Rickman, Lydia L. “Esther Biddle and Her Mission to Louis XIV”. Friends Historical Society Journal, Vol.
47
, pp. 38-45. 41-2
Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Travel | Hester Biddle | HB
travelled with the more famous Mary Fisher
to preach in Newfoundland—the only Quakers
of their period to go there. Rickman, Lydia L. “Esther Biddle and Her Mission to Louis XIV”. Friends Historical Society Journal, Vol. 47 , pp. 38-45. 41-2 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
politics | Hester Biddle | |
Author summary | Hester Biddle | |
Cultural formation | Barbara Blaugdone | BB
was converted to Quakerism
by two of the early adherents of the sect, John Audland
and John Camm
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Publishing | Barbara Blaugdone | |
Author summary | Barbara Blaugdone | |
Cultural formation | Barbara Blaugdone | She was said to have been well-connected, though whether this was through her parents or her husband is likewise unclear. Her contacts suggest that she was at least at ease with the upper classes, and... |
politics | Barbara Blaugdone | Her religious witness had, owing to the persecution of Quakers
, its political side. She was clearly a persuasive speaker, as shown by her success with the Mayors of Basingstoke and of Marlborough. She also... |
Material Conditions of Writing | Barbara Blaugdone | She was at this time probably a widow, and an active Quaker
minister and missionary. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Barbara Blaugdone | |
Cultural formation | Bathsheba Bowers | |
Cultural formation | Bathsheba Bowers | BB
became something of a recluse in Philadelphia. According to her niece Ann Bolton, she was prone to reading the Bible with the intention of finding fault with it, Mulford, Carla et al., editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Gale Research. |
Author summary | Bathsheba Bowers | |
Cultural formation | Bathsheba Bowers | Born as an American colonist to parents who had themselves emigrated from England because of their Quaker
faith, she was, she says, not a gentlewoman by birth. She defined a gentlewoman as one with no... |
Cultural formation | Bathsheba Bowers | At six or seven, BB
wrote, she became fearful about her future state, and was afraid of dying because of the prospect of Hell. Bowers, Bathsheba. An Alarm Sounded. William Bradford. 5 |
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