Monthly Archives: March 2015

The Hawkins Collection: an early Quaker library, its provenance and some puzzles

Posted on 25/03/2015 by Library of the Society of Friends

We’ve recently finished cataloguing the contents of the Hawkins Collection – a remarkable private library bequeathed by Richard Hawkins (1649?-1735) to Westminster Monthly Meeting. The collection consists of 86 bound volumes containing over 1,200 individual publications – books, pamphlets and … Continue reading →

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William Penn’s “Excellent priviledge” (1687) on display in the British Library’s Magna Carta exhibition

Posted on 02/03/2015 by Library of the Society of Friends

Tract Volume 563 is a miscellaneous collection of pamphlets dating from the 1670s to the early 20th century, unassumingly bound in blue cloth. But among its contents is a pamphlet that includes the first printing of Magna Carta in America, … Continue reading →

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