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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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