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Tag: Colonial America

Photo: Quaker tapestry devoted to Mary Fisher. Courtesy of Patheos.com from "Great Quaker Women: Mary Fisher, Jailed Repeatedly for Preaching."

Colonial America: The Coming of the Quakers, Part II

By Melissa Berry on September 13, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry presents part 2 of her story about the first two Quakers (Ann Austin and Mary Fisher) to arrive at the Massachusetts Bay Colony... (Read More)

Photo: Quaker tapestry devoted to Mary Fisher. Courtesy of Patheos.com from "Great Quaker Women: Mary Fisher, Jailed Repeatedly for Preaching."

Colonial America: The Coming of the Quakers, Part I

By Melissa Berry on September 8, 2021

Melissa Berry explores Colonial America by writing about the first two Quakers (Ann Austin and Mary Fisher) to arrive at the Massachusetts Bay Colony... (Read More)

Photo: Joshua Buffum’s account book in a glass case. Credit: Peabody Essex Museum.

17th Century Quaker Joshua Buffum’s Account Book

By Melissa Berry on June 21, 2021

Melissa Berry writes about Quaker Joshua Buffum’s account book (1672-1705), which gives insight into life in the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony... (Read More)

Photo: Quaker cemetery at Shelter Island, New York. Credit: Bridge and Tunnel Club https://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/outoftown/longisland/suffolkcounty/shelterisland/quakercemetery/index.htm

Quaker Letter from 1660 Reveals Troubled Time

By Melissa Berry on June 16, 2021

Melissa Berry continues her story about the persecution of Quakers by the 17th century Puritan authorities, focusing on a letter written in 1660... (Read More)

Photo: marker for the Friends Burial Ground on Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. Credit: Ryan McBride; Salem News.

Rare Quaker Bible from Early Colonial Days

By Melissa Berry on June 3, 2021

Melissa Berry continues her story about the persecution of Quakers by the 17th century Puritan authorities, focusing on the Buffum family Bible... (Read More)

Photo: James Symonds (American, 1633-1714) valuables cabinet, 1679, made for Joseph Pope and Bathsheba Folger of Salem Village. Courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum. Collections link: http://explore-art.pem.org/object/american-decorative-arts/138011/detail

Early Quaker Meetings Raided by Salem Authorities

By Melissa Berry on May 25, 2021

Melissa Berry continues her story about the persecution of Quakers by the 17th century Puritan authorities, focusing on the Phelps and Pope families... (Read More)

Illustration: Governor John Endicott. Credit: Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum; Digital Commonwealth.

Persecuted Quakers in Colonial America, Part III

By Melissa Berry on May 17, 2021

Melissa Berry continues her story about the punishments Quakers endured at the hands of the 17th century Puritan authorities, focusing on Edward Wharton... (Read More)

Illustration: "Cassandra Southwick in court before the magistrates," from the Boston Globe, 23 October 1923.

Persecuted Quakers in Colonial America, Part II

By Melissa Berry on May 12, 2021

Melissa Berry continues her story about the ordeal of the Southwick family at the hands of 17th century Puritan authorities in the town of Salem, MA... (Read More)

Illustration: "Cassandra Southwick in court before the magistrates," from the Boston Globe, 23 October 1923.

Persecuted Quakers in Colonial America

By Melissa Berry on May 4, 2021

Melissa Berry writes about the punishments endured by the Southwick family at the hands of 17th century Puritan authorities in the town of Salem, MA... (Read More)

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