English Quaker Founder George Fox Visits Long Island in 1672:
Elizabeth3 A. Stewart’s Relatives Were among the Populace Prepared for Fox’s Ideas,
And George Fox’s Visit to Oyster Bay Relatives of Stewart’s Daughter-in-law, Lydia2 Harrison
Excerpt from Who Was Dr. John1 Stewart of Long Island, New York, Monmouth, New Jersey and Sussex, Delaware?
A Guidebook to the Records for Dr. John1 Stewart and His Wife Elizabeth3 Alburtus
by © 2023 Margery Boyden, Scudder Association Foundation Historian, used with permission.

Journal 5 no 2 (Spring 2023).

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