TITLE: Letter from John Bowne to Hannah Bowne in Maryland
DOCUMENT ID: BFP 2018.1.03-03
DATE: 18 March 1674/5 (Old Style) / 28 March 1675 (New Style)
DESCRIPTION & NOTES
This brief letter references a religious visit that Hannah made to Quakers in the colony of Maryland in the winter and spring of 1674/75- the earliest evidence that we have so far of her religious travels prior to her first overseas voyage. Such travels show how itinerant Quaker women and men were and demonstrate the strength of their social networks throughout the Colonies at a time when travel was difficult and dangerous.