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Total number of records: 269

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Quaker Collection207
Brotherton Collection7
English Literature1

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society of friends78
theology25
quakers15
christian life12
quaker church buildings12
churches, quaker9
conduct of life8
dissenters, religious8
religious tolerance7
liberty of conscience5

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Penn, William (1644-1718)269
Society of Friends54
Penn, William, 1644-171830
Barclay, Robert (1648-1690)19
Penn, William17
Fox, George (1624-1691)13
Whitehead, George (1636?-1723)13
Besse, Joseph (1683?-1757)8
Faldo, John, 1633-16908
Bridel, Edmund Philip7

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From 1700105

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Memorials of the English affairs : from the suppos'd expedition of Brute to this Island, to the end of the reign of King James the First

Whitelocke, Sir Bulstrode (1605-1675); Penn, William (1644-1718); Welwood, James (1652-1727)

1709

Title within the double ruled border.

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A collection of the works of William Penn : In two volumes : To which is prefixed a journal of his life. With many original letters and papers not before published (v.1)

Penn, William (1644-1718); Besse, Joseph (1683?-1757)

1726

"Truth exalted: in a short, but sure testimony, against all those religions,..." (London, J. Sowle, 1726) -- separate t.p. in v. 1, p. 239. Some copies have 4 pages of advertisements at the end of v....

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A collection of the works of William Penn : In two volumes : To which is prefixed a journal of his life. With many original letters and papers not before published (v.2)

Penn, William (1644-1718); Besse, Joseph (1683?-1757)

1726

"Truth exalted: in a short, but sure testimony, against all those religions,..." (London, J. Sowle, 1726) -- separate t.p. in v. 1, p. 239. Some copies have 4 pages of advertisements at the end of v....

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Select works of William Penn : To which is prefixed a journal of his life

Penn, William (1644-1718); Fothergill, John (1712-1780)

1771

Probably edited by John Fothergill. cf. Dict. nat. biog.; also J. Smith's Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books.

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Truth rescued from imposture. Or a brief reply to a meer rapsodie of lies, folly, and slander; but a pretended answer to the Tryal of W. Penn and W. Meade &c. writ and subscribed S.S

Penn, William (1644-1718); Rudyard, Thomas (1692)

1670

"S.S." is Sir Samuel Starling--cf, BM, LCNA. Author named as "W. Penn", p.71. "An appendix, wherein the fourth section of S.S., his pamphlet (intituled, The fining of that jury that gave two contr...

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The skirmisher defeated and truth defended; being an answer to a pamphlet entituled A skirmish made upon Quakerism

Penn, William (1644-1718)

1676

A reply to: A skirmish made upon Quakerism, 1676, attributed to John Cheyney. Place of publication from Wing. Some errors in pagination.

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An epistle, containing a salutation to all faithful Friends, a reproof to the unfaithful; and a visitation to the enquiring, in a solemn farewell to them all in the land of my nativity

Penn, William (1644-1718)

[1682]

First edition; dated at end "From the Downs, the 30th of the 6th mon. 1682" and signed (p.6): W.P. Author named in full, p.3. "Books printed and sold by Andrew Sowle": p.[1] at end.

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