Monthly Archives: June 2012

Preservation news: some eighteenth century minute books

Posted on 20/06/2012 by Library of the Society of Friends

Years of use take their toll on books and manuscripts. Even with the most careful handling, moving documents from shelf to trolley, transporting them from the strongroom to the readers’ table or simply opening and closing volumes all put a strain … Continue reading →

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Quaker sufferings records: an “embarras de richesse”

Posted on 06/06/2012 by Library of the Society of Friends

Readers of early Quaker literature cannot fail to be aware of the history of religious persecution of the Quakers in the seventeenth century. Although the Act of Toleration of 1689 marked the end of its most extreme forms, Quakers continued … Continue reading →

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