THE JOURNAL

OF THE FRIENDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

EDITED BY NORMAN PENNEY, F.S.A., F.R.HistS,

VOLUME X

1913

London HEADLEY BROTHERS, 140, Bishopsgate, E.C. Philadelphia HERMAN NEWMAN, 1010 ARCH STREET New York DAVID S. TABER, 144 EAST 20th STREET HEADLEY BROTHKRS,

PRINTERS,

BISHOPSGATK, B.C.; AND ASHFORD, KENT. Gonfente

PAGE. Reminiscences of Some Old Edinburgh Friends. William Frederick Miller I, 45 A Visit to Indianapolis in 1877. Helen B. Harris . . 12 Margaret Meakins and the Plague of London. Joseph J. Green 15 Quaker Sermons in the Pumproom at Bath .. .. 17,104 Documents Relating to ^ ames Nayler .. .. 18 The Cambridge " Journa of " .. .. 25, 50, 262 Presentations in Episcopal Visitations, 1662-1679. Prof. G. Lyon Turner, M.A. 27,133 Sayings of ...... 29, 65,132,145, 184 Early Friends on the Eastern Shore of Virginia .. 30 The Work of Friends' Reference Library, London .. 32 Friends in Current Literature. The Editor .. 34,105,190, 292 Notes and Queries ...... 41,113,196, 296 A Literary Circle in Sheffield in 1816 .. .. 51 James Montgomery to Sarah Smith, 1813 .. .. 54 Edward Pease to Sarah Smith, 1827 .. .. 55 J. J. Gurney and to Sarah Smith, 1829 .. 56 Meeting Records—South Wales; Kingston .. .. 59 An Unauthorised Philadelphia " Discipline " .. 60 Notes Relating to Elizabeth Heath, of Mansfield, Foundress of Heath's Charity. Emily Manners 61 Letters to Daniel Wheeler in England from his Family in Russia, 1832-3 ...... 64 Dr. Lettsom's Rural F£te at Grove Hill, Camberwell .. 66 A Scheme for Expediting the Transport of the Mails, attributed to Jonathan Dymond .. .. 68 " Gospel Order and Discipline " by George Keith .. 70 An Anecdote Relating to William Harrison of Brighton 77, 276 John H. Dillingham at a Funeral ...... 78 Extracts from the Diary of Abiah Darby .. .. 79,295 Women Writers among Friends of the Seventeenth Century and later ...... 93 The Paintings of Sir Peter Lely ...... 96 Queen Catherine at Devonshire House, 1662 .. 97 An Early Business Journey of John Hill Lovell, 1822.. 98 The Quaker Lady and the Prize-fighter .. .. 103 " A Submissive Wife" ...... 104 Obituary—Thomas Hodgkin ...... in The Richardson MSS. Elsie M. Smith .. .. 112 An Account of Ministering Friends from Europe who visited America, 1656 to 1793 .. .. 117 Silence—and Decline ...... 137 The Conversion of Joseph Phipps ...... 138 Humphrey Bates to George Fox, 1660 .. .. 140 Bergson on Literary Research ...... 141 iv. CONTENTS. PAGE. Martha Fisher to Margaret Fox, 1673 .. .. 142 George Fox and Thomas Lower to William Penn, 1674.. 143 George Fox to William Penn, 1675 ...... 146 John Matern, Schoolmaster ...... 149 Richard Shackleton to Abiah Darby, 1784 .. .. 153 Record of Friends Travelling in Ireland, 1656-1765 .. 157, 212 The Teaching of Hannah Barnard ...... 180 The Annual Meeting ...... 181 Farewell to Kidsley Park ...... 185 Lindley Murray Hoag and the Ghost at Ury.. .. 187 The Enlargement of Devonshire House in the Eighteenth Century ...... 188 " The Man of Honour, Occasion'd by the Postscript of Pen's Letter " ...... 188 Corks for Sale, 1678 ...... 189 Officers for the Year 1913-1914 ...... 201 Balance Sheet for the Year 1912 ...... 202 Thomas Bennet, Schoolmaster, of Pickwick, Wilts .. 203 A Stuart among the . Mabel R. Brailsford .. 263 Fatherly Solicitude ...... 269 " Going out for a Husband and Wife " .. .. 270 Friends in Nova Scotia, 1785 .. .. • .. 272 Which was the Greater Hero ? ...... 274 The Story of Martha and Mary ...... 275 Harrison of Brighton and Poole. Perceval Lucas .. 276 " The Life of John lanson " ...... 277 " Nonconformity under the Clarendon Code " .. 278 The Value of " Team-work" ...... 279 Conscientious Shoemaking ...... 279 Jane Watson, of Edenderry, Ireland. Edith Webb .. 280 A Particular Observation of Truth's Progress .. 281 " Extracts from State Papers." Review by Prof. G. Lyon Turner, M.A. 282 Editor's Notes ...... 294 Joseph Garratt of Cork ...... 295 Index ...... 298

" Quakerism Drooping" ...... 41 Blind Lane, Mansfield ...... 62 Heath's Hospital, Mansfield ...... 64 Elizabeth Heath's Tombstone ...... 64 Genealogical Chart—Darby, of Coalbrookdale .. 79 Letter of Thomas Bennet to John Baskerville .. 209 Genealogical Chart—Bennet, of Wilts .. .. 211