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James Harrison, Judge Thomas Wild, [April 1663], James Harrison

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated 1664 (1663 Old Style) from James Harrison to Judge Thomas Wild, regarding the seizure of his horse and other possessions following his arrest and imprisonment. This letter details some of the persecution that Quakers faced, such as having goods and property seized. Another form of persecution mentioned is frequent imprisonment: for actively engaging in the practice of the faith, or randomly on suspicion of being a Quaker and being associated with the sect and its members. Money was sometimes demanded for the return of the items, if return was offered at all, and was also demanded as payment …

James Harrison, Judge Thomas Wild, [April 1663], James Harrison

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated 1664 (1663 Old Style) from James Harrison to Judge Thomas Wild, regarding the seizure of his horse and other possessions following his arrest and imprisonment. This letter details some of the persecution that Quakers faced, such as having goods and property seized. Another form of persecution mentioned is frequent imprisonment: for actively engaging in the practice of the faith, or randomly on suspicion of being a Quaker and being associated with the sect and its members. Money was sometimes demanded for the return of the items, if return was offered at all, and was also demanded as payment …

Francis Howgill, George Fox, 23 March 1663, Francis Howgill

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated March 23, 1664 (23 1mo. 1664 Quaker Style), from Francis Howgill, to George Fox

Thomas Salthouse, 26 January 1663, Thomas Salthouse

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Correspondence, dated January 26, 1663 (26 11mo. 1662 Quaker Style), from Thomas Salthouse

Margret Askew; Fox, Richard Kirkby, 1 January 1663, Margret Askew; Fox

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated 1663, from Margret Askew; Fox, to Richard Kirkby

James Harrison, Judge Thomas Wild,, James Harrison

Pemberton Correspondence

Written from Worcester Jail to a local judge, this letter details the some of the persecution that Quakers faced, such having goods and property seized from them. Another form of persecution mentioned is frequent imprisonment: for actively engaging in the practice of the faith, or randomly on suspicion of being a Quaker and being associated with the sect and its members. Money was sometimes demanded for the return of the items if return was offered at all, and was also demanded as payment of bail to release imprisoned Friends.

Francis Howgill, 28 May 1662, Francis Howgill

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated 28 May 1662; 28 3 mo. 1662 June 1662; 4 mo. 1662, from Francis Howgill

Thomas Curtis, George Fox, 27 April 1662, Thomas Curtis

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated April 27, 1662 (27 2mo. 1662 Quaker Style), from Thomas Curtis, to George Fox

God’S Controversy With New-England (1662, 1871), Michael Wigglesworth, Reiner Smolinski , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

Presented here is Wigglesworth’s manuscript poem "God’s Controversy with New-England" (1871)—courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Composed in 1662 on the occasion of a terrible drought, the poem is a versified jeremiad bewailing the backsliding of the rising generation. Thus, God uses nature’s drought as a secondary cause to punish the exsiccation of the spirit among the offspring of New England’s patriarchs, whose children were either unable (or unwilling) to accept the Half-Way Covenant (1662) governing church admission. More than that, "God’s Controversy" encapsulates the Federal Covenant between God and Saints, whose chastisement, paradoxically, is a sign of God’s loving …

Margret Askew; Fox, 1 January 1662, Margret Askew; Fox

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated late 1661 to early 1662, from Margret Askew; Fox

Margret Askew; Fox, King Of England Charles Ii, 1 December 1661, Margret Askew; Fox

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated May 2, 1662, from Margret Askew; Fox, to King Of England Charles Ii

Margret Askew; Fox, 25 November 1661, Margret Askew; Fox

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Theology, dated November 25, 1661 (25 9mo. 1661 Quaker Style), from Margret Askew; Fox

George Rofe, Richard Hubberthorne, 18 November 1661, George Rofe

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated November 18, 1661 (18 9mo. 1661 Quaker Style), from George Rofe, to Richard Hubberthorne

Francis Howgill, Margret Askew; Fox, 29 September 1661, Francis Howgill

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated September 29, 1661 (29 7mo. 1661 Quaker Style), from Francis Howgill, to Margret Askew; Fox

William Ames, George Fox, 3 September 1661, William Ames

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated September 3, 1661 (3 7mo. 1661 Quaker Style), from William Ames, to George Fox

Francis Howgill, George Fox, 23 August 1661, Francis Howgill

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated August 23, 1661 (23 6mo. 1661 Quaker Style), from Francis Howgill, to George Fox

Josiah Coale, George Fox, 12 August 1661, Josiah Coale

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated August 12, 1661 (12 6mo. 1661 Quaker Style), from Josiah Coale, to George Fox

Josiah Coale, George Fox, 12 June 1661, Josiah Coale

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated June 12, 1661 (12 4mo. 1661 Quaker Style), from Josiah Coale, to George Fox

William Ames, George Fox, 1 June 1661, William Ames

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated June 1, 1661 (1 4mo. 1661 Quaker Style), from William Ames, to George Fox

Margret Askew; Fox, 22 May 1661, Unknown

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 324

Correspondence, dated May 11, 1661, to Margret Askew; Fox

Bridgett Draper, Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe, 22 April 1661, Bridgett Draper

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated April 22, 1661 (22 2mo. 1661 Quaker Style), from Bridgett Draper, to Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe

Bridgett Draper, Margret Askew; Fox, 22 April 1661, Bridgett Draper

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated April 22, 1661 (22 2mo. 1661 Quaker Style), from Bridgett Draper, to Margret Askew; Fox

Margret Askew; Fox, 18 April 1661, Unknown

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated 18 April 1661; 18 2mo. 1661, 26 April 1661; 26 2mo. 1661, to Margret Askew; Fox

Margret Askew; Fox, King Of England Charles Ii, 1 April 1661, Margret Askew; Fox

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated late April 1661 - early May 1661, from Margret Askew; Fox, to King Of England Charles Ii

Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe, Bridgett Draper, 27 February 1661, Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated February 27, 1661 (27 12mo. 1660 Quaker Style), from Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe, to Bridgett Draper

Margret Askew; Fox, 27 February 1661, Margret Askew; Fox

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated February 27, 1661 (27 12mo. 1660 Quaker Style), from Margret Askew; Fox

Bridgett Draper, Margret Askew; Fox, 14 February 1661, Bridgett Draper

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated February 14, 1660 (14 12mo. 1660 Quaker Style), from Bridgett Draper, to Margret Askew; Fox

Bridgett Draper, 3 February 1661, Bridgett Draper

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated February 3, 1661 (03 12mo. 1660 Quaker Style), from Bridgett Draper

Bridgett Draper, Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe, 23 January 1661, Bridgett Draper

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated January 23, 1661 (23 11mo. 1660 Quaker Style), from Bridgett Draper, to Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe

A Declaration Of The Sad And Great Persecution And Martyrdom Of The People Of God, Called Quakers, In New-England, For The Worshipping Of God (1661), Edward Burrough, Paul Royster Editor

Historical Quaker Books

From 1656 through 1661, the Massachusetts Bay Colony experienced an “invasion” of Quaker missionaries, who were not deterred by the increasingly severe punishments enacted and inflicted by the colonial authorities. In October 1659, two (William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson) were hanged at Boston; in June 1660, Mary Dyar (or Dyer) became the third; in March 1661, William Leddra became the fourth (and last) to suffer capital punishment or “martyrdom” for their Quaker beliefs.

While members of the Society of Friends rushed to Massachusetts to test the harsh sentences under the newly enacted laws, other Friends in England simultaneously petitioned Parliament …