshire in 1646...

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