Chapter 18 Two Years in America 1671-1673 When I received notice of my wife’s being taken to prison again, I sent two of her daughters to the King, and they procured his order to the sheriff of Lancashire for her discharge. But though I expected she would have been set at liberty, yet this violent […]

Chapter 17 At the Work of Organizing 1667-1670 I then visited Friends till I came to York, where we had a large meeting. After this I went to visit Justice Robinson, an ancient justice of the peace, who had been very loving to me and Friends from the beginning. There was a priest with him, who […]